Crazy Bob’s Cat
I’ve not done much racing lately, but today I popped along to TORCH to prepare the cars for next weekend’s Stotfold National.
Seeing as I’ve sold all my Tamiya 4wds I’m without a 4wd car for the National, so Crazy Bob has very kindly lent me his Cat SX.
It’s half SX and half SX2, plenty of SX2 parts on it, and a set of my spare big bores. I raced it today at TORCH, and it goes well, I didn’t have the damping quite right, but it was a lot better once I’d sorted it out.
It seemed very agile, almost as if it’s too light. Does anyone run extra weight in the Cats?
Mark’s 511 was brilliant, he had the setup perfect, and it was very nice indeed to drive. A lot more forgiving than the Cat. But, I was running staggered ribs up front, and I think they are a little rigid and edgy.
I did melt the spur gear and then strip the teeth off it though, I was running the slipper a little too loose. My mistake to be honest.
I gave the Cougar a few runs too, and it went well, I was testing the new brass 3 degree toe in block, and it seemed good, nice stable car, easy to drive. And I went faster with it than I did with the Cat…
Just got to rebuild the Cougar shocks this week, and swap the receiver in the Cat, there was a strange steering glitch.
So next weekend is the last national, and no doubt I’ll be in the lowest final again, but no matter, it’s all about having fun!
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