Need help setting up your car so it handles the way you want? Search our setup guides and tips from top drivers to get you on the right track!
Table showing shock oil weights and how they compare across different shock oil brands.
Scott Guyatt's terrific introduction to 1/10 scale off-road RC setups.
Detailed guide from Matt "Murfdogg" Murphy to setting up dirt oval RC cars that covers all aspects of setup from shocks and roll center to tires and drivetrain.
Quick cheatsheets showing how to increase or decrease grip in order to get your dirt oval RC car handling the way you like. If someone knows the source, please let us know, so we can credit them appropriately!
The Drake shares his experience to help us get better runtime through both engine tuning and more efficient driving technique, with a focus (of course) on 1/8 off-road racing.
The Hall Brothers give a great explainer of the basics of toe and anti-squat - what they are, how to set them, and how they affect your handling, with a focus on 1/10 off-road racing.
Kyosho's Ryan Lutz gives some great tips on tuning a car for racing on bumpy tracks, covering a ton of topics including kick-up, camber gain, driveshaft angle, and more. He highlights a few setup options specific on Kyosho's latest MP10, but most of his tips apply to any 1/8 off-roader car or truck.
The Hall Brothers walk us through kingpin inclination (KPI), and how it affects the handling of an RC car. KPI has long been an adjustment available on 1/8 scale off-roaders, but it is now also available on the new Team Associated RC10 B7.
Adam explains how rear roll center and camber adjustments made at the hub affect a car's performance. His example car is a Mugen, but the concepts apply to all off-road cars, especially 1/8 scale.
The Drake continues his great series of explainers with this hand-on demo of clutch shimming for nitro engines.
.avif)
.avif)
.avif)