05-31-2008, 04:34 PM | #1 |
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Hi, this is my first post , let's make it a good one I changed the position of the shocks , like em better this way , makes for a better crawler in my opinion. In the stock setup the shocks ( as they where mounted on the side ) sometimes hit rock , limiting my crawling ability, and if pushed further may be damaged along the line. Hope u can see what i did from the pic's , the rear shock's may or may not fit also on the inside , haven't tried yet. some pro's & con's Shock travel is limited , they don't travel all the way, more at the end. Torque twist hasen't improved , may have made is worse :-) But i do have : Improved ground clearance in the middle, the car is a bit higher more flex more flex and more flex without damaging or stressing out parts, the shock's never bottom out, i left the torsion bar system in ( without torsion bars ) to act as a bump stop. the shock's are protected and out of the way. In my setup i changed the springs from front to back as the front was too stiff and the rear too soft , and that's why i'm not using the rear torsion bar anymore. Grtz, tell me what u think, if you want to know how... let me know. |
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05-31-2008, 04:57 PM | #2 |
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You now have a 8 link sup. sys.. The shock will snap at the cap with this set up. |
06-01-2008, 03:54 AM | #3 |
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06-01-2008, 10:11 AM | #4 |
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06-01-2008, 10:58 AM | #5 |
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Tried to fit the rear shocks on the inside today, it's a no go , they fit but touch the upper link rod, so i'm gonna leave as is, wouldn't make a difference anyway just looks. And believe u me , if my setup would be bad in anyway i wouldn't do it, i paid for it too ya know. Anyway it won't be long before i get to test it against a stock cr-01 , keep you posted. the torque problem is kinda solved since it's a speed related thing and i'm now running a novak 55T with a 19T pinion. |
06-02-2008, 11:22 AM | #6 |
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hey man i really like what you did to ur cr-01. i have one and have been trying to find ways to do what u did. do you think you could send me some pics of where everything bolts on to... if so that would be amazing. id appreciate it. thanks |
06-03-2008, 11:28 AM | #7 |
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Detail pictures on the "how-to" part. first of all : soft springs in front and stiff in rear, works better on my setup second : i swapped some shorter bolts for 2 "15mm" bolts and 2 "12mm" ones. The rear : pretty simple i guess, you can see where the bolt goes , same as stock but reversed with spacers on the inside. Notice that the links ( all 4 ) moved up a hole, remain stock otherwise. The front : Again not so difficult, you can see where the top bolt goes ( 15mm , didn't have 12mm anymore ) , bottom bolt is again the 22mm with spacers on the inside ( i'm lazy like that :-) ) . The shock is reversed as you can see, again the link moved up a hole, AND !!! on the otherside of the link it ALSO moved a hole to prevent lockup when fully stretched. important this shit :-). Another picture of the front, a bit blurry sorry about that. |
06-03-2008, 11:54 AM | #8 |
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Nice mod El Barto. I'll bet it works good, reminds me of my setup on The SuperDuke. Did you need to go to a thicker oil since the shocks are more laid down? I used to run 40wt. |
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might be a solution to the sweatty shocks or maybe i'll upgrade to nicer shocks. Grtz | |
06-03-2008, 12:32 PM | #10 |
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thank a ton man. i really appreciate it |
06-06-2008, 10:42 AM | #11 |
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A small vid of my LC http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqof4srBoWw my test course http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=rcDlJ6ScOP8 Grtz! |
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