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So I got into the car late last night. The carbon fiber mounting plate is thicker than the metal plate on the older cars, so it has less float. I’m not sure what that’s going to mean on the track right now so I’m not suggesting it’s either good or bad. I spent a good amount of time trying to straighten the body on the chassis as the Z4 I got was crooked and offset. Everything else looks to be the same so I’ll get to the track and true the stock tires and see how it runs.
Moving the series to Q4 will only postpone the issue and cause havoc in the Q1 series next year. I don’t see how this is a solution to the residue problem.
I’ve ordered some other tires that I want to test with and I’ll make the final decision once I’ve had time on all tire options.
More photos of Tamiya 1/24
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Russell,
All Scaleauto GT cars are eligible. I was just pointing out the ones with the new GT3 chassis. You can use the older chassis.
Russell,
That’s a lot to digest and should be discussed in a different forum than this post. Let Marty, Steve, Mark and I discuss and we’ll come up with ideas and share with the group.
I want to make a clarification on the May 5th date. Rudy came to Marty and I and explained the free comic book day being May 5th and suggested we change dates. I took that to mean we should. That being said, if we as a club, decide that we’re fine parking in the other lot and having our race on May 5th, we can do that as well.
Russell is the series manager and is who will ultimately decide what we do. As of now, the calendar is unchanged.
Add to that 2 Porsches along with a Porsche white kit with the SC-8003 GT3 chassis.
I’m also considering using the foam tires and looking for input. Using foams will mean that we have to clean the track of the residue of foam tire cleaner. This will make the chassis for the Scaleauto more even and provide better grip. The downside is the regular rubber tire performance will suffer until we build the grip on the track again with rubber.
I’ve been putting thought into this since Saturday and I agree with Marty that it will make the series much more enjoyable for everyone. Given the size of the Scaleauto on our track, the grip will keep the cars from bumping into each other and creating mayhem along with destruction. The reduced grip moving forward on the 1/32 cars will make it challenging but it allows for more lenient racing as the cars are smaller and have more spacing between them.
Please provide your thoughts here, so we can make a decision on tires by the May club meeting on May 12th.
132slotcar.us has 2 BMW Z4s and 2 Dodge Vipers with the newer chassis. If you are looking at other sites, make sure the part number on the car ends with “R”. That seems to be the designation of the SC-8003 GT3 chassis.
Russell,
First off, there should have been no changes to the calendar as I said we would discuss and finalize at the April meeting. I’m not happy with this change being made prematurely.
Rudy told us about that date and suggested we not hold a race that day. That’s why we’re having this discussion.
Very cool, thank you so much. I plan on coming, Thursday late afternoon. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone hopefully
Hello everyone
Eddie here, my thunderslot white kit just arrived with missing body mount screws. I need a resource on where to find the right body screws. Can I used fly body screws because I have extras on those. I have not test fit those body screws. I’m debating on the livery on my Lola coupe. I’m leaning towards this from 1968 sebring race.
I’m going to keep my tires stock and trued. I’ll be testing it this Thursday evening then will make necessary rules compliance adjustments. Looking forward to racingAttachments:
Randy,
The struggle with that is keeping it from turning into a spec race of Revo Slot Porsches as we’re running that now. I’ll have my Mr Slotcar McLaren and Policar soon, so I’ll have more information on the series in the next couple of weeks.
@porsche917 YEP!
