- Hot Bodies Cyclone D4 - Jeremy Felles  - Pegasus Hobbies - Montclair, Ca - 30.03.2008 -

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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.

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