54028 damper oil

[mrbiccies]

Anyone know what sort of WT the Tamiya (soft) oil is that comes with 54028 buggy dampers?

Thanks.

[DCM]

soft - red - 20
soft - orange - 30
soft - yellow - 40
medium - green - 50
medium - blue - 60
medium - purple - 70
hard - pink - 80
hard - clear - 90
hard - light blue - 100

[rcluke]

get some much more oil, it's much better than the tamiya crap

[ashleyb4]

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[DCM]

Originally Posted by rcluke

get some much more oil, it's much better than the tamiya crap

actually the Tamiya stuff is pretty good, just small bottles, but they are colour coded which makes it so you don't need to remember what weight oil went in lol

[mrbiccies]

Originally Posted by DCM

soft - red - 20
soft - orange - 30
soft - yellow - 40
medium - green - 50
medium - blue - 60
medium - purple - 70
hard - pink - 80
hard - clear - 90
hard - light blue - 100

nice one

[stefka]

Originally Posted by DCM

soft - red - 20
soft - orange - 30
soft - yellow - 40
medium - green - 50
medium - blue - 60
medium - purple - 70
hard - pink - 80
hard - clear - 90
hard - light blue - 100

That´s the kind of stuff I love ! Thank a lot !

[Spoolio]

Originally Posted by DCM

soft - red - 20
soft - orange - 30
soft - yellow - 40
medium - green - 50
medium - blue - 60
medium - purple - 70
hard - pink - 80
hard - clear - 90
hard - light blue - 100

Excellent

[B44&501xRacerEX]

I have the 90wt then the clear bottle.
And the "stock" yellow soft for the rear.

I ran this setup and it worked great.

[ben]

You do realise that makes noooo sense what so ever!!!

YOUR ACE

[Northy]

BMag, do you run pistons with the 90wt oil or not bother?

G

[Lee]

I just use some gentlemans relish in mine after bmags advice

[bigred5765]

do you run cheese graters or pistons

[Chris]

Originally Posted by DCM

soft - red - 20
soft - orange - 30
soft - yellow - 40
medium - green - 50
medium - blue - 60
medium - purple - 70
hard - pink - 80
hard - clear - 90
hard - light blue - 100

Not correct!!

#300 IS NOT 30WT

[tom_chang79]

I always run AE or Losi oils. The Losi oils are color coded AND have weights printed outside the bottle on the label. It even has the weight printed on the bottle cap.

The AE oils have a HUGE weight printed on the label...

[suparajicon]

Originally Posted by rcluke

get some much more oil, it's much better than the tamiya crap

If you had lived in Japan or knew japanese people...you'd understand that what they do is not exactly a crap. ..

[5POINTSTAR]

I use AE only

[94eg!]

WOW GUYS! This thread is a total FAIL! I'm suprised you guys would sticky the first bit of nonsense someone posted.

Tamiya oil is measured in CST (centistrokes), a WORLDWIDE STANDARD In no way is a 900cst damper oil anything like a 90wt. In fact, "Weight" is not a universal standard, so you cannot compare one brand of oil's "weight" to another without actually measuring it. Every companies 30wt oil will be quite a bit different. Yes, this goes for motor oil as well...

Here's a little article for you:
http://www.rcrcr.com/index.php?optio...eral&Itemid=46

[dimblum]

You said it!! Comparing CST to WT is very tricky and no where close to what was posted in this thread..

Originally Posted by 94eg!

WOW GUYS! This thread is a total FAIL! I'm suprised you guys would sticky the first bit of nonsense someone posted.

Tamiya oil is measured in CST (centistrokes), a WORLDWIDE STANDARD In no way is a 900cst damper oil anything like a 90wt. In fact, "Weight" is not a universal standard, so you cannot compare one brand of oil's "weight" to another without actually measuring it. Every companies 30wt oil will be quite a bit different. Yes, this goes for motor oil as well...

Here's a little article for you:
http://www.rcrcr.com/index.php?optio...eral&Itemid=46

[super gripper]

Originally Posted by mrbiccies

Anyone know what sort of WT the Tamiya (soft) oil is that comes with 54028 buggy dampers?

Thanks.

do not bother with the Tamiya shock oil

build the shocks as per Tamiya instructions and then

put associated 40 weight in the front and associated 30 weight in the rear for a good balance. works a treat at my local club.