Sway bars on a Slah 2wd??

[Daskraut]

I notice that Traxxas does not make them, but Hot racing does...are they a good set up??

 

[RustyUs]

If you want to test and tune, they have potential. I personally think the design for the front end, being what it's mounted on, would not cut it for anything involving jumps/high speed oopsies. Do you have the LCG chassis as that would help a lot with what you are possibly fighting?

 

[xjtorc]

Speaking from experience with the Slash, proper shock tuning will yield the same/better results as a sway bar.

I've run the Hot Racing sways in every orientation on my street stock Slash dirt oval racer and never found a setup I liked. If you're trying to turn your Slash into a street racer or running on a super high bite track, thick oil and heavy springs go a long way for making the Slash hook up in the turns.

 

[clm77]

This may or may not help, as I'm somewhat in the same boat. MX Acres on YouTube has a handful of videos on racing a lcg Slash, and his setup seems pretty well sorted out. I don't know whether he goes into great detail about spring rates (maybe AE springs?) or oil weights, but he definitely has the sway bar kit you mentioned. Perhaps someone else here can shed a little light on that guy's setup...

 

[Daskraut]

If you want to test and tune, they have potential. I personally think the design for the front end, being what it's mounted on, would not cut it for anything involving jumps/high speed oopsies. Do you have the LCG chassis as that would help a lot with what you are possibly fighting?

Just want to reduce body roll without turning springs up too much. I bought the swaybars, we shall see how they work.

 

[RustyUs]

Just want to reduce body roll without turning springs up too much. I bought the swaybars, we shall see how they work.

Yeah, I initially thought a front bumper mounted sway bar may pose a problem with all the potential twisting forces applied to the aluminum sway bar mount. Meh, you'll be good to go.

Pro-Line used to have this chassis mounted sway bar for their Pro2 & Slash, but since long discontinued. Just a more robust design in my mind.

 

[Daskraut]

shame on pro line!

 

[CertifiedMike]

Yeah, I initially thought a front bumper mounted sway bar may pose a problem with all the potential twisting forces applied to the aluminum sway bar mount. Meh, you'll be good to go.
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Pro-Line used to have this chassis mounted sway bar for their Pro2 & Slash, but since long discontinued. Just a more robust design in my mind.
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Way better mount location. Looks somewhat easy to duplicate.
I don't like the bumper mount idea much.

I am curious to see how they work out.

 

[clm77]

Yeah, I initially thought a front bumper mounted sway bar may pose a problem with all the potential twisting forces applied to the aluminum sway bar mount. Meh, you'll be good to go.
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Pro-Line used to have this chassis mounted sway bar for their Pro2 & Slash, but since long discontinued. Just a more robust design in my mind.
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I'm curious what shock tower that is in the first picture...?