If the traction is decent, i would glue the sidewalls up front. Run maximum caster w/ the blocks at 5 degrees of reactive caster. Run the shock in the shortest postion on the chassis that will allow for 2 screws to mount. Run the 1.2mm flex plates in long postion. Add camber to pick up some steering. Try going to 1.5 degrees of camber. Camber is a huge adjustment for adding steering. Too little camber for a given setup will make the car push bad and feel like it is not rotating. .020 front springs work great and make sure you put #3 shurlube on the kingpins and shim the kingpins to have a slight bit of droop.
If you are running 13.5 boosted, stick with the pink rears but if you are running 17.5, Your tire combo is hurting you. For 17.5 Blinky I would go with Orange rears and gray fronts. Hope this helps.