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More thoughts on the Thunderslot series:
The “white kit” comes with enough parts to build several versions of the Lola T70 Spyder:
There are two windshields, two dashboards, two driver heads, four roll bars and three engine options. There is a Chevy engine with vertical intakes, a cross-ram block as run by Donahue/Penske, and a Ford Indy dual overhead cam engine with bundle-of-snakes exhaust over the rear deck. Note that the engine supplied with the Gurney #30 car is incorrect as it has Chevrolet valve covers rather than the Gurney-Weslake heads on a small block Ford engine. Right now I am thinking that I am going to race a Spyder, set up as the #21 car with the Ford dual overhead cam engine as raced by Parnelli Jones and Mario Andretti. Presumably, this car, as well as others, will as some point be available from Thunderslot.
In comparing the coupes and spyders, my red coupe weighs 63.1 grams and the #30 Gurney spyder weighs 58.5 grams. The front/rear weight distribution between the two cars is within one percentage point. It remains to be seen how the two cars compare on the track. The spyder is a good bit lighter but the coupe may have a slightly higher center of gravity which may help weight transfer to the outside wheel for more cornering grip.
1. Can we move Thunderslot discussions to the thread that Randy started? ThunderSlot thread
Otherwise this may turn into a mixed Thunderslot & Revoslot discussion – in the long run for non-club readers it may be easier for them to follow, plus for our historical reference it may be easier for us.
2. 2nd Dibs on White Dana #52 White/Dana-LugunaSeca 1967 Peter Revson but changing number from #52 to #21 and sponsor changes (to not clash with Jordan’s #52).
3. Specs Recommendations:
— Keep Front plastic wheels-allow ThunderSlot upgrade Zero-Grip tires 16X9mm (TYR003FR)
— Allow Rear ThunderSlot upgrade tires 19X10mm(TYR004R standard) and wheels 15X10mm(RMR002AL)
— Allow above pan weights, including Slot.It 2.5g slug (SISP23)
— Allow Slot.It DeepWood Guide (SICH07)
— 11volts seems fine-these cars dip into the 3’s with a little tuning and some practice.
4. Available Models for Your Reference"... get on your bad motor scooter and ride!"
Sammy with Montrose2018 CALENDAR CHANGES
ALL – Please review the Google Calendar
SHAWN please verify that the F40 vs McLaren GTR schedule is OK (6/23, 7/7, 7/21, 8/4, 8/18, 8/25) The back-to-back on #5, #6 is to accomodate the very active schedule at COTA in Sept and hence we have more than normal “dark” weekends that month. Plus b/c of the annual meeting in Oct we had to move some dates around in Oct also.
RALLY shares Oct 27 with the Blacklight race (like we have doubled up a few times in the past with the Blacklight)
ARY please verify that the Carerra GT schedule is OK (9/15, 9/22, 10/6, 11/17, 11/17, 12/1) #4, #5 are doubled on Nov 17 to accommodate the SVRA race Nov 3-4 and Thanksgiving Nov 24 (similar to some double headers we had in Nov’17). An option is to move #4 to Nov 10 when we would have a long day from the Club Meeting, Carerra, Rally.Rally practice dates have been proposed: http://austinslotcarclub.com/forums/topic/nsr-rally-renault-clio-r3-vs-abarth-s2000/#post-11948
"... get on your bad motor scooter and ride!"
Sammy with Montrose
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