Good E Revo shock Setup?

[lincpimp]

Was wondering what everyone with a new erevo (plastic chassis) is running in the way of springs and shock oil?

I have heard that the stock setup is a bit soft. My erevo was not bought new, rather I built it from parts...

I read hear that someone was using the stock oil with orange front springs and gold rear. He also had the traxxas swaybars. I have a set of tekno swaybars that I could use. Wonder which of the the three bar sizes to use?

I am not the best at setting up suspensions, so any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

[BrianG]

In my converted Revo, I used the stiffest springs Traxxas offers; purple and blue if memory serves. Even with thicker shock oil, I found it would bottom out too easily with anything lighter.

[gixxer]

I think mine is the basically the same as brians shock setup. Purple and blue with 50 wt oil.

Originally Posted by lincpimp

Was wondering what everyone with a new erevo (plastic chassis) is running in the way of springs and shock oil?

I have heard that the stock setup is a bit soft. My erevo was not bought new, rather I built it from parts...

I read hear that someone was using the stock oil with orange front springs and gold rear. He also had the traxxas swaybars. I have a set of tekno swaybars that I could use. Wonder which of the the three bar sizes to use?

I am not the best at setting up suspensions, so any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

try here

http://monster.traxxas.com/showthrea...+shock+springs

[TexasSP]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

I am not the best at setting up suspensions, so any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

Welcome to the club, I am not great at it myself. I will be watching this thread for everyone's input.

I run blue springs front and back

[sjcrss]

well, I havn't got my erevo yet, hopefully at the end of the month...but i plan on setting it up like the platinum revo setup
FRONT... Orange springs
oil........ 50w , i'll use 60w
REAR.... Gold springs
oil........50w, i'll use 60w

[lincpimp]

I have the orange and gold on it right now, and the front seems fine, but the rear sags a bit, even with a fair amount of preload. Whatever oil is in the shocks (got them used, so I have no idea) seems fine.

What is the next harder spring up from the gold?

[jhautz]

I went with the orange and gold on my revo. Basically the revo platinum setup. Add the Traxxas sway bars. It makes a world of difference in the handleing. The thing handles almost like a truggy with the sway bars.

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by jhautz

I went with the orange and gold on my revo. Basically the revo platinum setup. Add the Traxxas sway bars. It makes a world of difference in the handleing. The thing handles almost like a truggy with the sway bars.

I have the tekno sway bars, do you think they are worth a try?

Since my erevo was built from parts, I hapened to have the black steel pushrods that go with the p3 rockers. I have p2 rockers on right now, and had the pushrods on the outer holes on the lower a arms. I moved them to the center hole and the ride height is much better. Then I dialed out some preload from the front, and it sits level. Suspension action feels better too. This is with the orange and gold springs. It has a fair amount of down travel (droop), so I can see that sway bars would help.

Of the three sway bars included with the tekno kit, which should I start with? I figured the medium sized on both ends...???

[JThiessen]

Here is the spring list
5435 Spring, shock (GTR) (2.6 rate Yellow) (1 pair)............................... $6.00
5436 Spring, shock (GTR) (2.9 rate white) (std. front 90mm) (1 pair) ........ $6.00
5437 Spring, shock (GTR) (3.2 rate orange) (1 pair) .............................. $6.00
5438 Spring, shock (GTR) (3.5 rate green) (std. rear 90mm) (1 pair) ........ $6.00
5439 Spring, shock (GTR) (3.8 rate gold) (1 pair) .................................. $6.00
5440 Spring, shock (GTR) (4.1 rate tan) (1 pair)..................................... $6.00
5441 Spring, shock (GTR) (4.4 rate black) (1 pair)................................. $6.00
5442 Spring, shock (GTR) (4.9 rate silver) (std. front 120mm) (1 pair) ...... $6.00
5443 Spring, shock (GTR) (5.4 rate pink) (1 pair)................................... $6.00
5444 Spring, shock (GTR) (5.9 rate blue) (std. rear 120mm) (1 pair) ........ $6.00
5445 Spring, shock (GTR) (6.4 rate purple) (1 pair) ............................... $6.00

I normally run the Orange/gold combo also, and have the same issue with the super soft rear on the revo (thats why i started that suspension re-awakening thread). I recently tried the purples on the rear, and while it helped with the sag, the truck was all over the place. I put new GTR Ti shocks on yesterday. It is still soft, but the action is much improved. I think that I also used to skip on the shock oil which probably had some effect. I hated having it drip out, so I'd just not put as much in - I think the system relies on having it at maximum capacity.

How did you "dial out preload"? Just curious.

I'd start with the middle sized sway bar. You can also play with roll over/balance by changing which hole the uppper hinge pins are in.

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by JThiessen

...I think that I also used to skip on the shock oil which probably had some effect. I hated having it drip out, so I'd just not put as much in - I think the system relies on having it at maximum capacity...

You gotta make sure the shocks are full of oil! Any amount of air will just about eliminate any dampening abilities of the shock. No wonder they were bouncy!

When filling them, work the piston slowly to get all the air bubbles out - let the shock sit for ~10 minutes opened to allow the bubbles to rise and pop. Refill to the top and put the cap on. Even if they get overfilled, when you screw the caps on, any overflow comes out the little overflow hole in the cap.

Also, with stiffer springs, you NEED thicker oil and/or pistons with smaller holes. Too thin and you'll get too much bounce. Too thick and the shocks won't articulate enough.

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by JThiessen

How did you "dial out preload"? Just curious.

I'd start with the middle sized sway bar. You can also play with roll over/balance by changing which hole the uppper hinge pins are in.

I had quite a bit of preload on the front and rear to get the ride height up. When I moved the pushrods to the center hole on the lower a arms it raised the ride height quite a bit. So I moved the preload collars back and the suspension felt better, not as stiff. I need to check the shock oil and see if they are full of oil or not.

What weight oil should I use? I guess that all of the traxxas silicone oil is the same, I have plenty of that...

[BrianG]

I'm not sure what oil the Traxxas stuff comes with. I'd find out and then go 2-5k over that if going with the stiffest setup. I want to say I used 50k shock oil, but I really don't remember now.

[jhautz]

If you go to stiff it handles like poop on the track. It just gets tossed around by every bump.

pimp... I'm sure the Tekno bars will work just as well as the traxxas bars. I just went with the Traxxas becasue the rear Teknos go above the shocks rather than behind and they tend to get in the way of the speed control and wires and stuff. I like the way traxxas tucked them behind the truck.