@gay imp sausage inspired me to set mine up again...3rd times a charm...this time, i'm really liking it. I think the issue i had is back foot placement...today i tried putting it at the edge of the tail rather than the pocket, and wow, what a difference!
Chico deck
thunder 149 - medium bottom bushing, super hard top bushing
Spitfire F4 53mm 99
Also...on the Black Label Jake Reuter 9" deck, i went to the skate shop and measured it...the measurements on the black label site seems to be incorrect...length is definitely 32.2 like the Tactics website says, and although everyone has it 14.5 WB, middle of hole to middle of hole is about 14.65 so not sure whats going on.