Tuning tips for your XXX-S

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Setting the Droop on your XXX-S

What is droop?

Droop is the amount of down travel that your shocks have. With adjusting droop you can greatly affect the way your car handles. As you increase your front droop (making the shock longer) you will smooth the car out going into the turn and gain steering on the exit of the turn. As you decrease your front droop (make the front shock shorter) your car will initiate the turn quicker but will have less steering coming out of the turn. The car will also have a more responsive feel.

For the rear, as you increase the droop your car will gain more side bite and traction. As you decrease the rear droop, you car will become more responsive and will have less side bite giving you more steering. Normally on low bite tracks such as parking lots you will find more droop will increase traction and hook your car up. On high bite tracks you will find that less droop will help keep the car flatter and increase corner speed and lap times. Droop is something that you should experiment with at your local track to get a feel for what it does and how you can apply it the next time you race.

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

Adjusting the droop on your XXX-S

On the XXX-S you can adjust your droop by using the droop screws that are located in your bumpers on the bottom of the car. As you turn the screws clockwise you will decrease your droop travel. As you turn the screw counter clockwise you will increase the droop travel of your car. You want to make sure that the left and right side have the same amount of droop. This will ensure a well handling car.

Measuring the droop on your XXX-S

Most of the Team Losi drivers use the Team Losi droop gauge to measure their droop settings. On the front this is done by simply placing the flat part of your droop gauge flat against the bottom of your chassis right below the middle of the arm as shown in the picture. You then slide the droop gauge across until the steps of the droop gauge touch off on the setscrew boss of your caster block to your desired setting. For the rear, you do the same as the front except we measure off the center of the hub as shown in the picture. Again make sure that your droop is equal on each side.

Now that the droop is set on your sedan, we can move onto adjusting the ride height

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