Avant Slot Mirage Group 8 - My Experience

[Florida_Slotter]

[chappy]

Great review M,
I have been eyeing this car up for a bit, and I will say you swayed me to the wallet.
The car looks very nicely built and finished, and your on track experiences most assuredly points to a good runner. It dosent hurt that I love the era too.
Thanks for taking your time to post this.
Cheers
Bob

[baford1]

Thats 1 good looking car

Richard

[HomeRacingWorld]

Excellent product review, very well done with very clear info.

Go ahead and double your current salary.

[Florida_Slotter]

[gascarnut]

[joe lister]

[Florida_Slotter]

Well I was even more impressed today with the performance of the Avant Slot Mirage Gr 8 earlier today.

You know how it is when you're just "running" your slot cars and get to playing. Well that happened this AM during our Can-Am gathering at DeBary Glen. When it was just ModlerBob and myself there, we got to having some real fun, perhaps it was a slot car version of "King of the Hill" or some such game. We started with Carrera, then Slot.It and pretty soon it was "run wha' 'cha brung" time. ModlerBob got his NSR Mosler out with the 25 k FC130 motor in it and I grabbed my Avant Slot Mirage Gr 8 and off we went. It became very apparent very quickly that the NSR Mosler was outclassed by the Mirage. Now I have changed the pinion on the Mirage to an 11 tooth gear, up 1 tooth from the 10 tooth gear that was original equipment.

So not only does the Avant Slot Mirage have a pretty face, it can also back it up with some great performance.

[Florida_Slotter]

M_Delaneyfan,

Have you changed to an 11 tooth pinion as of yet? It makes a huge difference. It goes from rocketship fast to one equipped with warp drive.

Heck, you keep doing this and your friends will have you in a class by yourself.

Either that, or your car will have to carry more weight.

Ain't it great?

Congrats.

[Modlerbob]

Marty neglected to mention that he also ran his Mirage against my Kremer Porsche. The two cars are very evenly matched with neither of us able to gain any advantage. So, whichever of the new Avant Slot machines you prefer you will have a fast good handling slot car.

[dreinecke]

Nice review Marty. That sure is a looker!

[Florida_Slotter]

[Florida_Slotter]

[Florida_Slotter]

I just got even more excited about my purchase of the Avant Slot Mirage.

Someone posted a thread asking which slot car can be used to beat the NSR Mosler with the 25K Shark motor.

Well ModlerBob and I were at one of our play days and the subject came up. Well I turned around, grabbed ModlerBob's NSR Mosler with the 25K Shark motor in it and put it on his lane. I took out my Avant Slot Mirage, which is all stock, just some minor TLC and a set of Paul Gage tires on the back. ModlerBob's NSR Mosler is setup the same way.

After just a few laps, ModlerBob called "uncle" and we swapped the cars around. He the Mirage and I the Mosler. The contest went on. Quite soon the word "uncle" was used again, this time by me. Now I'm not talking getting a lap in 5 to 7 laps, but you could probably get a lap in a segment of a race.

Then this AM while sitting up with my ailing pooch, I was doing some surfing. I found that Avant Slot has a chassis that is a bit softer then the standard chassis and a motor pod that is harder then the standard motor pod. They also have a machined aluminum motor pod equipped with ball bearings in the rear axle. One of the shortcoming we found on the Mirage was the use of non-metal bushings. Once replaced the car woke right up. However the cost on the aluminum motor pod was a bit stiff at $39.99. So I can make this car even better than it currently is. Hey, for what I am doing with it right now, I'm quite content to run it around our club track and have FUN!

[Modlerbob]

I don't expect to make any further upgrades to my Kremer Porsche either unless I'm racing for money.