Schumacher Club 10

[gazz81]

After abit of advice on my old rc car!
Recently I came across my old club 10 (based on the couger I think) in the garage and have decided to bring it up to date.
The car is from the mid 90's, as is my knowledge on the subject! What can I do to bring it back in touch with modern rc buggies?

[Bungleaio]

Brushless ESC and motor along with a LiPo battery will do it. The power is quite a lot more than the car would have been originally designed for. If I remember rightly these have a belt drive gear box? This could be a weak link, do you know what the condition of the belt is?

[gazz81]

No belt, just a simple 2wd geared drive.


So what would be a good combination?

[C2996]

Cool, I had the nitro version of that

[R6dug]

Internal belt from lay shaft to diff IIRC. My cougar was anyway.

[groomi]

The picture you posted of the purple chassis car is of a Cougar 2 Works, which does have a belt driven transmission and a slipper clutch. As you say, the club 10 has a geared transmission which is a safe bet for more power but the lack of slipper isn't ideal. That being said, as long as you don't add silly power and be careful when spinning backwards, then it should be fine.

Shocks are poor compared to today's items. If you can get some modern big bore shocks they will be better and crucially won't leak!

I've raced a Cougar 2 (belt and slipper) with 8.5T brushless with no problem. It actually jumps better than my modern day SV2.

Have fun!

[gazz81]

I'll get a picture of my actual car this weekend!

As for upgrades, this is where I'm out of touch! Could somebody suggest a suitable motor, esc and battery?

[Bungleaio]

What do you want to do with it?

To be honest you are probably better off buying a new kit from the start, I doubt club 10 spares are easy to get hold of now.

Modelsport has loads of stuff at all levels of pricing. It's amazing how much the hobby has come on in the last 20 years.

http://www.modelsport.co.uk

[gazz81]

Will only be a bit of fun round a car park etc, not interested in racing it. I have a huge pile of spares so thats not a problem. All the 7.2v nicads I have a shot, so new batteries are in order. So do I just get a couple of standard nicads or bring it up to 2015 with brushless motors etc.

[gazz81]

Needs a dusting, but here she is!!