Front:

Light green #75 spring
30wt (ae) 2C piston
Middle hole on tower, outside on arm
Inner link inside +1mm shim, outer link, inside hole
1 Deg camber 0 Deg toe

Rear:

Blue #68 spring
25wt (ae) 2B piston
Middle on tower, outside on arm
Innerlink outside + 2mm shim, outer link outside hole + 2mm shim
1° camber

All else kit standard. Karl wasn't completely happy with the car especially the rear, and thought the silver springs as I ran in the finals would be a good idea to try.

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I ran silver #70 with 2B and 25wt on rear and it was "Loose" but controllable. I wanted to go down to blue #68 but didn't.
Got the worlds conversion to try for next time, but will play before then.

Mike Pimlott

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As you may or may not know Mike I borrowed the car that morning from a very kind friend Robin Lucas, the Transmitter was kindly lended to me by Big Bond, and I have to say I can not comment on all the set ups just yet.

However, What I think was correct regarding the piston was that they were actually the 3B ones.

Now I should know, but I ran 25wt all round, as they felt stiffer than the kit 2B pistons fitted to Bond's car and Ian Robinson's.

Go kit, but with 30wt next time as a starting point. Use the out hole on the rear wishbone, and the stiffest springs. Silver Fab says

2mm under the front inner caber position, not 1mm.

If you run Lipo, weight the car up.

Hope this helps, and if not, come a say hello if I am there next time.

I have not raced off road for over 6 years Mike, and seriously for over 3, so I just think I ran out of time to be honest and could not do everything I wanted to do in 1 day without no practice.

On the whole, the RB5 was excellent, easy to drive and I think yesterday's run is a good sign of the potential it has, and will hopefully give more guys the confidence to go out and try one.

Most say it is more stable and easy to dive over the B4 who have changed, I think we have a car that will suit the majority of people, and I hope to see more around next time.

Best of luck with your racing

Regards
Karl Marsden