Experiments of the BIG bore kind....

[coleman758]

Well guys,

I've got myself a set of big bores, they are Durango ones. In my opinion they are a great set of shocks, well made and easy to work on.

I've got them fitted to my C4.1

The shafts are quite bait longer that the associated shocks. So it's had to have some internal spacers to match the droop of the standard shocks, about 6mm in the front and 4mm in the rears.

I've got it set at the moment with 1.2mm 6-hole pistons all around.
35wt Losi - Purple (4.20) spring, that's about the same as an AE blue.
32.5 Losi - Light Red (2.6) spring, that's a little softer that an AE silver.

To be honest they feel pretty good on the table, I think the back oil is a little think maybe, but that's just going off feel. I think 27.5-30 will be better.

Il be running it a few times over the weekend, so il be giving it a try and reporting back!

And a few pics, any question just ask!

[BeachBuggyPhil]

Have you got a picture of the standoffs you used to mount the shocks?

[Martijn]

Whats up with those 2 screws on the front shock towers

[coleman758]

Originally Posted by Martijn

Whats up with those 2 screws on the front shock towers

They mount my front wing.

[coleman758]

First run...

Let's say, not so good.
I have not limited the travel enough so the car sits way too heigh.
Even with the pre-load nuts all the way to the top.

The shocks are too slow to react and the oils are too thick.
Next step, I'm going to move to 4-holes with bigger holes.
Maybe 1.3 & 1.4.

[tisher]

put the AE shocks back on and you to can do 19 laps like me

[losichris]

Originally Posted by coleman758

First run...

Let's say, not so good.
I have not limited the travel enough so the car sits way too heigh.
Even with the pre-load nuts all the way to the top.

The shocks are too slow to react and the oils are too thick.
Next step, I'm going to move to 4-holes with bigger holes.
Maybe 1.3 & 1.4.

maybe cut a coil or 2 off the springs, but yeah im running 1.4mm and 1.6 mm 4 hole pistons in mine

[coleman758]

Originally Posted by BeachBuggyPhil

Have you got a picture of the standoffs you used to mount the shocks?

The fronts are the normal DEX410 standoffs, the rears are M3 screws, I've used the bushings from the bottom fronts of a DEX210 in the top. So that it fits on the M3 screw with no slop.

Il take a few more shots.

[coleman758]

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