Fastback II build

[opek]

Originally Posted by cliff1119

What r u going to do with the losi comp shocks

PM material right here!



According to this chart the oranges are more than twice the rate of the pinks! Make sure and try out all your springs!

Spring Rate Chart

[2006Shelby]

Yeah the orange are stiffer thats why i put them on the front i ended up going with a 15 w oil and themand they seem to flex fine and with the 40w oil in the rear the pink shocks seem to work ok also ill find out once i get the rest together and try it out tomorrow. I just spent the last 3 hours cleaning out the inside of some axles i bought and omg im not sure what the hell they drove thru but lets put it this way i have seen kitchen drains cleaner. With the way the springs are atm the front rebounds fairly faster than the rear and i think its gonna work out ok that way. maybe im thinking wrong so let me know if i am.

[2006Shelby]

Ok so yeah pink in rear is a nono gonna have to have something stiffer what would you all suggest running 40w oil ?

[2006Shelby]

So i got all my stuff in and on the car and well it lasted about 15 mins before i tore a cvd completely out of it but here are some pics of it before it happened.













And a pic of the carnage after 15 mins of play lol.

[C*H*U*D]

Originally Posted by 2006Shelby

And a pic of the carnage after 15 mins of play lol.

Ouch!

[hoghead5150]

i think it'll buff out.

[2006Shelby]

I think i just have to much weight in the front gonna drop out some of the wheel weights and try it with just 2 . With beef tubes the DH pros and all the other added goodies that front it rather heavy.

[hoghead5150]

do you have any added weight inside the tire? i'm running the dh2's, with 3 slugs. haven't had any problems yet,,,,,yet!! did you get the wraith extender for the mip rear driveshaft? i got one and it helps a little.

[2006Shelby]

I have no added weight in my rims just the slugs atm but the front end has alot of added items that add weight. Also it seems my servo is not doing what it should be , before i changed all the new stuff it had np steering the rig now it seems that the wheels can end up locking there selves in a bind at full turn if they are up agianst something its 333Oz and like i said it didnt have a prob till i recently changed everything. I might just have to spend the cash and get a 7980 after all.Either that or my steering is all messed up and i need to tinker with it some more and the links.

[hoghead5150]

what pinion and spur are you running?

[2006Shelby]

Just stock like 87/14 or 16 dont remember

[team423]

dude that thing is nice..how do u like them tires? what did u say they are white dot blocks with what sidewall?

[2006Shelby]

HB Blocks with white dot rover side walls.

[obebaldone1]

I love the blocks. I have a set with Sedona sides on the berg and some new rover ones I threw together to try on my sporty this weekend. Truck looks very nice steve cant wait to see it on the rocks sunday.

[donhd04]

shelby what length did you end up using on your upper links? im trying to get all my stuff ordered today for the links and im running into a couple different sizes. I have the lowers at 4 1/4 front and 5 1/16 rears. What I have ran into so far is the rear uppers are either 106mm or 101mm and the front uppers I have read are either 55mm or 74.5mm. What length did you use?

[2006Shelby]

I used 55 with longer rodends working out pretty good .

[donhd04]

Originally Posted by 2006Shelby

I used 55 with longer rodends working out pretty good .

was that at both ends or just the front?

[2006Shelby]

I'll check when I get home from work but I'm pretty sure long on one end and med on the other but I'll check in a hour or so

[hoghead5150]

my front uppers are 55mm, rear uppers are 106mm. use longer or shorter rod ends to set pinion angles where you want them.

[2006Shelby]

Yeah mine are long on the body side and shorter up front on the 4 link and like he said use what you need to to set your angles right.