I race a CATsx in australia, on very dusty tracks.. at first i was worried about dirt getting in the car so i didnt cut the vent holes out, but the dusty dirt doesnt seem to get up that high really and ive been running with the vent holes open on the esc and motor side..
the car come back in with very minimal fine dust over the CF and internals but it doesnt effect the belts and the diff are well protected. I keep spare belts on hand but im still running the same belts that come on the car nearly a year latter, My diff's are still the original ones aswell yet ive got all the parts on hand to rebuild them as i was worried about it for a major event about 6 months ago, so i brought a bunch of parts i wouldnt normally keep on hand.
The cats are very strong cars compaired to the others on the track, only issues/breakages ive seen or had myself are
• Slipper to loose and the spur melts the center and shifts / strips (fixed with the new black gears i believe)
• Broke the kit std front arms on minimal impacts/landings, swapped to med flex arms and which hold up very well
• Broke a front shock shaft, hard impact with a stationary object / my fault
• Bent M3 screws on the front arm piviot blocks, new sx2 comes with M4 in this location but there is new M4 parts adv for upgrade. Or just run the stegger brace like i do to prevent more damage.
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