coffeecup Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Hey everyone, I just wondered if people could give me some advice on suspension. I've never really bothered to tune it and when I raced often my father would help me with a lot of the technical aspects and it seems rebound is something I never picked up. My confusion comes when we get to rebound. Is there any way to directly effect rebound. I have tried using piston heads with smaller holes but obviously that greatly effects the dampening and makes the entire suspension sluggish. A thinner oil or harder spring creates a bumpy ride and causes the suspension to bounce the car back up, effetely just bouncing across the surface like a rally car, which obviously causes traction issues and then crashes. Ultimately I want to the truck to return to it's set ride hight but not aggressively. On my motorcycle I have little valves I adjust to effect the flow rate to the external res that manages this but obviously that isn't a feature I have on stock suspension. How does it work?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andythecrane Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 There is some good videos on YT. I can remember the exact link, but I'm sure it was by team associated. Also proline do a video on there power stroke shocks. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeecup Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 Ok, thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deafty Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 (edited) oil thickness controls the speed. piston holes determine the 'pack' piston shapes: eg conical, allow for 1 speed up and another speed down. The spring is your shock absorber. Theres a US company that makes adjustable speed pistons too. Google 'tuning with camber links rc ' On 2/15/2016 at 4:29 PM, coffeecup said: Hey everyone, A thinner oil or harder spring creates a bumpy ride and causes the suspension to bounce the car back up, effetely just bouncing across the surface like a rally car, which obviously causes traction issues and then crashes. Ultimately I want to the truck to return to it's set ride hight but not aggressively. On my motorcycle I have little valves I adjust to effect the flow rate to the external res that manages this but obviously that isn't a feature I have on stock suspension. How does it work?! choose springs 1st (no oil) then go up in oil thickness until this 'bumpyness' goes away then go up further until wheels bounce off the ground. This will be your oil range Edited February 16, 2016 by Deafty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeecup Posted February 20, 2016 Author Share Posted February 20, 2016 Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickarla Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 On 16/02/2016 at 21:45, Deafty said: oil thickness controls the speed. piston holes determine the 'pack' I have found that these do exactly the same thing. Smaller piston holes with thinner oil is no different to thicker oil with larger piston holes. piston shapes: eg conical, allow for 1 speed up and another speed down. I have found this makes no difference at all. The spring is your shock absorber. The oil is what absorbs the shock. The springs lead to the rebound of the shock. Theres a US company that makes adjustable speed pistons too. Google 'tuning with camber links rc ' choose springs 1st (no oil) then go up in oil thickness until this 'bumpyness' goes away then go up further until wheels bounce off the ground. This will be your oil range Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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