5,401 Reply by wb0s

(28 replies, posted in Cars)

Oh yeah, forgot about the New Years deal....

The Electric Dreams info says the Evo2s come with metal wheels. Is that true Monte?

Are the Evo3s wheels plastic Rico? SCI indicated they call them something fancy but they're actually plastic.

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5,402 Reply by wb0s

(28 replies, posted in Cars)

Rico, I wouldn't have gone back to the car either! Man it was cold!!!!

$55 was a good deal! I haven't seen any go for that.

It will be interesting to compare them. Speaking of that, do we have a plan for the upcoming NASTE Thursday?

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5,403 Reply by wb0s

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I've done a lot of looking. Looks like one of these cars is going to cost you around $60 to $70 from any of the hobby shops via their internet sales. The best deals I found were on the Porsche GT1 EVO2 cars, but for $6 to $9 more you can get the EVO3. I found the best prices on Ebay, under Fly Racing, quite a few "Buy-It-Now" deals. The best deal is if you can score a good deal like Monte did on his Porsche GT1 EVO2. Porsche EVO3 chassis are available for $13 (Fantasy World is currently out).

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5,404 Reply by wb0s

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Here's some of the Fly racing info:
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http://flycarmodel.com/index.php?option … ;Itemid=51

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5,405 Reply by wb0s

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OK, I'm gettin' jazzed about the Fly "racing" cars. The Porsche GT1 EVO 3 looks pretty trick. Rico, how about some details?

You said it wasn't very good on the old Marshall Field track but better on the new track. So better on a flat track?
It worked good on Greg Hodge's routed track. Have you tried it on a 1/24 routed track yet?

So there are many different "racing" Fly cars. Would a class for any Fly cars work? Something like we started out with at BSCC with the Slot.It cars, only non-magnetic?

I'm thinkin' non-magnetic would even up the different types?

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5,406 Reply by wb0s

(9 replies, posted in Events)

What body?

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5,407 Topic by wb0s

(28 replies, posted in Cars)

Monte & Rico

It's Fly Porsche Evo2 you guys have?

FLYRGEVO2N 07002 Fly - Porsche GT1 1998

Porsche 911 GT1 Evo 3 RACING

This would be for a non-magnetic class?

Does this chassis have a separate motor pod, or is the chassis one piece?

Fly has a few different versions of this car. The Evo3 looks to have a separate motor pod.

---------------------Bill

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5,408 Reply by wb0s

(51 replies, posted in NASTE)

Tried out my 1/32 cars at Hemi Heights. Pretty much the same results. If anything their performance was even better on the Hemi Heights surface. The Slot.It  Nissan and Lancia were definately better at Hemi Heights than the BullRing. The Slot.It cars, HRS TCONY, and NSR Mosler were the best, and all close in performance. The Carrera Roadrunner stock car and the Scalextric NASCAR Ford Taurus were again at the bottom of the heap, actually behind the Carrera Aston Martin.    ------------Bill

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5,409 Topic by wb0s

(2 replies, posted in NASTE)

Hey guys I took a lesson from Dave Naylor of OSCAR. Check these out:


http://www.zazzle.com/naste_logo_1_stic … 1577734390

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5,410 Reply by wb0s

(10 replies, posted in Cars)

Lotsa luck there!

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5,411 Reply by wb0s

(10 replies, posted in Cars)

So, we're on for June?????

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5,412 Reply by wb0s

(10 replies, posted in Cars)

Monte, I have saws!!!!  --------------------------Bill

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5,413 Reply by wb0s

(51 replies, posted in NASTE)

I don't remember how much glue it had down. I don't think Jeff applies it over the whole track. I think he tacks it up the same way I tack up my track.   ---------------Bill

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5,414 Reply by wb0s

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How about we try out some different cars when we go out to Jeff's next Thursday (the 18th) for NASTE Thursday?

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5,415 Reply by wb0s

(51 replies, posted in NASTE)

Yes! That's Glenn's tires on my TCONY car.  ------------------Bill

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5,416 Reply by wb0s

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More testing on the BullRing. Here's some results listed worst to best:

1/32 Carrera Roadrunner stock car. Stock wheels and tires front & rear. Body has been lowered on the chassis. Full interior replaced with cardstock & cut down driver figure. Magnets removed. A little lead in the front & rear, low in the chassis. Difficult to control in corners. Slides just a little then wham, on it's roof! Better, but still mostly sucks!

1/32 Carrera Aston Martin (007 car). Stock wheels & tires. Body slightly lowered on chassis. Full interior removed and replaced with flat card stock. Chassis is stock, no weight added. Works suprisingly well. Bettre than the Carrera Roadrunner, but still challenging in the corners.

1/32 Scalextric Taurus NASCAR. Sidewinder chassis. Golf club lead applied to underside of chassis. Rubber tires from a Scalextric Camaro. Works pretty well but needs a better guide flag - too shallow for 1/24 routed track.

1/32 Slot.It Lancia. Offset anglewinder pod. Independant rotating front wheels. Just a little lead up ahead of pod. Stock rubber tires. Not too bad - needs more traction.

1/32 Slot.It Nissan R390. This one has a bunch of lead added. That's about it. Works pretty well.

1/32 Slot.It HRS chassis based stock car. This is the Monte spec TCONY car (see details of mine in the gallery). Inline motor pod. Urethane rear tires. No weight or lead added to the chassis. This thing works great! Very fast & handles extremely well, much better than I thought it would!

1/32 NSR Mosler. STOCK. Anglewinder motor pod. NSR rubber rear tires. Unbelievable! Fast! Handles GREAT!

More to come......   -------------------Bill

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5,417 Reply by wb0s

(51 replies, posted in NASTE)

Those are good points Rico. As you stated we will need to get input from more people. Quite a few potential classes are already being discussed, so I thought it would be good to get the dialog going well before next season! Maybe a combination of classes and race formats would be appropriate? Something for everyone? And most importantly, who's interested?  -------------Bill

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5,418 Reply by wb0s

(51 replies, posted in NASTE)

Hey Rico, I have considered the "bracket" style racing before. I really like that idea, but I was also thinking of how we could race the same cars on many different tracks. I suppose we could establish a break out time for each track? I think it would be nice if we could have a single class where a racer would have to have just one car. That's not to say we wouldn't have other classes in addition to the "generic" one. I was thinking instead of just running one class at each race, and going through a complete rotation twice, maybe we could run two classes with one rotation each? ---------------Bill

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5,419 Reply by wb0s

(3 replies, posted in Track)

Thanks George. I think the key to running the 1/32 cars on my 6 lane track is just finding the right tires.  -----------Bill

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5,420 Topic by wb0s

(51 replies, posted in NASTE)

Let's open up some discussion for the NASTE 2010 Season. Yes, I'm already thinking about next year. NASTE has run the IROC series for a few years now, and it's been great! But personally, I'm ready for a change. There have been some proposed classes already as you've all probably read. Vintage 1/24 cars is one class that has been discussed. I like that idea, but I'm not sure everyone is on board. But here's another thought. With the little bit of experimenting I've done, I'm quite sure we can come up with a non-magnetic 1/32 class of cars, that will work on the 1/24 tracks as well as the 1/32 tracks we currently race on. This would mean we could have one car for the entire season that we could race on 7 different tracks for sure, and possibly an additional 8. Invest and develope 1 car and race on 15 different tracks!? That sounds pretty cool to me! We would have almost a full year to develope ideas for the class, and get cars ready while we finish out our current IROC series. Most of us have a few types and makes of 1/32 cars now. Potential candidates I can think of are Carrera stock cars, and the Slot.It cars we have already raced. Racing them non-magnetic would probably widen the choices for competitive cars. I doubt if any one type of car would be dominant, at least within the specific brands. My first choice would probably be the Slot.It cars since most of us have at least one, they were an expensive investment, and there are a multitude of parts available. My preference would be to go with a spec motor, probably the lowest performance "box stock" motor. Spec tires, either rubber or urethane. Some other specifics might include minor body modifications, and allowing the replacement of the full interiors with cardstock or lexan interiors and driver figures. So, let's start the discussion! Let 'er rip!!!  -------------------------Bill

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5,421 Topic by wb0s

(3 replies, posted in Track)

Played around on my 6 lane routed track tonight with some 1/32 cars. Found that rubber tires and the urethane tires Glenn made work VERY well! My TCONY Slot.It car worked excellent, as did my NSR Mosler car. No modifications were made to either car for running on the big track. I also have a couple Slot.It Nissans that John modified for me that work very well. John modified the Nissans by adding some weight. Other than that I'm not sure what he did to them. They have silicon rear tires on them right now, but I'm thinking a switch to rubber or urethane would be an improvement over the silicons.  -----------------Bill

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5,422 Reply by wb0s

(41 replies, posted in NASTE)

My turn, how about "Knievel Hills" (similar sort of "flying" referrence)? Evel would be proud!!!!

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5,423 Reply by wb0s

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THANK YOU JOHN & CHRISSY!!! It was a GREAT event!!!!  -----------------------Bill

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5,424 Reply by wb0s

(41 replies, posted in NASTE)

Monte, You've been busy! Great gallery for the NASTE Thursday activities!!!  --------------Bill

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5,425 Reply by wb0s

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A great NASTE Thursday at Monte's last night!!! We got a demonstration in slosh casting (thank you Greg Petrolati!), we applied some copper tape to Monte's Scalextric track, and we raced some digital on Monte's new SCX Digital track. By the way Monte, what's the name of the new track? And we had some great chili and cornbread! What a blast!!! Thank you Monte & Victoria!!!!  ------------------------Bill

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