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About 12 years I got a Schumacher SST off my parents as a present. I used it then put it away for a few years. Last summer I got it out to try drifting. It was fun so I put in a 13T ezrun for just playing with rubber and drift tyres. Anyway, the drive belts both wore out so I stopped using the car and got a cheapo Ansmann ARE-2. It handled terribly but had gear diffs and shaft drive so was pretty much zero maintainance.

I now want to go racing at Adur Rc in the 17.5T sportsman class. I've already bought a budget brushless system (the cheapest that is on the white list) and need a car for it to go in. I really don't have much money for this (my 1/8 scale buggy and 1/10 scale SCT have broken me)

Is it worth me spending £20 on the belts to get the SST up and running again or should I look for a cheap Mi1? Also bear in mind that as the rally SST I need to buy a front bumper for it (£13)

Or are there any other cars I should consider. I don't mind maintainence but I do mind things like expensive belt replacements and diff rebuilds.

Ideally I'd want to drive a shaft drive gear diff car but I don't think theres anything vaguely competitive.

Help would be appreciated.

Tim
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Hi Bud,

Its probably best to post this in the onroad section.

The SST would be ok to run in 17.5t. Although if you were going to spend £35 ish on parts to get it able to race it might be best to look for a cheap second hand TC on the sale forum.

You wont get a lot for the SST if it needs money spent on it (say £20) but that would give you a budget of £50. Check on ebay as there are usually a lot of TC's for cheap. TC4's are shaft driven and they go cheap.. I personally prefer belt cars although for 17.5t a shaft should benefit from no slip.

Race level TC's will have a ball diff, the newer ones also have oil diffs, they never really had unsealed bevel diffs as they are not tunable.

** Quick edit** It looks like you can get new belts for less than £20, more like 12 for both.. thats pretty cheap, if you wanted to just race the SST.
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Hi Bud,

Its probably best to post this in the onroad section.

The SST would be ok to run in 17.5t. Although if you were going to spend £35 ish on parts to get it able to race it might be best to look for a cheap second hand TC on the sale forum.

You wont get a lot for the SST if it needs money spent on it (say £20) but that would give you a budget of £50. Check on ebay as there are usually a lot of TC's for cheap. TC4's are shaft driven and they go cheap.. I personally prefer belt cars although for 17.5t a shaft should benefit from no slip.

Race level TC's will have a ball diff, the newer ones also have oil diffs, they never really had unsealed bevel diffs as they are not tunable.

** Quick edit** It looks like you can get new belts for less than £20, more like 12 for both.. thats pretty cheap, if you wanted to just race the SST.

Thanks for the advice. Could you please post the link for the £12 belts? If that is the case I will do that to find out if I like TC racing.
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There is a good tc3 cheap in the for sale section. Shaft drive and competitive still
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There is a good tc3 cheap in the for sale section. Shaft drive and competitive still
Thanks for the info. Could you please link me? I did a search but couldn't find it.

If I can get the SST belts for £12 though I think that will be my preferred route just to try out racing.
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Check out the roundabout rc web site. There was the rear belt for £4.99 the front I think was 7. Take a look and see if they are the right ones.
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Check out the roundabout rc web site. There was the rear belt for £4.99 the front I think was 7. Take a look and see if they are the right ones.
Thanks, they seem to have the front one
http://www.roundabouttoys.com/store/...-4mm-SST-Axis/

But I couldn't see a rear one
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Is this it?

http://www.roundabouttoys.com/store/...r-Belt-SST-Ax/
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Thank you for the link but that is for the AXIS. The only belts for the SST Sport are

u1492f (rear 6mm)
U1527O (rear 4mm)

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u1888w (front)

Which belt is better out of 6mm and 4mm?
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/U1492-SCHU...item27c1dee238

Rear 6mm Belt

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/U1888-SCHU...item27c1dee1aa

Front Belt

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Cheers. £18 to get me racing seems reasonable. I'll do that. But when the belts pack up I'll look at other options. How long should a belt last with 17.5T brushless?
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I raced 10.5 / 13.5 for years and never needed to replace a belt. Just never meddle with them by spraying oil on them etc. Also dont run belts very tight, just ensure a little bit of slack. (if you can adjust belt tension)

Basically build as per instructions and just leave and don't drive the car in mud or gravel.
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Ok minor update.

I bought the belts from the link above however when I went to fit them I found the rear diff pulley and the rear pulley needed replacing so even more money

I replaced them though and the car handled amazingly! It was great fun!

Just need to sort out my gearing now!
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