Here is the setup that we worked on
this last weekend. It greatly improved stability while maintaining
aggressive steering response. Please note that if you are running in
temperatures above 75deg Farenheit that you’ll want to run 35wt
oil as opposed to 30wt. You may also want to experiment with that
oil change if you’re running on an extremely high bite track with
slicks.
Front:
Spring: Black (stock)
Oil: 30wt
Piston: #2
Camber Position: Outside on bulkhead (short camber link)
Ball-stud washers: None inner ballstud/ 1mm under outer
Shock Position: Next to inside on tower/ Outside on arm (unscrew
shock bottom 3 turns)
Camber: -1deg
Toe In/out: In 1deg
Caster Blocks: 10deg (13deg Aluminum will be better, but I didn’t
use them. Josh our engineer tested them and they felt and looked
better)
Ballstud washers on the steering are the same as stock.
Tires: Proline Holeshot with stock insert
Rear:
Spring: Black
Oil: 30wt
Piston: #3
Shock Position: Next to outside on tower/ Outside on arm (To get
desired down-travel remove the inner shock limiter and unscrew the
shock bottom 3 turns)
Camber Position: Inside on Hub (short link)
Ball-stud Washers: None under inner ball-stud/ 1.5mm under outer
(This may not allow enough threads to thread into a plastic hub…I
ran the aluminum hubs and loctited them. If running plastic I’d
recommend 1mm under the outer ball-stud)
Rear Arms Spacing: Forward (This is important, run both shims
behind the rear arm)
Rear Hub Spacing: Forward
Rear Camber: -1deg
Swaybar: Silver (stock)
Rear toe in block: 3deg (I actually ran the 2.5deg rear block with
.5deg hubs but the stock 3deg block should work about the same)
Tires: Proline Holeshot with stock insert
Misc: Batteries Back, Wing Wicker cut
down half way.
Motor: Banzai Brushless by Speed Passion 5.5
Gearing: Stock Spur/18t Pinion
Comments by Jeremy Felles:
Generally the track is run wet and
provides medium traction (we almost always run holeshots). I ran
on the track over two days (Saturday and Sunday). On Saturday the
track was dusty with medium traction and the setup worked great.
Sunday morning began with rain and the track began to develop
traction. The first round of qualifying the track was about the
same as Saturday night, but as the day progressed sweeping
combined with a large quantity of cars running on it turned the
track into a hard packed surface with superb traction. I worked
with the setup extensively on Saturday and ran the setup that I
posted all day Sunday. It performed well under both medium and
high traction and I believe that running the rear arms and hubs
forward provides the best overall dogbone sweep for all
situations.
If running on a high bite track (if
its not below 75degF) I would recommend running 35wt, or if you're
running on a low bite track I would recommend trying the inside
shock mounting hole on the rear arm (you'll need to put the
limiter back in) and running long camber links all the way around.