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calibra3 · 01-30-2008, 11:52 AM

Hello friends.
I am Henry from spain.
This week I have received my edge chassis with internal springs kit from tcscrawlers, and I have installed it, but I have some problems with the SHOCK SETUP.

The Axial with this setup of internal springs, have a very LOW GRAVITY CENTER, and I thinks that it is not good for run in the mountain rocks.

I have used the setup of the father of the edge, "kamikaze", but I need help with the travel of the shocks and the LOW GC.

I put some photos of my Axial.

1.-Rear View with the upper link with spacers, and the link and shock position(links in interior, and shocks in the exterior side)

2.- Front view, with the upper link spacers, and turnbuckle and shock position(links in interior, and shocks in the exterior side)

3.- View of the rear upper link with spacers

4.- View of the front upper link with spacers.

5.- the shock status in idle,(view that little portion of the shaf it's out)

6.- My rear bent links position in idle.(the front are the same)

7.- The total viel of the car with his LOW GC ( I think that lower it is bad, or not????)

8.- the maximum flex of the car.( I think that flex very little)

The inside shock setup that I have used is in the picture that Kamikaze put in the forum in the past.
Internal spring bottom the piston, and the shock retainer plastic upper the piston WITHOUT the little spring up becase I not have it. 25wt(250 in spain)

Please sorry for my english, if I have written a bad word please.

AND TELL ME A ANSWER, because I use this shock setups and the shaft os springs is the major part inside the shock bottle.
I think that one or two fingers more of Height is better..... or not???
As you can see, the travel of the shocks in the pictures are very very little.

Trimmy · 01-30-2008, 12:24 PM

I have mine set-up like you do and it works fine. It has a nice low center of gravity but it still has enough cround clearance to get up and over the things it needs to.

TwistedXT · 01-30-2008, 12:37 PM

your rig looks really good! With the Droop suspension, you will get a much lower ground clearence. this type of setup works very very very well! But, the whole game is to see what works for you. not every setup will handle the same for everyone. How you drive and what you drive on will also require changes to your rig. Id say take it out as it sits... run a couple of battery packs through it and start to tweek it from there. you will be amazed at what tha setup can climb! let us know how it turns out!

That amount of flex is really all you need.. when you start to get too much flex is when you run into problems.

calibra3 · 01-30-2008, 12:48 PM

Ok friends!!

THen my shock setup and Low gravity center are Good???

I supose that was bad!!.

My dude was that I was comparing my pictures with the pictures of others users and the pictures of the post of kamikaze... then I see that I have my car more lower and the shafts of the shock are the major part inside the bottle shock.

Do you recomend me test this setup??
You have animated to me!!!

kazi · 01-30-2008, 12:55 PM

Candemorrrrrrrrrr

, you can use internal springs to make the car a little higher, I've used RC18B rear shock springs and work great.

calibra3 · 01-30-2008, 01:01 PM

KAZI.

Changing the actual internal springs botton the piston for the RC18B?? or putting the news spring of RC18b up the piston?? and having two springs inside the bottle shock??

internal spring of edge -> piston-> rc18b spring ????

Kamikaze · 01-30-2008, 06:30 PM

Awsome, that is the perfect setup for this truck. Thats how it was meant to be.

winkscrawler · 01-30-2008, 08:54 PM

Mine does not sit that low and I am running almost the exact same setup as you with the edge chasis and droop shock setup. I will have to look at mine this weekend and compare. I am not sure why yours sits so low.

Kamikaze · 01-30-2008, 09:13 PM

The bent links make it look lower than it is.

Trimmy · 01-30-2008, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kamikaze

The bent links make it look lower than it is.

I think thats what it is. I know my Edge has around 2 1/2" to 2 3/4" of ground clearence which is around a 1/4" lower than my ax-10 did and I am running TCS medium internal springs and a 1/'4 spacer up front and a 3/8" spacer in the rear shocks. It's the perfect set-up for MY truck. lol

01-30-2008, 11:52 AM	#1
calibra3 Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: spain Posts: 11	AX10 Edge chassis from Spain, Help me please. Hello friends. I am Henry from spain. This week I have received my edge chassis with internal springs kit from tcscrawlers, and I have installed it, but I have some problems with the SHOCK SETUP. The Axial with this setup of internal springs, have a very LOW GRAVITY CENTER, and I thinks that it is not good for run in the mountain rocks. I have used the setup of the father of the edge, "kamikaze", but I need help with the travel of the shocks and the LOW GC. I put some photos of my Axial. 1.-Rear View with the upper link with spacers, and the link and shock position(links in interior, and shocks in the exterior side) 2.- Front view, with the upper link spacers, and turnbuckle and shock position(links in interior, and shocks in the exterior side) 3.- View of the rear upper link with spacers 4.- View of the front upper link with spacers. 5.- the shock status in idle,(view that little portion of the shaf it's out) 6.- My rear bent links position in idle.(the front are the same) 7.- The total viel of the car with his LOW GC ( I think that lower it is bad, or not????) 8.- the maximum flex of the car.( I think that flex very little) The inside shock setup that I have used is in the picture that Kamikaze put in the forum in the past. Internal spring bottom the piston, and the shock retainer plastic upper the piston WITHOUT the little spring up becase I not have it. 25wt(250 in spain) Please sorry for my english, if I have written a bad word please. AND TELL ME A ANSWER, because I use this shock setups and the shaft os springs is the major part inside the shock bottle. I think that one or two fingers more of Height is better..... or not??? As you can see, the travel of the shocks in the pictures are very very little. Last edited by calibra3; 01-30-2008 at 11:58 AM.

01-30-2008, 12:24 PM	#2
Trimmy Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 506	I have mine set-up like you do and it works fine. It has a nice low center of gravity but it still has enough cround clearance to get up and over the things it needs to.

01-30-2008, 12:37 PM	#3
TwistedXT Powered by Awesome Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Parker, Colorado Posts: 3,622	your rig looks really good! With the Droop suspension, you will get a much lower ground clearence. this type of setup works very very very well! But, the whole game is to see what works for you. not every setup will handle the same for everyone. How you drive and what you drive on will also require changes to your rig. Id say take it out as it sits... run a couple of battery packs through it and start to tweek it from there. you will be amazed at what tha setup can climb! let us know how it turns out! That amount of flex is really all you need.. when you start to get too much flex is when you run into problems.

01-30-2008, 12:48 PM	#4
calibra3 Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: spain Posts: 11	Ok friends!! THen my shock setup and Low gravity center are Good??? I supose that was bad!!. My dude was that I was comparing my pictures with the pictures of others users and the pictures of the post of kamikaze... then I see that I have my car more lower and the shafts of the shock are the major part inside the bottle shock. Do you recomend me test this setup?? You have animated to me!!!

01-30-2008, 12:55 PM	#5
kazi Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Barcelona Posts: 195	Candemorrrrrrrrrr , you can use internal springs to make the car a little higher, I've used RC18B rear shock springs and work great.

01-30-2008, 01:01 PM	#6
calibra3 Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: spain Posts: 11	KAZI. Changing the actual internal springs botton the piston for the RC18B?? or putting the news spring of RC18b up the piston?? and having two springs inside the bottle shock?? internal spring of edge -> piston-> rc18b spring ????

01-30-2008, 06:30 PM	#7
Kamikaze I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Columbia TN Posts: 6,154	Awsome, that is the perfect setup for this truck. Thats how it was meant to be.

01-30-2008, 08:54 PM	#8
winkscrawler Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Prescott Posts: 796	Mine does not sit that low and I am running almost the exact same setup as you with the edge chasis and droop shock setup. I will have to look at mine this weekend and compare. I am not sure why yours sits so low.

01-30-2008, 09:13 PM	#9
Kamikaze I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Columbia TN Posts: 6,154	The bent links make it look lower than it is.

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