Tuning/Restoring Kevin Terris

[HomeRacingWorld]

Kevin who? Funny, when these models first came out in 2003 that was I heard from more than one person. No, not the biggest name in NASCAR, but real enough I assure you :)

9 years going. That is a long time for a series of slot cars to still be around. Carrera is still cranking them out too with two new ones on the way for Christmas. SO it was finally time to bring one of these old hammers back to life.



The best way I have found to set the front end is to shim the guide as shown. This brings it down and also tightens it up, removing almost all slop.

Then I remove the old braid & drill out the backside of the guide. When I install new braid, I just fold one edge over to double it up and insert it. You can just see the back edge of the braid.



Then I tin the new wires and insert them in the front as shown. I then reheat them and the solder flows just enough for a solid connection. It also seals the braid inside the guide nice and tight.



I radiused (sanded) the entire outside edges of the chassis. Took a trat tail file and opened up the mount holes a little and trimmed away the "cup" on the chassis where the posts mount. This frees it all up nicely.

Finally a session on the Tire Razor with Paul Gage R3 tires. These are my favorite tire for these cars now.



A bath in mild soap and water then a final polishing really cleaned this beater up.



Runs pretty good. I won't win any bigtime races, but it's smooth enough for me.

Fun stuff. I enjoy working on these older models. Just as good and as much fun as a new release for me. :dance:

[hoganracing]

So, that's who drove that car! Nice job and thanks for the tuning tips.

I picked up one of these from Big Mike several years ago that he had worked his magic on. (Boy, I miss him!) It's still one of the quietest and smoothest running Carreras I've seen. Glad to have this reminder.

Patrick

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Those Roadrunner non-Superbird versions are my favorite Carreras. I have a bunch of the Street Superbirds I wish I could covert. I need front bumpers and grills. I can fake the headlight covers and all the rest.

[dreinecke]

Nice work.

Rob - I resin cast the bumper and grille - how many do you need?

[Scatman1]

32 is one of my best Carrera NASCAR. The only thing different, I used a TSRF guide.

[HomeRacingWorld]

"I resin cast the bumper and grille - how many do you need?"

See how good we have it today? Grass roots folks in this hobby make it too easy for us.

[J Y D]

[Cosmic Bilby]

....Good to see the Roadrunner get a new lease on life.

I've still got my #32 car, its been upgraded (I swapped out the darker red body for the Pink one though), still runs really well. The other original stocker I have running is the #71 Daytona, that thing would have so many laps on it now, its really done a heap of work over the years.

I ran it today, I put some PGT R3's on it as well, blow me down if its not the quickest stocker in our small fleet of runners!!!!

2003, who on earth would've thought back then that the same cars would still be running laps (and competitive ones too) as we enter 2013 :)

They were one of the best 1/32 plastic chassis slotcars ever made, they have outlasted many of the "critics" from that point in time, they are still being made today and they have a really cool cult following....

.....No Tofu eaters here Bloke!

[ourwayband]

Thanks Harry for this..Now you are making ME want to get one of these ol' Hot rods and try to repeat your magic.
Rusty