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All,
At this past Saturday’s club meeting we talked about a possible BRM and ScaleAuto race in Waxahachie on June 7th. The majority, specifically 8 of the 9 club members in attendance, voted to move forward with the event. Now that a large segment of the club have shown interest I wanted to make sure everyone else in the club know about this opportunity. I details about the race are listed below with more to come as we nail down the details. Please post to this forum if you are planning on going, are interested in going or have questions about the event. We are looking forward to taking a good group to the event and having a great time.
Marty
Proposed Race in Waxahachie
Date: Sunday, June 7th
Location: All Scale Raceway – Waxahachie, private track
Distance from Austin: 167.5 miles, 2 hours 40 minutes
Times: TBD
Race Format: 3 minute heats, 2 minutes to swap lanes, with call button
Rules: Existing rules as posted on Slot Car Illustrated with the exception of weight placement and having to use BRM
weights.
Tires: Foam for both BRM and ScaleAuto
Who: 1/24 Scale racers from Tyler, Dallas, Austin, Houston and San Antonio
Track: Blue King 155’, eight lane
Track Connectors – alligator clips
Voltage – between 12v and 13v
Track Direction – track runs counter clockwise, the big bank turn is turn #1
Cars: BRM Group C and ScaleAuto GT
Cost: $12 per race
Prizes: Trophies/Plaques
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I would be interested in running the Scaleauto race
"If everything seems under control you're just not going fast enough" - Mario Andretti
I plan to attend as a marshall/observer. I have a BRM 962, with AW upgrade kit that can be borrowed to race. I have spare crowns, motor and tires.
"... get on your bad motor scooter and ride!"
Sammy with MontroseIf you have the car and are going why would you not join the race. It will be a blast Racing on a 155’blue king track with big cars with 20 people
"If everything seems under control you're just not going fast enough" - Mario Andretti
All,
For anyone on the fence about getting a ScaleAuto car and wondering if it will work on our track – they will! ScaleAuto released a new soft compound tire that works great on our track. If you are purchasing one of these cars I would recommend getting these tires as well. They will allow you to use the ScaleAuto on our track so you can get a better understanding of how they work, how to set them up and how they drive. Let me know if you have any additional questions.
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Marty
Is any 1/24 Scale Auto car eligible? I am thinking about getting a BMW. M3 or Z4? What Z4 do you have?
Yes, any scalAuto car is eligible. There are only two Z4’s with the latest R4 chassis. The VDS and the Japaneese car. I have the VDS but will be painting a body to relocate the 2012 24 hours of Nurburgring car. Decals on the way from Pattos.
I’m starting to think this is more trouble than its worth. By the VDS Z4 do you mean #SC-7059? And what’s the Japanese car? The Scale Auto website does not list any R4 chassis on Z4s. The #SC-7059 is listed with a SC-8000 R2 chassis. 132SlotCar.us doesn’t say crap about the chassis, although they do list numbers for chassis parts.
I found Pendle does a good job of letting you know which chassis the car has that may help you make a choice
I for one am going with the Mid-Ohio Viper solely for the Forza logo
"If everything seems under control you're just not going fast enough" - Mario Andretti
Russell,
The Scale Auto website is a good source or information as well as Pendle Slot.
https://www.scaleauto-slot.com/catalog-2014
https://www.pendleslotracing.co.uk/The chassis you want is the SC-8000 R4. The R2 is OK but if you are spending the money you might as well get the latest version – the R4. It only comes on a select number of the ScaleAuto cars. Basically the latest releases.
The car I purchased is the Marc VDS Racing Team #SC-7059. I am using this car as a mule. I will be painting a car to match the team BMW Z4 from the 2014 Nurburgring 24 hours.
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First Time out with the Race Prepared BMW Z4
Just like a real test day I am here at Kings at 10:20pm on Saturday night running my “blue printed” ScaleAuto BMW Z4 for the first time. Here is what I have learned.
1. Every bolt, and I mean every bolt needs to be secured with blue Loctite. I didn’t put it on the rear axle supports and they came lose after the first 20 laps.
NOTE: The Philips head screws have an interesting head on them that does not mesh with all Philips head screwdrivers so make sure you have a good fit before you force a bad situation and round out one of these screws.2. When you think you have the screws tight, you don’t. I thought I had the motor mounting clamps and bolts tight but 153 laps later the screws loosened and the motor/pinion backed off of the motor and left the car at a standstill.
3. Be careful in truing the ScaleAuto soft rear tires #SC-4736. These tires worked great when I put them on the car. They weren’t true but I thought that could only make them better. Once again I was wrong. They are like truing very large shore 15 tires. You have to be very careful with them or they will melt/gum up. I was able to true a good pair of them and was looking forward to running them tonight. I was surprised when they did not have the same amount of traction they did before they were true. I was also surprised to see the rate at which they were shedding rubber. They ran like shore 15 tires with large balls of tire rubber building up on them when pushed hard. The tires could run for eight to ten laps before I would have to stop to remove the balled up rubber from the tires.
My best lap time of the evening was 4.529. Time to go home and spend some more time getting the BMW dialed in. Good luck to the rest of you working on your cars.
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Marty,
We need to figure out rules ASAP. Alan is in Europe and I don’t see the national rules being update anytime soon.
As far as tires go, we should get whichever foam tires are being used in Waxahachie; do we know that?Regarding the currently published rules (https://slotcarillustrated.com/portal/forums/showthread.php?p=899357):
Let’s start the wrongs list:
– Stock gearing: (fundamentally wrong – must on our club will understand why as it has been discussed over and over (there aren’t 2 motors alike, nevermind 20).
– Shoe goo only: those of us who raced at the BRM 24hrs know how well that rule worked – epoxy should be allowed.The good list: I did see that we can use lock nuts and use any size t-nuts to adjust body movement.
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