Hello,this brings back memories,I bought my first Schumacher Cougar,cost me £90 I think from Antics,and raced it,after a few months I changed it to the Cougar 2 with the parts.
Great build and tips from a true expert on the Cougar. Currently working out the suspension setup for old school off road use, rear seems saggy and soft out of the box. Just installed the black 3.3 rear springs and 2 8mm spacers on each side. Drive shafts are just a tad below level but will test tomorrow. It does feel good on the bench. Any tips that you have uncovered, do share!
Looks great and some seriously different setup than I am used to. The shocks are pretty cool! I know you are dying to run it, sorry the weather is garbage still. Looking forward to seeing it on the track! Take care and have a great weekend!
I picked up somewhere, on an upload these are sort of a softer ride, for all those hard dirt surfaces now, thanks for the nice upload and tips, video quality excellent, would be interesting to get a segment on the hopups specific to this, not sure if they are issued out or not, thanks, mine in the mail over here
A very good car, i had a cougar, two team cars and then two works, First works stolen from west london national taken as a spare car my first season of nationals. I hadnt funds to buy another until cecil found out what had happened and supplied a replacement at a price i could pay. I used that one to win the tms indoor national and still have it. Re re as you say parts easy so send it.
quality of parts vintage 80ies vs today's re-re. Have lots of Kyosho and Tamiya re-re's, all nib in the box so I can't say how they are but I read that quality no more as good as at the originals for Team Asociated RC10, but what about Schumacher ?. I would like this Worlds car from Masami.
@@rccarloverluxembourg718 i cant comment on the quality compared to an original. But some parts on most buggys need a bit of fine tuning. With schumacher i just wish they would use Hex hardware
@@lo2713 yes I was astonished to see a Philips screw, after you purchase Hudy or Arrowmaxx or good other tools, it's a delight to no more work with Philips screws except for all the Tamiya cars where the Tamiya original tools are also a perfect match, have them for 2 weeks now :-)
@@ChannelVSRC they looked beefed up ? But they have been tested by someone i know. Its good that og ones will still be sought after for resto’s. But then there allso gonna pricey still
@@goingupchuck6909 yes and no, its a better car, but an average driver like prob wouldnt be quicker, a few mates have asked if they should sell the classic and buy a works. My answer, if you can afford it, do it. But running the classic and upgrade as you go on would be my answer
What a beautiful car..
@@fingerboardworkshop6273 thank you, it sure is
Thanks for the great walk through of the build and rundown on the car!
Got mine yesterday. Hard to get hop ups in austria 😊
@tabletasgard1205 hard in the uk aswell 😂 ive got about half, but need to track the others down 😁
Very nice mate 😀
Love it, cheers and Merry Christmas from this Aussie in China!
@@agevan6735 Merry Christmas
Perfect timing, just in the process of building mine 😊
Nice build and thanks for the tips 🤝 Can't wait to see it running 🤝
Hello,this brings back memories,I bought my first Schumacher Cougar,cost me £90 I think from Antics,and raced it,after a few months I changed it to the Cougar 2 with the parts.
@@Steven85-8i was the last 2wd car i had, i stopped at the end of 93, sold eveything for £150 😭
Great build and tips from a true expert on the Cougar. Currently working out the suspension setup for old school off road use, rear seems saggy and soft out of the box. Just installed the black 3.3 rear springs and 2 8mm spacers on each side. Drive shafts are just a tad below level but will test tomorrow. It does feel good on the bench. Any tips that you have uncovered, do share!
@@jameslonano5659 i will do when i get it out an running. The back on mine was a bit soft, the two hole pistons would be better i think ?
Looks great and some seriously different setup than I am used to. The shocks are pretty cool! I know you are dying to run it, sorry the weather is garbage still. Looking forward to seeing it on the track! Take care and have a great weekend!
@@AddamsPlayground cheers, yeah really itching to get it out, will be next weekend for that now 😭
Nice one mate
I picked up somewhere, on an upload these are sort of a softer ride, for all those hard dirt surfaces now, thanks for the nice upload and tips, video quality excellent, would be interesting to get a segment on the hopups specific to this, not sure if they are issued out or not, thanks, mine in the mail over here
@@lrmbvv once i have them all i’ll be doing a video on them, cheers for watching. All being well it will get a run at the weekend 🤞
Nice one mate ❤
@tunkstune9373 why cant it be bloody summer !!!! I wanna get it ripping around are grass track 😭 haha
A very good car, i had a cougar, two team cars and then two works, First works stolen from west london national taken as a spare car my first season of nationals. I hadnt funds to buy another until cecil found out what had happened and supplied a replacement at a price i could pay. I used that one to win the tms indoor national and still have it. Re re as you say parts easy so send it.
@@jameslovell863 gutted to hear you had them pinched, but its cool you still have the original from back them. Yup spares on the shelf again 😎
I'm sitting on original versions of the Cougar 2 Team, Cougar 2 Works, Menace 21, Havoc ,Cougar SV, and a Cat SX
@@itys_c thats a pretty decent collection 👍
Kyosho was always my bag, but Schumacher kits to me always felt they were a bit more the racer's choice.
@@TastierBackInThe80s yeah, but the jj ultima could hold its own against younger cars, i think kyosho have done some great work
What do you think to the washers used on wishbone?
@@modelRcnoob they do the job, but they just need a little flatting off. And some wont use them at all
@lo2713 how ya mean wont use them? You mean swap with something else or just don't put them in?
@ some people wont use them, or swap with thinner ones. I just rubbed mine on some fine sandpaper to smooth off the rough side
I wish you could get the aero disc wheels for the modern 12mm hex cars
@@markbruton-young9228 get some hex to castle adaptors 😂
quality of parts vintage 80ies vs today's re-re. Have lots of Kyosho and Tamiya re-re's, all nib in the box so I can't say how they are but I read that quality no more as good as at the originals for Team Asociated RC10, but what about Schumacher ?. I would like this Worlds car from Masami.
@@rccarloverluxembourg718 i cant comment on the quality compared to an original. But some parts on most buggys need a bit of fine tuning. With schumacher i just wish they would use Hex hardware
@@lo2713 yes I was astonished to see a Philips screw, after you purchase Hudy or Arrowmaxx or good other tools, it's a delight to no more work with Philips screws except for all the Tamiya cars where the Tamiya original tools are also a perfect match, have them for 2 weeks now :-)
how do you find the front end ? re-re wishbones ? not sure if i like it much. Great video
@@ChannelVSRC they looked beefed up ? But they have been tested by someone i know. Its good that og ones will still be sought after for resto’s. But then there allso gonna pricey still
The wife bought me a cougar classic for Christmas just before the works came out I've not race since the 80's is it that much a better car
@@goingupchuck6909 yes and no, its a better car, but an average driver like prob wouldnt be quicker, a few mates have asked if they should sell the classic and buy a works. My answer, if you can afford it, do it. But running the classic and upgrade as you go on would be my answer
First to upload a build vid!
@@SidcupRC i wasnt hanging around to build this, my fave 2wd car 😁 i couldnt let it wait haha
@@lo2713I need to get onto mine but just being lazy and watching others first 😊