Hey All,
I have been without a computer for several days now. But now I am back on line. I should be in good shape.

Thanks everyone for the support and good words about the MS2.3. I am glad that you like it. I have recently found that the steering stops are not holding up. I have already redone the mold and have new ones on the way. Anyone that needs new stops, just ask and I will take care of it.

I am having a real head scratcher of a time at Rain City trying to find a new tire set up that I really like for mod. Weylin has been using some Parma Pink (rr) and Purple (fr) and has in my opinion, the best handling MS2.3 on site. Mine with the Parma Grey (rr) and Purple (fr) was very close to Weylin's with the exception of the mid corner speed, but the Grey's wore too quickly. I have exhausted just about every Parma combination and can not find a set up that does not change in the eight minute run. I had huge success with these tires last season. But I currently struggle to find that magic set up with them now. I will move back to the Jaco wraps and some combinations there to find that magic 8 minute bullet.

I also made a change from last week to just tonight that had some very interesting results. I added two 1/8" Asc nylon axle shims under each ball stud on the steering arms to elevate them a little and removed the servo tape from uder the steering servo from my "quickie" mount job and glued it instead. All this removed some of the bumpsteer by flatening out the steering links. Why? Last week, I was testing tire combos and could make the car turn very well, but in the closing minute of the run, I would have too much oversteer. I was hoping this change would settle the car down. By the way, Weylin's car is built this way. I also lowered the upper arms to the bottom and took just a tiny amount of toe out "out" to a more zero setting. The result: I had incrediable push for a few minutes, then a medium-crummy car for a while, then the oversteer came back in the end.

This was not a result that I expected at all. Too many things were changed to point out the culprit. But for two cars that were built up near identical by the same person, sure preform at two different levels. With the new CRC Fastrack carpet, I will have to rewrite my set ups. All that I know now is that the Parma pink rears and the Jaco purple wrap fronts with side springs did and outstanding job in stock class at Rain City. Now it's time for me to figure out the mod set up.

Brian; www.slapmastertools.com