update:
in the mail, there is a little something comin' that could help me keep this under control better...and it's not tires or gears
let you guys guess what it is
also, in the works, is a camber adjustment slide, this will be on the front, and on the rear, i will be fabricating either flanged camber adjustment cams or a slide-system to adjust camber as well
for the gear ratio, i've stepped it up:
retrofitting a 28t gear on the front diff along with re-fitting the mesh, i've bumped my overdrive ratio to 1.75, or 175%. hopefully, the part coming in the mail will help me handle this overdrive ratio
modified gear:
this is a k'nex gearbox ring gear that i cut from one of the gears that meshed at 90 degrees, so i know it was meant to mesh perpendicularly. the diff gear used to be ab old rear diff gear that had been cut and filed to be used as a front diff, and now cut and filed to fit the ring gear. i've put on 1 more spacer on the bearing side, and now it meshes pretty well. a 4th shim might fit and make the mesh more constant, but i need to see about binding first