by Audi1 » Wed Jul 02, 2014 5:30 pm
I purchased my first Carrera car about 2 weeks ago; a Ferrari 458; AF Corse livery. I like the detail job that Carrera did on the body, but the body seems very heavy to me for a performance slot car.
Up to this point, I've been purchasing cars from Slot.It, Racer Sideways, NSR, Fly and Scalextric. Of those cars, the bodies are lightest on the Slot.It, Racer and NSR cars; next are the Fly cars and the Scalextric cars are the heaviest of that group; but still reasonably light. However, my Carrera F-458 is setting a new standard for heavy bodies..........by a wide margin!
Since I'd like to race this car, I'm interested in finding out how the body can be lightened. I assume that a dremel and lots of hours of careful work may be the answer, but if there is an easier way to do it, then I'd like to find out about it before I plunk in a few dozen CD's and head for the little rotary sander.
My concern is that weight high has, up to this point, not yielded a fast car for me; all other things being relatively equal.
So, two questions:
1. Why does Carrera make bodies that are so heavy? Is it a crash/durability issue?
2. What's the best way to make them considerably lighter?
Audi1
PS - there are two other Carrera cars that I'm eying because of the finish/graphics on the bodies; the Black Falcon Mercedes GT and the new Audi RS-5; buy I'm not going there until I know if/how to get a lighter body for these cars.