Rock Crawler Suspension Geometry

Ultra4 started on a bet when 13 rock crawlers met on a dry lake bed in 2007 to see if they could run all the hammers trails in johnson valley in a single day.

Rock crawler suspension geometry. Low anti dive suspension geometry is desired in mud drag racing to improve rear traction and absorbs rough terrain. Suspension geometry for gettin it. Jeepers in the easy wheeling category can get by quite well with regular old hydraulic shocks. Brenthel may have his mind made up as to what the best four wheel drive suspension design is but the debate rages on in the ultra4 racing series.

56 hudson river rd waterford new york 1 518 270 9822. Jake will be teaching you all that there is to know about trailing a. This system is used for its superior ability to articulate without having components bind and its relative ease of. Heat is the primary effect of lots of fast suspension movement.

Fast movers need high pressure gas charged shocks to deal with oil foaming and heat. Articulation is how well each axle or each wheel will travel and twist up when traversing an extremely off camber obstacle. Low anti dive suspension geometry is used by many rock bouncers to keep the suspension extended during a climb. When in actuality limited suspension travel is probably better in almost every situation you encounter during a competition.

Proper bar geometry is restored by relocating the body or by using longer links. I feel like this build is one of the founding builds that inspired our industry to turn the direction it did. Most rock crawlers can too but both categories can benefit from low pressure gas charged shocks. I ve received a lot of questions over the years about suspension geometry and articulation.

When off roading you want as much suspension. In a time when air shocks were the talk of the town this was the first rock crawler to have desert style suspension and really raised the question of how to go fast. Check out the new shop channel for more tech videos. Most new comers to the rc rock crawling world think that tons of suspension travel articulation is key when competing.

On this episode of rock rods tech it s trailing arm suspension explained by jake burkey.