Cougar 2 runner.

[Welshy40]

Are you going for period electrics? Think i used a futaba 9402 and Tekin 411g with a Reedy Mr M ultra series motor. Sanyo 1700sce or scr i think as well. I did like this cars simplicity and was good fun to drive.

[xfactor]

Hi Welshy,

I ran back in the day, Tekin 411g also black with gold. I ran System batteries blue then the black came out. I ran a corally 14T purple can. Loved the motor before that I had a Reedy Mr A 14T. Servo I had a KO 1001 FET. Best servo I ever had.

Im going in this brushless.

I have gone for a,

Nosram HD .....RED...
Nosram 7.5.............
Absima servo love these servos......
I will be getting a Nosram shorty RED.....

Not that the colour has anything to do with it

Will also try and get the body painted over the next couple of days.....

[Welshy40]

Ok sounds great but would go backwards on the motor to a 9 or 10 only because the gearbox cant handle that power, and yes you want a runner but dont think youll enjoy fixing it after every run.

[Peakey]

I think you may be surprised James I've run a 5.5 in my Procat with a 4mm main drive belt and it held up great!

[Retro RC]

Originally Posted by Welshy40

Ok sounds great but would go backwards on the motor to a 9 or 10 only because the gearbox cant handle that power, and yes you want a runner but dont think youll enjoy fixing it after every run.

looks really nice Mark well done on finding it, looks almost like a new build

If the belt, slipper and diff are adjusted properly a 8.5 should be fine, 7.5 maybe pushing it. Used to run an 11 single twister on a 411p(still have it sitting in my XX) with trinity matched 2000 mah scr-c's back in the day with no problem. On a high grip surface I'd go 10.5 max though or you'll be eating diffs pretty quickly

[xfactor]

Hi Welshy,

As per J, I have a mate who has ran his cougar with a 6.5 with no issues.

I will try it and start on blinky and see how it goes.

I must admit I did feel like you and was thinking around 8.5-9.5 but when the 6.5 was in it I thought go for it.

If it is too much I will certainly drop down.

I ran my RC10 all last year on 7.5 and 8.0 with no issues. The same mate had a 6.5 it that also again no issues...

Once I have tried it I will report back to let everyone how it went.

[xfactor]

Cheers Adrian,

Im pleased with how its come out. Just thinking on motor now

[Peakey]

I've got a speedpassion V4 8.5t in my XLS and it's a great motor and best of all its black and red

[Welshy40]

Originally Posted by Peakey

I've got a speedpassion V4 8.5t in my XLS and it's a great motor and best of all its black and red

Ok interesting, be fun to find out. Ive a 4.5 in my lazer but that gearbox has had major development to get it to handle that power.

[xfactor]

Had electrics come for the cougar 2 CHEERS BRY !!. I will install over the weekend and also try to get the body painted as well.

Once done I will post final pics...

[xfactor]

Well,

The above post didn't go to plan . So today I have managed to get in the garage with me airbrush......

I haven't started the electrics yet, but fingers crossed this week I will start the install and get it tested and set up for the track for the end of the month at broxtowe snowman series.......

Posting pictures of the body for those who are interested......

[xfactor]

Here it is. All original decals as well. No repros....

CLICK TO ENLARGE !!

[mporter2000]

Hi
What are those wheels?
Thanks

[xfactor]

The wheels are Jcracing.

They still make them in the dish wheels I have, and also 5 spoke. They are made in white,black and yellow.

[Peakey]

Looking good mark, very good. I'm sure I've seen that paint before 😜 Is this what your running at Broxtowe!! That might just be the push I need 😉

[DerbyDan]

Originally Posted by xfactor

Cougar 2 finished. Just need electrics and me to paint the shell. Also waiting on a clear chassis skin to turn up !! Then the track.......

Originally Posted by Peakey

Looking good mark, very good. I'm sure I've seen that paint before �� Is this what your running at Broxtowe!! That might just be the push I need ��

Looks like Mark's done a variation of the scheme that originally appeared in the RC Car Action magazine review...



A well built & set-up Cougar2 gearbox should easily handle the power of a decent brushless motor - I've been running a 6.5 in mine for a while & its been fine. I love the Pro spec diffs - they just seem to take the abuse & stay smooth & free for ages!

[xfactor]

Cheers guys,

Peaky.........

Yes I will be giving it a run at Broxtowe snowman series. Think its the 24th Jan, but must check.

Dan..........

Yes its that design. If you remember back over 2 years ago I did this on my cougar 2 build in purple with orange stripes as the above picture as well.

That cougar 2 is now Penguin bodies show car on Ebay for the cougar 2 bodies.......

[DerbyDan]

Originally Posted by xfactor

Cheers guys,

Peaky.........

Yes I will be giving it a run at Broxtowe snowman series. Think its the 24th Jan, but must check.

Dan..........

Yes its that design. If you remember back over 2 years ago I did this on my cougar 2 build in purple with orange stripes as the above picture as well.

That cougar 2 is now Penguin bodies show car on Ebay for the cougar 2 bodies.......

Yes - I remember now! My Cougar1 & TopCat feature in Steve's (Mr Penguin) ebay adverts for his bodies for those respective cars

Your shells features the 90s-tastic 'splatter' paint that I think you may got the idea from RC10Talk member geeforce59's rebuilt Cougar2 Works which featured the same RC Car Action inspired paint scheme;

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=11155

[xfactor]

This design is what I ran when the works came out in around 1993 to combat the rc10. That was one reason the works gearbox was moved back as the rc10 had the upper hand on bumpy and lesser griped tracks.

The splatter I was doing in 1990 when I started painting shells. The first one I tried was all black with red,blue,green and yellow splats.......

Looked awesomcrap...... and then tried other designs. Yes I was inspired by this when I seen it back in around 92/93 when the works came out..........

[xfactor]

So its taken a little longer than first thought, but the Cougar 2 restored runner is ready for its first run.

I will be going to the awesome Broxtowe track this Sunday, to test and give it its first run out........

Really pleased with the finish for a runner. Posting pictures now.....