shocks for revo

[saddlehorse]

Jumped the revo today and when she landed I noticed it was leaning.
So I go pick it up and bam, shock was broke in half.
All this just 3 minutes after driving the volcano and blowing the glow plug out and loosing it.

So question is what is a good shock for cheap for revo.

 

[hamz9561]

The Traxxas GTR shocks are about as good as it gets. They're not much more expensive than stock and are an upgrade.

 

[SchrodeMode]

You can get them from the chop shops for pretty cheap...sometimes. I've seen full sets go for less than $20 shipped.

 

[saddlehorse]

Sounds good. Will add them to my parts order next weel. Thanks

---------- Post added at 7:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 7:44 PM ----------

Also getting the stick rocker arms as it had the long travel on it when I got and I hate the way it handles with them

 

[ausher]

I spent a total of $12 for a set of 4 new Teflon coated gtr shocks with TiN coated shafts from ebay.

 

[saddlehorse]

What is a good weight oil for bashing?
Thanks for the info

 

[olds97_lss]

Depends what you want to do.

For me, I think I'm running 45... maybe 50, with the shock baffle kit: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXUTH6&P=7

Blue springs on the rear, pink on the front with the TiNi coated hard anno'd shocks from the platinum rigs on ebay.

I can do decent air without bottoming out to bad (3-5 feet under it), but still, it doesn't take on big air like my savage can with 4 flux shocks.

Without the variable rate kit, I was running 60-70 weight with similar landing characteristics, but rebound was awful and it was just dreadful on rough ground. That baffle blocks 2 holes on the shock piston as they compress or decompress (depending on how you install them, off-road blocks on compress/on-road blocks on decompress). This let me drop down to a lighter oil, but still get similar landing while not losing quick rebound.

 

[EXTREME1]

yes i too rebuilt my shocks with the varible shock kit and used 50w losi oil and the truck handles the jumps alot better.