Olds, what mounting holes are you running your shocks in on your LST2? I think I read on lstforums.com that your bashing setup was: inside holes on the towers, and outside holes on the a-arms. But that post might have been a few years old. Are you still running that setup, and why do you like it? Do you think that's the best way to configure the suspension for jumping? My son likes big air. Thanks for any advice..
-Steve D
Figured it would be better to answer in a new thread vs mucking up another.
I run inside/inside top/bottom (I/I), mostly to give me the most ride height. Outside/outside (O/O) would make it more rigid and lower it a bit. I/O or O/I would probably be similar to each other and would be an in between on stiffness/progressiveness in shock action, but still I go for the taller stance.
I run 45 weight losi oil and RC raven springs with traxxas 17mm revo wheels/tires on it. It can handle pretty decent air under it all day long without flinching (5-8 feet) as long as you stay off concrete. On concrete, I keep it 5 feet or below as it barely bottoms out at that height when forward momentum is part of it. If I hold it at my chin and drop it, it barely kisses the ground with the chassis. Yet, it's soft enough to not be too unwieldy on the rougher small stuff. Not nearly as plush as stock, but not too bad either.
To be honest though, I don't hardly drive it anymore. I think I ran it a couple times last year and don't really see me running it much this year. Last year, I pretty much only ran my jato and savage. Over the winter, I upgraded both of those quite a bit and just recently picked up a slayer which I'll kind of convert to a revo. Which means I probably won't drive the jato much this year...
It's a bit of a waste to have these things on my shelf... but it's not really worth selling any of them considering what the going rate for a used rig is. Especially the aftershock. If I had to replace everything I put on that thing for new prices, I'd be well over $1K. I'd be lucky to get $300 out of it as is. $400 if the buyer has more money than he knows what to do with.
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