no, actually I had to place a spacer on the stud because the screw that fastens the shock tower was too long, the more I think about it, the ideal method might be to use about an 18 to 20mm long screw to fasten the shock tower which would leave about 4mm of thread exposed, then use a threaded ball end on the back side.



No chance of jacking up the gear box this way

I also found that I got my fastest lap times with front 2WD tires mounted on front 4WD wheels, I was able to carry faster corner speed without risk of traction rolling which seemed to plague some of the other drivers in the class yesterday. Here's a sample of what I'm talking about where both wheels in the following picture are 60mm EVO 4WD front: