Im looking for a new 4wd to use at the upcoming DHI event, and for the 2013 outdoor season.
Please provide some more info soon!!
I don't see myself as an X-ray kind of guy..

You been looking top left ;)

then that would make it the E1 :p:woot:

Could have something there John:o

K is the 11th letter in the alphabet.

11th CAT would follow the 10th CAT

I'm hoping that Schumacher will run the SX3 range alongside this new K-1 ( if indeed it is a shaft drive car ) and support and update both cars

I personally don't like shaft drive and will not buy one, belts run with less transmission drag.

So although it's a CAT, it will be only in name, as the CAT chassis has been a belt car in design since it's first version

Ya know maybe it could be a dual belt system like the old ec. i ran my old ec this summer and could out drive a durango.

maybe its a xx4 layout with the motor forward, thats mi impression by the silloet

I'm confident that it will have driveshafts in it ;):p

going to have a punt then, 4 of em matt and two belts! maybe even these

in the front

http://www.racing-cars.com/pp/Produc...ist/U4173.html

http://www.racing-cars.com/images/u4173_w.jpg

Nah at that price they will be an option. ;-)

I wonder if the aerial mount position would give it away ;)

Or is that a body post;)

Hope they can release it in time to DHI

Well MB say its due mid december

http://www.rccarshop.co.uk/index.php...pre-order.html

Hope some more info is released soon so I can decide between this the xray or even the yokomo, I wouldn't mind trying something else

I think its going to hydro driven

some sort of new "green" system where the motor powers a pump like system that pushes water through some sealed case that in turn pushes the gears

and the K stands for Krave because everybody is Kraving 1

I have been in the market for a 4wd a while now. Had my mind set on a Xray but they failed to show it this weekend as promised and that dont sit well with me.
Am in no hurry really so perhaps a K1 will make my day instead. Hope to see som pics soon. Hope it is a TRF511 ripoff alltrough ;)

Think Xray got scared! They seen the K1 teaser pic and thought..............bollocks all we have is a b44 copy

and no doubt an over priced one at that

It's not shaft drive lol

Wot the k1?

Twin belts is where I'm heading

Yeah me 2. Xray is shaft

Seems that way

Really looking forward to this, the SX3 was amazing but too complicated for me.

Belts I hope and better shocks.

Nice to have new 4wd options, I was going to run only 2wd but these change my mind :blush:

Jimmy oOple: we need a LIKE button here :-)

cant fault the schumacher shocks with the new seals in em, wonder if it will use these

http://www.racing-cars.com/pp/Produc...ist/U4130.html

http://www.racing-cars.com/sp/catego...e_Springs.html

having fun Schumacher?
 

Alright Schumacher,

You've had your fun, everybody is excited and willing to
spend some hard earned money on your new toy....
let the cat out of the bag please........
If you hurry you can beat Xray to it...... (edit, to late!)

Greetings,

Hans

:thumbsup:

In my opinion K1 is the short cut for the German word "Kardan". Kardan = driveshaft and "1" because it is their first car using a driveshaft transmission...

so an English company would use a german name/referance?

And "Schumacher" [Schuhmacher] is...?;)

I think they chose for K1 because if you shout it out real loud, it sounds like something fearsome that's going to kill you (being the competitor) :)

KAAAEEEWAN!






Perhaps K1 is just because you Kan?

an old retired f1 driver....:p

K1
 

Hello all,

Could the K just be chosen because it is letter number 11 in the alfabet?
is this the 11th cat?

Greetings

Hans

Judging by the pic it comes with small-bore shocks but big-bore springs.

The knurled spring adjuster is a much greater outer diameter than the shock cap, and this certainly isn't the case on my Cougar. Also you can see how the shock doesn't 'fill' the inside of the spring the way it normally would.

Not sure if anyone else has picked up on that yet, but it is interesting. Doing some reading a number of X-Factory guys believe that the big-bore spring is far more important than the shock itself.

I certainly hope it isnt shaft drive either, with the release of the X-Ray 4wd we now have just too many 4wd's using the same layout. I wouldn't want off-road to head the way touring cars have become where everything is a clone :cry:

All this "K1" name speculation is fun, do carry on!!

Well in teaser pic you got "The Cat with Killer Instinct".
K can stand for Killer and 1 looks like letter I :lol:

Hoping for a 1-belt and gearbox with 1-idler solution similar to X-7.
With motor and battery down centerline.

When I searched for K1 at their website I saw that many of their racing kits have item no. K1xx.
Maybe they're naming the K1-kit its actual item no?

Looking forward to its release..!

/Morgan

http://www.racing-cars.com/pp/Car_Showroom/CAT_K1.html

:-)