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26-07-2011
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Me again, been away so catching up on posts. The chassis they have (as I stated before) is definatly mine. what they have is a striped of all its purple annodising works chassis. As mentioned holes would need to be made to use as a topcat or cougar 1/2 team chassis. I guarentee that it is a works chassis as it is what I sent them (wish I had'nt but there u go!)
Scott(CATS) PS I have some pics somewhere on my work computer of the actual chassis they have just so you can all see what they have (will se if I can find them!). There are no extra holes in the chassis they have, it is 100% cougar 2 works with the extended holes in the rear and the cut outs on the rear transmission section to allow for the works rear suspension arms 
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#22
27-07-2011
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Right right, they didn't seem to spot those differences when I sent them a bunch of pics of a standard Cougar chassis.
Not heard anything back in the past week but the last thing I sent them was a suggestion to only drill the front 2 holes for the gearbox section so people that have the works version can drill their own. Same goes for the Top Cat and Club 10.
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#23
27-07-2011
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Hi chaps, not meaing to stick my nose in here, but you might be worrying unecessarily as its the actual mould that can not be changed once done - everything else (hole positions etc) can be done differently each time - if you provide details/measurements to FL.
So as long as the shape of the chassis from TopCat to Works has remained constant - which i think it has - then you'll be golden. This means that you can also change electronic/cell locations use stick or saddle packs etc etc, in fact you can do whatever you like within the bounderies of the mould 
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#24
03-08-2011
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OK, an update.
Things appear to be going well and they are almost ready to make the actual chassis with the mould pretty much done. Once that is done, though, they still have to work out how to machine it. If they can manage to work that out then maybe we can start looking into getting some orders in. I have told them to leave the holes for others to add with regards to the gearbox but that is looking a little far ahead right now I think.
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#25
03-08-2011
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CATS has stated that it is the "Works" chassis they have. So unless McMike has made other arrangements I am guessing that this chassis will be the works version with the cutouts. Either way count me in for one.
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#26
04-08-2011
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I've not mentioned anything about the cut-outs at the rear. They have just said that the photos I sent them of a standard Cougar chassis look the same. Anyway, even if they do manage to make one and it has the cut-out section then surely this wont be a problem for anyone no matter if you have a Top Cat or Cougar 1/2 as the rear wishbones will still fit into the holes. Having never seen a Cougar with the cut-outs, I can't see why they are there anyway.
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#29
06-09-2011
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i have a cougar 2 Team version, it has the somewhat RED like alum chassis, not the standard silver or purple "Works" version, but i think it is almost the same as the works chassis.
for myself it would be better to make a carbon team or works version chassis for the schumacher cougar 2 . those cars are less rare and more people have them. but i am surely interested in a carbon chassis!! it would also be very cool if the aluminium side plates of the gearbox housing could be done in carbon.
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#33
12-09-2011
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I've not been pursuing this with Fibre-Lyte recently as I am thinking of racing a new Super Astute that I have recently acquired. Always preferred the looks of the Astute to any 2wd ever made before or since! This means I might be getting rid of my Cougar 2 with a bucket loads of parts soon if anyone is interested.
Back on topic, the last update I posted was the last bit of info I have since I have not contacted them since. They have managed to make a mould but got side-tracked with an obviously bigger order. They just needed to know if they could actually produce a chassis from the mould. If anyone wants to take it up with them, they will be able to update you.
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13-09-2011
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I didn't get the motorplates made by fibrelyte. I wanted to do that , but than is could buy three complete sets of C2W motorplates , so there was no need for that anymore. The carbon chassis i got , are the topcat ones , with the holes in the front. http://www.tamiyaclub.com/picturefra...06094617_3.jpg The C2W chassis is a very weak chassis at the back(cut outs for wishbones). A carbon one will break very Quick at that point.
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