I have always used the machined pistons that come with the WCE. I noticed the damping seemed pretty stiff with them. Last night I switched front and rear to the molded pistons. I decided to try to set the car up like my BJ4 which is pretty dialed for my track. That equates to Associated #2-35 wt front, Associated #1-30 wt rear. So in went molded #4 tamiya and 35 wt front, and molded #5 tamiya 30 wt rear. I got these piston estimations from Jimmys chart. The damping seems FAR too soft--at least on the bench with these pistons. I haven't driven the car yet, but on the bench it feels alot lighter than 35 and 30 weight feel in any Losi or Associated shock. It looks like I will have to go to a #3 tamiya molded front and #4 rear with the same weight oil OR switch back to the machined pistons. The molded give a lot lighter damping than the machined pistons!!
When you guys say the molded are less consistent--what do you mean? they are different from batch to batch?
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