@Carrera Corvette update – My car ‘porpoised’ out of the slot in tight turns, I assume due to the stiff stock centering spring. I loosened it by prying the center legs out but that did not seem to help. I replaced the stock guide with a tongue from the HRS-2 chassis kit; but it is appx 3mm too shallow and thus requires a guide with a long shaft (e.g. ScaleAuto) and a 3mm thick spacer (e.g. a Scalextric case screw washer).
The car is very rear heavy, so I added 14gm behind the front axle in order to reach a 40/60 F/R balance. The 25k Yellow bell seems needed because she’s a slightly chubby girl, but when goosed in the wrong spot the rear-end can swing or hop.
I used a Lexan driver/cockpit, for a Ferrari 512bb; I used the side-chad to cover the rear area. Its passable, but bug-fugly compared to Russel’s cabin/driver! Lexan packing end-pieces from Racer cars worked very well for windshield and rear window.
The hardest issue is the front wheels/tires – the best solution was an independent wheel set from a Carrera Cheeta, with zero-grips – producing an 18d X 10w final size. (loaned to Rich for a while).
Rich’s Stingray has the stock guide but does not porpoise like mine; but seems to have other handling issues.
This is one hard to handle American Woman!!
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