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Big break through on the fancy decals for the Ecurie Ford France Mustang, thanks to a GT40 model decal set. Ordered narrow wheels and urethane tires today plus a few other decals. I hope it is good enough and fun enough to sideline the Porsche 914/6, but like that car as well. Maybe the Mini will be quickest. Good luck to everyone working on a special car for the Monte Carlo Q2. Let’s make sure we have the cover off of the Monte Carlo track during Q1 some for practice with the timing system.
2020 rules allowed Lola T70’s in various versions, and McLaren M6A. Thunderslot has since added two McLaren M8Bs. Is that allowed? Are we still excluding the Elvas?
I could use 4 individual driving lights 7mm dia. or less. I am sing them 2 in the Mustang grill and one on each lower front valence. The Mustang has little turn signal holes on the valence below the headlights that are just 1mm dia., so a little stalk on the back of the driving light would be helpful for mounting. My other cars have 6 lights each already, and the Mini has one on the back hatch.
(I heard more Monte Carlo build talk yesterday during intermissions between races that indicates some existing Porsche 914 owners might be building other more original/unique cars. My black Cobra Goodwood car was malfunctioning, so I put my Mini on the track and was quickly black flagged. Ha Ha.)
As a perennial back marker in this class, I was fine with our test run at 12 volts. I am not a dedicated tinkerer with gearing, but a simple crown gear swap is ok. The 13 volt setting would probably overwhelm my reflexes to stay happy driving my car. Re-gearing and adding weight at 13 v would just put me farther behind and make me a moving boulder in the stream. Thanks for thinking about our class that runs every year. Are there 2021/2022 cars being sold that are a vast improvement in some way that I could benefit from a new car, even if it means dropping the BFG livery?
Concourse
I remember a series years ago that had a concourse, or best livery I think was the name, and it was for any car raced at least once. I believe the award was not available to a car that had won the best livery previously. No secret ballot held secret until the end of the series. I may enter a Mustang from a white kit with numerous substituted parts, and find it is not competitive, when I finish it and enter it near the middle of the series. The time could be dropped but the livery could be judged.
I am more and more convinced we should have two classes of cars based on some “R1” group like 3d chassis/wide stance/wide tires/low body and “R2” group with stock chassis/narrow stance/narrow tires/high body. That would allow an all out ASCC 3D style assault on the rally and a more scale car race. My Mini would race R2with almost stock size components, and my Porsche could be my second car with R1 wide components. The real full size rally championships have had motor divisions, but I would let the slot car motor be open. (and that is what I learned at the UT Law School dispute resolution (mediation) classes the City sent me to) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_R
If we go with Predator motors I need a sidewinder for the Mustang, a long can for the Porsche, and a slim long ff for the mini.
I’ll bring three cars Saturday for inspection.
I have the correct aluminum wheels, inserts and tires for my Mini Cooper so that I can true the tires.
I intend to run the SRC 914 as delivered with low profile 8.5mm front tires and 9mm rear slicks. Who would run a Monte Carlo race on slicks? The wheels are beautiful so I’m running those wheels and would like to use the tires. I would change all tires to a narrower width like 8mm, as long as they have what I measure as 5mm rib.
The Mustang is an undecorated Pioneer car with nice mag wheels for a Trans Am car, but I am buying CD Design steely wheels appropriate for the ones on the Mustang rally cars according to photos online. It has 8.5mm front and 10mm rear tires with tread pattern, but I will change to 8mm wide front and rear IF that is what we decide. The 8.5mm tires look much more scale like for a rally tire on the Mustangs online. SCC has urethane tires narrow enough for 8mm.
I have plenty of lights on my Austin Mini Cooper and covered lights on the Porsche 914. I have cobbled together two bits of plastic to look like covered lights to add to my Mustang. If you are making something more like lights that are just covered I could use a total of 4 for my Mustang.
I also ripped the rally driver and navigator out of a Lancia that have helmets and intercom microphones.
Getting the rear track (tire wall to wall) out to 68mm yesterday was quite a trial finding the right combo of spacers. I am hoping it was worth it. I did also change the front tire/wheel combo to the optional setup. This car could have been an excellent class strictly out of the box, as shipped, and save your time and energy instead of all of the mods we are making. rant completed.
The Mini Cooper is ready to go tire wise except for painting two inserts.
Wheel inserts should not be required as our SRC Porsche 914’s have fancy wheels that are one piece Fuchs. I also plan to use DC Wheels that are one piece and look like the wheels that used to come on real Mustangs, commonly called “steelies” with lug nuts and all. Not the modern 5 spoke one piece wheels.
Are we getting sponsorship from Predator or just trying to restrict it to Predator even if the car comes with another brand at 18k or less? I could do without the Predator requirement and just meet the rpm target.
The 8mm tire target is tough since my SRC 914 has fancy wheels that have wider tires. I’m going to keep working on the 8mm limit. Maybe we should have two classes: 8mm and over 8mm with the 1970-71.
Another interesting source of body shells. Entz Racing Components on ebay. Many euro and American including a 1969 Corvair like my 1967 real car. Require full scratch building of car since only the body shell is 3d printed.
I need dashboard gauges for my Mustang and only found 1/32 fighter plane decals. Are those the good thing for car interiors, or is there a real car gouge source I missed?
And so we have the 3d chassis conundrum where there is room for wide tires like we use on the modern big track. I vote 6mm unless 8mm looks period correct. Just the direction I am taking.
I’m ok with 8mm wheels and tires if they look right. Not so keen on brass chassis unless the car is a resin body with a thin brass chassis like Penelope Pitlane. Please include independent rotating fron wheels because my Scalextric Austin Mini Cooper comes that way. There is not room up front for an axle where the guide is up front. Actually I don’t mind letting independent rotating front wheels on any car. (A famous 917 cheat I purchased has secret independent front wheel.) I like those cars you found and included.
