Hey Kcaz25, did you get pics of your suspension setup yet?

calm down boys, its like a heroin addiction. We all logged on TRX and looked forward to pointing out faults in morons, maybe just me. I've been trx free for a year.... don't I get a chip

Yea rpm skids work awesome protect the stock and expensive skids and make them last a whole lot longer. I was back on trx forum with a new name in about an hour.

I like the white sparks my Ti skids make!

Sorry about the bad pics I suck and was in a hurry to boot. You can tell front from rear by the red turnbuckles.
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I installed 4 big bores now along with the 4 SuperShocks. It helped alittle. Still bottoms at about 10 inches.

Hey Kcaz25, from what I can see in the photo with that ride hight (I am assuming you are lowering the truck to stabilise for better handling), you are going to need a little more pre-load with the springs (Front - 1/2 - 5/8" and rear 1/2").
I'm also thinking the shock position on the towers are not helping to support the truck well... I think moving the shocks to the outer mounting point will improve the dampening.

Big Bores... hmmm, are you referring to the traxxas ones? if so, I am not sure if they would really help considering they don't have the same travel or dampening effect as the Super Shocks.

Alien

How big are the batts and where are they positioned cant really tell in the pics? What oil is in the shocks. Sounds like theres none in them if it bottoms with only 10" of drop.

He said they are filled with 80wt....

I think this may be an issue of position and angle of the shocks.

Yep... Another thing too... Kcaz25, have you checked the state of the rubber bladders in the shocks... Some people have experienced them blowing out with oil weight higher than 70.

Alien

I think he better check, the bottom of those retainers look very wet for it not to be a nitro. Pull the pistons out and see if they been modded. I dont think my truck would bottom out with 80wt oil and no springs lol thats very thick oil.

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I actually document everything I do here in case any one is wondering, even though I really don't mind answering the same questions.

I've tried just about every position Nitrostarter. I've heard the more shock slant gives the most resistance. And that is true.
The bladders in the caps are fine, but the bottoms are too wet for my liking, yet upon opening the shocks the oil is clear and still full.

... so maybe the little discs in the body is letting too much oil by? AKA the holes in the discs are too big? Are there interchangable ones?

Lito help!!

Zack, bottoming out is not a bad thing at all. It helps to protect your shocks. Besides, once the truck is in motion, you should be landing it with the rear wheels first just like an airplane landing on the tarmac. Have you ever seen any airplane land on all fours at the same time? None. Any vertical drop will cause it to bottom out so but not so when you land properly. You need to practice landing your truck rear wheels first . I'm running blue/black (f/r) springs with 50wt oil all around on my emaxx. It bottoms out when dropped from about 6-8 inches off the ground but rarely bottoms outs when landing from a jump.

Looking at the upper mounting point on the shock, try mounting it on hole #7 (second hole from top on the center.

He replied on UE and said the same thing I was saying. That even his truck bottoms out from a 8inch drop. They will do that. Its all about driving and jumping. Thats why I was saying to go try the track and see how it performs. There will be some bottoming out, thats what the skid plates are for. But the main thing is to learn how to jump and land.

Dropping the truck straight down is one thing. But driving and jump and landing is completely different. There are multiple forces applying different forces while running and jumping.

I see one big issue after seeing your other pics. Your battery is almost sitting right on top of the rear diff no wonder it bottoms out. Put it on the side where it belongs and mount your esc there or just leave it open. I would definatly check your oil levels in your shocks because they seem to be leaking a little. While your at it check the bladders like was said previously. 80 imho weight is to high I feel 50or 60 would be better .

:no:You go back (about page 7) and look at the whole layout, since you can't feel it, remember the motor is mounted on one side. It is nearly perfectly balanced. :whip:

Like I said previously the bladders are good.

Sorry I don't mean to be so quick I just really like the layout, I know its good.


Okay I suck at jumping.

But I remember dropping my savage from 4 feet to bottom it when it was brand new RTR and still had an engine (now just sits waiting on money to convert.) Oh well...