- Schumacher Cougar SV - Brandon Collins - Club Race - Bremerton RC raceway - 13.12.2010 -



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1. minimum rebound pressure in all 4 shocks
2. AE shock o-rings
3. 14 grams back left, behind receiver
4. factory gen2 plastic gearbox
5. box/factory front & rear tie-rod straps (i checked the ones I thought were factory) 6. Front Ride Height = 21mm
7. Rear right height = 20mm
8. Stick Pack Lipo setup
9. All 4 shock pistons run upside down
10. They Key to this setup, is a moderately but equally raised roll center, both front and back due to having too much traction (inside tie rods lowered both front and back. In the rear, the 2mm spacer is swapped on to the top of the carbon fiber tie-rod strap). It is important to run the 0 rear camber when running clicks on super high traction/tacky surface. -0 can be run be front, but -1 seemed to help keep corner speed up in our high-speed sweeper.

The goal for this setup was to maintain as much corner speed as possible while reducing traction rolling (too much roll, too much outside tire bite during cornering). The outer hole on the front arms is used to balance on-power steering with off-power steering, and dozens of different sping and oil combinations led me right back to almost box setup as far as shocks are concerned. The oil and spring balance laid out here, make the front and rear of the car compress, rebound, and react TOGETHER, instead of fighting each other. If a slighly more edgy feel is what you need, simply change from long wheelbase, to medium, to short. It's the easiest way to add steering, while subtracting stability. I run the long wheelbase because the car already turns like a monster with slicks.

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