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Hello everyone. I guess you could say I'm a little ashamed.... I bought my Revo a week before Christmas and still haven't put fuel in it yet :depress:

I'm just waiting for the weather to warm up a little. I decided to tinker a little on it for now. I added a full set of RPM arms and a Grave Digger body. It looks like the body isn't going to fit too well either :ahh: Anyone run this body with any hints?

After I installed the RPM arms I decided to put on the long travel kit. I have a couple of questions here. Question one; What color springs go where? I put the silver in the front and the blue in the rear. Is that correct? Question two; Now that I did the long travel kit it seems like I have a lot of sag on the suspension. Does anyone have some helpful hints on how to set the suspension up? All I will do with this truck is bash at the local bike track with my son. I just like to jump :banana:

Any help would be GREAT!!!!!
 
I'm not sure how much it will help being that your truck is modded and I'm VERY new to my Revo. The owners books as imfo on adjusting spring sag and imfo on springs for both 90mm and 120mm long travel. An example is they got standard 120mm long travel at Silver in front and Blue in back. Now the spring sag I think is adjusted by the pre-load adjustment on the shock. It talks about adjusting it 1/3 of it's travel. I'm sure someone with some major experience will chime in and explain it all futher.
 
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I believe the long travel is intended to be really soft for crawling. So sag is acceptable. The LT is just to allow the arms to move as much as they can, up and down.
 
Is there any way to stiffen the suspension up and have the best of both worlds? Long travel that can take bigger jumps? I'm sorry everyone.... I'm just a NEWBIE! :loser:
 
Change the shock oil or buy different springs. Traxxas has a bunch of different springs available. There's a spring chart in the manual and available somewhere on their website.
 
Anyone got a link to imfo on moding a Revo?

I want to mod mine to handle jumps and be durable as well. There seems to be a ton of parts for it but just don't know what to bolt on.
 
first of all what type of jumps are you jump 2 or 3 foot high ones or 8 or 9 foot i've run a bone stock revo out of the box and it handle 6 foot ramps with no prob catching the landing ramp that is not landing on flat ground you gotta set it up like a motorcross style jump with a landing and it will be fine in stock form. you will never get the suspension stiff enough if your jumping a 9 foot high jump with no landing it will slap skids every time
 
I was thinking of building some two foot jumps for it. So I guess a stock Revo should handle that stuff pretty good. Is there anything one should change out on the Revo that is typicaly broken while bashing around in? Also is there any tips on how to jump one of these Nitros so it want do an end over end? I jumped mine about a foot and it did one but it didn't bother it. I just think something over a few feet maybe be an issue if landed wrong.


Thanks
Ray
 
Hammer the throttle in the air, that should pull the front end up...... Then again how whould I know? LOL*
 
just practice lol when it doubt hit the throttle hard lol no real be patient with it you'll get the hang of it
 
If it want stop it from flipping backwards, ease up on the throttle, or hit the brakes. It will change it to a nose down attitude.

As to parts breaking, very few, even bashing, break typically. The most common weaknesses are the shocks and shock ends, the hinge pins, servos, and the reverse/Opti Drive set up. The rest is mainly random items such as you would expect to possibly break while bashing any other off road R/C.
 
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I run P2 rockers and I don't have a clue what the springs are... I put shock socks on them shortly after I bought it off a forum member, so it's whatever he had. But I did replace the oil with 55 weight.

From a standing drop, it bottoms out from a 4 foot drop, but not too hard. If I hold it shoulder height (~5 feet) and drop it on concrete, you can hear it slap the ground pretty good.

But when out at the skate park, 8-10 feet with forward motion doesn't seem to upset it too bad when I land outside the concrete part of the park in the grass/dirt areas.

I've found that straight up and down jumps are hard on just about any type of vehicle. Jumps that shoot a truck straight up and take away all forward momementum force all the energy from landing to be soaked up by the suspension and the chassis of the vehicle. When there's forward motion though, a portion of the energy is lost in forward momentum.

At least that's what it seems like when I'm out bashing. I can hit certain jumps all day long that clear 8-10 feet of air, but the one time I hit a jump that shoots it straight up and back down is always when a shock blows or something.

I haven't had any shock problems yet with the revo. But I've only run a gallon through it and I've only run it at the skate park for about half that gallon. Also, I do have aluminum shock ends and RPM arms, I'm sure that helps a bunch.

The part where the shocks are held on to the chassis is fine still as well and they are stock.
 
Dang 8-10 feet must be awsome to watch Olds97_lss :)

The manual talks about adjusting the shocks to lower slag. I would probaly start there in small increments untill I had it to were I wanted it to be.


As for mine, I found some plans on here to build some small jumps. That will work for now but I may try the skate park out as I get more used to this thing. So far mines pretty stock but it does have the forward only set up done to it. I'll probaly swap in a set of aluminum shock caps since I've broken those on a different truck already. Then maybe look into some better skid plates. The stock ones looks pretty cheezy.

Ray
 
SVO, if you paln to practice on a track or start racing, the set up gets a little more critical. While you bash you will quickly learn what the Revo likes and does not like. This will help you when you get to the track for the first time.

I keep my front a-arms just slightly raised, using the P2 and stock springs, rear level, same set up. I did caster it a bti more in the front to keep the extremes of suspension travel from affecting steering on short tracks.

As to jumps, I have hit a double portion of a triple in practice and popped the rig up about 6 feet. My intent was to go for the triple so I really gunned ti to get it that high. After awhile it was easier to hit the double low and roll the third as a left 180 was about 4' after the third.
 
Damn these Revos are freaking tough!!


I just took her out for a spin since I found some more hidden issues with my friends Tmaxx. Anyways, I slammed the Revo very hard into some extra cement someone pured out into a field a while back. I usualy get some pretty good air off it but some how get off a little on my take off. You could hear it hit the skid plate good. Then she rolled like crazy, laned on her paws and took off again. I pulled her over so I could get a visual but everything was good to go.

Man, I think I should A) stay away from that thing and B) buy some better skid plates. The stock ones look whimpy. Any advice is great apreciated like the above mentioned

Thanks people
Ray
 
I had the same problem when I was running P1 rockers and lighter oil. I think it had something aroudn 35 weight oil in it.

On a jump that wasn't a gradual grade, the front end would slap the base of the jump and really upset the truck.

I'm telling you, the P2's and around 50 weight really help on all counts. Hitting a jump and landing a jump. I'd be affraid to try P3's just because it's more progressive and I have a feeling, more would just bend/break stuff.

Running the long travel rockers, your getting the softest suspension you can get on revo. Even running stiff springs and heavy oil, the LTR's are giving the suspension too much leverage and it makes the shocks seem soft. Basically, your going to start blowing shocks apart if you try to get the LTR's to land a decent sized jump without bottoming out badly.

Just my opinion based off how mine handled with the P1's.
 

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