Suspension question

[LUW]

I'm running my stock H8 and I notice a LOT of bottoming out of the shocks and even the chassis when going WOT on rough pavement (specially comming out of a hill - wheels on the ground, NOT jumping). I already used the suplied shims (the thickest of them) so that the ride height is the highest. I ordered Kyosho oil shox (along with the PitBull chassis), but these will arrive only by the end of the month, I guess. Do you guys think that the oil shocks will solve the problem or should I also invest in stiffer springs?

[mat3833]

thats just the friction shocks. oil will stop the pogo stick ride. get the springs so you can mess around with your settup.

Matt

[pimpsmurf]

Oilies will fix ya up! :)

Stiffer springs will stop the bottoming out but you may end up bouncing around the track more than driving. Bottoming out sometimes isn't such a bad thing. right? My 1:10 nitro truck bottoms on every jump, and the half-8 spends some time dragging the ground... :rolleyes:

-JNY

[LUW]

I was thinking about that too. I think the oil shox will solve the suspension bottoming out, but what about the chassis? I ran the Infernetto on cobblestones today and there was this small downhill where it pained to hear the chassis dragging if I came down WOT. :rolleyes:

BTW, I was running on X42S fuel and on sharp corners the thing was drifting. Far out! :D

[pimpsmurf]

Drift? man oh man. Was that on dust?

My car pushes everywhere! I'm going to put the medium rear sway bar and see if that helps (I run slicks on the rear on asphalt).

To do for tomorrow, shoot high powered rifles, rebuild all 4 shocks, tune the servo horn (last rebuild screwed me all up), install sway bar, and drop the wing down to flat (perhaps remove all together. haha)

Party on,
-JNY

[LUW]

No, the cobblestones where clean, but they are more slipery then asphalt or concrete. Besides, I have stock tires, that can't have much grip on hard pavements. I've heard that some guys in Japan made tires out of PVC tubing to realy drift.

[pimpsmurf]

Maybe a long time ago, but they make pvc wheels for 1:10 sedan cars. With the right adaptors, you could run them on the half-8.

PVC wheels are extremely hard to drive. I can't do it. I use dust to drift! :rolleyes:

-JNY

[mat3833]

i have tried wrapping tape around the tires. works good on tile :cool: .

Matt

[racermike]

I got a set with the PVC with a used Halfie I got, it just pushes really bad. You can't even slam the brakes and set it up, just slides the front too bad. You need to get something with just a bit more grip, at least in the front, on a 4WD car......

Just my opinion though.....