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As of March 28, the rules for this class still have two places that refer to the March 11 meeting when there would be discussion about allowing anglewinder pods/chassis and motors other than short can. Can I race my anglewinder with medium long can?
While everyone with a 1/24 car is testing, please give input on the cars that handle our track the best, especially in the tight turn in green. I’m going to hold off on buying a car until we get good info on or track.
At the risk of derisive reply’s, why don’t we practice with the Scaleauto rubber tires and magnets instead of goop on foam.
Marty, who did you buy your new Porsche from and how could you be sure it had the carbon fiber chassis?
I’m still pulling for the McLaren, and would buy another if we find a way to tame the beast. Maybe some gear changes or even a motor and gear transplant. I would not be surprised if this turns out to be a series with modifications allowed.
Some research shows that 1997 Le Mans had a real large variety of GT cars. Slot.it has a Nissan R390 GT1 that looks pretty sporty. Avant has the Lotus Elise GT. I would not mind disqualifying metal chassis cars like the RevoSlot Porsche GT2.
My Ferrari F40 runs much better since I replaced the 32 tooth gear with a 33 tooth. (thank you David).
How about the full GT list for the 1996 race? Bring back the Porsche GT2, Viper, Corvette, etc.
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Le_Mans-1996-06-16.html
I did not use any lighter fluid on the tires during truing or running on the track. I usually use lighter fluid to clean before practice or race heats. I wanted to be able to see the scuff surface of the tire during truing and not risk problems during a long truing process.
I trued 2 sets of new tires on my wheels and kept the PN truer running at 3 volts with very little friction measured by the amp meter showing 2.1 or less. I also stopped often to look at the scuff pattern and not over true. With each set, I trued until it looked ok then ran some laps. Once the track was cleaned a little I got 4.0 second laps. One set took two tries on the truer giving a 0.2 second improvement. I ended up with tires measuring 21.2 mm on one set and 21.0 mm on the second set. No rubber balled up or chunked, but there was plenty of rubber dust on the truer. I still have the dimple on each tire. We should require the dimple at pre-race inspection.;)
I switched the tires between right and left side of the drum during each truing session. It looks to me like the sanding surface on the PN is not consistent across the drum from left to right. The right end looks higher and the left end looks more worn. Do we have replacement sanding covers?
Is the Anglewinder pod also allowed? My car came as an Anglewinder.
From the posted specs: “Inline or Sidewinder Short-can NSR pods allowed. “
Why is the anglewinder pod that my car came with not allowed? Is it just too fast or just too bad?
Since sidewinder and inline are allowed, two different motors are allowed, and maybe long can and short can, does this mean one might not be good for the rally track, but someone will figure it out and wallop us all?
Can I run my spare 20k motor?
For those of you selecting a custom livery for your Lola:
I sure would like a chance to run the 2018 rally class on the rally track so that we can sort out car issues like we have been doing with the first three new classes this year. Please set aside a Saturday after the regular race and a Thursday or two for test and tune.
We have learned a lot from early testing with five or six cars for the Thunder Slots and are making some real single car tests for the MRSlotcar setup that were not expected to need changing.
So far on Thursday evenings David and I have my roadster and his coupe. As best I can tell David is a better driver than me, but the racing is close with 4.0′ s and some sub 4’s. We have practiced in real drastically different track conditions. I have broken the 4.0 second barrier, but not as often as David. David has not expressed faults on my car recently so it must be getting close. I am not having guide problems with the stock guide. We have changed our front wheels to aluminum and I think Zero grips, but I think the Goodyear fronts may be ok. I only have the tiniest ballast (little finger nail size) near the guide.
I bought POWER SHOT Electric Motor Cleaner Spray at Hobby Town Sunday and cleaned the RevoSlot Porsche today. The axles, bearings, and spacers all had black deposits, most of which had gotten hot and compessed, but cleaned off OK. The parts run much freer including the front end.
