Carlin, as for the "direct" or pinned slipper set up give the car a go in it's stock form and if you feel that you need a lot more rear end then lock slipper to direct mode, if you just want a bit then go with the normal separate arrangement but with a pair of white pads (so the two ends of the car are still independant but have the same nominal rate of slip).
I personally feel that having the slipper in direct mode gives too much rear end grip for my liking, I prefer the car in separate mode but with matched (white) pads in place.
The Kyosho cars are the most tunable out there, not much we can't do other than front inner hinge pin width .. watch this space on that too
) but to be fair the box stock set-up is a good starting point. Only thing I am suggesting to people is if they like a smoother car start with the 10deg castor blocks and I prefer silver #70 front springs to the kit yellows.
Other than that it's a one box car, buy build, race, smile
