My 201 Gen 2 has just turned up in the post and I have to say I am very pleased with the way it looks.
The chassis is a slightly different shape to allow saddles to fit in in a narrow or wide configuration. Most importantly though is the back of the chassis is much thicker resulting in the gearbox being raised by about 2mm. There are now 4 holes for the rear pivot block rather than just the 2 on the previous version. They've also included a new rear shock tower which now has loads of camber positions compared to the gen 1 tower.
I was going to just buy a new chassis and carbon battery strap to upgrade my version 1 as I believe the gearbox from the gen 1 car will fit on the gen 2 car. I am glad I went for a new complete conversion as the gen 2 gearbox does appear to differ slighly from the gen 1 as the tower seems to mount a few mm further back. Bottom line is the chassis, gearbox, shock tower and battery strap have all changed so I would just go for a complete conversion.
Well done Team Extreme, I can't wait to get the car built up and on the track.
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