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04-01-2013
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Brushless Cat XLS/Procat
Thought I would post a few piccys of my Cat XLS/Procat... currently undergoing a brushless transplant... This is my progress this afternoon... still got to sort the wiring and bed in the diffs etc...
Still on the lookout for a few things... updated spec 22/01/13: Procat Donor Car - Cheers DanB4! Cleaned up and a bit of polishing  DT Racing Carbon Fibre Chassis and upper deck  Cheers Terry at DT!Rudebits 60g under-lipo brass weight MMS Rear tower and wing mount MMS Alloy bearing housings MMS Alloy eccentrics Alloy Roller rear shafts Bosscat Carbon ballraced steering rack - not fitted yet! Bosscat Pro diff & ceramic balls Wasp main belt MMS Front Diff Bosscat Slipper Clutch & RW Supalite spur (85t) Schuey Multi Position carbon Top Link JC Black Dish Wheels - soon to be replaced with fluo pink Original shocks - polished & soon to have modern pistons Electrics: Orion 90c Lipos, Orion R10 Pro esc ,Orion VST 8.5 motor, Savox 1251 Servo, KO 408s Receiver. Hoping to run it next week at Silverstone... if only to shake it down a bit... Penguin Shell - Painted by Nagy designs Sorry for the poor photos.. 
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05-01-2013
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Looks fantastic Adam! Well done
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09-01-2013
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Bit of an update...
Shell has now been painted in my normal colours by Nagy design... Have also managed to obtain a bosscat so will be using the running gear from this once re-built, if it ever arrives! Decided to go with the original shocks... think the kyosho ones are a step too far away from the original.... Does anyone have any old setups using these? or know which pistons will fit? (or the spring spacers)Chassis layout for the mid mounted saddles is sorted, so now in the hands of DT Racing... fingers crossed I will have my carbon chassis & lipo retainers next week... Really getting into this now..
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10-01-2013
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Awsome job all round! Will you be taking it along with you to Silverstone next week (15th)? Might have to pop up & take a look
 What did you use to get such a shine on your gearbox side plates - I polished up my TopCat chassis using a polishing mop at work & it looks great.... but I don't want to use the mop on the side plates as it 'dubs' over the edges, i've used varying grades of wet & dry paper (finishing at 2500 grit) & then a final polish with brasso... but they are not as shiney as yours  The Pro-diffs & later-style slipper assembly from the donor BossCat i'm sure will more robust with using the Brushless set-up. P.S; Chalkie, what have you got waiting in the wings?
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10-01-2013
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Ta for the comments... i'm really pleased with it so far...
Chassis wont be ready in time for next week, so aiming for the week after, although it will most likely be a gentle run around to make sure its screwed together right and the belts/diffs stay tight.... The polishing was just done with a cheapo alloy polishing kit from ebay. The pictures probably make it look better than real life, but i plan to re-polish it all before it goes back together for the last time. Chalkie has the Cat's arch nemesis... but I will let him cover that.. We plan to run a vintage heat at Silverstone in the next couple of months or so if you fancy giving yours a run? Plan is either original electrics or lipo/brushless with 8.5 limit....
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10-01-2013
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Sounds cool... although what I normally race with (Losi CR2) is considered old-skool!
I ran my old XX a few times at Moulton in amongst the rest of the 2wds... which did ok considering it is rear motored (was better outdoors on Telstar's grass) I'm also planning on putting a Losi JRX2 together that I also want to run... so maybe I can join in the retro fun with that? I know James (White) is putting together another of the CAT's rivals (one of his original race cars) Maybe we can rope him into racing that!
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10-01-2013
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I've got a LWB optima mid I'm putting together to run, not far off now needs a shell, a few little bits sorting and some 2.2 wheels.
Not so sure about running the mustang Dan, I think the driveline would last one run on silvestones astro.
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10-01-2013
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Haha, I didn't realise that 'Chalkie' is you James! I guess I should have realised given your 'speed matters' tag line lol!
Your Optima will the perfect rival to Adam's CAT - in my opinion the Kyosho was the easier car to get on with Bitd.
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22-01-2013
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Bit of an update.. Carbon chassis parts arrived from
DT Racing today... Very pleased indeed, very tidy and accurate. Have managed to find a Bosscat slipper clutch, pro diff, rear roller shafts and alloy eccentrics plus some high grade rear belts.. Not sure of make but they are orange? Rebuilt the diffs with ceramic balls, added the Belleville washers and they seem to be ok.. Just need to fit the Bosscat steering rack (schuey Ballraced one) and finish the shocks with some modern pistons and new shafts. Will post some pics shortly, but its coming together now..
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23-01-2013
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Holy mother of god!
Adam that is just plain sexy mate well done! Nice to know some of the bits you got from me are on it and the DT racing CF parts look awesome Hope she goes as good as she looks.  Dan
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24-01-2013
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Cheers!
Paint is by Janos Nagy, same scheme as all my cars.. (look in my gallery, they are all identicle!) Chassis was custom made by Terry at DT Racing... really nicely finished glossy carbon and fitted perfectly! dtracingproducts@gmail.com
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#20
24-01-2013
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Mmmm love the mix of polished aluminium & the shiney carbon! Your design/arrangement for fitting the LiPo cells is very neat, also I assume your running pro-diffs from the BossCat?
Despite their bling looks - i'd be inclined to swap those roller driveshafts out for sliders original plastic sliders, they weren't 'that' much of an advantage from what I could remember but they seem to be quite rare & desirable, it would be a shame to break one of them 
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