I'm looking for traction magnets, don't care what brand. If you have old traction magnets you're not going to use I'll buy them or trade for them! Need lots of them for 1/24 projects.
===========Bill
3,501 March 16, 2016 7:50 pm
Topic: WANTED: your old traction magnets! (7 replies, posted in Wanted)
3,502 March 16, 2016 6:33 pm
Re: NASTE Race No.7 This Saturday 3/19 (6 replies, posted in NASTE)
I'll probably need it!!!
3,503 March 16, 2016 12:40 pm
Re: NASTE Race No.7 This Saturday 3/19 (6 replies, posted in NASTE)
In the NASTE Trans Am Cup you can use urethanes.
I'm going with too much traction!
3,504 March 16, 2016 11:42 am
Re: NASTE Race No.7 This Saturday 3/19 (6 replies, posted in NASTE)
Yes, we will be racing the Slot.it Porsche 962s in with traction magnets and the stock tires.
We're good on controllers, I have 4 that work fine if just a little on the mushy side. But better mushy than too quick on Bob's track!
I did not try out my Trans Am car, although I did see Bob run his Trans Am Mustang around. His Mustang stuck REALLY well with the urethane tires! Not sure where he has his traction magnet. I'm sticking with the rear most position for my Camaro. We'll see how it works out!
3,505 March 16, 2016 9:45 am
Topic: New Fly Brabham BT44 Available Soon! (1 replies, posted in Cars)
Got this message from Myron this morning:
Here is a slot car from Fly that will be available in a couple of days. Bruce at Cincyslots is taking orders NOW. This Formula 1 Brabham BT44 #28 from Fly can be seen on this page at the cincyslot link. http://www.cincyslots.com/main.htm
> Myron
3,506 March 16, 2016 7:24 am
Topic: NASTE Race No.7 This Saturday 3/19 (6 replies, posted in NASTE)
Just a reminder for the NASTE Race coming this Saturday at Bob Nakamura's Gorge Raceway in Troutdale. Bob has made improvements to his track including new aprons and completely copper taping the lanes. The track is smooth and fast! The Trans Am Cup race will be held imediately following the NASTE IROC races.
The doors will open at 3:00pm for this race.
Dinner for this race will be pot luck style, so please bring a dish, side dish, or desert of your choice with you.
3,507 March 14, 2016 7:56 am
Topic: Urethane Tires (42 replies, posted in For Sale or Trade)
Monte and I have been at work making urethane tires. To date we have tested some of our first tires mounted on carrera AC Cobras at the Jacquelin Park digital enduro. Our tires completed over 1000 laps on each car in over 3 hours of continuous run time. We are pleased to announce we will have some prototype tires available for sale at the Odd Thursday Race this week. We are asking $2.00 a pair for these first release tires, with the hope we will receive feedback on their performance. Our tires are not beautiful, but they are functional! At this time our inventory is limited! Here's the list of tires we currently have available:
Ninco Classic molded from Jaguar XK120
Slot.it McLaren M8D
Carrera AC Cobra
Carrera Ferrari 512BB
Slot.it Group C Porsche 962
Carrera DTM
Carrera Porsche 917 Coupe
Scalextric Trans Am
Carrera Torino Stock Car
MRRC Porsche 911
Scalextric MGB
Scalextric Cooper F1
Revell Trabant
Reprotech Fiat & Abarth
Carrera D Jaguar
3,508 March 11, 2016 9:12 am
Re: Odd Thursday Night - New Class Discussion March 2016 (121 replies, posted in NASTE)
I'm making a list.
I'd also like to add that I am not trying to discourage folks from buying Paul gage tires. He has treated our club very well in supplying us tires. I will also say that Paul Gage tires are of a higher quality than ours.
3,509 March 11, 2016 8:51 am
Re: Interesting video (6 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
That is a great video Rico! Thanks!
3,510 March 11, 2016 8:35 am
Re: Odd Thursday Night - New Class Discussion March 2016 (121 replies, posted in NASTE)
I will be making molds for some of the Fly cars soon, maybe next week. I could use a list of potential cars we'd like to have tires for. I think our tires are softer. We are still in the developement stage. I will have more data soon.
3,511 March 11, 2016 7:41 am
Re: Odd Thursday Night - New Class Discussion March 2016 (121 replies, posted in NASTE)
That will work Mitch, the stock ones are best to cast from.
I have a Scalextric GT40 and a Fly GT40 I plan to mold from also (with you-know-who in mind).
Anybody else have a particular car they are planning to race in this new class?
3,512 March 10, 2016 9:13 pm
Re: Odd Thursday Night - New Class Discussion March 2016 (121 replies, posted in NASTE)
We're workin' on tires!
Come by whenever you want on Thursday Chris. I am going to call Glenn and see if I can go over and pick him up sometime during the day.
3,513 March 10, 2016 4:24 pm
Re: Odd Thursday Night - New Class Discussion March 2016 (121 replies, posted in NASTE)
I can open the doors here at TooBad early on Thursday the17th for testing.
3,514 March 10, 2016 10:00 am
Re: Odd Thursday Night - New Class Discussion March 2016 (121 replies, posted in NASTE)
I'm good with that.
3,515 March 9, 2016 10:36 am
Re: Odd Thursday Night - New Class Discussion March 2016 (121 replies, posted in NASTE)
Goose wrote:
Bill: I like the idea you just submitted, with only the rear tire change i assume. I do question that the cars may need to have weight up front to keep guide planted.
I agree, I think weight will be necessary. I also agree with allowing the replacement of Fly pinion gears, rear tire changes, and a solid axle up front. My 2 cents worth........
3,516 March 9, 2016 9:11 am
Re: Odd Thursday Night - New Class Discussion March 2016 (121 replies, posted in NASTE)
How about we start out the class with NO trimming of any kind? Not for adding weight, chassis clearance or anything. Then we can see how the cars run, and as Goose noted we can make changes to the class as we go?
3,517 March 8, 2016 1:58 pm
Re: Odd Thursday Night - New Class Discussion March 2016 (121 replies, posted in NASTE)
The Slotter I have is significantly faster than Scaley's and Flys I have.
3,518 March 8, 2016 9:08 am
Re: Odd Thursday Night - New Class Discussion March 2016 (121 replies, posted in NASTE)
That would be an easy fix for Fly's pinion gear problems.
If a crown or spur gear were bad, wouldn't it be easier to swap out the whole rear axle assembly if we are limited to using the original plastic wheels?
3,519 March 8, 2016 7:02 am
Re: Odd Thursday Night - New Class Discussion March 2016 (121 replies, posted in NASTE)
Has anyone experienced a gear issue with the Fly cars other than a bad pinion?
If not maybe we could limit gear changes to only the replacement of the pinion gear? That would make things easier.
The only other question I have would be the addition of weight to the outside of the chassis. We don't allow that in the other classes do we?
I'm OK with adding this class to the other existing classes, and leaving GT in place.
3,520 March 7, 2016 5:02 pm
Re: Odd Thursday Night - New Class Discussion March 2016 (121 replies, posted in NASTE)
This is starting to look a lot like our Trans Am Class.............
3,521 March 7, 2016 4:29 pm
Re: Odd Thursday Night - New Class Discussion March 2016 (121 replies, posted in NASTE)
I wouldn't mind using this class as a replacement for the GT Class. The GT Class was implemented as a "beginner's" class where just about anything could be raced. We have enough well defined classes now to cover most all types of cars. In addition it is an accepted practice here at TooBad to allow racers to use other cars that don't technically fit the class being raced, if they do not have anything compliant with the class. And it is not uncommon for racers without legal cars to race borrowed cars. The only stipulation is racers cannot score an official win with a non-compliant car.
3,522 March 7, 2016 3:23 pm
Re: Odd Thursday Night - New Class Discussion March 2016 (121 replies, posted in NASTE)
That's a good point Rico. I've had Fly cars with split pinion gears right out of the box (wheels wouldn't even turn).
3,523 March 7, 2016 3:22 pm
Re: First Sunday in March 2016 Race (5 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
Happy Birthday Dominic!!!
Did you get any slot cars???
3,524 March 7, 2016 11:13 am
Re: Odd Thursday Night - New Class Discussion March 2016 (121 replies, posted in NASTE)
From Goose:
Chris: Do you feel it would be necessary to add (modification?) to the rules the use of super glue on the rear stock bushing/axle to true them up like we allow on scaly t/a & F-1 cars? Also i feel it might be helpful to allow cars run smoother by allowing the "filing" of the chassis edges to just clear any body contact areas. Comments(?).
Gary
3,525 March 7, 2016 11:11 am
Re: Odd Thursday Night - New Class Discussion March 2016 (121 replies, posted in NASTE)
From Goose:
Chris: Nice job on laying out the rules, i agree with what you stated as we discussed at Al's. Also i am for adding the solid front axle modification. The other thing i feel we need to discuss is; we "add" this new class, not replace any existing class. And do we just run this class on "Al's" track only and rotate with one of the existing classes?
Goose