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09-24-2009, 11:01 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: malaysia
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more or less is better? i hav ax10 wit home made tuber wit flip shocks... but wen i flip my shocks, my articulation become less... |
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09-24-2009, 11:17 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy
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i like less... if i can just set one tire on a pop can with out the back tire lifting i call it good  |
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09-24-2009, 11:35 AM
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| RCC Addict   Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sacramento
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You really do not need a ton of articulation, I tires worth or like stated above a soda cans worth of articulation is all you really need.
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09-24-2009, 11:55 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: El Paso TX
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A soda can? Screw that. An Amp can is how I judge my articulation   Last edited by KROGOTH; 09-24-2009 at 11:56 AM. Reason: image size |
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09-24-2009, 11:55 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Rancho Relaxo. California. USA. Earth.
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Too much can get you in a situation you may not be able to get out of
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09-24-2009, 12:03 PM
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| N.E.R.C.C Uncle Blinky  Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: RUKDNME...
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its like thay say..(less is more)..with less articulation your rig will be more capable...not shure who thay is but it works for my rig GSRCC Drail
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09-24-2009, 02:10 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Fresno
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personally i like to keep articulation to a point where the amount it lifts equal the height of the tires im using. keeps me well planted and helps keep the suspension predictable an amp can is way too much unless it for a super running 40 size wheels |
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09-24-2009, 02:35 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: El Paso TX
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-shrug- It will be different when Im done with my rig. My tuber chassis hasnt arrived here yet, and my setup will be totally different once I put everything in it. I think though, that I may have to go with a different set of shocks though, Im using stockers with aluminum bodies at the moment. ...not to mention thats the extreme limit. If I was any higher, the back tire would lift off the ground. |
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09-24-2009, 02:44 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Verwood, dorset, uk
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What I've done is put 10mm spacers inside some HR threaded shocks and I can adjust the pre-load and spring hardness to limit my natural articulation. I'm not sure how well it's going to work, but it seems ok in home testing, need to see how it is in the real world |
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09-24-2009, 02:49 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Greece, sun, sea and rocks
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I got about 3/4 of a soda can in my slingshot. A bit firm too but it uphills and sidehills like a mean SOB. Actual testing has shown that with my driving the gains are far greater than the losses.
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09-24-2009, 05:31 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Colorado Springs
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10-25-2009, 09:16 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: by a river
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| i had too much articulation and it was a bitch to drive so i reduced the shock travel with spring spacers
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10-25-2009, 09:32 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: n. palm beach
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too much, is too much, a soft suspention tends to twist a chassis past the point it was intened to go. i've seen soft chassis twist itself almost into a pretzel, to the point where there is no return.
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10-25-2009, 09:54 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Abbotsford BC
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when i first got my truck i was playing around with the suspension and managed to get around 90 degrees articulation and thought it would be great. after 15 minutes i took the truck back to my car and changed it back the way i had it. i would be going over a large obstical but it would lift the axle right upand put one tire right on the side of the wheel and it would stay there. attempts to work myself out of it resulted in flipping the truck.
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10-25-2009, 10:26 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Leduc, Alberta, Canada
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I have noticed some issues when i dropped red springs into the stock shocks of my ax10. so far where i crawl the ability to fully flex hasn't been a sore point to the travels, other than i am getting alot of torque steer. Has anyone tried using a stiffer spring set up on the LHS so compensate for torque steer? any favorable results?
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10-26-2009, 08:00 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ontherocks
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i run with a very minimal amount of flex on mine. bout 3/4 the hight of a 1.9 flat iron tire. i even tried fixed rear , short shocked front. workd pretty good
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10-26-2009, 08:26 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Victoria BC
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do a search for "torque twist" and you will come up with tons of good info, i only say search cuz there is far to much for me to type out an explain right now, every thing from shock oil weights, spring rates, suspention geometry, link lengths | |
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10-26-2009, 10:27 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: canada
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less in my opinion but im a ninja!?:-x
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