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[usel;escrapytwit]

Hi i am running a vintage 1980/2010 re re hybread scorcher and wondered if anyone can help i am running stock vintage shocks dampers and they are shocking. the oil keeps falling out i have turned them upsidedown and re built them but they are obviously worn. Anyway back to my question

Has anyone run originals with crp coil over kits and are they any good and do they leak or am i better to go re re using stock springs. also do re re s leak after a bit. I use the car as a basher but its very competertive indeed and i need to be able to get the edge over the others.
the rough rider is the more stable car so i need the have a good set up to win.

the surfaces we run are varied sand wet and semmi dry,(beach) loose and semi compact sandy dirt mountain bike track, woodland walkway paths and an old slate quarry so shale and smooth ish rock in that one.
I currenly run soft setting at the front and i have weekend the tortion bars at the rear so the suspention works as real suspention should but with out proper damping so its too bouncy(duff dampers/shocks). If i run stock settings the rear is to high and bounces to much effecting the steering and if you run the fonts on the hard setting it just snow plouges. I have tweeked the front springs now so its now soft enough but i am sure it could be better can any one help or ecomend other setups that might give me the egde.
I know its been covered b4 but i cant find any info.

[tamiya monkey]

I have a re-re scorcher and the shocks leak just as bad as the originals did, have been looking at the rcchannel ones but as yet not found anyone that can confirm if these are any better, i like the rcchannel ones because they look stock. click here

[Team Rawlings]

If you are looking for performance and your not worried about scale looks, just about any high performance shocks can be adapted to the srb chassi, with a little creative moderfying. Example; fabricating extenders for the front shock towers to accept coil over 90mm or 100mm shocks, rear using 80 to 90mm shocks, fab a bracket fromm 1.5 or 2mm aluminum plate and bolt directly to roll bar or just bolt top of shock directly to roll bar.
check out pic's for ideas.












The blue and silver shocks are from 3racing products.

As you can see some great ideas to work from!
Also for scale looks, visit rc4wd and junfac.com as they have internally sprung shocks that from what I have read are quite good for bashing purpose's.
I personally am running re re shocks and have had only one leak badley but found with proper tuning ie; correct level of oil and air mix, and also correct tention on the nut that puts pressure on the "o" ring they dont leak as much if at all.
Hope this helps!
Shaun

[OldSchoolRunner]

This topic has been covered lots of ti,es and there is a lot of info out there. Here just to muddy the waters. I am really happy how these perform. They are a Losi shock take a look at the pictures. Hope this helps.
OSR

[usel;escrapytwit]

This topic has been covered lots of ti,es and there is a lot of info out there. Here just to muddy the waters. I am really happy how these perform. They are a Losi shock take a look at the pictures. Hope this helps.
OSR

sorry i cant see any pics

[bromvw]

If you are looking for performance and your not worried about scale looks, just about any high performance shocks can be adapted to the srb chassi, with a little creative moderfying. Example; fabricating extenders for the front shock towers to accept coil over 90mm or 100mm shocks, rear using 80 to 90mm shocks, fab a bracket fromm 1.5 or 2mm aluminum plate and bolt directly to roll bar or just bolt top of shock directly to roll bar.
check out pic's for ideas.












The blue and silver shocks are from 3racing products.

As you can see some great ideas to work from!
Also for scale looks, visit rc4wd and junfac.com as they have internally sprung shocks that from what I have read are quite good for bashing purpose's.
I personally am running re re shocks and have had only one leak badley but found with proper tuning ie; correct level of oil and air mix, and also correct tention on the nut that puts pressure on the "o" ring they dont leak as much if at all.
Hope this helps!
Shaun

first photo = 3 racing shocks

[usel;escrapytwit]

I have a re-re scorcher and the shocks leak just as bad as the originals did, have been looking at the rcchannel ones but as yet not found anyone that can confirm if these are any better, i like the rcchannel ones because they look stock. click here

I also like the looks but am put off a little because they do look so stock do you know whats in them. my son has a re re and his dont leak but i dont know if there is any oil in them as i have not built them or looked at them at all i dont want to mess as they are sealed at the mo.

The re re ones seem to have a pair of guides Bf2 for the shaft keeping it all square inside so i can understand they may be less leaky.
thanks for your comments does any one run stock vintage with crp mods

[usel;escrapytwit]

first photo = 3 racing shocks

thanks i will have a look i love the looks of the scale shocks but are they any good the review on there own site says they leak going to look at the other sites tho thanks