Carerra Corvette Mods
I built a Carerra corvette this weekend. My experience/recommendations are: Make the mod as simple as possible; use the stock chassis. The HRS2 is too much of a hassle compared to the stock chassis.
25K motor – NSR Shark-25 recommended.
Keep the stock guide and wire – either snip off the connector and solder the guide wire to the motor (double check your polarity with gator clips before you solder!), or use the existing motor wire with connector (on the new motor).
Stock front tires and wheels – request rules exemption b/c the Carerra tires are 5mm? vs the spec of 8mm
Try the ‘Victor’ aluminum bushings with swiveling bushes. Axle is about 52mm. Green, Orange or Blue Crown (with a 8z or 9z pinion) gear.
To help Body Float – trim the edge of the chassis all the way around. Trim out chassis section immediately above/below the sprue for the rear bumper. Shoegoo bumpers as needed to keep them secure. Remove recesses from chassis ‘cups’ which mate with the body posts. Be careful since once the cups are gone there is only 0.5-1.0mm thickness left in the chassis screw recess.
CockPit: Carefully remove drivers head. Find helmeted driver, enlarge hole in Carerra torso for the helmeted head, press in. Trim excess edge and Upper-ridges from cockpit platform. Use ShoeGoo to tack cockpit to body.
Rear Wheels /Tires: 15.8(nib) x 10mm wheels work great – look at Ninco and Slotting Plus for styled wheels not requiring inserts. Slot.It F30s or NSR SuperGrip 19x10s or 20x10s will fit.
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