The starting setup is pretty much the
same on carpet and asphalt. All the hardware you need to do this is in
the kit.
Body: Speed 8 Parma
Wheel Diameter: Asphalt 1.75F-1.85R, Carpet 1.70F-1.75R on Jaco, CRC,
BSR,Parma big rims
Tire Compounds: Double Pink F&R
Caster: Middle
Reactive Caster: 10* Block
Camber: 1.5*
Ride Height: 3.5mm
Toe: .5mm out
Front Track: Narrow as possible on asphalt, .030” of shims on each
axle for carpet
Front Spring: .020”
Front Preload/Droop: No Preload/very little
King Pin Damping: 5000Wt
Servo Mounting: Angled
Shock Length/Pod Droop: 2.6” (66mm)/.060 (1.5mm)
Shock Angle: Med IRS ball stud on AE Ant-Shock mount
Shock Spring: AE gold
Shock Oil: 35wt
Side Damper Oil: 5000wt
Flex Plates: .070”
Flex plate preload screws: Not installed
Rear Body Mounts: To the rear
Rear Track: 172mm
Explanations:
King Pin
Damping: 5000Wt...?
Its 5000wt silicon diff oil from 1/8 nitro buggies. We usually keep
5000,7000, and 10,000wt in our pit boxes. A bottle of each should last
you forever. We use it on king pins and damper tubes.
Dampening on the kingpins, this is what you use this to slow the
reaction of the front suspension. This is something that is commonly
overlooked. The front suspension works faster than the rest of the
car, therefor you need to slow it down to keep a balance. When you
enter a corner, weight is transfered to the front of the car, it is
then absorbed by the front springs, how much weight is transfered to
the front tires is dependant on what spring you use. Once the weight
is absorbed, then the front will relax.with that being said, all of
this can happen before you get set into the corner and cause the front
to slip or double steer. Now at this point you will need to dampen the
front to slow it down, usually 5000wt. works good. This also allows
you to use lighter oil in the tubes because they are not compensating
for the push just in the tubes. If balance the dampening between the
front and rear, you will have a car that bites good and reacts fast.
Flex plate
preload screws: Not installed.. ?
See the pic. If you run this screw down so it touches the chassis it
makes the flex plates stiffer side to side. Note that this is not a
"Tweak screw". There is no such thing on the DB12R because
it will not tweak...trust me...we have done some evil testing on this
point.
Shock Length/Pod
Droop: 2.6” (66mm)/.060 (1.5mm) Last time, more info?
With the rear shock at 2.6" the rear edge of the rear lower pod
plate is 1.5mm below the level of the main chassis plate. This is like
droop or suspension sag on a sedan. Pod droop make the car transefer
more weight on coerner entry for more steering. If you have too much
steering you can shorten the shock and reduce or eliminate pod droop
for less turn in.
