Wow! My build is a sticky. I'm honored.
sjcrss,
I'm sure you will love how your CD performs. I know I couldn't go back to the Traxxas CD after racing with my 8th scale CD.
Speaking of the slipper, I bought belleville springs on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/3-16-x-3-8-Belle...3%3A1|294%3A30
And I will try out 6 of them like this ((())) tomorrow.