[Mel]

Thanks to David for gifting me this beauty!

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Given my affinity for a certain color… this is what I’ll be running for Group 5

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[Mel]

Responding to some things said in the email thread about the poll results –

I haven’t been doing this long enough to be a good judge of the F22 tires.  I am having a problem with my crown gear, but that might be because I lost my rear axle spacers and have not been using them.  Other people seem to have some problems.  That being said, we had a vote and they made the cut.  I know most of you have been doing this a lot longer me, but for my 2 cents I’d say the important thing is keeping it fair.  Sounds like these cars might have their quirks and those quirks are there for all of us; i.e. – it’s fair.

I agree that it’s a bummer Group C didn’t make the cut, but again we had a fair vote.

Finally (and I don’t know if this question can be answered now), seems like the Ferrari 512 and BMW could be the likely “go to” cars for the Racer Sideways Group 5 series.  Do we know if any cars will be banned?      I have Thanksgiving break coming up and trying to figure out which car to get so I can work on it.

[Mel]

I like the idea!  My Revo Escort is one of my favorite cars.  It’s a hoot to drive it on the big track.

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Shoot, I go from being gripey about spending money to making a big order on Electric Dreams and thinking about getting another body for my Lancia that functions just fine but I want to make it look better.

First race is free they said….    

In all seriousness, glad to be a part of it.

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My concern with making it an open series is limited funds and not limited time.  I voted yes because I already have one and thought they would be fun to race.

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Been getting some good times.  I guess I can live with the noise, whatever it may be.  Very slight margin of error between cutting deep into the turns with some traction losing  drift and keeping the tires propelling the little thing forward.  It’s a blast!

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My white kit 701 is a blast to drive on the track but makes a high pitched whining sound.  As cool as it is to kind of have it sound like an F1 car, I am wondering if there is something that needs to be adjusted with the gear mesh.  I have honestly been hesitant to open the thing back up because of how tricky it is to attach the body to the chassis.  Any tips?

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That sounds like a lot of fun @Radial TA.  Thanks to you guys, I am learning some racing history from the slot car perspective.

@Datto, I have the Mercedes DTM that I am happy to throw in for that.  And if you guys want to help tune it to get it running better…. that is fine by me.

I am building a couple of vans from an old Revell find on ebay.  They seem like good candidates for the slot.it hrs chassis.  I am not sure what Russel is running on his van and if he is willing to let us race it, but maybe there is a potential for a fun and different race with those.

 

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A tire truing question for these “bigguns”:  is it a general rule of thumb to have the front of the car such that tires should only touch when cornering or do we want those front tires making contact with the track at all times with these bigger cars?  Without the adjustable axle height, I decided to true my front tires a little more today and have that front riding like a Group C car.  But now I am feeling like maybe I should have followed Russel’s lead with the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!” philosophy.  He said he didn’t anything to his car since last race and still smoked all of us with a 6 lap lead between him and 2nd.

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I got my white kit in today but just discovered Slot Car Corner sent me the wrong tires.  They have the correct tires listed on the invoice, but those are not the ones they sent.  Been scrambling to get this white kit built and then to discover that… what a bummer.

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I ordered a suspension kit for my Pantera.  I could not find anything in the rules prohibiting it and I would like to give it a try.  However, as a teacher, I sure know how frustrating it is when people try to find loopholes in the rules.  If there is something I overlooked or misinterpreted that would prohibit it, I can try it on a different car just for fun.

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Those fiddly bits are… fiddly!  I’ve had the exhaust fall off already and I think there are still some parts from my white kit that I need to get on there.  I’m glad I have a few months to figure all that out.  I will have to use the jig to make sure I am not running wider than I’m supposed to making for better running, but I am very impressed with these little cars.  Maybe my driving skills are improving, but I am starting to get some better times with my March 701 with lower voltage than I was getting with my group C at higher voltage.

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I ordered the Kadett white kit from 132slotcar with plenty of time for it to ship early last week, but it still hasn’t shipped and I have received no responses to my inquiries.  I’d heard this was an issue with them sometimes, but I had already done a couple orders with them and they were shipped immediately with no issues.  Anyway, fingers crossed that a miracle happens!  I am probably going to do another hydro-dip on this one.  Stock pic for reference.  

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