I have a Storm RTR and it pushes in the corners. If I back off of the gas the front end will settle down and turn. I realize that herein lies the skill of driving these things. But me question is that if changing the weight of fluid in the front and rear diff's will change the amount of drive the front and rear axles have. Or do I just have to learn to drive it better. I have started to play with shocks and have had little effect. But being a newbe I am just trying new things. Any help with handling would be appreciated.

There are a few things that you can do, I am not familiar at all with the type of buggy you have but can give you some general answers. First, changing the toe in or out on the front wheels can help a lot with you pushing problem, you should have some toe in (5 degrees) or you can try more and see if that helps you problem but can effect straight line steering. Second, if your rear end seems to push alot in the corners you can adjust the toe out to make corrections, if your car is adjustable it should have come with toe blocks to change the rear toe. Third, try adjusting the camber, either positve or negative on the front and rear wheels. Read your instruction manual and youll understand a lot more of what Im telling you. The diff fluid will have handling effects also but not as much as what Ive told you already, I cant give you specifics on the diff fluid to use for that car, check your manual. A good start might be 5000 front, 7000 center, 1000 rear. Make small adjustments to the stocks settings and run the car to see how the changes took effect and youll learn how to make the car handle better. Good luck.

5 degrees?


Toe in on the front tires increases your straight away stability but you will loose some turn in ability.
Toe out in the front will decrease your straight away stability but will give you good turn in speed.

Toe in for the rear gives much more rear traction but scrubs off speed.
Excessive toe in any direction scrubs speed so stay away for exteme amounts, usually only a slight bit is needed.
Also dont try to compensate with only one tuning option, use all the ingredients for the recipe equally to get a good setup.

In this particular case it sounds like you are pushing coming out of the turns. Yes you can learn to drive that car this way , in that I would come into the turn slightly fast and grab a little break to make the turn , once the turn is complete get back on the gas.

It sounds though like you maybe want the car to pull through the turn...in which case a heavier diff fluid up front might work.

You could do a lot here depending on what you want, shock oil, ride height (lower end has more traction) camber etc.

I always set my cars up to push hard into the turns, I start working out the push till I get it where I want it. I like my cars to have a little push though.

Dbow