Right, after a long time away from Schumacer cars, I have taken up with them again, much to my wallets dismay!! So I thought I would do something useful for you guy, and take pics along the building road. Hopefully this will highlight the differences between the SV and SV2, apart from the chassis.
The build follows along the same lines as the SV, I have built my car as kit for now, so in saddle format, in the forward position. The gearbox base is different, so the way you alter the caster is to.
There is also a little difference to the rear wishbones to, not to sure what it is, not really looked at the old car fully.
Follwing the manual, the front end comes next, the lower bulkhead, steering bellcranks and centre track rod are all the same as before, just now you have the option of raising the centre track rod, according to the manual, raising it softens the response around the centre point of the steering.
The front Camber link plate is also a new to the SV2 item, and seems to be a lot thicker than the previous car.
Front wishbones remain the same, with the option of fitting them standard or reverse, caster blocks remain the same from the SV2, but the steering arms are different giving a constant radius(?) steering angle.
The gearbox has had a revamp as well, with some criticism over the smaller bearings of the original car, the bearings have been upped in size. With all new gears inside the box, and all the nylon ones looking as though they are machined (RW?) and the use of SX3 gears for the outer idlers. Also, new diff outdrives (same material as the SX3 I think), should make the gearbox a lot stronger. The slipper remains the same, new motor plate, and now the inclusion of a gear cover. Mine has a couple of tight spots, but they should go within the first run.
Right, more tomorrow!!