Sorry guys the back ground on these pages is a dark grey not white .I guess the fluro green stands out well against it. I dont really see the problem-
As for the Schumacher buggies-I have a pile of them.Ive recently moved house and everything is in storage so its hard to get any pics for the time being. Ive owned a heap of very nice Bosscat's with all the works upgrades and still have this one.Its got the ball raced alloy steering arms too.I run a GTB 5.5 sintered brushless and its F A S T !!!! Im yet to dial it in properly though and I hope to spend some time at the track with it sometime soon. I always liked the Procat body so I modified the car to resemble a Procat by changing the rear shock mount also.
minichamps11 wrote:The car also had a Wasp layshaft (did Wasp just sell re-badged MMS parts?)
Nope, this is a Wasp high torque gearbox in one of Procats
Terry, now that would be good in my vintage championship ProCat! We are limited to 19 turn motors, so that would cut drag nicely! Know of any for sale?
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I'm back! I was 'Northy' but my profile got screwed
I didn't have anything like your gearbox (nice bit of kit BTW) - I had a top layshaft made from machined nylon, a direct one piece replacement for the kit layshaft. I bought it from Wasp in the early 90's but having since acquired an NIP MMS layshaft they look identical?
What was the point of the machined RW spur gears? Were they supposed to be more "round" than the Schumacher moulded gears which had obvious high and low spots?
Northy2 wrote:
Terry, now that would be good in my vintage championship ProCat! We are limited to 19 turn motors, so that would cut drag nicely! Know of any for sale?
Ha, ha - nope! I only acquired this one as I was daft enough to bid on this one that had been run over. I spotted all the other goodies already on it and was surprised to find the gearbox in there.
minichamps11 wrote: I had a top layshaft made from machined nylon, a direct one piece replacement for the kit layshaft. I bought it from Wasp in the early 90's but having since acquired an NIP MMS layshaft they look identical?
What was the point of the machined RW spur gears? Were they supposed to be more "round" than the Schumacher moulded gears which had obvious high and low spots?
Wasp weren't an engineering company like MMS and RW, they bought in their parts from various companies including MMS and packaged them themselves.
The RW spurs were both rounder and more durable than kit spurs. Schumachers spurs were nylon, not reinforced with glass or carbon like today, so they were soft and easily damaged, the tufnol spurs RW used to make were very durable, hard to break and very difficult to wear out - I've known steel pinions to wear out before a tufnol spur
Ah, Tufnol, that's the word I was looking for, not Delrin. I've got weird machined alloy spur which fits Schumacher cars (see piccy). Anyone know who made it?
I have/had tufnol gears for my ultima and optima mid also, but none of them came to me in the original package.
It would sure be cool to find out who made these.
The only ones I ever managed to destroy were the 64 pitched ultima spurs which was probably because of improper meshing
Tufnol gears were machined by RW Racing, especially in the days when they were a general engineering company and the gears were bought from them and sold by SRM Racing.
Not much to worry about. Just make sure the wheel screws aren't to long. Maybe use a touch of screw lock on the wheel screws. You could always drill your rims to take 4 securing screws with todays brushless power.
Thanks (is it Doug?) I'm not putting insane power through it (6.6v) so I'll see how I get on with two screws, but thanks for the tip. Yes, will definitely use a bit of threadlock. I'm also going to use a 25mm hex head screw so I can use a lock nut to keep the wheels on (like other cars)
Haven't really done anything with my Cats in a while. I keep getting sidetracked with my RC planes. These days I find driving RC cars somewhat dull and boring, lacking in dimension, though my brushless lunchbox is good for a few giggles.
Can anyone tell me whether the parts for the Schumacher Cat, Cat XL and Cat XLS are the same? Also, there appear to be various parts listed on EBAY with part numbers beginning with U. Does anyone know whether I can locate a list which sets out which...
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Obvioulsy, that's an open invitation to anyone who can help me out with getting hold of NIP parts or a NIB kit..... :wink:
The CAT XLS was an upgraded version of the Cat XL, which itself was a long wheelbase version of the original CAT (Competition All Terrain) buggy. Distribution in America was initially handled by Trinity as can be seen in this ad from 1988:
Well i was in my basement the other day looking at all my vintage cars and noticed my cat that was hanging from the rafters. Yes i would hang my old car i retired from my rafters dirt and all. It looked lonely so i pulled it down and broke out all...
this is one of the other resto's i was able to complete this month. Thank you for all the great scans on the CAT (remember the design?) and hints on diffs. The color combo is that flashy i nearly wasn't able to capture it properly. Also...
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Yeah it ought to be, I built it! LOL
Grrrrrr :) But i diasassembled it and replaced all the plastic parts with new ones :) And i put in new diffs and such, and wide track and a quicksilver motor and.... - whatever! Thanks again for supplying me...
I have been meaning to post some pics of my NIP CAT XLS build for a while now. So here we are. The build started with being one which was about 95% nip with the remaining parts being good condition second hand. However, I have since managed to...
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Charles,
Absolutely gorgeous build. Can't wait to see some pics with a painted shell. Definitely a cool looking buggy.
I am very torn between these two for my next car and need some help deciding one way or the other. I am equally sentimental about both as I couldn’t afford either back in the day.
I am looking for a 4wd Classic to bash around with. As far as I can...
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I'd like to own the CAT re-re, but my answer would still be the Javelin...regardless of criteria. 8)
Preparing some cat bodies today, i thought it might be a good idea to scan my self made window masks. I was a bit in a rush, please do not expect them to be too exact around the edges.