lol - there was some confusion, laughing, then harsh swearing!

aye - i expected to have to run a bit richer, but not half a turn - the os is nowhere near as picky as that. not a prob tho.

as for onroad tyres... that centre diff needs finishing this winter, and thats going to be my on road toy, either with the centre diff or back to the high ratio 2 speed, got to sort some suspension settings out for it tho - fine on gravel and roughish stuff, but a bit pants on smooth tarmac. i will just use the stock buggy tyres to try out the 28. pinions for that are on order - 13/17 and 15/19 ratios are on order, so they should cover me for any size wheels as i have an 11/15 on it at the mo.

also ordered some proper ofna 17mm hexes for the tmaxx shafts, some proper ofna shock mounts and standoffs and just won some romulins on ebay for £1.99 - ok they are blue... but for 2 quid, who can argue...

gonna try hardening the new pinions a little as even these ofna ones are wearing a bit quickly on the cen spurs, but then the pinions are only small - the spurs still show hardly any sign of wear after a gallon and a half or so!