Street setup for rc10 build

[njdriver04]

a ds tower isn't going to bolt up to those arm mounts.

how different anyone have a side to side photo of th ds and the stockers?

[jwscab]

the DS uses a different nose plate altogether, along with nose tubes, shock tower, arms and arm mounts. in the rear, you have the rear arms and dogbones/universals and shock tower. They shorten the wheelbase slightly and narrow the car to 200mm wide.

Check rc10.com under the manual section, under 'discontinued models' and compare the RC10 to the RC10DS manuals for pictures of the complete assembly.

[rctenracer]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-rc10-ratrod-oval-dirt-carpet-classic-stealth-futaba-epic-hong-nor-/150733428427?pt=Radio_Control_Vehicles&hash=item23186996cb

[rc10johnny]

Or you could look in the DS section threads

[njdriver04]

Thanks for the input guys,

Or you could look in the DS section threads

I'm new to RC10talk didn't know there was a section, after a little fabrication I am only using the DS front tower, so hopefully this thread will stay relevent to this section

http://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-rc10-ratrod-oval-dirt-carpet-classic-stealth-futaba-epic-hong-nor-/150733428427?pt=Radio_Control_Vehicles&hash=item23186996cb

Saw that, I really like what that guy did.

the DS uses a different nose plate altogether, along with nose tubes, shock tower, arms and arm mounts. in the rear, you have the rear arms and dogbones/universals and shock tower. They shorten the wheelbase slightly and narrow the car to 200mm wide.

Check rc10.com under the manual section, under 'discontinued models' and compare the RC10 to the RC10DS manuals for pictures of the complete assembly.

check'd out RC10.com, couldn't figure out what the DS arm mounts look like, for now I am going to use th DS tower with some fabrication, I want to keep the wider stance of the regular rc10s with some toe in, for the rear I am planning for now to just use the stock tower a set of front shocks, maybe drill a different hole to mount the shocks at a different angle.

[njdriver04]

one question should i put in the heaviest viscosity fluid in the shocks when I rebuild them, same front and back?

[THEYTOOKMYTHUMB]

one question should i put in the heaviest viscosity fluid in the shocks when I rebuild them, same front and back?

In my opinion the viscosity won't make too much difference unless you're setting it up for one particular track or set up. I'd just go with a 35-40 all the way around. That's not to say that viscosity doesn't make a difference, but that's getting into some pretty fine tuning. I think what Johnny meant was just to look for some DS threads within the forums that already exist. You can probably just attach some fabricated stems to the bulkhead for rear shocks. Keep in mind that the shock towers don't necessarily have to be attached to each other in the rear. You could use two seperate pieces of fiberglass or something.

[njdriver04]

i think i have enough 35 from my sledgehammer rebuild. I am going to go poke around the DS section after I replace the leaf spring bracket that broke on my 96 Ranger

[njdriver04]

here is a comparison to the DS and regular front shock tower