how much weight in the front of a mad rat

[deano261]

how much lead weight should i put in the front of the mad rat to stop it from popping wheelies all the time and also put some extra grip onto the front tyres

[Tom3012]

Cut some lead flashing to sit under the servo, should be around 15g... Try that and go from there, think i run about 25-30g in my X2C...

[jim76]

I had about 80g in my mad rat, all around the servo and in front bulkhead. Cured the understeer.

[maseace]

I run with a 78g brass weight under the servo and 121g under the lipo perfect handling

[deano261]

will putting some lead flashing above the servo make the same difference (i know about COG and stuff like that) but was wondering if it would make any difference

[jim76]

Try and keep it low as possible. Leads weights to side of servo, under steering rack etc

[deano261]

ok and why are people putting it under the lipo surely there weight alone is enough

[sparrow.2]

Basically the heavier you make the car the more forgiving it becomes over bumps and going over curbs. Putting the weight under the lipo sort of places the weight in a fairly neutral spot.

[jim76]

Also some older cars design was based on the old nimh cells which were heavier. So you need to add weight under the lipo to get a decent balance.