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Very Cool Russell! Cant wait to browse this – Can Am was a childhood favorite series and the cars are still icons (I have some great die-cast of a Chapparal-2E, Donahue/Sunoco 917-30, GT40 …)
DIBS: Mark/Spyder; #52 White/Dana-LugunaSeca 1967 Peter Revson (Number changed to #21)
PR ETs on Jan 13 2018 – @ 11volts: 3.953, 3.964, 3.973, 3.990, 4.072
(PR=personal result as in running; ET=elapsed time)REVOSLOT ADVICE FROM ALAN (as of 6:30 tonite)
— PINION SLIPPAGE
~~ A drop of RED LocTite (271) where the pinion and shaft tip join (Blue is too weak and solder is too risky)
— PINION LASH
~~ The RVS pinions are ‘sharp’ out of the box and prevent the pinion from seating into the spur correctly – hence the slop and noise. Alan says take off the point by removing the rear axle and spur, then press a emory board against the pinion tips. Monitor with a magnifying glass – look for rounded tips. Alan insists this is a key tuning step.
~~ Alan confirmed that lash is Not set at the factory consistently. After rounding the pinion, set the lash with the motor pod screws.
~~ Use thin tough paper (bible, very thin vellum, thin blueprint paper or parchment, 2-3 rolling-papers, etc.) to gauge how tight the gears should be. Feed the paper between pinion and spur – tighten bolts, then slowly roll out the paper. Laser/copier paper and stiff parchment are too thick.
— POD BOLTS
~~ These actually have 1.5mm head sockets, (Not Torx-6) but may not match the allen wrench that fits the 1.5mm head grub screws. If the allen wrench that fits your grubs does Not also fit the motor pod bolts, either (a) try other 1.5mm wrenches until you find one that fits, (b) get another wrench and carefully sand its facets until it fits the Pod screws. (c) Mark your pod wrench and wheel/spur wrench separately so you don’t strip your bolts or wrenches.THUNDERSLOT Parts Analysis
— All chassis and body screws have a Torx-T6 head.
— Wheel grubs are 4-40 with a head for a 0.05-inch (1.3mm) hex driver (same as NSRs and common on 1/24 cars). Axle adjustment screws are also 4-40 – but Randy’s research says they are not the same as the wheel/crown screws! (different thread spacing?)
— OEM Tires are quite soft, seem like a 30-shore or maybe 25. The tread is easily trued off. Rated size is D:21mm x W:10mm //Diam (20.40mm), Width (9.90mm)
— Rear wheels look good but are plastic.
— The front-end is very light and wheelies are possible if your braids are not groomed tight to the guide shoe. OEM Braids are reasonable but may benefit from replacement by softer Slot.It copper braid.
— OEM guide looks reasonable, may be beneficial to replace with Slot.It deep-wood guide.
— Adding 3gm in the triangle of the pod, or 1~2 tungsten ‘magnet’ slugs in the chassis may prevent “Porposing” in the green-lane at the button-mans hairpin.
— Interior is Lexan with hard-plastic driver and hard-plastic windows.
— OEM Sidewinder motor is can-drive, rated equal to the Slot.It Orange (21.5k-RPM, 175qm-cm-TRQ) but seems to have more torque than rated.
— Triangle pod is similar to the NSR delta pod, including plastic ‘nuts’ for the pod screws.
*OEM = original equipment from manufacturerREVOSLOT TIRES MARBLE EASILY
My Shore-30 OEM tires – that I trued and glued – last night started to marble ridiculously.
They gummed up on the cleaner, but thankfully I did not see any skid-marks on the track.
Recos: –do not use lighter fluid when truing; –true to a minimum;
–as Marty confirmed, the tires are very tight so gluing has not yet been found to be necessary.Oh God – I think Randy has been watching “The Full Monty” too many times after one too many Kalibers (NA-beer). Hey for the Christmas party I think I will get you a new micrometer or magnifier …. LOL
ROY – “I will bring chips and chili con queso and some hot Italian peppers in garlic oil from Youngstown Ohio”
ALEJANDRO – “Ponme de terre gratinee -OR- Baked potatoes with lots of cheese and cream”As per a recent email – the Christmas party has moved to Marty’s house – Sat Dec 16 1:00pm -till ?
Bring food, BYOB. See Marty’s email and his follow-up with directions and other details.
No grinches allowed …CHRISTMAS PARTY
Jordan scored a free room at Opal Divines (across from Fryes and Hobby Town North).
We voted at todays race (Nov 18) and Opal Divines is the location for the Dec Christmas Party.
– By tradition we have a “white elephant” rotating gift event. Wrap a gift $20 or under. After 2nd gift is opened the second person can grab the first gift; this repeats where the latest “receiver” can grab any previous gift. Steals on the same gift can only occur 3 times.GIFT SUGGESTIONS: Slot-car, 1×1 racing videos or Swag, static models, tools are great ideas. Liquor is also allowed as a gift but remember that not everyone drinks alcohol. Spare or vintage slot-cars, die-cast cars, photos, parts, tools, books, videos (no VHS please!) are great candidates.
Re the NSR Rally Cars (Punto and Clio)
The shared chassis for the NSR Punto and Clio is the new school triangle-pod version.
As per Marty’s pic and guidance, to install a NSR1264-EVO-SW-triangular extra-hard-red-motor-mount, (e.g. for a 25k shark) the angular brace in the chassis needs to be clipped and sanded.
REVO SLOT SPARES from 132Slotcar.us
1 x RS-213 Revo Slot complete screw set. (RS-) = $4.99
1 x RS-107 GT2 inserts unpainted (RS-107) = $5.99
1 x RS-109 GT2 rear wheels and 3mm grub screws (RS-108) = $7.99
1 x RS-202 GT2 rear tires Shore 30 ( stock ) (RS-202) = $5.99
1 x RS-208 Revo Slot brass chassis nuts & screws X 4 (RS-208) = $6.99
1 x RS-210S Revo Slot guide screws X 2 (RS-210S) = $3.99
1 x RS-210W Revo Slot guide 9mm deep (for Carrera & wood tracks) X 2 (RS-210W) = $3.99
1 x SC-5010 M3 Allen wrench – tip=1.5mm (SC-5010) = $24.99REVO SLOT PARTS
Hey guys, some of you are interested in spare tires. Marty says the stock tires are very durable, but it does not hurt to have backups.
Alan (132slotcar.us) is in-process of documenting what parts he has, specifically tires, wheels, and guides. They are not on his website yet. When he does I will pass on the info (part-numbers, prices).
They are not (easy to find…) on Pendle’s site nor BRM’s site.Regarding a sandpaper truer, above the power supplies is a simple “tire cleaner” – a piece of carerra track with #300? sandpaper on it. We use if for minor clean-up truing between races, and for HO cars. I made it back in May when Bobby was taping paper onto the bench and truing his tires that way.
Regarding the Razor, I bought Dave’s and adjusted it to make it actually level (it was not truing each side equally). Mine works Ok – yes Ary it’s not a precision tool but for carreras it would be ok.
ALSO – why dont we just allow Slot.It axles, wheels and 12mm tires? I converted my Carerra 2016 GT40. It is still Heavy and we should consider a Slot.It Orange endbell motor. Everyone has spares and those that dont can buy parts from another member.
