Outcast Outcast shock oil

[olds97_lss]

Looking at the manual for the outcast, it's using 1000cst oil in the shocks. That would be 80wt associated from what I can find. That seems thick for shocks to me. I'd like to go with thicker oil, but associated doesn't seem to list over 80wt/1000cst, so not sure what to go with. I know pretty much every brand of RC oil varies based on wt and even cst. I have a drawer full of oil and don't want to venture off and end up with 10 more bottles of stuff I don't use. Figured I'd check and see what others are running that's a bit heavier than stock.

I checked arrma's site and can't even find oil, shock oil, diff oil listed when searching. The manual doesn't specify a particular brand or part number for oils either. Seems odd to me.

 

[Paultro84]

Looking at the manual for the outcast, it's using 1000cst oil in the shocks. That would be 80wt associated from what I can find. That seems thick for shocks to me. I'd like to go with thicker oil, but associated doesn't seem to list over 80wt/1000cst, so not sure what to go with. I know pretty much every brand of RC oil varies based on wt and even cst. I have a drawer full of oil and don't want to venture off and end up with 10 more bottles of stuff I don't use. Figured I'd check and see what others are running that's a bit heavier than stock.

I checked arrma's site and can't even find oil, shock oil, diff oil listed when searching. The manual doesn't specify a particular brand or part number for oils either. Seems odd to me.

I asked that same question back in April and there's been 190 people that viewed that thread and there's still zero replies. Haha If you have a drawer full of different oils you might just have to start testing them and then report back in for us.

 

[olds97_lss]

Most of them are 60 on down, Losi, Trinity, Traxxas, Associated. I only have 1/4 of a bottle of associated 80 which is also labeled as 1000cst. So, I can't even try that and it appears associated tops out at 80wt before going to diff oil weights. So, a gap from 1000 to 2000... guessing that's a tad thick for shocks. lol!

Which is why 1000cst also seems very thick for shock oil, so I'm not sure if that's a misprint or just a weight that's wrong. Especially considering oils like Hudy have small increments up to 1000cst, then they jump to 2000,3000,5000+. Nothing in between. I don't have enough of anything above 60wt to try on more than 2 shocks as the shocks are way bigger than what I'm used to running.

On my savage flux with big bore shocks, I run losi 40wt (which I think is around 500cst/associated 37.5wt). Tried 50wt, but broke shock ends. I run 60-80 associated on my revo's. All I can assume is the holes in the arrma pistons are really big, or there are a lot of them, or again, it's a misprint.

Just ordered a bottle of associated 80wt (1000cst) and 2000cst. Figure if I take 3/4 a bottle of 1000cst and add 1/4 2000 then mix it, I'll at least be thicker than "stock" oil. I hate futzing with shocks.