Help Setup Buggy For Track

[DRIFT_BUGGY]

Originally Posted by jhautz

http://www.teamxray.com/teamxray/sho...p?file_id=4461

Here is an awesome setup guide for buggy and truggy. Very useful when trying to solve a handling problem.

Its published by Xray but the principles apply to any buggy of truggy.

And I 100% agree with backfire. Without the right tires, you are just chasing your tail. Tires are the first and most importenat piece of any track setup.

Sweet, thanks for the link

[DRIFT_BUGGY]

Well did some changes. I adjusted the front height to 27mm (was around 22mm) and set camber to -1, rear set to 28mm and camber -1.5. Ride Height must of changed due to weight battery tray/battery etc. I also moved the rear camber link to 4.

It looked like raining so i decided just to take it for a quick rain out on the street. Went to took off and straight back on the rear wheels scrapping the wing. So I changed the rear camber link back to 1 and it still did it so I put 35wt oil in the rear shocks and it still does it. The front end really lifts up when I accelerate. Should I lower the front ride height?

Are you looking for a setup for the street, or for the track? They are going to be two completely different approaches because the level of traction is so different between the road and a dirt track. The weight transfer causing wheelies in a high grip situation on the road should help plant the rear when accelerating on dirt. I doubt you will have wheelie problems on the dirt track.

An ideal setup on a high grip road will be low ride height with limited down travel, heavy dampening and springs in the shock package, and thicker swaybars. Unfortunately, a setup like this would slide around on a dirt track like it was ice.

Bryan