Suspension action

[Hikari no Tenshi]

Ok, here's a question I haven't seen even discussed. I'm getting ready to put the shocks together for my crawler. What weight oil is a good starting point. Do I want a soft setup, stiff setup? I'm going to run a BBY crawler chassis with some AE RC10GT shocks and progressive reservoirs. I would imagine #2 pistons and 35wt wouldn't be a bad starting point, but this is something I haven't seen discussed at all. Just looking for a base setup to start with so that when I take it out for the first time I don't spend 2 minutes watching it crawl over nothing and having to take it home and strip the shocks before it'll even work.

[savage100]

Well, not sure about the shock oil but there will be torque twist in the rear left spring. If you put a stiffer spring and or shock oil in it then that would be a good thing.

[tq_racing]

from what I have seen 30-35 should be good. Make sure to run a thicker oil in the back left (if its a real car it would be the rear driver side).

I plan on doing 25 in the front, 30 in the back right and 35 in the back left.

Hope this helps.

[RCStarGate]

Hello, Sir..!
What kind of shocks do you use on your Crawler..?
What kind of Crawler is it and what`s the weight..?

[Hikari no Tenshi]

I'm using associated 1.39" shocks (a hair over 4 inches fully extended) on an XRC CF frame. I haven't gotten it built up yet, bu i'm guessing it'll be around 4-5 lbs.