How to improve your SCX24 Incline and Side Hill performance

[@bcoletay]

Free incline boards!...I love your attitude and videos sir. Keep it up

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Thanks brother👍

[@centeguahan3760]

I gotta admit, this is quite different compared to other mod videos I've watched. Very informative & cool thank you uncle

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Thanks brother 👍

[@jdsrcs8061]

That is a cool idea. Full size wheeler use small utility winches on the front to pull the front end down for steep climbs!!!! 🤘🤘🤘

[@BullgearRCvideos]

A lot of the guys that do 1/10 scale comp rigs run they're shocks like this👍

[@andrewrichey7374]

Awesome appreciate you sharing, I have these air shocks. I’ll try this method

[@TonysRcTechboom]

Wow thats amazing angle 62 😱😱😱😱 thanks for sharing this amazing video my friend 👍😎🇬🇧🇺🇲😎👍

[@orionmayers-white1706]

I got two sets and did a light spring above and below piston, sits about 75% droop on my rig, been working amazing. Seemed really bouncy for me when shocks were bottomed out. Loved the vid 👍

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Thanks bro👍

[@SlavaRC]

Cool tune axi24, beautyful crawler my friend!)🤩💥💯👍👏

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Thanks brother👍

[@krashkingrc9715]

Awesome video excellent upgrades definitely made a difference killer incline truck looks wicked

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Thanks bro👍

[@texasracingsindicate]

He’ll ya our number one right now is a spare parts build awesome brother

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Thanks bro, nothing wrong with using up them parts to make a killer rig👊

[@njohnsonII]

Thank you for sharing the tip. I am going to give this a try!

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Your welcome bro👍 Thanks for watching

[@bwiese5387]

Wow that was a super cool tip! Thank you

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Thanks bro👊

[@trailwomanrc]

I gave in and bought two Injora sets, a 32mm and 40mm. My thought is reversing the springs reduces travel so if I use the 40 mm shaft I can retain the stock travel length of the 32mm.

[@BullgearRCvideos]

I may have to look into the 40mm myself. Thanks for letting me know about them👍

[@trailwomanrc]

@@BullgearRCvideos You are very welcome. It's an experiment but I'll let you know how it works in two weeks.

[@trailwomanrc]

The 32mm (8mm travel when reversed) and 40mm (7mm) are not constructed the same, and not very compatible. The 32mm soft spring is too stiff. The softer spring in the 40mm works better in the 32mm shock when used in reverse. Combining the two sets did work well but not like I had hoped. I am happy with it and will make a video demonstration soon.

[@ambaradan66]

@@trailwomanrc Thanks a lot for your feedback. I'am waiting the delivery a set of 32mm. Injora's , bought'em to find out if they perform well enough with set ups like half droop rear/full droop front. BUT! Since you've experienced the softest springs of the included set are too stiff, first solution i can think of is "Penspring Hunting" until the ideal spring shows up . Sad the springs they come with are unusable with lite rigs.

[@trailwomanrc]

​@@ambaradan66 Yeah the springs in the 32 mm shocks are too stiff for forced droop. But if you use the springs from the 40mm shocks they work well together. My "Get low" video shows how they work in my green power wagon.

[@alboneMS3]

Very cool never thought about doing this. Thanks for the killer vid!

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Thanks for watching bro👍

[@kingjb82]

Use a micro fiber rag.. rags.. over your inclin. Crazy grip. My front wheel start lifting 50% can do 53% super slow...I have the telescopic shocks... with limiters on the front and back ... the front is lower then the back a bit... center mounted lots of articulation.

[@forrestcrabbe]

I like that truck. Y'all have a badass day 🤘

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Thanks brother, you too👍

[@AdventureTimeRC]

Lol I use the ironing board at hotel s to drive my scx24 s in to I want to pick up another scx24 project truck the 4 i have are pretty modded want to build another full custom rig

[@BullgearRCvideos]

They are fun to tinker with. I'll be watching to see what you do next👍

[@BlackSmithRC]

Great video Uncle Lee

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Thanks bro👊

[@jteamadventures]

🔥🔥can’t wait to see it in action. Great job 💪🏻🤙🏼🤘🏼

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Thanks bro👊

[@trailwomanrc]

I just ran slow motion on your flex test and it appears the other wheel lifts substantially. If so, a softer spring and/or heavier wheel weights will optimize your potential flex.

[@BullgearRCvideos]

At first when you said the other wheel lifts substantially, I thought you meant while climbing the incline with stock springs. And yes, the front right remained almost an inch off the ground, while after the mod, stayed on the ground. But after reading again, I think you are talking about while flexing over tire on bench. In which case, yes the softer the spring, or the more weighted the wheels, then of course the more potential flex. I'm sure the spring could even be shortened some to gain a bit more shock travel. Or a forced droop in front and a full droop in the back would also slightly increase flex( but may effect down hill incline) But over all, I think lcg has more benefits than extreme flex. I will continue experimenting as I want optimal performance from this rig. And share results. As far as tire lifting during flex test, I will double check with same scenario, but I don't recall the tire lifting from flexing over the tire obstacle

[@trailwomanrc]

@@BullgearRCvideos I found the stock 32mm injora's softest springs so stiff that I looked to your video to see f the Hotracing were doing this too. I have some in the mail and can compare them soon. I think my new set up with forced droop is getting more dialed but some more wheel weight might make it just a bit better. It's a whole new set of physics variables. Yeah it really depends on your priority of terrain performance. The double barrel are no good on hills without some type of limiter. I found a central limiter retained each sides travel while limiting them both unloading together by half. In my Power Wagon this setup work for me but if my Gravedigger forced droop test is optimal I might swap my PW.

[@21poasa]

Really cool info!!!! Thank you for sharing this!!! 🤙🏽

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Your welcome. Thanks for watching bro 👍

[@think2cre81]

That was a informative video. 👌

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Thanks brother👍

[@fernsolo]

Nice work, I'm a spire member, I get those incline boards too 👍

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Yep, IHG has really done their part to make the RC community at home.👍🤣

[@BlackSmithRC]

GREAT VIDEO Bro! Content certified indeed! I not a big fan of the " negative pressure" method, but you explained it perfectly. Like an old machinist would do, lol.🤣

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Lol, well I'm not an old machinist, but I am an old mechanic 🤣 Thanks for watching bro 👊

[@BlackSmithRC]

@@BullgearRCvideos Lol, I'm an old mechanic too bro.👊🏾

[@shanecole1906]

Wondering...Just like the G Transition shocks. Springs on both sides. Maybe cutting the spring to like 30/70 or something close would help as well. Put the smaller cut spring on top and the longer piece for droop on the bottom side like you did. What do you think. Maybe do a vid on that.

[@BullgearRCvideos]

That would be like desert lizard shocks in 1/10 scale. That is what I run on my trx-4 hard body and it works good that way, but I think I will switch to full forced droop on that rig to counter the extra weight of the hard body even more, because the shocks are already fully compressed as it is.

[@SpringWoodsRC]

Awesome upgrade 😊👍🙋‍♂️

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Thanks bro👍

[@jdpaslRC]

Amazing test! It is crazy.

[@BullgearRCvideos]

She climbs pretty good. In the beginning it only wanted to climb 61° but I whisper in her ear that JDPASL would be watching and she got 1° more 😎👍

[@jdpaslRC]

@@BullgearRCvideos LOL. Awesome.

[@houstonrccrawlers6445]

You can also try small hair rubber bands on the outside of the shocks i found they work awsome and super cheap u might have some already

[@BullgearRCvideos]

I've seen it done. Haven't tried it myself though. 👍You know I live just outside of Houston

[@houstonrccrawlers6445]

@@BullgearRCvideos oh damm I thought you lived way up north lol

[@BullgearRCvideos]

@@houstonrccrawlers6445 I travel for work. Lol but I seem to be up north a lot more than I am in Texas. I come home every two weeks for two days if I'm lucky

[@houstonrccrawlers6445]

@@BullgearRCvideos damm bro

[@ryanmcmuffi6137]

Now if u relocate your shocks tow the front of the chassis you'll be able to get even steeper inclines I angle the rear shocks towards the rear and the front angled towards the front and Im getting almost straight vertical lines I've got stamped steel beadlocks Patagonias brass wheel hex extenders and the furitek tegu and komodo try it out let me know what you think I personally love the set up it's works perfect with the stock shocks :)

[@shanecole1906]

Great video as always. Curious what you do for a living to be on the road, so much.

[@BullgearRCvideos]

I am factory technical support for a major equipment manufacturer.

[@eeatsvaz]

what you really improved was hot racing shock sales. 🤪🤘

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Well....if it works, it work👍

[@islandrc-duke1972]

great mod and nice improvement

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Thanks brother👍

[@rctrailcats3492]

Big improvement. Handy tip. =)

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Seems to work well. Thanks Gary👍

[@bcochener]

Great mod. It sure does lower it… I don’t think I can do that on any I have since they all have fenders that would then be hitting the tires. I May try limiting straps for a similar affect.

[@BullgearRCvideos]

I see a lot of the double barrel guys do the limiting straps👍

[@trailwomanrc]

I would love to see how this performs on obstacles. Like will it hang up on it's center? How does it flex? I've run full droop double barrel on central limiters, and even found a way to run mostly droop with springs. Unweighting is minimal but not perfect. It runs well but I've been wondering about doing this for a while.

[@BullgearRCvideos]

I have the same shock setup on my SCX24 hard body bronco, and have did a running video with that truck if you would like to see this type of suspension working. I can only assume that this power wagon will out perform the bronco easily

[@trailwomanrc]

@@BullgearRCvideos After some testing it seems to me that if below the shock is heavier then the spring can lift it won't high center and will allow the wheels to drop when the center is suspended. The spring should be just strong enough to hold the body/chassis down on steep hills.

[@missrcducklin6703]

Awesome content! Keep it up! I subscribed! 😊👍☺️

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Thanks bro👍

[@missrcducklin6703]

@@BullgearRCvideos not a problem! Im a sister! 👍☺️😊

[@BullgearRCvideos]

@@missrcducklin6703 ohh...my bad🤣👍

[@missrcducklin6703]

@@BullgearRCvideos not a problem! Lol just wanted you to know! 🤣

[@Brandon_Wallis]

Is it supposed to limit the travel of the shock as well?

[@BullgearRCvideos]

It may reduce it slightly if you don't have a lot of weight down low

[@jamescasper9581]

Great video man

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Thanks bro👊

[@sincitycrawler7375]

Where dis you put the shock locations at?

[@BullgearRCvideos]

On frame rails so the top of shocks lean toward center of truck

[@angelvega2399]

Cool! Question, how much articulation can you get from having that kind of setup?

[@BullgearRCvideos]

About the same as stock

[@angelvega2399]

@@BullgearRCvideos Thanks

[@rekik66]

Good work!

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Thanks bro👍

[@sc4rles]

What is your intro song named?

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Fight or flight

[@AMAZINGRC]

OK so are you running all 8 shocks on the truck.?? Either way this is really cool. I hadn't never heard of this before.!!

[@BullgearRCvideos]

I am just running the 4 shocks like normal

[@AMAZINGRC]

@@BullgearRCvideos so cool how much improvement with this custom upgrade.!! Well done, watched every second !!

[@sincitycrawler7375]

This is very interesting

[@BullgearRCvideos]

I'm glad you found it interesting brother. Very effective mod for SCX24 and 1/10 scale rigs👍

[@1LACOSRC]

Nice!

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Thanks bro👍

[@trialsrob214]

so that mod cost about 7.50 a degree. I never would have thought about doing that with the shocks though.

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Lol, it cost to be a boss is what they say🤣

[@PSYCHO13GARAGE]

Sweet video! Never thought about switching the spring like that for forced droop. Did you do both front and rear or just front? Awesome video. Thanks Uncle Lee...can't wait to hear that story!!

[@BullgearRCvideos]

I did both front and rear. One day maybe I'll tell that story.....but not today🤣👍

[@PSYCHO13GARAGE]

@@BullgearRCvideos Thanks for the info> I may have to try that on my Deadbolt "AMERICAN PSYCHO"....it need sa little help. Great video UNCLE LEE!!!!

[@jspeedrc]

👍 👍 🇫🇷

[@BullgearRCvideos]

👍👍🇱🇷

[@kellykuretich6366]

😁😁👍👍

[@BullgearRCvideos]

😎👍

[@Scx24OCD]

Parts pile power wagon.... try to say that a few times fast

[@BullgearRCvideos]

Lol, yeah🤣

[@jimbo4203]

Dang i thought they were surf boards !

[@ricksmead2530]

It’s on soft cloth. That doesn’t help

[@coroleon364]

Lol thx uncle