Drayken D
07-29-2001, 09:51 AM
So far, I have gotten alot of help and info here, so I ask another question or two =)
They changed my local track recently. It is VERY tight with very sharp corners. There are no big jumps(the table top is by a trun, so you don't even get speed to jump). There are about 3 small jumps that are easy to handle, no more moguls, and only a few ruts that throw you off course(they said they will be fixing)
I have a T3, and I changed the shocks to be more horizontal, for better handling. I have soft spring setup, and set the ride hieght just a tad lower than stock recommendation. It handles the jumps fine, with no bottoming that I can tell. My problem is, that I get squarrelly alot. My backend breaks loose. I will be comming out of a corner and hit the throttle and it is hard to control. I have the slipper set pretty good. But if I loosen it more, I won't be able to "wip" the back end around on the very tight turns.
What suggetions do you guys have? I got about 2-3degree camber on front and back, and 1degree toe in on front, the front is hooked up pretty good. The track is very hard packed dirt, with loose dusty surface, loose traction. Should I lesson the camber? I am not sure how it works, less gives more tractions right? but even in corners??
What tires are good for hard, loose tracks? I got losi red step pins in back, and losi red razor pins(on backwards) in front. THe rears hook up good, but as the night goes on, it looses it.
And a huge problem, that I cannot figure out. I got a futuba 9404 BB servo. It looks like I do not have a good truning radius. It looks like most trucks can turn a corner alot sharper than me, even when we are going slow, up to the starting lines. Is there any way to give more turning radius?(NOT McCaster or whatever it is called, I tried that and hated it)
So, in recap:
1) Any advice how to setup a T3 to keep traction better when exiting a corner?
2) tire suggestions?
3) any advice for turning radius.
I need help badly, I have tried everything that I can without just doing things blindly. These problems look like they may keep my out of good A-Main contention if I do not resolve =(
Thanks for any help. :confused:
They changed my local track recently. It is VERY tight with very sharp corners. There are no big jumps(the table top is by a trun, so you don't even get speed to jump). There are about 3 small jumps that are easy to handle, no more moguls, and only a few ruts that throw you off course(they said they will be fixing)
I have a T3, and I changed the shocks to be more horizontal, for better handling. I have soft spring setup, and set the ride hieght just a tad lower than stock recommendation. It handles the jumps fine, with no bottoming that I can tell. My problem is, that I get squarrelly alot. My backend breaks loose. I will be comming out of a corner and hit the throttle and it is hard to control. I have the slipper set pretty good. But if I loosen it more, I won't be able to "wip" the back end around on the very tight turns.
What suggetions do you guys have? I got about 2-3degree camber on front and back, and 1degree toe in on front, the front is hooked up pretty good. The track is very hard packed dirt, with loose dusty surface, loose traction. Should I lesson the camber? I am not sure how it works, less gives more tractions right? but even in corners??
What tires are good for hard, loose tracks? I got losi red step pins in back, and losi red razor pins(on backwards) in front. THe rears hook up good, but as the night goes on, it looses it.
And a huge problem, that I cannot figure out. I got a futuba 9404 BB servo. It looks like I do not have a good truning radius. It looks like most trucks can turn a corner alot sharper than me, even when we are going slow, up to the starting lines. Is there any way to give more turning radius?(NOT McCaster or whatever it is called, I tried that and hated it)
So, in recap:
1) Any advice how to setup a T3 to keep traction better when exiting a corner?
2) tire suggestions?
3) any advice for turning radius.
I need help badly, I have tried everything that I can without just doing things blindly. These problems look like they may keep my out of good A-Main contention if I do not resolve =(
Thanks for any help. :confused: