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03-23-2010, 06:22 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Lebanon
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Are you finding you need more weight than what you can have on there or is it enough to fill up the front and maybe put 2 in each back wheel? What are your thoughts?
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03-23-2010, 06:30 PM
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| MODERHATER™   Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado
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I usually run with the front loaded with the bullet weights, and the rear either empty or with 2 weights, depends on if there are alot of climbs, downhills or sidehills. Best bet is to try them light and slowly add weight to see where the happy medium is. Good luck!  |
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03-23-2010, 06:35 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Lebanon
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from what I have seen on videos people run the fronts loaded, and it seems to work great, I just cant tell if there is some more lead under the tire or not. I guess you dont want it to heavy.
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03-23-2010, 06:41 PM
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| Pebble Pounder  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Aurora
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I run mine fully loaded with the silver weights which I believe are a little lighter then the bullet weights. I run the SLW's in the rear so no weight and it works out perfect. For the rear you either run them with some weight and deal with a heavier crawler or run them empty and get some practice in throttling out on steep down hills. You know what they say in racing "when in doubt, throttle out". |
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03-23-2010, 07:32 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: In the Dark Edges of your Mind
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OK... I'm trying some DH's for the first time. I was going to try them with 4 slugs each front first... but with the nylon tuning rings and Sedonas, each front weighed 16oz  So I run mine completely empty (12.5oz) and it works perfectly with 6oz. rears. My opinion is that the lighter you run in the rear, the lighter it allows you to run the fronts. I think a nimble truck will climb better if it's lighter. Some people use a lot of weight to compensate for stiff suspensions. Then sometimes you need a bunch of weight up front to make certain types of climbs and breakovers. |
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03-23-2010, 07:40 PM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Anniston, Alabama
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I run four slugs in each front and none in the rear.
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03-23-2010, 08:01 PM
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| D-Wray 4 Prez!  Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Shh
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4 in the front over all and none in the rear.
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03-24-2010, 02:14 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Lebanon
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Do you have these wheels vented too? Is this something VP can do for you?
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03-24-2010, 06:19 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wayne county. PA
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on my tigress build i made my own adjustible weight system for my DL's using real brass bullet case's and filled with melted lead............bob .... |
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03-24-2010, 12:29 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: reelsville
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I usually run 6 slugs in front and none or two per rear, depending on how many downhills and sidehills per course. | |
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03-24-2010, 01:12 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wayne county. PA
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the vents holes from VP dont come with the wheels, it is a option to have them do it for a price.............bob .... |
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03-24-2010, 01:18 PM
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| D-Wray 4 Prez! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Shh
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I have vent holes in the wheels and tires. |
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03-24-2010, 02:04 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: With the ATL Crawlers
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I just received a set of DH's. They are drilled and tapped w/ a set screw. I run 3 bullets up front, SLW V2's rear w/ 1.5oz added
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03-24-2010, 02:17 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hueytown, Alabama
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The DH's come vented now. The SLW's do not come with vent holes. | |
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03-24-2010, 03:45 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: SF
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Hey procomp guys, are these 1" wheels??
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03-24-2010, 04:04 PM
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| Like a boss...  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: NorCal
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DH Pros are 1.2" R2's are 1.1" |
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03-24-2010, 07:05 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Dalton
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I have DH1's up front and SLW V4's in the rear. I started out with 4 weights in each wheel up front and have backed down to 3 in each. I am going to keep working my way down and see what happens. I prefer a lighter rig.
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03-24-2010, 07:29 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: EvilCrawlerDesigns@comcast.net
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I've tried different weights on my T1e Rockshow Bully (heavy bully axles), and I prefer running all 6 bullets in the front along with unweighted SLW v4 rears. I sacrifice a little bit on turning in some rough off camber stuff, but it does way better on the steep climbs & breakovers. I'll find out in a week or so if it's as good with the light weight bullys or if I need to change the weights. On moa's, I prefer to not weight the rear. However, on an Axial, I like just a little weight in the rear, too, in order to counter the higher cog of the trans & dig sitting on the chassis. |
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03-24-2010, 08:20 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: estacada
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i run all six std slugs on narrowed dh to.825 wide and v1 slw's in back with no weight. seems to work good on my beetlejuice in all situations( monorock, downhills, climbing, broken rock, sidehills). runnin sedonas with tire vented.
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