Cat 2000 - I now have one (and need help)....

[Nick Goodall]

Well guys,

After all that talk yesterday and me feeling all nostalgic i went and picked up my old Cat from my Dad's mate.

As you can see it requires a bit of cleaning, all the shocks need rebuilding and there's carpet stuck everywhere but nothing major. It all feels quite nice, loads of play in all the joints etc but it'll be ok for now.

I'm going to race it this Sunday at Lee's track CML Raceway so should be interesting to see how it goes.

Can anyone remember what set-up to run on this car? I haven't run one for 8 years or so now so not surprisingly can't really remember anything...

I was thinking of the following if this sounds about right?

Front - Schumacher Shocks, Losi Red Pistons with 35wt Oil and Grey Springs

Rear - Schumacher Shocks, Losi Orange Pistons with 35wt Oil and Red Springs

I think all the camber positions and shock positions are about right so i'm not too worried about that, just can't remember what we used to run in the shocks so thought this may be a good place to start?

Anyway, here's some pics - i was happy to see it's still got the Alloy gearboxes front and rear (lower) and also full Carbon and even my old Electrics!!

[chrispattinson]

Looking good Nick.

There are setups in the CAT manual regarding camber positions etc, for different surfaces. These are what I was going to use as starting points.

Ill get some pics of mine up soon.

So we've got two members of Team CAT2000 this season then!

[Elliott Hopkins]

Oooh nice. What shape is the body in? Are you going to run that speedo?

Elliott.

[Nick Goodall]

Elliott i've got one of my old Shells for it that's in really good condition so it should look ok Yep, the speedo's a Novak Cyclone so still perfectly good enough for today, i've been using an LRP IPC v7.1 in the B3 and that's been fine

Chris, i have got a Cat 98 Manual at home so i'll have a look in that to see if there are any ideas - i think the camber positions and shocks should be fine but it's just oils and pistons really, i can't for the life of me remember what we used to run!

[Lloyd]

Make it three members of team CAT 2000 for this year, trying to get mine up and running at the moment

[MattW]

Nick

"Back in the day" i'm fairly sure i used to run

40wt AE No3 blue springs - front
35wt AE No3 Grey springs - rear

Check the front belt tension - it was sometimes a little tight with that top deck if i recall.

[Nick Goodall]

Hi Matt,

I'll try and have a look at the set-up, thanks for that

Last night i put Orange pistons in the rear, and 556 in the front with 35wt all round and it was far too soft - felt like 20wt oil or something....

I went to Losi Black pistons in the front with 35wt and Grey springs which felt loads better but i haven't changed the rear yet.

I think i'll try Assoc No 3's all round then, with 35 rear and 40 front.

Thanks for that :-)