Pro level car setup? Anyone do this?
 

Hi, I am looking for someone to get my hyper 7 and my hyper 7 pro up to race specs. I would like to be able to send these to someone and pay to have them dialed in, just to get a baseline. I aquired both buggies off this site used and don't really have any idea what I have, the LHS here dosen't work on buggies and the racers at our track aren't much help either. Thanks.

RE: Pro level car setup? Anyone do this?
 

That's kinda weak, no offense. If you don't make the adjustments yourself, you won't learn anything to then be able to dial it in better. I suggest you go to the 1/8th buggy forums, and ask people what settings they are running, then try some stuff with yours.

Here's a VERY generic baseline...

Rear Toe: 3 degrees in
Front Toe: 1 degree out
Front and rear camber: -3 degrees
Shock oil: (assuming 2 hole pistons) 350 (40 US weight)
Shock Springs: White (Hard)
Diffs (front, centre, rear, respectively): 5k-7k-2k
Clutch bell: 13/14 tooth
Sway bars installed front and rear
Ride height: Arms level (horizontal) at rest.

That would do you well on a mediumly bumpy track of medium length with medium traction. If you have a lot of jumps, increasethe weight of the shock oil slightly. If you can't be consistent with this setup, then no further adjustments will help you. Consistency first, then car setup. There's no point adjusting the car if you are not consistent, that means doing lap after lap within 1 second. Only then will you truly be able to understand the impact your settings changes are having. Imagine how proud you'll be when you take a second off your time because of adjustments you made. Anyway, those are your most important settings. Anything else can wait til you join the pro series, where the racers will be more helpful, I'm sure. ;)

RE: Pro level car setup? Anyone do this?
 

Foxy, the basics that I need which you think are weak, my buggies are missing parts, other stuff dosen't look like it belongs to either one, everything is out of adjustment, brakes, throttle linkage, thats the stuff I need lined out.

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Ah, I see. Sorry, the way your post was phrased sounded like you wanted set up help... I still say you should do the work yourself though, that way you'll learn how the buggy works and be able to repair it yourself, etc etc. Almost like building a kit again. You can also change the oils in the shocks, diffs, etc when you rebuild them, so you can apply a base setup that you are sure about, it'll be a worthwhile experience. Hyper parts are everywhere, it won't be hard to find what you need in order to repair them, and cheaply, check out ebay.

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The problem is that I don't know which parts I need, i'm about to junk the whole show and buy new.

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Post up a few detailed pics.