So what's she like?

[Nick Goodall]

I have to say i absolutely loved racing the Predator before packing up, and actually got my best result with the car at the 2001 Euro's in France (Q4 and finished 5th).

I've been thinking about possibly starting racing again, but just wondered what the Pred was like now? The car had almost died before a bit of a revival which led to T-Tech bringing out I think the P8? This was the car i ran that year which was awesome (but then my Dad was doing all the Maintenance so i can't say i got sick of working on it).

Does it still require as many rebuilds? I remember the Gears going on a fairly regular basis, maybe every 2/3 meetings if my memory serves me correct? How strong are the plastic components now, such as wishbones and gearbox covers? Are people running similar set-ups to the old car?

Look forward to reading the replies.

Thanks,

[jimmy]

I've only had limited runs with mine so far but when I ran it at oswestry national I was impressed, I gave it a good beating and nothing really broke. The wishbones seem strong to me (I tested them!). The only thing I was wary of was epoxying the front rocker pins to make sure they dont work loose ( I did that during the initial build)

The damage after the national was a couple of teeth missing on the old style spur. The new spur (1 less tooth) is supposed to be stronger. It happend I think landing off the big jump at oswestry.

[Nick Goodall]

Thanks for the quick reply Jimmy!

Sounds rather promising, the car was always extremely fast but I just always felt you could rip something off at any moment...

I remember the first Qualifying round at the Euro's, Ian Kenningly and I were both running 1st and 2nd, and just made it through for an extra lap, went over the big jump in front of the rostrum and snapped the rear end of my car on landing, luckily i think there were only 4/5 that made the extra lap in that round but it could have cost me a lot...

Still fun memories hey ;-) The car was just great, i'm hoping to get to a few race meets next year and see how they're running but sounds good so far!

[Slimboyfat]

best person to speak to is Tom Yardy. he's TTech No 1 now and has had a good year with the car.

I have to say from a bi-stander point of view, the car looks 100% stronger than before and you don't have to be a pro to get one round for 5 mins.

[Northy]

Well I've run Preds for years, and the X10 is by far the strongest and best car they have ever made. In fact I would go so far as to say it is one of the strongest, if not the strongest 4wds currently available.

The gears last forever. I have had the same set in mine since I got the car, thats a whole indoor and outdoor season and they look like new! Also, the whole transmission is guaranteed, break it and they replace it! See here:

http://ttechracing.com/transmissionguar.html

I will admit the car had a few niggles when first released (X10), but TTech jumped on those and irradicated them faster than any other company I have known! They have also been developing new parts for the car this year at an impressive rate.

Cheers,

G

[Southwell]

Im considering one at the moment, they seem much better than back when i drove for them (ETQ) but i never had any major problems with that car. I know what your saying about it feeling like it will snap at any time, mine did during the A at a HRC regional landing off the jump the front separated from the rear