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Originally Posted by wookieewonder
Hi I'm a bit confused about shocks mounted either on front or rear of the rear tower. Always thought mounted rear would help give more traction and mounted on the front would help gain more steering. The xray website suggests the opposite?! (see attached jpegs) Its says shocks on front of rear tower for low traction. And vice versa for the shocks on rear. Unless they mean low traction as in will result in less traction? Either way it's not all that clear. Help! Thanks!
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I think what you have said second is what they mean in a roundabout way; in the example given, low traction means less traction generated by the buggy.
IIRC, Bent (Father of factory team driver) has previously explained it this way, either on here or on rctech...
My experience with other buggies echoes what others have said here - rear mounted makes the car safer/more consistent but a bit slower over a single lap, front mounted is faster but edgier/less consistent. YMMV however
