Reduce body roll

[deano261]

How can I reduce body roll in the mad rat. I have associated b4 shocks on it at the moment.

[Tom3012]

Make the inside camber links higher... So on the rear out of the four holes on the inside camber link, go to the short, higher hole... On the front try putting a 2mm washer under the ballstud in the bulk head...

Hope that makes sense?

Tom

[deano261]

will shorter springs (around 45mm also do the trick as im currently running 70mm ones which came with the b4 shocks

[Robbiejuk]

Spacers inside the shocks to get rid of some of the droop? Outside hole in bottom wishbone.

[madmax]

their is a few ways in doing this, the first way is raising the inner links like what tom said, you can also move the shocks out on the wishbones or stiffen the suspension

but why do you want to reduce the role? is car grip rolling? and what surface are you running on? what is the ridehight

[deano261]

its just that it is constantly on its roof around the fast high grip corners and im running on carpet at the moment

[hit5005]

wot tyres u runing?
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[deano261]

schumacher mini pins (yellow) all around

[Robbiejuk]

30 degree blocks on the front. Longer wheelbase. Trim some spikes off the outside of tyres.

[hit5005]

Originally Posted by deano261

schumacher mini pins (yellow) all around

trim off the outside row and the inside row on the back or try a set of

Mini Spikes there a bit more forgiving

[Mad-Wolfie]

Originally Posted by hit5005

trim off the outside row and the inside row on the back or try a set of

Mini Spikes there a bit more forgiving

i've been running yellow mini-pins on mine for ages, never had a problem with them.

it may be that the shocks are just too hard.. try softening then a little using softer springs or thinner oil. Also check the wishbones are set level or just below the level line when the car is resting on it's wheels - pick the car up fr a couple of inches & drop it down to check the level on the wishbones.

You could try running the front & rear tie-rods so they are positioned in the hole nearer the wheels & the rods are as long as possible at the rear & you have around 2 degrees of camber & as was said, stick a 2mm washer under the ball studs under the castle. The longer arms should make the car more lazy as it goes into corners, with shorter arms the car springs upright a lot quicker or hits it's limits a lot faster when going into fast corners & when that limit is reached that is when the car could flip over if it's trying to naturallly roll due to inertia when there is nothing left to cushion or help counter the affect.

If it still rolls & flips over, it may be your steering is set to high so try adjusting the dual rate (if you have a function to do so on your transmitter) & adjust it so you don't have as much throw, if you don't have a dual rate setting, don't fling the steering wheel/stick on your tranny all the way across if you can help it.

[deano261]

Originally Posted by Mad-Wolfie

You could try running the front & rear tie-rods so they are positioned in the hole nearer the wheels & the rods are as long as possible at the rear & you have around 2 degrees of camber & as was said, stick a 2mm washer under the ball studs under the castle. The longer arms should make the car more lazy as it goes into corners, with shorter arms the car springs upright a lot quicker or hits it's limits a lot faster when going into fast corners & when that limit is reached that is when the car could flip over if it's trying to naturallly roll due to inertia when there is nothing left to cushion or help counter the affect.

what is the castle?

[VintageRacer]

Originally Posted by deano261

what is the castle?

It's what the manual calls "front upper suspension mount" part #125000498

[racingben]

X4 roll bars fit on the monkey with a little dremelling. Not tried to fit a rear bar onto the rat yet.