My next step was to make accommodations for Daryl's Idler adjuster since one method of installing it, (the one I had chosen), requires that holes be drilled into the aluminum hull I did that step before mating the aluminum hull with theplastic outer shell, since I didn't want to drill through the plastic hull later. I hadn't decide to use his system at thispoint but I wanted to have the bolts for the springs in place if I changed my mind later.

Next I installed aluminum hull into the plastic hull and attached the aluminum plate I had counter bored to the bottom of thehull and mounted the torsion bar rails, which were modified for the upgraded torsion bars I had purchased. If you are notfamiliar with these, they are totally adjustable and are somewhat softer than the Tamiya stock torsion bars. More on these later.
Steve</p>