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Here is a reply I received from RevoSlot about some of their 2018 releases. They are not releasing the Lister Storm but they have the Marcos in production right now. I can’t wait to see them. This will be a good car to compete against the Porsche GT2. Can’t wait.
In putting my spyder back together tonight I realized another reason why Thunderslot may have been talking about putting a 1.5mm spacer under the front body posts.
As you can see from the pictures below the front axle mounts come in contact with the body before the chassis makes contact with the front body posts. I’m guessing but I would say that the space is about 1.5mm. The chassis is flexible enough that it will easily bend to mount flush to the body posts but the chassis is then pressing hard against the front axle posts which cancels out the body float. I believe we should allow the 1.5mm spacers under the front body posts to allow the chassis more float. Thoughts?
I look forward to the results of your continued testing with the anglewinder McLaren. If this becomes to challenging I believe we have two choices.
One: We could easily make this a Slot It McLaren vs Slot It Ferrari F40 series or
Two: Open it up to any GT car that ran at LeMans in ’96. This would be a wide range of Fly slot cars that could run a CG Slots 3D chassis. The list of cars would be Porsche GT1, Lister Storm, Marcos, and the Venturi. This series could run as a limited modification series to limit some of the crazier modifications.
We need to nail this down sooner than later so we can get cars prepared.
Thanks to the work of Alan and Chris at 132slotcars we once again have tires for the RevoSlot series. 16 pairs of tires were dropped off at the track yesterday and eight pairs were gobbled up by those club members that were there tuning their F40’s, McLaren F1 GTR’s, Rally cars and RevoSlot cars. The remaining tires are in the club tool box. Please write down how many you took. The tires are not free and I need to collect from everyone. Remember that lightly trued tires work great and give you the advantage of additional roll out.
Here is an image of David hand selecting his tires.
I was working on a new Thunderslot spyder car last night and noticed an issue with the motor pod. I reached out to the good folks at Slot Car Corner about it and they told me they have seen a couple of issues like this. You may want to check your car and make sure the motor pod is correct. The issue is with the moulding of the bushing holders. The one on the left side of the car was angled out and not in alignment with the other side. This caused a lot of friction and the rear wheels would not turn freely. See the images. Something worth checking out on your cars.
RevoSlot rear tires are on the way!!!!!!
Alan and Chris at 132slotcar are sending us 16 pairs of original rear tires to use for the remaining two rounds of the RevoSlot Porsche GT2 series.
Be sure to reach out to Alan and Chris with a quick Thank You.
They are pulling tires from in-stock cars to get us taken care of. He has more on the way but they won’t be here in time.
I will update everyone once the tires arrive.
These tires do not need much truing so don’t go too deep when truing.
Russell,
Thank you so very much for this great write up on the differences between the coupe and spyder body performance. I can’t wait to run these cars.
Randy,
I think we need to set up specific dates where the rally track will be open so everyone knows when they can come test. I don’t want people not to enjoy the series because they were unable to get their cars dialed in. This would be a good topic for discussion at the next club meeting.
Russell,
I did some digging last night and discovered that the reason for the 1.5mm spacers under the front body posts was due to how close to the track the small front spoiler is. This is not an issue with our track but apparently is an issue with plastic tracks where the track can come in contact with the spoiler. We should not have any issues at all with the spoilers and should not have to install any spacers under the front body posts.
Russell,
in light of the rear being slightly wider on the rear of the spyder will those cars have to run a narrower track that matches that of the coupe?
I have checked tire wear in the last three races and it is all over the map. I think so much of the tire wear is due to your driving style and how hard you are on the tires and in what turns. Some push hard in the last turn and may get more right rear wear while others might push harder in the first and third turns and get more wear out of the left rear. This is to say nothing about any variances in the tires them selves. If anything, I don’t think any extra weight would help. I think it would only exasperate the situation. These cars are 100 grams and are wearing a pair of tires every two races. I would hate to see them wear any quicker.
Russell,
We have tried the anglewinder set up and like most anglewinder set up’s it did not work. I purchased a short can in-line pod to see if that would help the McLaren get close to the speed of the F40. Stephen is conducting the tests. Results and rules will be posted shortly, I hope.
Russell,
I noticed on Thunderslot’s home page that they are running a spec series with rules very similar to ours. The one thing of note was the following:
8) is allowed the shimming of the front columns of the coach of the Lola T 70 CAN AM (Spyder) with spacers / shims up to a maximum of 1.5 mm.
Has anyone noticed anything about the spyder where it needs a 1.5mm shim under the front body mounts?
Randy and All,
The series is a Slot It or Policar Ferrari F40 vs, the Mr Slotcar McLaren F1 GTR, Specific modifications and rules are yet to be posted.
The issue of the motor shaft hitting the tire can be easily solved by cutting off the motor shaft. You can also run the motor in an inline configuration that will eliminate the problem as well,
If you purchase a Policar F4o you will have to replace the rear wheels with 17×8 or 17×10 Slot It’s as the stock ones are impossible to use much less true the tires.
