Chaotic guru help please

[scorpion_ax]

I know this has been asked but I need some input from the Chaotic guru's please.

Hey guys I have been reading a hole bunch on this and i was never really good with techy math type stuff so I hope you can jump on me and maybe help me out.

I'll explain a little for you and drop a pic for you to check out.

My problem is when i want to make an incline climb i find that my front end wants to pull away from said rock face thus kicking me over backwards and when dig is used i feel that I dont have alot of bite on the front and my back end drops down quite abit (squat).

Now for link placement and technical terminoligy I am not very good at.
if someone can maybe suggest a new link placement to try out that would maybe over come what i am trying to accomplish that would greatly appreciated.

As for weight bias you can see my full balance point just to the front of the front lower link screw on the skid. My rig is setup 60/40 from center of the truck.

my front shocks are 3.5 inches and the rears are the XL BB's limited with cap mod to 4" internally limited with only 3/4'' of travel.

Hope this helps you guys out i did look around and saw a bunch of posts but I just can't rap my head around the physics and math for all this stuff.

Please help guys I am stumped

[winnerone23]

A little hard with ur side panel on, an I'm far from a guru... By placement is, front uppers in the top hole of my vp link mount, second hole up from bottom of chassis. Rear is in the 3 hole up from the chassis an in my second hole down on my rear vp link mount... Front shock is in the upper row of shock mounting holes, 3rd row back, or 4th for ur chassis.. rears are bout the same spot. I have the Switch chassis.. it performs great! I had the same problem you do till I moved my rear links up a hole on the chassis.. now I have no problem with verticle climbs..

[paystin]

Wow, you are a techy aren't you? I ran basically the same setup on my special chassis as the switch.

Front links- second hole from the bottom
Front Vp mount- upper hole

Rear links- third hole from the bottom
Rear Vp mount- upper hole

Front shocks- second hole from the front of the chassis, upper set of holes.
Rear shocks- third hole from the rear of the chassis, lower set of holes.

You might want to try the upper set of holes on the both front and rear shocks because your ride height is a little high. This can be part of the issue with your vertical climbs as your center of gravity is to high.

The link position I have transfers weight to the front of axle instead of forcing the weight to go to the rears. I am also running at least half the weight you are on the front knuckles and I have no issue with the front settling down for me.

Now, the shocks are another story. I run SCX shocks and not big bores. Shock oil can also play a part in your issues as well as the foams in your tires, weather, and the rock you're driving on.

Try the suggested setup then change one thing at a time and test again. Post up your results and we'll go from there.

[scorpion_ax]

here is a pic with the side panel off. sorry should of pulled the panel off before taking the picture yesterday.

my total rtr wieght is 5lb 8 oz's
i run 30wt oils front and back.

oh ya both vp link mounts i am running second hole on front and back
slw v5's @.7 wide with my cut and shut Kaos with dd 5.5 foams with closed cell inners soft fronts and medium rears

thanks for the help guys. our club is off season right now up here in Vancouver BC but we do a winter garage style comp series something like Teds garage in calgary....you tube Teds agarage its a lot of fun. so we have a garage comp tomorrow and would like to kick some a$$ so thats why i am reaching out.

thanks for the help guys it so appreciated.

[slowride1]

links on chasis are wrong

rear at the chasis all the way to the top

fronts at chasis 2 holes down

front at link mount upper hole
rear at link mount mid. hole

this should help a bunch

[scorpion_ax]

Originally Posted by slowride1

links on chasis are wrong

rear at the chasis all the way to the top

fronts at chasis 2 holes down

front at link mount upper hole
rear at link mount mid. hole

this should help a bunch

do they go to the inside or outside rows of chassis holes

[slowride1]

there on the rite side just wrong holes

[scorpion_ax]

thanks slowride i'll give it a try. much appreciated

[slowride1]

if you look in my build tread on the special i tell all of the setups that i tried an what worked best for me

[slowride1]

this should be on page 5 if it isnt but here u can see what it should look like . the panials are on it but u can see what it looks like
slowrides new chaotic lw xr

[scorpion_ax]

well a big thanks to slowride for helping me with my ride. I can honestly say my rig hasn't ever performed as good as it did today. I had better focus and the rig hooked up crazy. I will post up a video of it tomorrow as they are loading to the tube right now.

Thanks again I set my truck up how you said and ....WOW....

[HARDKNOCKZ]

Right on. Im glad Randys setup has helped you out. Just keep in mind that your rig was WAY off & pretty much ANY movement was gonna help. Randys put a lot of time into tuning his rig but its still HIS rig. Keep playing with things one at a time. Im not sure of your RTR weight but it seems like its pretty heavy so you MAY wanna start dropping some weight to help your overall performance that much more. Dont go crazy tho. When we tune our rigs...its small changes, one at a time. That way you can record what changes did what performance wise. Of course...if you're not comping the rig & just play crawling then weight isn't a big issue. If you look at all of the Chaotic builds out there...we might be close but none are identical because there are SO MANY variables into what makes a rig work & NOBODY has those variables the same.

Again...glad shes working better. Tuning a crawler can get frustrating but the more changes you make, the more you understand what affects those changes have on a rig. Its all about finding that happy place...a balance. Having a rig that does well in ALL aspects of crawling. Sidehills, breakovers, decents, gaps etc. Otherwise we'd all have 4lbs of weight on the nose & 6" of GC. Now that she's climbing good...make sure you haven't sacrificed anything else.

Good job Randy. Ya got another happy crawler

J.D.

[chevotafun]

Way to go guys now he thinks he can drive LOl
You chacotic guys are great always willing to leand a hand
Just bugging Ricky poo you drove great yesterday keep it up bud

[brettd]

Yes Rick, that was some nice driving there yesterday.

[slowride1]

glad i could help you out on this one man . i ran every hole in that chasis just to see what it did . like jd said move one thing at a time now so you can see what it will do for ya .things like your an my shocks arnt the same i ran losi shocks so i dont no what to tell you in the oil part of that so i would try about 2 steps eather way an see if it better for ya yet.

good luck with the special an you can always drop me a pm if you need help an ill do my best to give you a answer or find on for ya

hope i have been a help to you now
randy

[rideon]

Followed slowrides advice on my chaotic chassis as well, unreal difference for me too! Thanks for the advice!

[scorpion_ax]

Ya Randy (slowride) is the man for sure. Thanks for going the extra mile to help us all out. my videos are almost up so i will get one up here soon.

The garage of doom was a great day .....big thanks to Chevota for hosting

[slowride1]

glad it worke3d for ya guys an thats what im here for

[paystin]

Originally Posted by paystin

Try the suggested setup then change one thing at a time and test again. Post up your results and we'll go from there.

Great idea slowride!

[chevotafun]

Your welcome bud
the pile just wouldn't be the same without the rest of u.

And yes the chaotic guys r awesome
HARDKNOCKS helped me get going when i put my sp together.

OH and Rick i'm chevotafun on here

I will say you drove 100% better on the weekend.