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I’ll be participating. I’m trying to decide on which Porsche to run, but it will either be a 962 or 956 KH.
Yeah… I don’t have a truck so I don’t think I’ll be entering in that one. I’ve already got 2 cars that are going out in Feb.
-Shawn
One thing to note on the BRM Porsches. There is a chassis change on the later cars. I have an earlier chassis and it makes the motor sit lower than the axle. I didn’t get my gear lash set properly and I munched my crown gear. BRM does make a shim to raise the motor to be inline with the axle and prevent the destruction of the gear. I have a shim and 2 new gears on their way, but I wanted to make everyone aware of the issue in case they are looking to get one of these cars.
-Shawn
I highly doubt it will be here tomorrow and I have a Scouts Pack meeting tomorrow night. Needless to say, I doubt I’ll make it on tomorrow night.
I’ve had very good experiences buying from them. Good prices, fast to ship and good customer service. I give it 2 thumbs up! 😀
Exactly, Ary. Known issue and Slot.it sends out replacement wheels for that issue. About 50% of the first run of cars had the problem as did one of the Audi R8s.
Dave,
Welcome! Yes, I do have few (actually a bunch) of Indy cars made by Scalextric.
A few of them are still available at on-line retailers plus it is fairly easy to
strip the paint and custom paint what you want. The decals are readily available and reasonably priced. You can also usually find a number of these cars on ebay. They run well right out of the box too. All it takes is a little sanding/trueing on the tires and you are ready to go. I hope to see you at the track.Robin
Autorama wrote:Dave,
I also used to race 1/24 slots; pretty much until Zraceway closed. You will be able to use most of your knowledge towards the new 1/32 scale slots, but there is a lot of stuff to learn.
Chassis are made of plastic; tires are hard rubber, silicone or urethane. Motors are much harder to work on and semi-disposable — you will not find parts for motors. The driving style is totally different and the use of “grub” is completely forbidden … and the list goes on and on.
I’m still learning how to tweak these little animals but I can tell you that I’m enjoying it a lot. The best cars are made by Slot.it, an Italian manufacturer, and they are the base for our championship next year. 2011 Slot.it Challenge
You should come by this next Thursday and check the track and what we race. I think you will enjoy it; all the club members are very nice, the track is awesome and the club environment is very relaxed.
Hope to see you there.
Hmmm….maybe if I join up, between you and me, we could talk the club into at least racing some Womp-Womps or Int’l 32’s? ;^)
Marty was telling me about you; that you had raced wing-cars as well. My wing-car experience was many years ago in Group 15 (remember those days?). I still have my ol’ Gp15 car, in fact!
Did you ever race at Pasadena/Houston? Know P.A. Watson? That’s where I raced, back when the track was actually IN Pasadena. P.A. & Kathleen are still around, though the track in Houston now.I do look forward to coming down there and seeing what’s up. I’ve never raced the hardbody scale cars before, and I expect they’re WAY slower than what I’d been used to. But at my age (57), that ain’t such a bad thing, I guess.
What I like is Indy cars, mostly, or ALMS P1/P2 cars. I’ve looked around on the Web and only found some Carrera Indy Dallaras, but it looks like those are either discomtinued or just really hard to come by. Any tips on where I can get an entry-level Indycar?
BTW, Ary….what’s that Indycar you have as your ‘avatar’? THAT is what I’d be most interested in racing.
Dave
