Cougar 2 runner.

[xfactor]

Hi all,

Just thought I would share this. I have done a few builds on here so this wont be a full build as not wanting to bore you all......:lol:

I have managed to get hold of a cougar 2 from a fellow oopler in America who kindly sold it me......:thumbsup:

The chassis came with the normal scratches and grooves and wanted to sort this. I wanted it as a runner but wanted to sort the chassis along with full rebuild.

I have had hydro-dipping and powder coating done both are and were stunning, but thought I would try this myself to see what would happen. If it was pants I wasn't really bothered as Its my racer.....:thumbsup:

So I trotted into the garage with a block of wood, wet and dry, primer, chrome glitter base coat and candy red.

It took me 3-4 hrs a day over 3 days to get the finish and scratches out. Remember its a runner....:wub

Then primer etc...... as above and the finish I think is good enough for the shelf. I will show pictures of the others bits along the way including the finished cougar 2.

What you think lads/ladies............

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[Peakey]

Looks good Mark, I'm hoping to get started on my cougar2 soon as well its about time you had another.

[Welshy40]

Looks stunning, great work.

[Chrissy C]

Not really good enough for a runner, is it now Mark lol.

Look forward to the updates mate.

Are you managing to find all the good bits again, or are you not going for a full on Works spec this time?

[MHeadling]

Looks great! Nice job Mark

Powder coat is good for a runner as it's pretty tough and won't chip/damage as easily as paint

It's too nice to run, get an old chassis and let me get it coated for the runner

[xfactor]

Hi Lads,

Cheers for the kind words. Really happy with how it turned out. I should of taken photos before I started, but to be fair I didn't expect it to turn out as it did.

Chrissy :- As for bits YES YES YES I have some very NICE bits building up. I have,

Alloy center transmission case with machined heat sink.
What I believe to be is a Orange Cougar 2 WASP Belt.
And some new in packet stuff.;)

Marko :- Yes YOU ARE ON MY LIST my little green ELF.....:D

Welshy :- Thank you for your comment....:thumbsup:

Peaky :- Your rite it is about time....:thumbsup:

[Retro RC]

Awesome work mark:thumbsup: geez I need to get my butt into gear and get my Cougars underway....... Hopefully I'll have some chassis' to play with soon

[xfactor]

Cheers Adrian :thumbsup:, Yes chop chop get them built matey.:D:D:D:D:D:D

[Groomi]

Looks great! Glad you found one in the end.

[xfactor]

Cheers Groomi,

Hope to start the rebuild the weekend so will show pictures in stages.....:thumbsup:

Just polishing the gear box plates up.....:wub

[xfactor]

Gearbox,

Stripped,rebuilt,diff rebuilt,new original belt,new screws and polished....:)

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[xfactor]

Back end almost complete.:thumbsup:

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[kenios]

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[DerbyDan]

Loving your work yet again Mark! ...... So are we going to have a vintage Cougar/TopCat heat next year at Hinckley, with Steve (Haskins) also having a TopCat & a Cougar2 ready to go?

[xfactor]

:D:thumbsup::D:thumbsup::D:thumbsup:

You bet Dan..........:thumbsup:

Yes will be good to do that matey. Good grass track vintage cougar heat. What more could any racer want........ HEY !!!!

Almost complete, will post pics shortly........

[xfactor]

Almost ready for the track.

Just shocks to rebuild, electrics to fit, wheels and tyres and body to paint.......:thumbsup:

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[Peakey]

Looking good Mark BUT I'm a bit disappointed you didn't break out your red nuts on this buddy :p

[NeilRalph77]

How did you go on for finding the steering lever/bell cranks? I broke a bearing'd one on my team car and couldn't find one for love or money ended up having to c/bore a stock one.

[xfactor]

You should know I am not one for bling J,........:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol

I just went for new standard nuts on this as its a runner J.

The ball raced steering was on another cougar I have which is going on the shelf, so just fitted them on this for now.

The one thats going on the shelf will have coloured nuts J. But what colour ;)

[xfactor]

Cougar 2 finished. Just need electrics and me to paint the shell. Also waiting on a clear chassis skin to turn up !! Then the track.......:D

[Welshy40]

Are you going for period electrics? Think i used a futaba 9402 and Tekin 411g with a Reedy Mr M ultra series motor. Sanyo 1700sce or scr i think as well. I did like this cars simplicity and was good fun to drive.

[xfactor]

Hi Welshy,

I ran back in the day, Tekin 411g also black with gold. I ran System batteries blue then the black came out. I ran a corally 14T purple can. Loved the motor before that I had a Reedy Mr A 14T. Servo I had a KO 1001 FET. Best servo I ever had.

Im going in this brushless.:yawn:

I have gone for a,

Nosram HD .....RED...:wub
Nosram 7.5.............:wub
Absima servo love these servos......:wub
I will be getting a Nosram shorty RED.....:wub

Not that the colour has anything to do with it :D

Will also try and get the body painted over the next couple of days.....:thumbsup:

[Welshy40]

Ok sounds great but would go backwards on the motor to a 9 or 10 only because the gearbox cant handle that power, and yes you want a runner but dont think youll enjoy fixing it after every run.

[Peakey]

I think you may be surprised James I've run a 5.5 in my Procat with a 4mm main drive belt and it held up great!

[Retro RC]

Ok sounds great but would go backwards on the motor to a 9 or 10 only because the gearbox cant handle that power, and yes you want a runner but dont think youll enjoy fixing it after every run. looks really nice Mark well done on finding it, looks almost like a new build:thumbsup:

If the belt, slipper and diff are adjusted properly a 8.5 should be fine, 7.5 maybe pushing it. Used to run an 11 single twister on a 411p(still have it sitting in my XX) with trinity matched 2000 mah scr-c's back in the day with no problem. On a high grip surface I'd go 10.5 max though or you'll be eating diffs pretty quickly

[xfactor]

Hi Welshy,

As per J, I have a mate who has ran his cougar with a 6.5 with no issues.:woot:

I will try it and start on blinky and see how it goes.

I must admit I did feel like you and was thinking around 8.5-9.5 but when the 6.5 was in it I thought go for it.

If it is too much I will certainly drop down.:thumbsup:

I ran my RC10 all last year on 7.5 and 8.0 with no issues. The same mate had a 6.5 it that also again no issues...

Once I have tried it I will report back to let everyone how it went.:thumbsup:

[xfactor]

Cheers Adrian,

Im pleased with how its come out. Just thinking on motor now :confused:

[Peakey]

I've got a speedpassion V4 8.5t in my XLS and it's a great motor and best of all its black and red :thumbsup:

[Welshy40]

I've got a speedpassion V4 8.5t in my XLS and it's a great motor and best of all its black and red :thumbsup:

Ok interesting, be fun to find out. Ive a 4.5 in my lazer but that gearbox has had major development to get it to handle that power.

[xfactor]

Had electrics come for the cougar 2 CHEERS BRY !!:thumbsup:. I will install over the weekend and also try to get the body painted as well.

Once done I will post final pics...

[xfactor]

Well,

The above post didn't go to plan :lol:. So today I have managed to get in the garage with me airbrush......:D

I haven't started the electrics yet, but fingers crossed this week I will start the install and get it tested and set up for the track for the end of the month at broxtowe snowman series.......:D

Posting pictures of the body for those who are interested......:thumbsup:

[xfactor]

Here it is. All original decals as well. No repros....:D

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[mporter2000]

Hi
What are those wheels?
Thanks

[xfactor]

The wheels are Jcracing.

They still make them in the dish wheels I have, and also 5 spoke. They are made in white,black and yellow. :thumbsup:

[Peakey]

Looking good mark, very good. I'm sure I've seen that paint before 😜 Is this what your running at Broxtowe!! That might just be the push I need 😉

[DerbyDan]

Cougar 2 finished. Just need electrics and me to paint the shell. Also waiting on a clear chassis skin to turn up !! Then the track.......:D

Looking good mark, very good. I'm sure I've seen that paint before �� Is this what your running at Broxtowe!! That might just be the push I need ��

Looks like Mark's done a variation of the scheme that originally appeared in the RC Car Action magazine review...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/DerbyDan/cougar2works-2_zpspjh0zn89.jpg;)

A well built & set-up Cougar2 gearbox should easily handle the power of a decent brushless motor - I've been running a 6.5 in mine for a while & its been fine. I love the Pro spec diffs - they just seem to take the abuse & stay smooth & free for ages!

[xfactor]

Cheers guys,

Peaky.........

Yes I will be giving it a run at Broxtowe snowman series. Think its the 24th Jan, but must check.

Dan..........

Yes its that design. If you remember back over 2 years ago :woot: I did this on my cougar 2 build in purple with orange stripes as the above picture as well.:thumbsup:

That cougar 2 is now Penguin bodies show car on Ebay for the cougar 2 bodies.......;)

[DerbyDan]

Cheers guys,

Peaky.........

Yes I will be giving it a run at Broxtowe snowman series. Think its the 24th Jan, but must check.

Dan..........

Yes its that design. If you remember back over 2 years ago :woot: I did this on my cougar 2 build in purple with orange stripes as the above picture as well.:thumbsup:

That cougar 2 is now Penguin bodies show car on Ebay for the cougar 2 bodies.......;)

Yes - I remember now! My Cougar1 & TopCat feature in Steve's (Mr Penguin) ebay adverts for his bodies for those respective cars ;)

Your shells features the 90s-tastic 'splatter' paint that I think you may got the idea from RC10Talk member geeforce59's rebuilt Cougar2 Works which featured the same RC Car Action inspired paint scheme;

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=11155

http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/ll425/lapulapu_bucket/Cougar%202%20Works/PICT0314.jpg

[xfactor]

This design is what I ran when the works came out in around 1993 to combat the rc10. That was one reason the works gearbox was moved back as the rc10 had the upper hand on bumpy and lesser griped tracks.

The splatter I was doing in 1990 when I started painting shells. The first one I tried was all black with red,blue,green and yellow splats.......:lol::lol::lol:

Looked awesomcrap...... and then tried other designs. Yes I was inspired by this when I seen it back in around 92/93 when the works came out..........:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[xfactor]

So its taken a little longer than first thought, but the Cougar 2 restored runner is ready for its first run.

I will be going to the awesome Broxtowe track this Sunday, to test and give it its first run out........:thumbsup:

Really pleased with the finish for a runner. Posting pictures now.....:thumbsup:

[xfactor]

Gone for different electrics as mentioned in previous post.

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[MHeadling]

Very tidy!

Is it going to be raced or a shelf queen?

[gainsy]

:drool: Top job :thumbsup:
Hope that's going to the revival

[xfactor]

Cheers Lads,

Mark,

This is my racer. Im going to Broxtowe this coming Sunday to run and test it.

Gainsy,

Oh yes. Its the main reason I have done it, to run it at the Iconic weekend. It will be my first time at this meet. I will have my Cougar 2 shelfers there also on show....:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[MHeadling]

Good stuff! Try and get some video of it running

I promise we won't take the piss out of your driving!

[xfactor]

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: :lol::lol::lol:

Cheers Marko. I will try and get some body to video it...:thumbsup:

[DerbyDan]

Looks absolutely mint - Mark! I imagine this is going to fly!

I like the fact that you didn't trim your AE battery cups down (in length) like I did..... this gives you the flexibility to move the battery backwards & forwards.

BTW what are those front tyres - not seen those before?

[xfactor]

Cheers Dan, :thumbsup:

The front tyres are proline. I believe these give slightly less grip than yellow so hope they are go between yellow and green low profile staggers. We shall soon fined out........:woot: I nearly did trim the battery holders down.....

I do have the others for testing, so will try and give a report back on how they work against yellow and green schumachers.

[Peakey]

Looks great mark I'll try and get up Sunday and see it run :thumbsup:

[xfactor]

Cheers J,

Sound matey hope to see you there. Hey !! You could be the video man...:D

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[Danf1275]

Looks great. Planning to run my Cougar 2 works at Revival again this year, hopefully see you there.

[xfactor]

Yes Dan.....:thumbsup:

How did it go last year...

[Danf1275]

I can safely say it went as well as my ability allows. Finished towards tail end of A final. 100% reliable though.

[xfactor]

Nice one Dan.....:thumbsup:

[autoxvw]

My old cougar has come a long way. Very nice!

[xfactor]

Oh yes cheers Chris !!

Cant wait to give it a run the weekend....:thumbsup:

[Peakey]

My old cougar has come a long way. Very nice!

Another one out of your collection, you've have a hand in mine too

[Retro RC]

I wonder which 1 of you guys got this 1 today

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SCHUMACHER-COUGAR-2-1-10th-SCALE-R-C-REMOTE-CONTROL-CAR-/222018501397?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=D8B1Ji7Bx6VPidYzGqNxrbJ3mEU%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

[Peakey]

Not me, I did have a cheeky bid to watch it but left it there im after something else :thumbsup:

[xfactor]

I know :D

Not me though

[autoxvw]

Tied to bid but seller wouldn't ship to the states.

[Retro RC]

Lmao I would of bought it but I was a couple of seconds too late :cry:

[Neil78]

Awesome example of the cougar 2 mate takes me back to when i had one although it never looked that good.
If it goes as well as it looks you'll be well pleased.

[xfactor]

:thumbsup:

Cheers Neil. I hope so........:thumbsup:

[xfactor]

Got me dates wrong !!! :lol:

Im running it tomorrow for the first time at Broxtowe Snow-Man series.

Will see how she drives................:D:D

[MHeadling]

Get some video of it running dude

[Peakey]

I'll try and drag myself up to see you mark and if I have enough space on my phone I'll get a vid for you, if you've not broke it by then!!

[xfactor]

Went to broxtowe today. Cracking day all in all. Had the cougar out and it never let me down all day.

Ran a 7.5 with NO !! belt slip or diff problems. Pro diff super smooth. Car handle very well and handled the 7.5 in blinky with no issues. No breakages either.

I ran the stagger ribs and proline ribs and I prefer these over the stagger rib. A lot more safe for this buggy in the dry on astro. These are not as snatchy as the staggers I found. Good high speed and low speed turn in.

Cant wait for the Iconic now !! Roll on July.......:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[xfactor]

Hi all,

Just thought I would share these Cougar 2 runner pics from the ICONIC meet at Broxtowe track from Sunday 10th April.

Awesome day with the weather to match.........:thumbsup:

Thanks to the boys from the ICONIC for taking the pictures and to Peaky for sending them to me.... Cheers Lads.....:thumbsup:

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[daz75]

Nice colour shell :thumbsup:

[xfactor]

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Cheers Daz............:thumbsup:

[Retro RC]

What gearing did you run with the 7.5

[xfactor]

Hi Adrian,

I ran 23t pinion and 89t spur.:thumbsup:

[Retro RC]

Sweet thanks mark I was thinking 25 /89 for my 8.5 so not far off

[xfactor]

You about right with that matey......:thumbsup:

[stuey]

Car looks great :thumbsup:

[DerbyDan]

Think I'm running a 24 pinion on an 89 spur in my Cougar - with my 6.5 - but then its quite a mild (fixed zero timing) Hacker motor. It runs cool & fast on this gearing ;) - the same motor & gears are used in my ProCat.

Mark.... your Cougar2 looks absolutely ace in action... when are we going to have a Cougar shoot-out at Hinckley?

[xfactor]

Cheers Dan,:thumbsup:

Hinckley starts this Saturday 16th. I will be there this week, but with a modern 2wd.

After this week any Saturday matey................:thumbsup:

Will have a word with Steve also, to tell him to get his out....:woot:

[xfactor]

Car looks great :thumbsup:


Cheers Stu..........:thumbsup: