Big bore shocks for e-maxx?

[A RC Dude]

I'm really looking for some good big bore shocks for my e-maxx. and advice or specific ones i should look at?
Thanks!

[ANGRY-ALIEN]

Hey, you can look at these:

1/8 buggy/truggy front Shocks (the rears might be a little long)
Proline 'PowerStrokes' (you can still find them on ebay)
UE 'Supershocks' (again, you can look on ebay)

Have a look at this thread... What are the strongest E-Maxx shocks?... some good info here.

hope this helps
Alien

[nitrostarter]

I would search for 1/8 Rear shocks from 8ights, RC8's....

[Bondonutz]

+1 on 1/8 scale shocks

There better than TRX's anyday and can be found cheaper. I ran front 1/8 buggy Ofna shocks and was real happy with them and they were only 17.00 a pair on Fleabay.

[ANGRY-ALIEN]

Originally Posted by A RC Dude

I'm really looking for some good big bore shocks for my e-maxx. and advice or specific ones i should look at?
Thanks!

Ok... Maybe I should have asked this first... What shock tower and suspension arm combination are you using? ... A few more things that will determine a good setup...
Will you be bashing, doing speed runs, racing or jumping the truck?...

Originally Posted by Bondonutz

+1 on 1/8 scale shocks

There better than TRX's anyday and can be found cheaper. I ran front 1/8 buggy Ofna shocks and was real happy with them and they were only 17.00 a pair on Fleabay.

Do you have pics of your suspension setup?



Here's an example of two truck with '1/8' shocks:



The truck on the left is running 4 Ofna 1/8 front shocks and the truck on the right is running 4 UE Supershocks (basically Ofna 1/8 rears)


Alien

[Bondonutz]

It's ben a couple years since I had a Emaxx and I must have erased all my Emaxx pics. all I had was this of a BigBlock Tmaxx with 8 rear sportworks buggy shocks.
For bashing it was a great setup, these were the light springs and the shocks had 30 wt oil, suspension was very plush and jumped well for it being almost 16lbs.

[Chadworkz]

If you can't find, or afford, UE Supershocks, Ofna Ravager rear buggy shocks are almost identical to them, and are perfect for Maxx trucks. If you want a set, I have a brand new set, just PM me if you are interested.

[A RC Dude]

thanks everyone!

Originally Posted by ANGRY-ALIEN

Ok... Maybe I should have asked this first... What shock tower and suspension arm combination are you using? ... A few more things that will determine a good setup...
Will you be bashing, doing speed runs, racing or jumping the truck?...




Do you have pics of your suspension setup?

just bashing. and i've got a FLM shock tower in the rear, stock in the front, RPM true track conversion for the rear and RPM 3.3 arms in the front. pics:

front:

rear:

[ANGRY-ALIEN]

Originally Posted by A RC Dude

thanks everyone!

just bashing. and i've got a FLM shock tower in the rear, stock in the front, RPM true track conversion for the rear and RPM 3.3 arms in the front.

Hmmmm... I'm thinking 1/8 rears might be a little difficult to setup with the stock towers... but the FLM towers will facilitate them well... Maybe you could try a funky combo -
'1/8 fronts to the front and 1/8 rears to the rear' (typically of a 1/8 buggy)... or just stick with fronts all around...

Alien

[A RC Dude]

Originally Posted by ANGRY-ALIEN

Hmmmm... I'm thinking 1/8 rears might be a little difficult to setup with the stock towers... but the FLM towers will facilitate them well... Maybe you could try a funky combo -
'1/8 fronts to the front and 1/8 rears to the rear' (typically of a 1/8 buggy)... or just stick with fronts all around...

Alien

humm...i mite try that. not like that FLM tower couldn't be adjusted to fit a lot of differant lenth shocks with all those mounting holes.
time to serch around a little

[ANGRY-ALIEN]

You could always get another FLM shock tower... Then run all rears .

[A RC Dude]

Originally Posted by ANGRY-ALIEN

You could always get another FLM shock tower... Then run all rears .

i was considdering that too. humm.....we shall see. i prob will get another couse i still have a decent amount of money left from christmas :)

[Chadworkz]

UE RacerX Knucklehead Shock Towers are the best, and much lighter (and cheaper) than the FLM towers...plus, they are 7075-T6, which is much harder and stronger than the 6061-T6 of the FLM towers. Just my $0.02...

[A RC Dude]

are they as adjustable as the FLM towers? i like being able to mess around with the suspension lol

[Chadworkz]

Oh yea, that's what they are known for (other than strength), their adjustability due to the number of, and location of, shock-mount holes.