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howie wrote:Ok, I have waited long enough to add my two cents. I have been up to Bill's man cave, shortly after that I informed him that he has earned the top spot and I crowned him the new "Slot Car Slut". Nobody that I know of is into this hobby like he is. Of course that is what I said about the last guy that wore the crown, but it is going to be hard as hell to dethrone Bill!!
Long live the king!!
I could take it no more last night. The brake rheostat for my controller was waiting for me when I got home and I brought it down to the shop and tripped on something (air mattress). At that point I decided that something had to be done. I finally stopped at 10 pm and I'm still not completely done cleaning, chucking and rearranging. I have filled a 55 gallon garbage sack and have a 12" high stack of flattened cardboard boxes along with a large pile for Salvation Army. On the plus side, I found the missing wheel/tire for Ninco Megane and the exhaust pipes for the Lotus 49 that have been missing since the last time I decided to burn up my controller by hooking it up backwards.
If he was French, he could be Doc Deux M.
docdoom wrote:Rico had the fast lap of 6.5 with no brakes.
Maybe I should run without them more often? Truthfully, I did have some brakes thanks to what I call the magic little switch. Thank you Jim DiFalco. For most cars it is simply too much brake and I seldom use it.
BTW, I wish I had a 6.5 lap but in reality it was an 8.5 something.
I've done some playing around on the Lotus and I don't see any way to make use of a solid axle as the axle would be on the same plane as the chassis/guide holder. It would just take too much modification and the car would end up either nose up or nose down. However, all is not lost using the existing components and a judicious use of glue in the right spots. We'll see if it works next Thursday at the Koub's.
I think it was a clean sweep for Monte, he even won the proxy race. Overall a fun night of racing despite all of my failures. I've already ordered a new brake pot and some 14x6 wheels for the Lotus. I just have to figure out how mount a solid axle without destroying the suspension detail. I think this car has promise once I sort it out so be alert because everyone knows we need more lerts.
kidvolt wrote:Slot cars, men, slot cars.
Let's save the restaurant reviews for live time. 
Oh come on: Like it's the first time we have conversed about food instead of slot cars on this forum. Besides slot cars, it's our 2nd favorite topic. 
kidvolt wrote:Doc, hold him down, I'll twist his arm.
Okay, okay I give.
I was right in not running my Policar Lotus last race. After some careful disassembly I found one of the lead wires had broken off at the guide. I am going to replace both wires just to be safe.
Local smart a$$ here. Even to the races at your house?
I must have been doing something right, I made it to work! No handbrake lever in my rig just a foot pedal and separate release handle not exactly rally material, but I did put my foot down more than once.
My 4WD decided to quit working this morning. I made it from my house to 39th (Chavez to some) and Glisan before it decided to work. A real Dukes of Hazzard affair in some instances. Of course, now that it's in the shop, it's working perfectly. I agree the roads are worse in some areas. The freshly packed snow was no trouble at all but now that it's compacted, partially melted and refrozen it's turned to ice.
Thanks for this helpful guide.
As was pointed out to me a while back the Policar cars are out of spec too. The motors are rated at 25k but at an unknown voltage so they could be fairly close if the 25k was at 14.8v but probably still over spec against 18k motors.
Rico
Congrats on your win Doc and you're right the racing is close and intense.
Merry Christmas everyone!
I'm at work but not sure I will be here all day.
Good news, I was going to have to miss tomorrow's race due to the kids Christmas Concert which has now been postponed. Bad news is the new date is Thursday Jan 5th.
Good advice, take it you should.
Certainly an entertaining evening of racing. To borrow a line from Repo Man: "That was intense". I think my favorite part of the night was watching Stan nerf cars from the grey lane. Not something entirely uncommon in itself but he was hitting cars in the white lane while using a borrowed car. Excellent stuff. Thanks to Bill for hosting and to everyone else for making it so fun.
Rico
Congrats on representing us well. BRM Trans Am? Sounds like a hoot!
Thanks Saager's for a fantastic afternoon of racing. Dom really enjoyed the soup and of course beating dad.
We were all under the impression that Bryan had won the event but the results clearly show that Sherry won with a whopping total of 259 or perhaps we have a typo? Thanks to Howie for opening the doors and letting us race. Dominic and I had fun racing, visiting and checking out all the spooky rides.
Rico
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