Just picked up a used Baja Rey King Shocks edition from a fellow racer of my club. Poor guy couldn't dial in at all and ended up disappointed and tried to sell it on the spot after not being able to complete a single clean lap. Me, being the individual who needs pressure and stress to function, quickly snatched it. Your videos served as an inspiration and pathway to tune it stricly for racing. Luckily, my club doesn't enforce the wheelbase rule so I can get away with the longer wheelbase of the Baja Rey. It's gonna be a bumpy ride for sure!
Nice work keeping it on all 4's. Solid axles take a lot of skill to use successfully, especially racing. Ive got 3 solid axle trucks myself (5 if you include the TRX4 and the Losi LMT, but im talking about solid axle rear and IFS front) and they are a handful at times. Mine are the UDR, Super Baja Rey V1, and the V1 Super Rock Rey. The SBR is the easiest of the three then its a tie with the UDR and SRR. Ive never used any of my RCs on a track, yet. Maybe one day. Ive got 17 total and only 4 of them are race ready out of the box. The 5ive T, DB Pro, Mini B and my boat. Guess all of them are "race" ready, but im considering race ready as the amount of tune ability in suspension geometry. Being able to adjust camber, caster, toe, shock and arm mounting angles and positions, thickness of sway bars, etc etc. I plan on getting the Losi 8ight XE Elite and if i race, that will be the one i use.
Are you sure it's a baja rey? Looks more like a tenacity? I have both and still working on the br to get it to handle as good as the tenacity. Very nice track and great driving!
Thanks for the video! I would like to start in short course competition. You think that Baja Rey would be a good truck for racing? What other truck you advise?
Glad you enjoyed the video. I would not recommend the Baja Rey to get started in racing. It was more of a project born from a joke that surpassed all expectation. You can always get started with a Traxxas Slash 4x4 as parts support is literally everywhere, but I always recommend either the Losi SCTE 3.0 or the Tekno SCT410.3 trucks. Both are using designs inspired by 1/8 buggies, are stupid strong and reliable, and perform exceptionally well everywhere without needing to be upgraded.
Nice run! Mine nosedives badly. I haven’t been able to solve that problem yet. Today I’m adding weight to the rear to see what happens. I’m sure that’s not going to be the best move but it’s definitely weight bias towards the front. I’d rather take weight out of the front than add weight at all but I’m not sure where I can loose weight or if that’s the solution. 🤔 Any advice guys/gals? 🙏😉 I’m only backyard racing but it’s a pain atm.
Its all in the links. Find a way to raise the rear upper links at the axle or lower them at the chassis mount. That will tilt the upper link to lower arm angle towards anti squat which will help prevent the truck from bottoming out your shocks on launch as the stock geometry has a lot of pro squat built in.
just watching the other drivers in that race and id say it was your driving skill that won, not the solid rear axle, the other guys were all over the place
You aren't wrong. That track is usually pretty rough and demands good driving skill. The solid axle was more of a handicap than anything, but made it really fun!
