AWESOME post!! i have been wondering about a few points brought up here, but have been trouble finding exact info... thank you VERY much - answers everything i needed =)
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Originally Posted by gtxracer
RC shocks work very similar to 1:1 vehicle shocks. There's a piston inside the shock body; in RC they're plastic with holes in them to allow fluid to pass. Different pistons provide different dampening. The bigger the hole, the more fluid can pass through it. Usually, with large jumps you want a medium to big hole with high weight fluid so it dampens the blow, AKA, the landing. Smaller holes and high weight fluid can cause your shock shafts to bend, your shock towers to break, or your shock mounts to break.
With large tires like the Mashers in your avatar photo and high jumps you'll want higher weight, like the 60wt you chose already. Springs help with rebound and smaller jumps as well as keeping the vehicle level. They also control how your supension moves when you're cornering. Loading up your truck with just stiff springs for jumping will hinder your performance greatly. Preload spacers and threaded shock bodies help keep the vehicle up and allow easy ride height adjustment so you can have softer springs yet keep your truck higher in the air while maintaining optimum performance.
I plan to jump my CRT and I have the big bore shock kit. I'll be loading it up with 50-60wt to start with since the shocks are so big. Then I'll go higher or lower if I need it. You can tell if you need more or less with how the vehicle responds when it lands. Say you're jumping 30 feet lengthwise and about 15 feet in the air each time. You want to watch your truck and try to land near perfectly. If your chassis smacks the ground, you need thicker (higher weight) fluid. If you land and your truck bounces or hardly has any suspension movement, you need thinner (lower weight) fluid.
Hope this all makes sense. Keeping your shocks and suspension tuned will help you keep your truck in one piece.  |
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