Has anyone succeeded in building up some 501X shocks from spare parts yet? Are the parts easily available or are they something that will be "ordered in" and never appear?
Or has anyone heard a solid date for the 54028 hop up shocks?
The CVA's work but I think they are starting to hold me back now in terms of setup, also they are swiftly headed for the knackers yard, the wobble and wear on them already is pretty impressive!
I softened the oil in the rear to #600 with the kit pistons, the damping is now more similar to the front which helps, although the car is still VERY underdamped on jumps due to the total absence of pack.
Did some experimenting setup-wise today on the slippy floor at Jarrow and the one-way lapped faster than the diff even though I was less confident with it.
I also did some running with the anti-roll bars on the back and liked it, it actually increased rear grip with the yellow bar which suggests the rear end was over-rolling in the corners without, so a much nicer balance. The blue bar had more steering but was maybe a little bit edgier over the jumps.
In case anyone wondered the 501 bars are the following diameters - Red/0.8mm, Yellow/1.0mm, Blue/1.2mm. Red seems far too soft to have any effect although I did not actually test it on the car.
Still a lot more tweaking to do, still haven't got the car the way I want it, but learning more about it every meeting!
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