Yea, now that I think about it, the instructions do not call out for that ride height adjustment on where to relocate the shims. I will make an update for that. But like it was said before, all shims stay between the arms. Sometimes I will rob a shim from the very top stack and add it under the spring to really fine tune it. I would really like to have 1/2mm or .020 shims for a better range of adjustment. The only way to currently do this, is to cut them out yourselves from a sheet of .020 lexan. Kind of a pain, but well worth it. I have not come across a time/$ method of producing these.

Wednesday Night Worlds at Rain City last night was really the first time that we got some Mod 12ths running. We also had a group in 12 stock running. It was great to see the little speed freaks out again. We were starting to worry. Likewise, it was a good night for the MS2.3. Allen Reed build up a new MS2.3 for stock class. I am not sure that he had even a battery in it before the qual's started. As a result, he dominated the qual's and took the victory at the end of the evening... pretty much right off the instructions. Weylin and I have been testing tires and brushless systems in our rides. I am running the LRP while Weylin is tuning in the Novak. I felt like I was not able to get the same amount of off power drag like a brushed motor even though I have the drag brake pegged. Weylin on the other hand had to remove all the drag to get the car to roll more. I tried the Parma grey rears and purple fronts, which had the best "feel" so far with the new CRC carpet, but the wear was pretty bad with the greys. Weylin is finishing up an old set of Parma Pink rears/ purple fronts. His split was pretty close and the side walls were pretty short, but it did handle the corner speed a little better then my set up. Welyin was able to run about 2 tenths faster occassionally and I could match him if I really nailed the line. I tried several chassis tuning tweaks to better the tire situation, but didn't really come up with anything satisfying. I will try more tires; likely a Parma Pink/magentas. I took the pole by 2 seconds over Weylin, but he was lacking good bat's. I lent him a new SMCIB3800 for the main. We took the first start, only to find that 2 laps in, a wire got kicked loose from the loop. We restarted without a repeak for 8 minutes of b/l mod racing. I built a 1/2 lap lead after Weylin bumped a pipe but got it in the groove for the remainder and chased me down. In the 2nd to last lap, I goofed and went a little wide as Weylin instantly ducked under for the lead. On the white flag lap, Weylin showed a little sign of soft battery. I tried a move on the inside and found more pipe then open road. Weylin took the checkers at the Wed Night Smack Down at R/C. We are really happy with the initial direction the car is headed with the b/l systems, but feel that more work is needed. Already, we are bouncing ideas off of each other which is only going to make for a better product. Congrat's to Allen on his maiden victory in stock!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Brian