Hello Ty,

Try this, I used to run a Knife and this should work.

.022 front springs
Heavy Hydra on kingpins
4 deg. caster

Copper shock spring
70 wt. oil
Light Hydra in tubes
Red side springs

ride height 3mm in front, slightly higher in rear. Pod and chassis should be level at ride height, no "sag".

Make sure your side links are free. This can cause lots of weird handling problems if they stick. Try squeezing the cups with a pair of pliers a couple of times if they're tight. Loosen and reset your center pivot to make sure it's not bound up. When you have just the lower pod plate attached to the car (side and upper plates removed along with axle) The plate should rock from side to side easily and not "stick" or "click" to one side or the other.

With the shock attached the rear of the pod should only droop 1mm at the most. More than this will reduce front traction on throttle and make the car feel "lazy" entering corners since the chassis has to transition through the extra travel before it takes a set.

With TQ sauce put it on about 20 min before you run. Full rear and try 1/2 of the front to start. Wipe it off thoroughly right before you run. Adjust the amount of front dope to add or reduce steering.

Good tire sizes to start with are 1.8 front and 1.9 rear. Smaller front tires will give more steering if you need it but life is reduced of course.

Gearing is determined be rollout. With your track size I would try somewhere between 42 and 46mm. Stay on the low side since you run the Green 3 and want it to rev.

Hope this gets you started, I'm sure Dave will have some stuff to add that I missed too. Good luck!