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Sodom 04-07-2007 03:02 PM

Changing shocks
 
Will there be any difference in handling if i change the original shocks of the bj4we to the losi xx4? I mean will the car be any better than the bj4we and xx4 combined? Thanks:)

Lee 04-07-2007 03:26 PM

I dont think you can improve on perfection matey, leave the AE shocks on, im sure JConcepts tried losi shocks during the development stages, they went AE for a reason.

Plus would you want anything that is associated with a rubber band car on your super fast shaftey:D

Chequered Flag Racing 05-07-2007 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lee (Post 48086)
Plus would you want anything that is associated with a rubber band car on your super fast shaftey:D

Losi pistons, but I suppose you can't see them :p :D

Lee 05-07-2007 11:06 AM

Shhhh:D


They are Well hidden:D

Northy 05-07-2007 11:34 AM

There is actually nothing wrong with the AE bodies if they are built right, but I prefer the finer tuning that Losi pistons and springs allow.

G

Sodom 05-07-2007 02:50 PM

I love the way my old xx4 absorbs the shocks over bumps. It looks like its floating. Thats why i thought of putting losi shocks at my bj4we. So will they effect the handling?:confused:

Lee 05-07-2007 03:05 PM

Just put the losi pistons in the AE shocks, if the losi shocks were better suited to the BJ4 then we would all be using them. Or drill a 1.4mm hole in your rear pistons;)

Richard Lowe 05-07-2007 03:34 PM

I can't see changing the shocks making any real difference assuming they are the same inside diameter, I mean - it's a tube. One is assembled from the top, the other from the bottom, it's the springs/oils/pistons that make the difference.

jimmy 05-07-2007 03:39 PM

and the seals make a difference - I always found the Losi shocks lasted longer between rebuilds, maybe just me.

NeilD 05-07-2007 03:39 PM

So why not just use Losi shocks it would save messing about swopping pistons about?

Richard Lowe 05-07-2007 03:55 PM

Because a set of pistons is cheaper than a complete set of shocks :eh?: :D

jimmy 05-07-2007 03:57 PM

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/tiver.../tiv4wd012.jpg

Richard Lowe 05-07-2007 04:03 PM

Yellow wheels!

/spits

millzy 05-07-2007 04:03 PM

is that the horse poo attacked front end?

NeilD 05-07-2007 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard Lowe (Post 48283)
Because a set of pistons is cheaper than a complete set of shocks :eh?: :D

Maybe i do have too much money.:p

Lee 05-07-2007 04:15 PM

Losi springs are different too, even if they were the same poundage (is that a new word) they are longer and would therefore make the car feel softer due to the increased amount of coils on the spring.

mattym0310 05-07-2007 05:10 PM

i use losi pistons in my AE shocks on my bj4

Lowie 11-08-2007 12:29 AM

and why would AE-shocks be better then the Losi-shocks?

I prefer not to use Losi-stuff, am totally B4-committed ... but have allready made both AE-shocks and Losi-shocks and must admit Losi-shocks are easier to asemble, right out of the box, IMHO.
Also, it's easy to change the oil and most of all: easier to change the pistons or the number of shock spacers. Again, IMHO.

Maybe I might, one day, ... put Losi-shocks on my B4 :eh?:


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