Turbonium

iTrader: (27)

do you use the long shock bodies in front or rear? i got this car from Rocketron, and the long are in the back. he mentioned i may need to switch them....

Herminator

keep the longs on the rear for now, what he probably meant was you may want to buy short bodies for the rear so you have short ones all round. Quite a few people do this (me included) as with the long bodies you can get the shock limiting suspension compression when using the inner shock positions.

John_S

i think some of the guys found out that when they used some of the shock mounting positions they wernt getin the proper shock travel at low ride heights with the long bodys in the rear, so they changed to the shorter bodys all round, mabe that was what he was talking about

Randy Caster

iTrader: (47)

Did ya get his blue or purple car?

Turbonium

iTrader: (27)

i got the blue one... plus some of the extra parts he had. ive had it for a couple months, but with some of the races we have had around here, just hasnt let me spend enuff time with it. generally more comfortable with my Evo3's, since i run it every weekend...

Randy Caster

iTrader: (47)

His blue car is the one he was running with, very good car, he got that thing dialed at SoCal.

Turbonium

iTrader: (27)

it does really well... it still has pretty much the same setup. i did switch to a diff in the front, tho, since me and oneways usually dont get along. i think i need to switch to heavier shock oil. it has the HPI #2s, and i think 40 wt right now. do i need the midspan arms when i run on carpet? i didnt get any of those yet... mostly run on a surface called Skid-Not...

ImGoinRCn

iTrader: (4)

I use the midspan on carpet...

Randy Caster

iTrader: (47)

For carpet I'd propably up the oil to 60wt or so, and go with the midspan arms. Did he give you any spare springs?

Turbonium

iTrader: (27)

i thought i needed those arms for carpet... and yep, he gave me a pretty good assortment of the AR springs, from 5.25 to 6.75, all in 1.4 dia wire. plus i have a very good asst of Yoke MR4TC springs to choose from.

Randy Caster

iTrader: (47)

I'd start out with the 5.25 all around, with 60wt oil, and the short span arms. Might not be dialed, but it'll be a starting point.

Turbonium

iTrader: (27)

cool, thanks! ill give it a shot. i have never been to as big a race as the Novak, but lots of guys here in town go up there every year. ill try that out and go from there...

Randy Caster

iTrader: (47)

Good luck with it, should work descently. If not, just tell us what's wrong and we can help with the setup.

JIMC

Got some new tires and a couple of sway bars for the R2 today.
Anyone have a picture of one assembled and installed??
Does the included spacer replace the one between the tower and bulkhead and which way does the slot face ...towards the bulkhead or the shock tower?
what about the long threaded rod, is there a certain length that needs to be when assembled
Help!!!

Thanks

Jim C

Randy Caster

iTrader: (47)

I dont have a pic, but I can help you out. The included spacer replaces the stock one with the kit. I had my swaybar closest to the shock towers, not the bulkhead, although I dont know that it matters either way. The threaded piece doesnt need to be any exact measurement, but try to get the 2 as close to eachother as you can. I actually built 12 of the swaybar ball ends and paired them up with the closest ones together. Just try to make the swaybar level.