Peakki wrote:
I think that the link car needs following:
-Shorter lipo only chassis. Shorter from the front, between body post and arms. This to avoid scrubbing to carpet. Good idea would be like in a V-Dezign 4.0 car.
-More tuning options (side spring, center shock spring)
-More rear ride height parts, with 0.25/0.5mm difference. It's a shame that you can't run below 42.5mm tires with this without aftermarket parts.
-A bit wider rear pod - everyone seems to run with the max 172mm (or near it).
-Lowered center shock position. This can be done by using part #373072 and with 1mm shim.
-Maybe possibility to remove play from front arms by screw&nut (like in CRC, Serpent, etc.)
-Shorter side links with smaller balls - For smoother suspension action.
Well that was more than five
Today was my first packs with the car. I really like the quality and metric stuff in general.
Things to keep:
-Diff with thrust bearing
-Open but strong rear pod
-Front end that doesn't need dremel to put it together.

After one winter season with the car, some conclusions:
-Front end is easy to put together, but it has a bit more slop than there is needed.
-Front end doesn't scrub that much, but if you are running on a bumpy track a shorter front overhang chassis would be nice.
-Car is better to drive after dremeling steering blocks shorter.
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Stiffer chassis is definetely needed! I had to buy an aftermarket one to keep all 4 wheels to the ground.
-Different weight bias for lipo batteries. The center pivot should be more towards to the front archive this as also wheelbase should be longer (around 200mm, not about 193mm as it is now).
-More rear ride height parts, with 0.25/0.5mm difference to drive with race size tires (42-43mm). I took 0.75mm material off from rear bulkheads.
-More 64Dp spur gears, sizes 90-100 would be nice. The original spur gear (96T) is durable and very good otherwise. Maybe new ones with holes for 16 balls...
-Holes to mount a micro servo would be nice
-Bumbsteering can be taken away by using about 4-4,5mm shims on steering block. Without this, the car is too difficult and unpredictable to drive.
-Side spring position could be better - spring against a moving link isn't so accurate as a spring against rear pod CF. A new chassis and rear pod layout needed and link brace for that
-Wider front track would be really nice. This car is hard to drive maybe because it is narrower than 165mm in the front. So mouting positions for fronts arms to wider.
Side and center springs are now available, that is good. Stiffer center springs helped a lot.
But anyway here are my thoughts that someone in the R&D should check out.
Carpet season starts soon. I can't wait!
