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Old 01-06-2008 | 04:42 PM
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ORIGINAL: PatrickBW

Sorry for asking, but what does drilling the pistons mean?

I'm a bit worried about my shocks.. Filled them all up with 60wt, and yet the truck kind of sags as if it had lower wt oil... Are the springs just too soft?? Are there stiffer springs available?
you mean it sags when you put it down? it just needs spacers on the shocks, (all those c shaped things on the shock parts tree) 4 or 5mm total should do fine. with thinner oils i usually run the truck a bit taller off the ground.

i had the st at the races today, wow, what a competitor. i'm not the best driver, kinda aggressive/drifty/little brakes, it handled great with the cubic tires. i used some panther small pin tires and it was hard to control on a not-so-perfect surface. kinda dusty, damp blue groove with bumps and ruts. i went to the grip tires and it was pretty good too. 1st qualifier i lost the ackeman bar screw to the left wheel with 30 seconds left, was in second place at the time, no big. second qualifier came in 5th then 4th. lost the throttle servo at the 9 minute mark on the main (my last tower pro), finished 5th, not bad for first day. i had 10k in the front with a drop of 50k (about 15k) and 50/10k (between 20k and 30k) in the center, 3k rear. handled great, point and throttle. i'm gonna start using some brakes now, i've driven with just a hair of rear drag brake at neutral to then 1/2 brake front full brake rear at full brake (for those nose high moments) never really brake much, just coast into the corners and let the rear slide a bit then control the rotation with throttle. the d21b is a keeper, plenty of torque and top end with the hobao pipe, about 9 minutes per tank, crazy. 0 complaints from me on this truck, little better driving on my part and we'll see how it goes.