CAT rebuild

[Retro RC]

Originally Posted by fathead

I am going to borrow Luke's idea for protecting the undertray/belt

Nah we'll just do a bosscat conversion on it problem solved

[fathead]

But then I would have to run saddles!

[Retro RC]

And... Have soldering iron , will solder 👍

[fathead]

Have solder but no saddles!

[Peakey]

You will get more ground clearance with the Bosscat setup but I prefer the other way

[fathead]

Cut out a chassis and top deck tonight, chassis is configured for shorty pack either transverse or longitudinal

[OptimaFan]

That looks pretty slick!

[Peakey]

Now that is very nice

[Retro RC]

Very nice damo

[DerbyDan]

Great work so far... I'm following this closely

I see you are going for the same battery configuration as I plumbed for on my ProCat.... also with multi-holes for adjustment I chose to use OE-spec GRP sheet to try & keep the original look, but your Carbon is going to look super sweet!

[Peakey]

I've already pointed him in the direction of your thread on 10Talk Dan

[fathead]

Thanks man!
I guess you could say I am going for a re-engineer of the CAT, trying to keep the parts looking as stock as possible but using updated materials in some areas with some small strengthening work, this car is going to be used on astro so want it to be strong, and have replacement parts when I do break something....

I have some 2mm 7075 aluminium for the side plates so slightly thicker than stock but should be a whole lot stronger, still tossing up what material to use for the layshaft bearing holders, either alloy or carbon(cut or molded), gearbox plates will be bare alloy with black(or maybe polished) caphead screws for fixings.

Have you tried using any of the different positions for the lipo?

[fathead]

Can anyone tell me the thickness of the spacers for the front end, my car seems to be a mix and I don't have the wider front end, guess I'm going to have to make the bottom blocks from pictures also.

[fathead]

Originally Posted by Peakey

I've already pointed him in the direction of your thread on 10Talk Dan

I have read sooooo many cat threads all over the place it's not funny, think my eyes are going to fall out

[Peakey]

If you make the side plates thicker you either need to mill out the bearing holder parts or use bigger bearings like I found when I had these made.

[fathead]

I was probably going to recess the holders slightly into the plate

[Peakey]

I ended up using wider bearings to take up the space and a shim in each

[Maskellator]

Slavich, you are getting far too excited about this old stuff...

Don't forget I have heaps of that 4mm 7075 sheet if you need a thicker alloy to work with. (and someone might want a K2F carbon chassis) oooh, that's newfangled modern stuff! My bad!

[fathead]

I forgot you had that! And I actually do need some too,for bmax2 motor plate

Wash your mouth out, talking modern stuff in here, and yes I am getting far too excited........lol

[Retro RC]

Originally Posted by Maskellator

Slavich, you are getting far too excited about this old stuff...

Don't forget I have heaps of that 4mm 7075 sheet if you need a thicker alloy to work with. (and someone might want a K2F carbon chassis) oooh, that's newfangled modern stuff! My bad!

Oh dear here comes Maskill lol, and you'll have to wait to n line he's got some other things to do first