Why the caster?
having competed for the last two seasons with the BMAX, it was getting a bit tired and we had a choice of buying a new BMAX or looking at something else.
at the Kidderminster MAMS meeting we saw the caster and thought it looked promising, a chat with the guy racing it(sorry didn't get your name) and a good fondle of his car gave us something to think about on the way home.
did some research on the internet talked to Answer rc the distributers of caster in the Uk, did a bit more research and placed an order.
It is available in 3 versions. a brushed RTR, a brushless RTR and the alloy pro kit. general consensus was the RTR was all plastic and too flexible whilst the pro was all alloy and too stiff!. however all parts are interchangeable and the way to go was an alloy kit with a plastic chassis.
there are some RTR features of the pro kit. dogbone rear driveshaft and centre drive shafts, however an upgrade kit to change these to the more usual CVD's was available.
there was also some issues with the slipper and diff bolts.
the pro kit comes with pre assembled diffs, but in our kit we received the upgraded gears,thrust balls and rear CVD driveshafts.
what we decided to do was build the kit box standard and then document the changes to the car to go racing.
so on with the build.
all the parts bagged and ready for assembly.
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start with the chassis and attach front bulkhead,motor mount and rear brace.
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All the crews are good quality hex head and all were attached using loctite.
diff cases are the same front and rear just add spacers for the rear one.
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the diffs were put inplace and shimmed as required, we have not received the CVD centre shafts yet so we are building with the dogbone setup, no grease in the gearbox yet as we will be rebuilding them with the upgraded gears and ceramic ball later.
attach shock tower to gearcase and bolt down with the ball stud carriers
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shiney!!