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I am waiting for the kit to arrives. In the meantime I am wondering why there is no chance to get sway bars mounted on the rear. I cannot say in the front but at least in the rear.

Any advice please?

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I am waiting for the kit to arrives. In the meantime I am wondering why there is no chance to get sway bars mounted on the rear. I cannot say in the front but at least in the rear.

Any advice please?

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You can fit sway bars to the front and rear.
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As a relative newbie can someone tell me what the X brace conversion does handling wise and/or what type of track is it for.
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Old 18-05-2019
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My Cougar Laydown arrived at my home in the morning (in France).
Too late to drive tomorrow with on my regional FFVRC race. I'll ride it quietly in the week to try it next weekend.
In the meantime I will still use my old Cougar SV2 which still does the job well.



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As a relative newbie can someone tell me what the X brace conversion does handling wise and/or what type of track is it for.
Attached screen shot from manual. Stiffens chassis flex and five more steering so prob more suited to high grip, but I have seen it used on rubberised cork floor
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Attached screen shot from manual. Stiffens chassis flex and five more steering so prob more suited to high grip, but I have seen it used on rubberised cork floor
Cheers, never saw that in the manual, must remember to look through it cover to cover
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Old 19-05-2019
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I see that Orlowski didn’t run the laydown car in the some of the rounds of the latest EOS, did he go back to the KC for the wet conditions or is there a standup version of the Cougar being tested?
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Old 19-05-2019
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I see that Orlowski didn’t run the laydown car in the some of the rounds of the latest EOS, did he go back to the KC for the wet conditions or is there a standup version of the Cougar being tested?
He ran the KD in the first couple of rounds
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I'm getting a good amount of binding on the front camber mount with the captive ball joints.. the only way I can stop the binding is having the ball joint on the camber mount loose anyone else have this issue??
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I'm getting a good amount of binding on the front camber mount with the captive ball joints.. the only way I can stop the binding is having the ball joint on the camber mount loose anyone else have this issue??
Have you used the ball stud washers
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Yeah as sheet shows the arms are OK level with the bulk head any lower than the bulk head they bind?
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Yeah as sheet shows the arms are OK level with the bulk head any lower than the bulk head they bind?
Check it's the ballstud shims, they're made out of iron so use a magnet.
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I'm getting a good amount of binding on the front camber mount with the captive ball joints.. the only way I can stop the binding is having the ball joint on the camber mount loose anyone else have this issue??
Is it the ball joints or the arms?

Ive just built one for a mate. I found the arms are tight around the inner hinge pins, a moulding issue, and the "C" hubs are tight once the clip is fitted.
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I just got a craft knife into the recesses at the bulkhead where the arms fit in, just a little scrape and everything moved freely
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It's definitely the ball joints. as soon as they tighten they bind when they are loose it's all free
Basically if you sit the car down on the table no wheels on
The arms hinge up and down perfect
if the arms go any lower than the hinge pins it binds

I had already cleaned the bulk head out with a knife to fit the arms its not that

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Has anyone else noticed the amount of play in the gearbox diff housings when its put together??
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Has anyone else noticed the amount of play in the gearbox diff housings when its put together??
Play where Iain? Can’t say I noticed any excessive play anywhere in mine.
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Yes I have noticed some movement when the differential is fitted into the transmission housing. I have followed the instructions and used one shim on each side of the diff and fitted the bearings into the eccentric housings but once fitted to the transmission housing there is about 1.5 - 2mm of side ways movement.
I have two spare shims of the same size which were in a different pack, I don't know what these are for?
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Play where Iain? Can’t say I noticed any excessive play anywhere in mine.
It's only when using the gear diff, it seems the bearings are a bit loose on the gear diff, just put the ball diff in and its fine
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Yes I have noticed some movement when the differential is fitted into the transmission housing. I have followed the instructions and used one shim on each side of the diff and fitted the bearings into the eccentric housings but once fitted to the transmission housing there is about 1.5 - 2mm of side ways movement.
I have two spare shims of the same size which were in a different pack, I don't know what these are for?
The manual addendum says to fit the 4 shims.
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