General question about HPI & similar

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There are a few posts here and there about shocks on the baja/sc style cars. The major thing I've noticed is that there is no droop screws for the front or back of the car, has anyone tried to do it to make the set up better and protect the shocks and drive shafts by adding them?
I've seen those strap things but they don't seem to be worth a toss.
 
I have a baja sc. I do use the suspension limiting straps which work fine for what they were designed for. However, tell me what are droop screws. I don't think i've ever heard of those.
 
droop screws work in the same sort of way that suspension limier straps work, except they are adjustable. they are common with onroad cars, and actually can be a very important adjustment in fine tuning the car. they are generally located in the lower control arm and contact the chassis when the suspension is at its max down travel. some vehicles have them in he upper control arm, some fgs are that way. the benifit over limiting straps is they are adjustable, and it takes the stress off the shock tower when going over a jump.
 
basically screws that run through either top arm or bottom arm and rest against either the chassis or the diff mount(in the case of the FG)
they are adjustable so they are used to limit the suspension.

Its a very simple device and works very well..


just not quick enough ...Sharkey wins...lol
 
You can see them in this pic. The are basically long grub screws (hence the adjustment) through the top arm which drop on to the plate on the bulkhead when the car is off the ground.

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Sharkey said:
droop screws work in the same sort of way that suspension limier straps work, except they are adjustable. they are common with onroad cars, and actually can be a very important adjustment in fine tuning the car. they are generally located in the lower control arm and contact the chassis when the suspension is at its max down travel. some vehicles have them in he upper control arm, some fgs are that way. the benifit over limiting straps is they are adjustable, and it takes the stress off the shock tower when going over a jump.
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Sorry for the late reply, I've been away racing - what sharkey said is pretty much what I mean, having seen a few of the baja type cars this weekend, it does look as though some do need the ability to tweek the cars adjustment in certain areas.
 
No not at all, it does limit the droop but more importantly takes a lot of the stress away from the shocks and the drive shafts.
 
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