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wezzer 13-10-2011 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by daz (Post 566094)
As the S2 shell looks so damn sexy, I think the only change needed is to incorporate the gear cover in the shell. Please no cab forward designs tho.

oh :cry: ! well , as the original shell is not even mid cab then we are going to offer something along the mid to forward cab ! so will be different to the original shell , no point doing a similar shell !
but you will have to wait and see :thumbsup:

GRIFF55 13-10-2011 10:49 AM

A beetle would be mid cab and bloody cool!

Gaz_Stanton 13-10-2011 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by GRIFF55 (Post 566144)
A beetle would be mid cab and bloody cool!

Nooo! There was an X-6 with one on plodding round at the Euros and it didn't! :thumbdown:
Prob still better than the original shell though...

KRob 13-10-2011 12:02 PM

Any other shell we offer is unlikely to have a built in gear cover. To make sure the gears stay sealed it's safer to use the gear cover - I saw some issues at a couple of tracks that have put me off a fully incorporated design.

As for how far forward the cab might be - it won't be in the Bulldog league, and as the rear gearbox is quite high it certainly won't be that low at the back. I'm as keen as other people to see what Wezzer can come up with!

MK Racing 13-10-2011 12:04 PM

Come on Wezzer, get it done :woot:

blue_pinky 13-10-2011 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by KRob (Post 566176)
Any other shell we offer is unlikely to have a built in gear cover. To make sure the gears stay sealed it's safer to use the gear cover - I saw some issues at a couple of tracks that have put me off a fully incorporated design.

Interesting Keith! The original S2 didn't use the gear cover and as far as I know it's no less protected than other mid motor cars/shells...is there much difference to the gearbox area from the S2 then?

Didn't look very different from the few pics we've seen of them...is the spur higher up in the Centro, or is it more due to the lack of the tub shape with the ali chassis?

All this talk is making me impatient, I know that, looking forward to getting mine!

KRob 13-10-2011 01:59 PM

Andy, you're right of course. From the pictures I've found the original S2 used the bodyshell as a gearcover.
No idea how the height of the Centro gearbox compares with the S2, but it is certainly wider due to the B4.1 rather than B4 internals. This I reckon would make the gearbox too wide to use just the shell to cover the gears.
But as I mentioned, having seen a few other brands of car suffer with spur gear damage on a particularly sandy track we will stick with the separate gear cover.

blue_pinky 13-10-2011 03:20 PM

Cheers Keith! Wider might do it...could get to the spur rubbing the shell if it's been moved out by the wider gearbox. Cover is def good belt and braces protection :thumbsup:

OldTimer 13-10-2011 06:23 PM

C4.1 gearbox is the same height as the S2 gearbox, but wider to allow for the wider B4.1 diff.

Re the shell on the S2 some people ran with no gear cover (me) but you can trim the shell and use the B4 kit gear cover and its a nice fit, and handy on sandy tracks ;)

matdodd 13-10-2011 08:58 PM

I was the opposite to JC and always ran the gear cover on the S2 outdoors after having a few problems at coventry with sand although most other tracks it had been fine with out.

joker 17-10-2011 11:24 AM

has anyone got an idea of how close we are to getting our hands on the kit?

styleone 17-10-2011 11:33 AM

centro a no no
 
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Originally Posted by joker (Post 568191)
has anyone got an idea of how close we are to getting our hands on the kit?

Nope....they say no news is good news though so fingers crossed for a sudden tidal wave of info :thumbsup: Just having access to the s2/c4.1 shell is keeping us all a bit more content at present :p...always loved that shell by the way

arny 17-10-2011 04:13 PM

Hello Krob
Now the end is near can you post the team setups?

cheers
arny

gazhillAE 17-10-2011 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by arny (Post 568350)
Hello Krob
Now the end is near can you post the team setups?

cheers
arny

Ditto :0)

Stuweatherman 18-10-2011 08:49 AM

Spoke to Krob yesterday and the chassis's are at the anodisers, so just the gearbox casings to wait on so shouldn't be too much longer!!

All this suspense is really wetting my appetite for some electric offroad again!!

westie 18-10-2011 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Stuweatherman (Post 568699)
Spoke to Krob yesterday and the chassis's are at the anodisers, so just the gearbox casings to wait on so shouldn't be too much longer!!

All this suspense is really wetting my appetite for some electric offroad again!!

At the anodisers ah? What colour? :)

joker 18-10-2011 09:14 AM

id like to see them in blue

Richard Lowe 18-10-2011 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by westie (Post 568704)
At the anodisers ah? What colour? :)

I'm pretty sure it's black :)

wezzer 18-10-2011 09:31 AM

its black ! how about a gold special edition ? ;-):thumbsup:

RobW 18-10-2011 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by wezzer (Post 568735)
its black ! how about a gold special edition ? ;-):thumbsup:

Same gold colour as original RC10 would be cool.:D


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