RC Car Suspension Setup Basics (Caster, Camber, Oil and more) 

Older video, but good info. I have a Typhon 6s track buggy, and a Senton3s short course truck. I am currently rebuilding and upgrading the suspension and steering components and your video really made it understandable. Thanks. 😊

Thank you for this. I just started racing and this is the video I was looking for.

Absolutely love this video. The way you break every thing down made it easier to understand.

Great video a few new things I didnt think of before even though I dont race still good for my weekend bashings.

Your page is amazing and so helpful. I keep re watching videos to soak it all up

Your videos about shocks were very helpful, thank you for making them. I knew almost nothing about shock absorbers when I got an RC car. Knowing basically how they work and what the spring and oil are supposed to be doing armed me with enough knowledge to get both of my cars shocks tuned to what I think is perfect for me. How did I wind up doing it? This is how to find just the right stiffness for your shocks on a basher without actually knowing what you are doing... Haha! Find a patch of ground that is "a little bumpy", for me it was a nearby park where they don't care for the grass/grounds very much... so it is "a little bumpy" instead of like a lawn. Drive your car on the bumpy terrain and stare at the car and suspension/a arms as you drive it. Go around you close looking at slower speeds, and do full speed passes over the bumpy ground. What you are looking for, assuming a basher, is the stiffest suspension you can get (for landing jumps) while still gliding over slightly bumpy ground with the car body remaining generally level as the suspension absorbs the bumpy terrain. The body should remain mostly level as the a arms bounce up and down taking all of the bumps. If the shocks are too stiff the body will be "bouncing around" and tires will occasionally bounce up off the ground. I just kept going back too the park and it took 5 or 6 times/battery charges doing this to find the exact right level of tension (I have adjustable aluminum shocks) for both cars (Kraton 4S & Typhon 3S) right at the edge of being "too stiff and bouncy" without being too stiff and bouncy. If this is the tuning you are looking for, as stiff as it can be to land jumps while still handling well... this is a good way to do it if, like me, you don't really know what you are doing. M&M

Awesome, thank you so much for the info man! Really appreciate all the great content & information.

thank you, best video i have seen and explained it the best way.

That is one sharp shirt man!

one purpose for positive camber would be oval track... just left turn. But not much. doing 0 on the inside tire will be the solution at some tracks but others you will need up to 1 degree of positive camber on the inside tire.

Positive camber for circle track sir

good video!

Your videos are great , straight forward, and to the point. Also you explain how and what your talking about in very easy to learn way. I'm pretty new to rc but really new to electric rc. Do you ever run any nitro cars? Any how thank you very much I look forward to more videos.

Great info

More information / examples on Caster would be great - I've heard the phrase Reactive Caster, but I don't know what it means.

Great video my man

Hi Ryan. Another very good video. I am getting back slowly in the RC car world after almost 30 years and I like very much all you video which help me save some time and learn again faster. Just a question, would you have some figures to share about oil thickness and springs for off-roads to give some guidelines based on your experience / different tracks? I was wondering if you would think necessary to make a more advanced video about shocks like about angles and mount position and share your experience even if there are other videos outside speaking about this subject.

Can you share one of those slo-mo vids to help explain about harder spring and thicker oil, and vice-versa? I have seen it suggested for on-road to make side springs stronger, but oil thinner? That was for 12th scale LMP. Cheers.

Thank you very much for sharing. Thumbs up number 22. Your video is helpful for setting up my suspension. I am building and setting up a 1/10 touring car for speedruns. Thanks for the advice to use a heavy spring rate for onroad driving. That's the way my car is and I was worried it will be too stiff. Right now the rear has a heavier spring rate than the front. What is your opinion on this? Then, perhaps an odd question: Do you think using a fixed slight steering angle on the rear suspension would give any benefit for straight line hard acceleration? Or should it just be plain straight and parallel to everything else?

Damn Tom Brady does RC?

what is that 1/8 scale touring car

It's a shame they don't make bypass shocks for rc cars like they do for real size rock racers.

All the talkimg is nice, but still no idea how to adjust this crap properly, it's kinda boring

hey that art in the back sucks.