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Old 01-24-2008, 10:37 AM   #1
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I realized I haven't posted anything about slot cars over here. So, I'll start tossing my build threads in this thread.

I have been in to 1/24 slot cars for a little over a year now. I have always been into them, but we just recently moved to where a track is close to us.

Here is the latest build.

Project T-bird

Specs.

Chassis: WRP Side winder, built using stainless steel tubing
Motor: Pro Slot SpeedFX, with adjustable timing
Tires: Pro Track Eliminators .300 wide

Misc. TQ Lead wire, WRP Solid Wheelie wheels, Parma "The Blade" guide flag, 12/54 Gearing, and the T-bird body.



I got the light reflections all wrong in this shot, it makes the body look really beat up and rough.


Here are some other cars I have built.


The one I'm proud of, took me a long time to build this one, lol.


My Top sportsman, this is my most "High dollar" car. I put roughly $150 into it.


The first car I ever built, getting ready to be shortened and put under a new body.


The first car I ever owned.


Some pictures of all of them.








I do all the paint and body work on all my cars.


This is the body that will be going over the mustang chassis. This thing cost the original owner over $100 to have built. It started life as a 1/24th scale Fire Bird then it was chopped, cut, and turned into a 1/25th scale FireBird. And not just any FireBird.

It dose need a little work, but other than that I love this body.


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Drag strip slot cars....wow is it located next to a paint drying competition?
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Drag strip slot cars....wow is it located next to a paint drying competition?
What the hell is that supposed to mean?
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Old 01-24-2008, 11:04 AM   #4
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Slot drags are awesome. I never ran them but they are insanely fast. I always stuck to 1/24 track slots and HO slots.
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Old 01-24-2008, 11:28 AM   #5
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Yeah. I also race round-de-round. this may appear boring to BinaryTerror, but 1/24th slot cars take alot of practice and work, its not like an RC Car where you can just pick it up and start driving. I have raced RC and Slots, slot cars are much harder to drive. And 95% of people say that drag racing is harder than road course racing.

We have guys like BinaryTerror come into the track all the time. And there is nothing I love more than a noob like BinaryTerror.
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Drag strip slot cars....wow is it located next to a paint drying competition?



Nice !!
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And there is nothing I love more than a noob like BinaryTerror.
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Old 01-24-2008, 12:23 PM   #8
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Slot cars=throttle conrtol.
RC cars=throttle control.........and turning...and suspension set ups.
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Slot cars=throttle conrtol.
RC cars=throttle control.........and turning...and suspension set ups.
Thats why slot cars are much harder than RC Cars. After running slot cars I can dominate the RC track. You don't just set slot cars on the track and run them either there is lots to set-up.

Also I have never learned so much about motor building than I have with slot cars, thats probably the best thing that I have gotten from it. Now I can built motors that kill anything else out at the RC track.

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I got kicked out of a turning slot car track for being smart...

I wanted to win so I installed a pick up in the front like normal, added another to the rear without the brushes and I won. Full throttle entire course.
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I got kicked out of a turning slot car track for being smart...

I wanted to win so I installed a pick up in the front like normal, added another to the rear without the brushes and I won. Full throttle entire course.
"Dual" guides are illegal they take all the skill out of the hobby. Instead of cheating, you should have just practiced on your driving skills. The only classes that 2 guides are legal that I know of is the FWD drag class.
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Legal shmegal dude.

Its a car without steering without suspension it is nothing like racing Electric Off road Truck or Nitro Off road in anyway. You only control the throttle, that thus makes it 1/2 as fun and 1/2 as hard.
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Legal shmegal dude.

Its a car without steering without suspension it is nothing like racing Electric Off road Truck or Nitro Off road in anyway. You only control the throttle, that thus makes it 1/2 as fun and 1/2 as hard.
haha i agree, its probley actullay no fun at all just making it go fast and make the body look pretty.. which shaun you failed at that, POST UP YOUR TIMES!!! and slot car racing is harder than 1/8th scale buggy racing? hmm im gonna have to pick up one of these little toys sometime and work on my buggy skills
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haha i agree, its probley actullay no fun at all just making it go fast and make the body look pretty.. which shaun you failed at that, POST UP YOUR TIMES!!! and slot car racing is harder than 1/8th scale buggy racing? hmm im gonna have to pick up one of these little toys sometime and work on my buggy skills
Slot cars have brakes too now...WTH when I ran 1/24th and old 1/32 there was no brakes you actually had to let off early. Now these tracks come with brakes.

In Electric and Nitro racing even on-road you have to move the trigger forward AND reverse.
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"Thats why slot cars are much harder than RC Cars. After running slot cars I can dominate the RC track."

Ok, so they taught you to let off the gas before the corner. You can learn motor building from anything with an electric motor.
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Slot cars have brakes too now...WTH when I ran 1/24th and old 1/32 there was no brakes you actually had to let off early. Now these tracks come with brakes.

In Electric and Nitro racing even on-road you have to move the trigger forward AND reverse.
ohh im sorry, you have brakes too that will make me respect the slot cars a little more,haha.. no not really
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Definately different than RC's,but still a lot of fun! Years ago I used to hang out with a bunch of guys that ran slot drag cars.I started to get into it but the track closed suddenly.There is more to just pinning the throttle on these cars.There was a bit of tuning involved.Pretty neat watching a new car skip down the track and after a few adjustments watch it fly down the track.
I built these cars to run on the drag track.Rubberband powered and pretty fast for what they were.I ran them in the door slammer class where you had to dial in your ET.I always won because all I had to do was wind the band the EXACT amount of turns each time and get the same ET.If I started to slow down,I just added an extra turn.Was alot of fun.If I remember correctly,my fastest was 2.6 sec @ 17.5mph or something like that.


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Man, why all the hating on slot cars? I mean, it's not my bag either, but I'm not going to rag on the guy. Geeze...

I actually think that drag racing is the only style of slot cars that I would get into. Just like racing Matchbox cars down a ramp when you were little.

I'd like to get one of the "off-road" style kit's I've seen for home - the ones with bumps and obstacles on the track and cars with articulation. That might be kinda fun for rainy days.

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Some people are just d!cks. We have a large hobby shop with about 5 or 6 tracks and one drag track. Not my bag, but they are kind of neat.
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sweet were ya get the bodys at ??????
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