Shock Angles?!?
 

A shocks angle determines exactly what besides how the chassis acts? Say if I have my evader shocks tilted at a 45 degree angle as opposed to straight up and down how does the affect change with each adjustment and what does it do to reaction, movement of chassis, and dampening/reaction time? Are there any formulas for shock angle effects?




Thanks, Shredder111[>:]

RE: Shock Angles?!?
 

I never realized that different shock angles can have a big affect but suspension experts post away....

RE: Shock Angles?!?
 

Rather than give a longwinded explanation, here's a link to Team Associated's Suspension tuning guide.

http://download.teamassociated.com/p...HandbookV2.pdf

The answer to your question is half way down page 12.

RE: Shock Angles?!?
 

By changing the shock angles you are essentially changing the "moment arm" forces. Think of it as a torque arm. If your shock is perpendicular to the suspension arm the spring (and oil) will push aginst it with the greatest amount of force. When the shock is leaned inwards than you can split that force into horizontal and vertical components. Therefore your vertical resistance to the arm's motion is decreased. You also get the variables by how far in or out you mount the shocks on the suspension arm or the shock tower. So when you lean the shock inwards you are essentailly softening it so you should get more traction. So all these factors of having it just right helps tune the suspension.