Sunday, September 26, 2010

Low Profile Front Suspension Set-Up






Hi guys! Check out the pics!!! This is a little project that we kept kind of hush until we really knew it would work. Basically what it is, it is a 12th scale pan car-style front suspension spring set. The Springs are small units that were designed to fit inside the lower pivot ball of your MR-03 Front End. In order to make it PN Racing Front Lower-Arm compatible, we made the lower ball narrower. So this way, you can have a reverse-king pin set-up and you can also run 4 degrees of caster with our front end!!!

These parts were not really designed to replace our extra-long King Pin Set-up, but rather they are an option, in case you want to run reverse-type king pins. WE ARE STILL PRODUCING THE EXTRA LONG KING PINS AND ANCILLARY PARTS.

This new front end requires you to run some pretty small diameter front tires so that the front does not sit too high and it is also a bit harder to adjust. You just can't add washers on the fly to set pre-load. Up Travel is also not really adjustable, but with the coils compressing quicker, the suspension travel is less than with the Extra Long King-Pin Set-Up.

This set-up works really well and reduces the slop in the front end even further. There are limitations related to ride-height in the front and it is a bit of a pita to change the front springs in order to adjust properly, but when tuned right it can offer more precise handling (due to the reduced slop), and it is lighter in weight. It will be offered as a complete package: King Pins, 4 delrin Balls, E-clips (with a couple of spares) and a soft/med/hard spring set. it should sell for around 14 bucks!!!

If you are concerned about the bottom hitting, don't worry, the bottom of the kingpin is at the same position as the bottom of the reverse King Pin PN Racing set-up!!!

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