Tuning tips for your XXX-S

From: www.teamlosi.com

Setting the Ride Height

What is ride height?

Ride height is the distance between the bottom of the chassis to the track surface.

How do I set my ride height?
The first step is to install  all your electronics, motor, and battery  in your XXX-S, as if it were ready to run on the track. To set your ride height you will need a ride height gauge. Several aftermarket companies offer ride height gauges and should be available at your local hobby shop or track.  
On your XXX-S you will notice that the sides of the chassis are slightly higher than the front suspension and rear suspension mounting area. This is because there is a slight angle from the center of the chassis to the very outer edge for clearance when rotating around corners. There is about a 1mm difference from the outside edge to the center of the chassis. The chassis is perfectly flat right below the front suspension and rear suspension of the car. This is where we measure the ride height as seen in the pictures.  When you view setup sheets from the Losi website, the ride height number listed, was measured at the points shown here.

Ride height  in pictures is set  for example only and may differ from track to track

Most Carpet tracks have a minimum ride height rule, you'll want to check with your track to see if these rules apply. These rules are made so that cars do not run too low and cause snags in the carpet. For racing on carpet, with 55-59mm tire, we like to run our cars right around 3mm ride height unless the track does not allow that low.  As for asphalt or concrete tracks with rubber tires there normally are no ride height rules.  For asphalt we run our cars right around 4-5mm ride height. You will find as you lower the ride height of your car it will free the car up through turns. On some of the team driver’s setup sheets you will see they run the car a little lower in the front. This helps the car steer into the turn and hooks the car up more when coming back on power.

Now that the ride height is set on your sedan, we can move onto setting the "tweak"

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