Mardave Cobra Stuff / Discussion

[Orlinon]

Originally Posted by adey

Mardave themselves or possibly me. What you need ?

I've got the car roughly chucked together and all I think I need is a pair of front wheels/tyres and a bodyshell.
I tried Kamtec for the 'shell and they said they make them, but only for Mardave
Tried emailing Mardave, but they don't seem to want to answer

BTW - the car has a slipper clutch, but the spur gear was pretty worn. AFAIK Mardave only make one gear. I tried an 84T gear out of my Traxxas TRX-3 and it fits! Don't know if this is a useful tip for someone or not... I think the modern Traxxas cars (Bandit etc) use the same spur gear.

Edit: Just phoned Mardave. Got no answer, but Chris obviously saw the missed call and called me right back. He says he will be listing over 200 Cobra parts on the website next week!

[Miggers]

Originally Posted by Orlinon

I've got the car roughly chucked together and all I think I need is a pair of front wheels/tyres and a bodyshell.
I tried Kamtec for the 'shell and they said they make them, but only for Mardave
Tried emailing Mardave, but they don't seem to want to answer

BTW - the car has a slipper clutch, but the spur gear was pretty worn. AFAIK Mardave only make one gear. I tried an 84T gear out of my Traxxas TRX-3 and it fits! Don't know if this is a useful tip for someone or not... I think the modern Traxxas cars (Bandit etc) use the same spur gear.

Edit: Just phoned Mardave. Got no answer, but Chris obviously saw the missed call and called me right back. He says he will be listing over 200 Cobra parts on the website next week!

About bloody time!!!

[cunawarit]

Originally Posted by Orlinon

BTW - the car has a slipper clutch, but the spur gear was pretty worn. AFAIK Mardave only make one gear. I tried an 84T gear out of my Traxxas TRX-3 and it fits! Don't know if this is a useful tip for someone or not... I think the modern Traxxas cars (Bandit etc) use the same spur gear.

The current Traxxas cars don't use the same spur gear, in fact they have a totally different slipper system. But they parts are still readily available for the older ones with the holes and pegs... Which is what I think you are referring to.

[Miggers]

Still no sign of the "200+" Cobra spares on the Mardave site or the touted
Cobra Evo

Load of ballox if you ask me.

Far too busy messing with toy cars to bother about the No1 scene,that's their problem.

[Bluestreak]

anyone know what size the diff balls are in a Cobra???

[Clive Loynes]

Originally Posted by Bluestreak

anyone know what size the diff balls are in a Cobra???

My original parts list says that they are 3.5mm.


Bit out of date now but have you ever looked at this? http://www.planet-venom.co.uk/

[Bluestreak]

Originally Posted by Clive Loynes

My original parts list says that they are 3.5mm.


Bit out of date now but have you ever looked at this? http://www.planet-venom.co.uk/

Hi thanks for the reply. I had a reply from Mardave themselves saying that they are 4mm balls? That seems a it big but I suppose they should know.

[Bluestreak]

I thought I'd post up some pics of my latest Cobra build for the vintage buggy class to be run at ARC raceway.

The rules are simple any pre 2000 buggy using a tamiya sport tuned 540 brushed motor.

So I got the three Cobras I had in the loft and stripped them completely and started rebuilding one good one.

So far I have :-

Replaced all ball studs with Ansmann studs

Used Mad Monkey trackrod ends with TM2 turnbuckles

Fibrelyte carbon shock towers have been added with the front spaced back 2mm to help mount the front shocks forward.

The steering posts have been moved back 6mm to get better ackerman angles.

The diff is fairly stock with a new diff gear and Ansmann thrust balls as I'm hoping the stock motor will be ok with regular diff maintenance.

New slipper and idler gear.

Battery tray shaved to accept a stick lipo.

Mad Monkey rear wing mounts fitted.











Still to do :-

I have to install electrics

Fit Schumacher big Bore shocks

Mount and spray the body.