Drag racing shock absorber oil weight. ?What are you running?

[Heisenburg]

I have a home grown Slagster (Slash/Dragster) and running Hoosier drag slicks on the rear. Ideas for front an drear oil weights please?

 

[Beer_Goggles_RC]

What are you at now? And what characteristics does the car have on launch that you're looking to improve?

Are you still running the stock slash shocks with the stock pistons and springs?

 

[Heisenburg]

What are you at now? And what characteristics does the car have on launch that you're looking to improve?

Are you still running the stock slash shocks with the stock pistons and springs?

Yes please. Haven't actually launched it yet, just re-setting up the suspension

 

[Beer_Goggles_RC]

I’d start out with the factory oil weights for your model. Should be able to find them in the manual. From there do a couple hits and then you can get to tuning. My guess is that factory is somewhere around 45-80wt

I will say that on my drag slash the suspension is pretty stiff and slow from the factory. But I haven’t done any tuning with it yet. On my DR10 I’m running stock oil and springs in the rear with a very soft and quick front end. Still have a lot of tuning to do with it tho.

 

[Cheetah928]

I run 30/40 in the front/rear. Gives me good travel for offroad but enough stiffness for on road. For a fully road dragster I would say a 50 or 60 in the rear and a 40 up front? I usually run my front end pretty loose though

 

[Heisenburg]

Thanks guys. Always a big help here.