The Abecedarian Proxy (Beginner's Carrera Proxy)

[Czar]

GREAT NEWS!!! Thanks to my LHS (O.P. Taylor's, in Brevard, NC) also known as "The coolest toy store on the planet" the prize list has been expanded. Mr. Taylor has donated a Carrera McLaren M20 to the prize list. The car is digital and is the #5, Denny Hulme livery. Though is not a national mail-order business, O.P. Taylor's has consistently supported slot racing for at least the past 12 years. Many of you who go to races across the US may have seen the O.P. Taylor's booth selling die-cast and slot cars at many large events. So again, thanks to O.P. Taylor's for their generosity.

[arroldn]

Thanks for your response. The mirror issue I guess should have been a no brainer. Didn't mean to make your task any harder.

Arrold

[Ember]

I'm thinking habit was definitely the correct choice of word there.

My car was delivered to the post office yesterday. Pushing my luck a little, but it should arrive a couple of days before deadline. Had some fun trying to do a rear wing repair. Have you any idea how difficult it is to drill and pin those wing struts?!

[Czar]

Ember and Baford1, Knowing that you have sent your cars the racing will not start until your cars arrive. If they are a little past the 15th deadline, it won't be a problem. I'd rather wait a few days for the racing to start, than not have you both represented. No worries.

[arroldn]

Was able to slid the weight in the chassis just like the lead in the front cavity so it looks stock. Should have tried before asking a question that is now a none issue.

After getting the lead placed started test and tweak. Only have an oval so hope it translates to road courses. Lap time at the start 20 laps. Stock no weight 1.15.46 fast lap 3.28 with 2 deslots. At the end of test and tune 1.03.21 fast lap 3.10 This is at 12 volts Pryramid supply with 45 Ohm Parma. I see most tracks run at 10 volts.

Hopefully this will translate well on roadcourses.


Car in the mail 7/3/14
Delivered 7/5/14 11:20 A.M.

Everyone enjoy the 4th.

[Ember]

When you get mine there is a 1/2 turn note painted on the chassis. I remembered for once.

Didn't think of cleaning notes, but a damp sponge or rolled over the sticky side of some tape tends to be the norm elsewhere. The MJK urethane tyres on it don't need anything else.

I only hope it's not too much of an embarrassment when it arrives. She's somewhat heavier than the majority of my cars.

[SRQSloter]

Haven't looked. But, Is there a race schedule for this party yet. So I know when this gang is showing up.

[Burrell]

[SRQSloter]

[VenturaAlfa]

Well, what will be the slug of all these beautiful cars is ready to go. After looking around I settled on the Alfa Romeo GTA. It is too narrow, too short and too top heavy; but it will be fun.

On my track bone stock, stock tires, stock everything it turned a 7.12, After removing the magnets and putting on a set of paul gage tires it barely got around the track and was turning times in the high 11's on those occasions where it even managed to make a lap.

After adding a ton of weight, gluing and truing the tires, making sure the chassis was straight and giving it a little body float it is roaring around the track in the mid 10's on a very inconsistent basis; any reason to kick out the rear end causes it to do just that. Even at 10 volts this thing is a slug. :banana-dance:

But, this was all about fun and tuning and not necessarily winning and, it is an Alfa even if I couldn't find a spider to race. It will be shipped out tomorrow to the poor soul that gets to try and run it around their track first. :mrgreen:

Ventura Alfa

[TuscoTodd]

Ventura Alfa -
Yours isn't the only one that wants to act like it is an extra from the movie Fast and Furious - Tokyo Drift :)
After I trued my rear tires down to something comparable to the fronts, I went from tip happy to drift happy...

I got mine back to something a bit more reasonable by adding some weight to the middle section of the chassis in front of the motor and then a little bit to the top of the motor - both of which helped seemed to notably help the rear bite a bit and calmed things down. (it seemed to prefer this set up over having the weight along side of the motor for some reason?)

The good news is, set up like this, the car is VERY easy to drive! :banana-dance:

I didn't think to run mine around the track "stock" to see how close I came to getting it back to the mag type times, but it currently runs in the high 9.xx second type lap times which is fairly respectable.
(For reference, a '69 Scalextric Camaro running stock, with the magnet typically is in the low 8.xx on this track)

I did snap some shots to share with the group showing my lead placement along with some general shots of the car before it was boxed up for shipment and have included those below. :)

For reference - my car as shipped:
Weight: 104.1grams
Min clearance: .055" (under the protruding mag pocket at the back of the car)

Lead placement:



Now the "glamor" shots... :)







Looking forward to seeing it with the rest of the field!

[reek455]

My car is going out Monday Priority Mail. Last week was a bit of a crap storm around here and slot cars took low priority. Our rear differential blew out on the way home from the coast Sunday evening leaving the entire family stranded, rental plumbing issues, short handed at work, refinishing my mom's deck, well you get the idea. It should be there on Wednesday, let me know if there is a penalty.

Regards
Rico

[Ember]

Hope things improve Rico.

[Czar]

Rico, sorry life is conspiring against you. No worries on the arrival of the car. As long as I know it is in the mail I will wait for it to arrive. Don't let this race add any more stress, this is fun.

[reek455]

Thank you both for the kind thoughts. I did manage to drop the car off on my way to the hospital this morning and tracking shows a scheduled delivery date on Wednesday. On top of everything else my mom had hip replacement surgery today. On a positive note all the other issues have been cleared up. I'm looking forward to see how the Corvette stacks up against the rest of the field. It seemed to perform pretty well here and at TooBad Motorplex. It managed a best of 7.2 seconds on my track with consistant 7.4's. To give some perspective, a well sorted Slot.it will lap just about 1 second faster. For those keeping track, it weighed in at 100g.

Regards
Rico