Just an update on my MR03VE with the TS020 body. Very nice, it has the torque I wanted and even with the 6teeth it is fairly fast. It is about as fast as the MR03-S with 9teeth but like 3 times the torque. I am very happy.

Top speed compared to my 458 MR03-S, the 458 is faster with its 9teeth vs 6teeth running MR03VE with TS020 body. I expect to receive my LM ball diff soon, so will change gearing near 7-8teeth pinion on my MR03VE whatever that might be that fits using the PN ball diff's 64pitch in stock motor brackets. (My MR03VE did not like the o-ring'ed diff. The stiff diff overwhelmed the front tires going into turns preventing the car to rotate )

Questions for you guys.

1) What is the gear count on the stock gear diff? Is it 43teeth?

2) Rear oil damper for MM 98mm setup. Do they really help sit the rear down? I ask because my track surface has texture and the rear of my 458 on occasion appears as if the rear is hopping coming out of the corners. 95% of the time the PN tires glue it punching out. I put Tamiya AW grease on the stock damper shaft and it helped, but not as AW grease on the shaft + the roll damper discs on my LM setup.

I don't want to spend crazy money on my MiniZ as I am only a casual driver. I want to try to use as much stock parts and a few homemade tweaks.

TIA