kingscott Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Hi all. Does anyone know any good links for how to set up a 1/8th Buggy? what general changes do etc. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan13 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 general changes are wheels and tyres to suite your terrain and a fuel filter. To go the next step then pipes (JP-3), filters (byrons gen2 is amazing) and then just camber/toe in angle adjustments. Dont do any two speed connversions not worth the hastle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HATZY Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Whatever setup you do depends entirely on where your running it. No point in for example puttin a pipe on the engine for torque if your on a level open track that needs more top end than get up and go. Work out where you will be runnin then come back with what car it is and what sort of performance you want/need and people will be able to helpmore. Hope that helpsWhatever setup you do depends entirely on where your running it. No point in for example puttin a pipe on the engine for torque if your on a level open track that needs more top end than get up and go. Work out where you will be runnin then come back with what car it is and what sort of performance you want/need and people will be able to helpmore. Hope that helpsWhatever setup you do depends entirely on where your running it. No point in for example puttin a pipe on the engine for torque if your on a level open track that needs more top end than get up and go. Work out where you will be runnin then come back with what car it is and what sort of performance you want/need and people will be able to helpmore. Hope that helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfodds Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 There is a ton of stuff you can change and once you realise how much there is it can be a little overwhelming. The biggest change you can make is tyres and getting this right is crucial. The best advice I was given is make changes one at a time. That way you can see what, if any, difference that change made to the handling of the car. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingscott Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 Thanks so far. Sorry, just to clear it up I'm talking about a basic guide to chassis tuning not engine. For example lifting the rear giving you more turn in and such. Mrfodds. Yer Ive been playing about doing large adjustment and both ends of an adjustment scale to see the differance it makes. I was getting huge over grip on the rear (on astro using microspikes) making me flip over on corners, so far I have dropped the rear ride height and now im playing with the rear camber, I hear that if you put more neg camber at the rear you decrease the level of corner grip. I suppose what im after is a basic guide such as: front toe pos = front toe neg = rear .....= cambers ride height and so on. I understand each car is differant but the basics are always there. Its been 15 years since I raced 1/10th electric off road and ive forgot more about chassis tuning than I thought. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingscott Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 BINGO :) http://users.telenet.be/elvo/ Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olixmb4x Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 search google for 'HUDY set up guide', quick read through that covers everything! hope it helps 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfodds Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 It's a pain trying to dial out grip on astro, I found lowering the camber links on the rear shock tower helped. Did you trim any rows off the mini pins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingscott Posted October 6, 2011 Author Share Posted October 6, 2011 No Ive not removed any pins. but Ive had a blast on some tarmac and its removed the sharps. I shall see if its better next time im at the track. Cheers all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfodds Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 All depends on the type of astro you run on, some astro surfaces have more grip than others. Most people trim / dremmel the outer couple of rows so that they're smooth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julesreece17 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I adjusted the droop setting to stop my car rolling over. It stops the body roll, and allows the car to run corners more 'flat' allowing you to power on more with out rolling over. hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingscott Posted October 7, 2011 Author Share Posted October 7, 2011 The astro is all differant kinds, it changes corner to corner! :/ I have angled out my rear shocks, thus this would shorten the droop on the rear, I'm getting a much smoother corner with a little understear now. This is fine as its how I like it. I'm not adjusting the front quite yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfodds Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Which track you running on and what car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingscott Posted October 8, 2011 Author Share Posted October 8, 2011 I will be at A1 racings track: http://www.a1racingclub.com/ It's Only club level noting serious (yet) I have an old Kyosho MP US running with various parts/mods from the 777 and the new neo + nice quality shocks. I'm Just getting back into it a little before I take the splash on another chassis, but the inferno does me fine for now. .............Plus I can dive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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