Pro's and cons Cougar SV

[hansie]

Hello all,

I've been driving a Cougar SV pro for 3 months now and there are things I like and things I don't like, I was wandering if other people share my beliefs:

Pro's:

1) Great design, the car is fast and handles great.
2) The diff, If build right, it lasts very long
3) The big bore shocks, absolutely perfect
4) The drive shafts, very tough
5) The tunability and the way it reacts to set-up changes
6) The Schumacher service, I had some pretty nasty fitting diff cases
They replaced them for me without costs

Con's

1) the bearings, especially the ones on the lay-shaft
2) The outdrives, they're made from paper it seems
3) The idler gears (internally), they degrade fast
4) the side gears, they degrade fast (yes I lube al my gears)
5) standard no titanium turnbuckles, on a pro kit I expect them

All things considered I like the car but these quality issues are putting me off this car pretty fast. I get the feeling that they didn't test the first couple of kits that came from the assembly line.
I hope Schumacher fixes these issues for a reasonable price.
If someone knows of fixes for my problems please let me know.
I hope the new diff-halves solve my bearing issues (and maybe the idler issues).

Greetings

Hans