Cougar SV a few questions

[Gone Elvis]

Hi,

just got myself my first 1/10th offroad, a Cougar SV and have a few general questions (I am not new to RC - I race 1/12th pan cars) to help me in the right direction,

Which spares should I have with me?

What type of speedo and motor should I be looking at?

For starters would I be ok to run a Tekin RS and a 10.5 motor?
(I will be running at Oswestry, if that helps at all)

Is the RS suitable - no heatsink or fan?

Cells - I thought about Demon power products DL5040 7.4v, 5000 mAh. 40+C, are these suitable?

thanks in advance,

cheers,
Dale

[spenner]

Hi Dale,

Firstly your speedo will be fine with that motor etc... You may need to go for the rs pro when you improve and your motor is changed.

Spares for sv, front bulkheads are a must and spare differential internals. They are only things I have done on mine.

[Aran]

i started back in racing with a 10.5, if its geared right it can be quite quick too

[Gone Elvis]

thanks for the help and info

[madonrc]

sorry to hijack your post Gone Elvis but i have just purchased a cougar SV and when i tell people that i have brought one they just laugh and say "hope you have a Big wallet for spares"

are they taking the Michael or are they that bad for spares

me too im new to 1/10 offroad (run 1/10 TC onroad and truggy off road) so i am really in the dark about the cars.

[fastinfastout]

to the original poster, the tekin rs you have will be suitable for any motor and will not require upgrading. You can run down to a 5.5 motor in the RS, not that you would go that low. 8.5 brushless is plenty enough!

[johnni boi]

I think the best idea first of all would be buying front ally turn buckles as the gold ones on them bend vey easily

[burgie]

Originally Posted by madonrc

sorry to hijack your post Gone Elvis but i have just purchased a cougar SV and when i tell people that i have brought one they just laugh and say "hope you have a Big wallet for spares"

are they taking the Michael or are they that bad for spares

The cougar is no weaker than any other off-road car - the main issue with them is the bearings. the ones schumacher supply are so cheap and nasty they may as well have included brass bushings. The majority of the issues with the Cougar are with the gears and those problems appear to be caused by bearing tolerance issues and premature failure.

Get some decent bearings in it and then you should be fine.

[Randall34]

Any suggestions for bearing makes or supplier, are the schumacher ceramic bearings any good (£79.99)

[lochness42]

Originally Posted by Randall34

Any suggestions for bearing makes or supplier, are the schumacher ceramic bearings any good (£79.99)

Don't know about Cougar bearings, but Mi4 set was good.

[moth898]

I just installed the Schumacher ceramic bearings for the Cougar and they seem fine to me.