Rixhobbies

Hey there, E-Revo community!</p>

I have been reading and searching these forums like crazy trying to find all of the tuning tips I can for my new ERBE. I'm a basher, running my truck on BMX tracks, open fields, construction sites and the like, so lots of ruts and rocks to contend with.</p>

Out of the box, the suspension was entirely too low, especially in the rear, as the rocks and ruts were smacking the bottom of the truck severely. To make matters worse, accelerating causes the rear to squat even more.</p>

So, I've been experimenting with setting the push rods to the inner holes, trying the blue/silver springs (with 60wt oil), playing with pre-load adjustments, etc. However, I'm just not finding the right combination for dealing with the rocks and ruts. Using the inner (closest to the trucks center) holes for the rods help, but it seems like the suspension becomes even more progressive (using P2 rockers) and I didn't think that was supposed to be the case, so I may be missing something there.</p>

The blue/silver springs help with ride height, but they are frankly too stiff and cause the truck to bound and bounce over the rough stuff. The stock setup was much better in this regard, though the lack of ground clearance was hurting me. It seems to me that plush suspension is the way to go for the ruts and rocks. Also, even with blue/silver springs, 60wt oil seems too thick as returning to rest is pretty slow when you compress and release the suspension.</p>

Also, my truck may be heavier than most due to the 4S 9000 Mah Maxamps LiPos I'm running.</p>

So, considering the rough tracks I'm running on, what do you guys suggest for my suspension setup? I jump, but only mild to moderately (no big air for me) and mostly like to run the rough tracks, so good handling there is where I want to go. Is it possible to get a little more ride height and keep the plush suspension? I have been thinking that if the truck sat with the a-arms slightly above level (is increased droop the right term?) would be the ticket for getting ground clearance and retaining handling.</p>

I've read the forums to death and it seems many bashing setups are aimed at big air as opposed to rough tracks like I'm running on. So, based on what I've read, my next step was going to be the following:</p>

Front: gold springs, 50wt oil
Rear: Black springs, 50wt oil</p>

I considered trying the LT rockers, or possibly the P1s, but it seems that the P2 are the most widely recommended. I harly ever see any references to P1s.</p>

I also bought a set of Proline Trenchers (premounted on 40 series wheels) to help with the ruts, but I worry that these might be too much for the bearings and such, though Proline states they are for the E-Revo. Do I need to worry about hurting anything? They are a little heavier and about an inch greater in diameter over the stock Talons, so I know I'll need to keep gearing lower (Proline suggested the 65 tooth spur Traxxas provided as stock in the truck rather than gearing up for 4S Lipos.</p>

Any help or advice here would be greatly appreciated!</p>

R</p>

Rixhobbies

Anyone?

only1battman

ya i am here. <div>the Revo series is meant to be a track kind of truck, it is not meant to be driven off road and in high terrain situations like you want.  for what you want to drive in you should have gotten the 4x4 stampede or the Brushless E-Maxx.  one thing you can do to raise the height for your truck is add ONE spacer to your pushrods if there isnt already one. or you  can get longer pushrods.  if i remember correctly the E-Revo like the Revo 3.3 comes with extended progressive rockers. i cannot remember if that is better for off road travel or on road travel.  i think it says it somewhere in the manual. just check that out.</div><div>the other thing you mentioned was that you are running 4s lipos, i dont know how heavy they are but it is worth a shot at trying to use lighter batteries to see if there is any performance change.  ya keep the gearing lower and dont hammer the throttle kinda ease into it.  especially if you are driving off road and in tough terrain.</div>