I had no problems with the stock x-rings, no leaks and very smooth. I did order the Trak-star o-rings and did not feel much of a change. I did also polish the pistons with a drill and green scotch brite, Dont forget the green slime when building the shocks .

thats exactly what i am thinking too. i do have some ackerman bars in the works though!! will test after the RCpro finals this weekend. practice start tomorrow!

Need me to test some of the parts wink wink?

Hey can anyone PM me all the part numbers for the saddle pack conversion so I can give it a try?
Here.http://rcshox.com/shoxshop/catalog/p...0f3b9bb0b5b4ab

your going to wish you had those ackermann bars on for that race.

what is that " ackermann bars "

I have a weird problem. The rear tensioner hits the inner slipper hub causing binding.Any ideas?

I had the same problem a few weeks back make sure the screw is tightend all the way down thats what mine ended up being.
Jason

Thanks! I actually switched screws because the on the included would not tighten down. Works fine now. Time to glue and paint!

Thanks, I have the kit and just assumed the small bar was the 1.5mm. The setup sheet shows four bars. My caliper is broken so I can't measure it.

remember im not 100% sure maybe sombody els knows it

RE: Batteries

I'm moving from a 7.5 to a 4.5 550 can. While my gensace 40c 5000 packs have worked great so far, it sounds like quite a few have smoked them going to the 550 can. I've seen references to the Hobbyking Turnigy nano-tech batteries. Is this the safer route? Anyone with good/bad experiences with these on a 550 (saw a couple good, but would like to hear more)? Any of those ROAR approved at all in case it comes up?

been running gens ace 40c 5000mah on my set up ....running novak havoc pro and 550 can team epic motor ...havent had any problems can run 12-15 minutes hard running on the track ....also got a hobby shop chinese lipo cheap pack and no problems with it either ...

I ran those exact batteries all summer with my 4.5 turn 550 tekin motor without any issues. They felt warmer than average after dumping one, but never puffed and punch felt fine. Enter the tekin 4000kv 540 4 pole motor and those same packs came off the track warmer than I was comfortable with and one swelled a touch. I have since relegated my gens ace to 2wd and picked up 4 new 5600 mah 50-100C Hard case nano-techs and they come off the track as if I was running a stock buggy: cold.

I had alot of leakage problems when i ran just a single stock o ring on lower cap position. I had used lots of green slime an still leaked . I tried the rcb8 o rings like someone mentioned on here and those were even worse , leaked and sucked air into shock. Finally tore down shocks , polished shafts, clearanced out the bottom caps as they were tight and caused a bit of friction, ran upper and lower x seals ( which are way overpriced as i was at the track and needed something to replace the rcb8 seals ) and they are pretty smooth now.

I dropped the stock bladders and went emulsion. Just like so many shocks if you have too much oil in them they will leak due to over pressure. I love the emulsion style shocks for this reason. I had no leaks on the first race day and frankly don't expect them either. I am using both stock x-rings with green slime.

The kits do not include the 1.5mm bar. I installed the yellow (2.2mm bar) on the front and the Blue (2.0mm) bar on the rear. the white is 1.8mm.