I have the rear LXOne shocks installed in the back, but have not cut any coils. 30wt oil. Still waiting for the F springs to come in to finish it.
Ran it a bit in some rough sandy areas, and the back seems pretty good so far. It does sit a bit high, and I noticed it tended to roll on asphalt were it would hold or slide before. Its def got to come down a bit.
Otherwise I was looking at getting some lighter springs as well. My .5 has the OFNA Ex chassis and small 3S 2500 batts, and @ ~2000g+, may be lighter than some RCM ext chassis conv. Anyway...
I couldn't find a rate for the std yellow LX1 springs. So I tested it and came up with a value of 76 gF/mm (or 4.26lb/in, 0.75 N/mm (trx style).)
Spring rate converter FTW
I also found an
HPI Spring that fits well. Now the package rates that as 71 gF/mm (3.96lb/in, 0.70N/mm) but I tested that as well and came up with 59 gF/mm (3.3lb/in, 0.58 N/mm.) IDK why I came up with such lower values than HPI did. My method was slightly crude, but was very reproducible.
Shouldn't matter too much, as I just wanted to get a relative rating to the other springs in that series for the Hellfire. The blue spring I used was softest, while the OFNA yellow spring seems closest to the HPI silver (soft) spring FWIW. The springs are long @ 80mm vs ~72mm for the OFNA's, but both need to be cut down anyway.
GO-Ride: How do you determine what length to cut the springs too? Why wouldn't you cut them short enough to use the stock shock mounting holes? LMK, as I don't want to trim any springs until I am sure on what I am doing. Thanks