New rear shock placement

[Kanine38]

This rear shock set up is giving me more droop and seems to be much more reactive and keeps the rear axle planted.

[motorman]

What shocks are those? traxxas in the front?



......anyone seen my straw?

[Duuuuuuuude]

I always like to see people trying new things.

The only problem with running them like that is that you'll need to seriously limit shock travel. My Clinger build had the shocks lay down just like that and it took quite a bit of tuning to get it right.

Good luck and have fun!

[Col. Sanders]

I've tried something similar to that, I drilled a hole half way between the rear upper link mount and the rear shock mounts, and mounted my shocks there worked great! But like Duuuuuuuuuuuude said, it is difficult to tune and you will have to limit the shocks alloot! But once you get it right, you get a really low CG and good articulation about 40 degrees (or at least I did I was running droop on the front) I don't think my truck ever performed so well with the stock chassis.

[Pro RC 93]

Interesting. Could you show a felx shot?

[Kanine38]

Originally Posted by Duuuuuuuude

I always like to see people trying new things.

The only problem with running them like that is that you'll need to seriously limit shock travel. My Clinger build had the shocks lay down just like that and it took quite a bit of tuning to get it right.

Good luck and have fun!

I tested it out in my basement course and my Traxxas front shocks are a bigger problem than the rear. I can't wait for my Lipo to come in. I need to get this stick back out of there so I can see if it's binding the front end.

I'll let ya know how it works out.

[Kanine38]

Originally Posted by Pro RC 93

Interesting. Could you show a felx shot?

I'll take one tonight.