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Old 07-27-2005, 11:36 AM
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Lets here the pros and cons of different weight oils in the diffs. I plan on trying 10,000 in the center, 7,000 up front and 4,000 in the rear. Stock form it ends up being usually one or two wheel drive.... I bought a 4 WHEEL DRIVE buggy for a reason...lol
Old 07-27-2005, 01:29 PM
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The way i understand it you have 2 diffrent extreams. "1 wheel drive" when raceing gives best control. but when bashing around the constution site you want as much traction as possible to climb and claw your way through stuff so you want all 4 wheels doing as much work as possible.

so in short, it suppose it depends on what your doing.
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Yeah Exactly but when your racing... You Need more traction than just 1 tire to accelerate fast enough to be competetive!! I prefer to slide my buggy through turns with tires blazing than spinning one wheel through them and not accelerating out like it should.When I come out of a turn... I want my 4 tires to hook up and propel the buggy!!
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Nothing upsets me more then seeing a 1 wheel wonder!
Old 07-27-2005, 04:20 PM
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from what i've seen at the local track most of the guys use 5k upfront 7k middle 3k rear and they hook up well. hope this helps.
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TCD - 4k - 1k
Old 07-27-2005, 10:47 PM
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"TCD - 4k - 1k "

Wow Chris, now I know why that thing is so loose.
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ORIGINAL: dockman2

"TCD - 4k - 1k "

Wow Chris, now I know why that thing is so loose.
That's what's in the old one and it's not loose.
The 777.... I have no idea.

edit: Do you mean loose as in oversteering or loose as in wheel spin?
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FIORONI-5K-1K
Old 08-07-2005, 09:16 PM
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Default RE: Diff Oil Weight opinions!!

I run mugen oil from front to rear 5000, 7000, 2000 in my mugen & it hooks up awesomely. 4 wheel drifts on dusty surface & lots of control on bumpy and smooth tracks. i'm also running blue (soft) springs and 400w shock oil front & rear for bumpy track conditions.
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I run TSD-5-3. Works real well with the loose top layer of dirt.
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Default RE: Diff Oil Weight opinions!!

5-10-1 sounds like your kind of setup EB4Man. 5 front gives great pull out of the corner 10 center gives 4wd and 1 rear makes the rear really loose. If the rears to loose go with 5-10-3. Works well on hardpack clay with thin loose dirt ontop.
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Default RE: Diff Oil Weight opinions!!

It really depends on what type of terrain you're running on and what tires you have.

buy my opinion would be:

50K in the front
120K in the center
35K in the rear

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