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OK everyone. Please go to this link to vote on your Top 4 series for 2018. We’re already going to run Group C and a rally event, so we only need an additional 4 series to round out the year.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YT99GG6
If you have any issues, contact me directly to work on a fix.
Ary,
Have you set up a Carrera car like what you are talking about in your 2018 series idea? I am wondering how well the car worked with that set up? Did the tires mount to the rims OK? Are the wheels really all that round and true?
Marty
Marty,
Wheels are round and the rear tires suggested fit nicely — fit better than the original front tires, but we can change that in the future.
I’m still working in the car but should have it ready by Saturday.
Ok,
Using the plastic wheels is out of the question. Not because the wheels are not round or because the tires do not fit well; the issue is simply that I cannot figure out a way to true tires on plastic wheels.
Taking the wheels out is a bad idea as it may enlarge the axle hole. Leaving them on, and trying to true using the Tire Razor truer is possibly just as bad – that truer is wrong in so many ways, I will save the “review” for later.
Anyhow, we can still race a Carrera based GT series but we would have to change the wheels; not what I had in mind.
Ary – Don’t we have an Area 3 or Tire Razor truer that will allow us to true tires with axles that have pressed on wheels? If not, we could use the old block of sandpaper and lowering the car on top of the paper with the motor running and true the wheels that way. It worked for me when first starting off in slot cars. It’s not as good as a real truer but its better than nothing. The club could invest in a truer that could do this type of work. Slot Car Corner has the Tire Razor in stock for $159.
I like the series idea and would not want the tire truer to be the reason we decide not to hold the series.
Regarding a sandpaper truer, above the power supplies is a simple “tire cleaner” – a piece of carerra track with #300? sandpaper on it. We use if for minor clean-up truing between races, and for HO cars. I made it back in May when Bobby was taping paper onto the bench and truing his tires that way.
Regarding the Razor, I bought Dave’s and adjusted it to make it actually level (it was not truing each side equally). Mine works Ok – yes Ary it’s not a precision tool but for carreras it would be ok.
ALSO – why dont we just allow Slot.It axles, wheels and 12mm tires? I converted my Carerra 2016 GT40. It is still Heavy and we should consider a Slot.It Orange endbell motor. Everyone has spares and those that dont can buy parts from another member.
"... get on your bad motor scooter and ride!"
Sammy with MontrosePOSTED FOR RUSSELL
Some comments:
I like Ary’s idea of individual voltage controllers. This would be especially good for series with a spec motor. The master voltage could be set to 11.5V or 12V to allow just a little variation for voltage, up to 15V for quite a lot. For Steve’s Prototype/GT series, the GT cars could be set to a fixed, lower voltage.
I am opposed to any series requiring stock plastic wheels. A spec wheel could be required, if necessary.
I realize that the goal for series discussion and preliminary voting was to weed out less popular options to make the often long-winded discussion at the annual meeting more manageable, but I would hesitate to say that only the top six would be considered. There are too many variables on rules that would make some series more or less popular. Cases could be made at the meeting for particular rules that would make a low-ranking series much more palatable. We could probably eliminate those that are at the bottom of the preliminary voting.
If the Can Am series is voted in, I would like to see an open format. Simply requiring a maximum wheel width of 12mm would eliminate any, ahem….., creative wheel construction. I don’t think it would be necessary to require F1 wheels, as they would be hard to find inserts for. Wheel diameter would be open as a wide variety of wheels were used. The F1 20 X 12 F22 Raptor tires will fit a standard wheel. I think the only other rule requirement would be to disallow any 1:30 or larger cars. Tires and wheels must fit within the body width.
IMHO
RussellREVO SLOT PARTS
Hey guys, some of you are interested in spare tires. Marty says the stock tires are very durable, but it does not hurt to have backups.
Alan (132slotcar.us) is in-process of documenting what parts he has, specifically tires, wheels, and guides. They are not on his website yet. When he does I will pass on the info (part-numbers, prices).
They are not (easy to find…) on Pendle’s site nor BRM’s site."... get on your bad motor scooter and ride!"
Sammy with MontroseREVO SLOT SPARES from 132Slotcar.us
1 x RS-213 Revo Slot complete screw set. (RS-) = $4.99
1 x RS-107 GT2 inserts unpainted (RS-107) = $5.99
1 x RS-109 GT2 rear wheels and 3mm grub screws (RS-108) = $7.99
1 x RS-202 GT2 rear tires Shore 30 ( stock ) (RS-202) = $5.99
1 x RS-208 Revo Slot brass chassis nuts & screws X 4 (RS-208) = $6.99
1 x RS-210S Revo Slot guide screws X 2 (RS-210S) = $3.99
1 x RS-210W Revo Slot guide 9mm deep (for Carrera & wood tracks) X 2 (RS-210W) = $3.99
1 x SC-5010 M3 Allen wrench – tip=1.5mm (SC-5010) = $24.99"... get on your bad motor scooter and ride!"
Sammy with MontroseRe the NSR Rally Cars (Punto and Clio)
The shared chassis for the NSR Punto and Clio is the new school triangle-pod version.
As per Marty’s pic and guidance, to install a NSR1264-EVO-SW-triangular extra-hard-red-motor-mount, (e.g. for a 25k shark) the angular brace in the chassis needs to be clipped and sanded.
"... get on your bad motor scooter and ride!"
Sammy with MontroseNot sour grapes about the 2018 classes, but I think we should reconsider the ThunderSlot class and add the slot.it McLaren. We could get together a couple of the McLarens already in the members hands and a couple of Thunderslots in a pre-season race with comparable skilled drivers and see if they are competitive with each other. The cars would need to be similarly prepared and geared with very limited changes of course.
Randy – I have no problem with it. I think it needs to be brought up with Russell-the series manager. I know there were some club members really looking forward to running them. I don’t think they will be competitive with the Thunderslot cars but we will have to find out.
Marty
CAUTION ThunderSlot rear wheel on one side of my roadster had the correct coarse thread grub screw and the other wheel had the fine thread front suspension adjustment grub screw. After I trued the tires the wheel grub screws both came out. I did not get the fine screw back in its original wheel and stripped the wheel threads. Then I stripped the other hole in that wheel. Nice. I have looked at both screws and the screws on the wheels I just received in the mail and I never would have guessed they would use 2 different grub screws. The Professor lists two different spare grub screws, but I have not figured out which is the wheel and which is the suspension.
Oh God – I think Randy has been watching “The Full Monty” too many times after one too many Kalibers (NA-beer). Hey for the Christmas party I think I will get you a new micrometer or magnifier …. LOL
"... get on your bad motor scooter and ride!"
Sammy with Montrose
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