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Setup & Tuning
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Tires
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Shock Tuning
Ask
Local racers can always tell you what tire brands are the best at that particular track. Some tires
are good for qualification and some are good for the long final. Even the durability of wheel can
make difference. Some wheels brake easily and may cost you champion title. All these
information are quite open to all racers. Always check with your racing pal. Don't forget to check
the price as well!!
Tires are the most and first choice you should make.
If you've got the right tires, you're 90% there.
Without suitable tires, the setup job will be very difficult. Always find out the best tires for the track
first. What we can do with the tires to get the best possible performance
?
There are mainly 2 ways
we can work on.
Shock Tuning is the 2 important thing when you setup the car.
Measure your shocks after the
assembly. The right and left front shocks should be of the same length. In addition, bleed them so
that they all rebound to the same degree when they are compressed and released and so should
the right and left rear shocks.
Four adjustments can be used to tune your shocks: Preload, Springs, Damping and shock mounting
position. Below you will find all the related setup information.
Experience
Reading a track or the surface that you are running is not easy. So, choosing the right buggy tires
for the conditions can be very difficult. In addition to ask, experience is also the best teacher when
it comes to "reading" a track or surface. Things get real difficult when track conditions are
changing. If a track is drying up or has both hard sections and soft breaking up sections. Then the
only solution is doing back to back testing with different compounds. Then choosing the best tire
that suits your driving style. So, reading a racing surface can be difficult. But, it is part of the fun of
racing r/c cars and trucks.
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Springs
Compared with other shock-tuning adjustments, changing the springs offers the most noticeable
improvement in performance. Soft springs are the easiest to compress, and they provide more grip
because they allow the suspension to move with the bumps and the tires to stay on the ground.
However, keep in mind that damping and spring rate complement each other. Dramatic changes
in spring rate must be accompanied by changes in damping-mainly lighter damping with softer
springs and heavier damping with stiffer springs.
Basic Setup: Fluorescent White (included)
Front
Softer Springs
Stiffer Springs
Rear
More steering
Good for bumpy tracks
React sluggishly
More rear traction
Less steering
More steering
Jump better
Less steering
Jump better and further
Good for high-grip tracks
