Max Mört goes in depth on anti-roll (sway) bars, explaining how they affect handling for off-road cars, how to choose thicker or thinner bars, how the anti-roll bar affects the car over jumps, how important it is in comparison with other settings, and how ARBs interact with your wheelbase and driveshaft choices.
See Adam Drake explain how to tune your car's handling using sway bars
Patrick Beck of Tonisport walks us through the essentials of Active Rear Suspension systems that alter the car's rear toe as the suspension is compressed.
Max Mört explains the effects of anti-squat, kick-up, pro-dive, and pro-squat on RC car handling (please note: "kick-up" and "pro-lift" are the same.)
Everyone's favorite Aussie gearhead explains the fundamentals of weight transfer in racing and how it can be used to increase traction or change the front-to-rear relative traction while cornering. In Part 2, he covers roll center and how it contributes to cornering relative to shock springs and shock oil & pistons. A must watch for all tuners!
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!
Team Associated provides a summary of shock pistons and how they affect handling, so you can figure out if you should use flat, tapered, or thin pistons.
Ryan Harris explains his 6 best tips for beginners looking to make sure their car is set up properly so they can compete at the track! He explains tire selection first then gets into basic setup strategies for axle height, shock springs and oil, camber, toe, and more, all with handy visuals.
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.
XRAY and Anthony Atack provide this great overview guide to setting up on-road RC touring cars. It's a little old, but the setup info is just as relevant now.
Scott Guyatt's terrific introduction to 1/10 scale off-road RC setups.
Great overview of basic alignment aspects of the suspension, from toe and camber to caster and steering axis inclination.
The Hall Brothers share a great video discussing the pros and cons of running inverted (upside-down) shocks on your off-road RC buggy or truck. They focus on 1/10 scale racing, but the principles apply to other scales as well.
EvanJayAwesomeRC walks through the basics of what "roll center" means and how it affects the handling of your car.
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.
Sure, it's fun to drive on bumpy tracks, but how do you make sure your car is still fast and balanced? Adam Drake walks us through his approach.
Veteran driver Ryan Lutz explains how to get the most out of your 1/8-scale RC off-road car or truck when driving on high-grip tracks
Most RC cars allow suspension tuning via the mounts that hold the lower suspension arms to the chassis, but some cars extend this to the upper arms as well, making for a very complex mix of options.
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