Mardave issues .....

[lordnikon]

Guys, first time 1/12th today. Supastox dialled and on the money. Mardave on the other hand ..... crap basically.

So ideas anyone, problems i can see obviously ..

1. Inside front wheel lifting on cornering (oval) = put harder springs on back
2. The above means the back has now lost traction
3. Getting the thing lower ?? The front wishbones are flipped and has a couple of washers under the front to give it some castor but it is still too high
4. Grip roll - glued the outside edge of the front outside tyre and its still grip rolling horrendously.

Really really frustrated with this tbh, do i just knock it on the head and get a second supastox .....

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by lordnikon

Guys, first time 1/12th today. Supastox dialled and on the money. Mardave on the other hand ..... crap basically.

do i just knock it on the head and get a second supastox .....

yup

[jasond43]

damper tube on the dave with 30k diff oil or higher med springs
true your fonts down to 45mm or use a harder shore
to lower the rear use the ally pod or put washers under the ball joint and washers under the wishbones to lower the front

[lordnikon]

Cheers jason, I'm already running 50sh on the front which i thought was pretty hard already.

I've got washers under the ball joint and 2 under the front of the flipped front wishbones. Seems to be around 2mm too high which has to be part of the problem.

Originally Posted by jasond43

damper tube on the dave with 30k diff oil or higher med springs
true your fonts down to 45mm or use a harder shore
to lower the rear use the ally pod or put washers under the ball joint and washers under the wishbones to lower the front

[PaulUpton]

what wishbones are you running? the new F1 style ones or standard ones?

are they mounted direct to chassis or are you running the plate?

im running 46mm fronts, f1 style wishbones with plate, low pro nuts under plate with .5mm spacer and its about 4mm ride height

if your wishbones are direct on chassis this will make it run higher, i would say you need to raise the wishbones up a fair bit to get the ride height down

Paul

[SLEENAD]

When I first ran my Mardave, it was fun but complete rubbish.

Modded it substantially and finally had it setup so it had steering and rear grip without griprolling ( had to use 42mm fronts though).

Then switched to the GRP chassis, and really wished I hadn't!

Got so fed up with it, bought a supa, and like the name says it's super.

Again you have to put some time in it, but I don't think I'll ever look back!