5,601 Reply by wb0s

(51 replies, posted in NASTE)

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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5,602 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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5,603 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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5,604 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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5,605 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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5,606 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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5,607 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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5,608 Reply by wb0s

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

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5,609 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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5,610 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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5,611 Reply by wb0s

(2 replies, posted in Track)

Hey George, I've got a clear handle I can trade you. Are you going over to Monte's tomorrow night (Thursday)?  -------Bill

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5,612 Reply by wb0s

(3 replies, posted in NASTE)

"Fairness"............heck, fairness never helped me get this far!!!!

Rico, I should'a went to Seaside with you!

Actually it was a very fun race! Thanks Randy! .......But Randy, seriously, those Saleens don't handle anything like 1/24 cars!!!!  -------------------------Bill

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5,613 Reply by wb0s

(63 replies, posted in Cars)

Great looking car Todd! I love those old Porsches!......And you're right, it's too bad Pelican Park is so far from us!  -----------------------------Bill

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5,614 Reply by wb0s

(63 replies, posted in Cars)

I would have to agree with you Rico. Depending on the condition of the car, especially the body, these are not what I would call particularly cheap. Of course my definition of cheap is under $20 (complete and ready to go!)! However there are many that can be had for no more than the cost of a new Slot.It car. If we do initiate this as a class, I would estimate the entry cost of a car (race ready) to be $40 to $70 depending on the initial cost of a used car/chassis and the parts required to get it race ready. Chances are any car you can buy for $20 to $30 is going to require some parts to upgrade it. I don not want to mislead anyone!  ---------------------------Bill

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5,615 Reply by wb0s

(15 replies, posted in Track)

Hey Rico, If you have the room I'd help you route a 1/32 track. I've got some ideas, I'm just out of room!!!!  ----------------------Bill

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5,616 Reply by wb0s

(15 replies, posted in Track)

Great pictures Bryan!!!

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5,617 Reply by wb0s

(63 replies, posted in Cars)

Here are some of the chassis that fit the "lightweight, 36D sidewinder" category:

Revell
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/revell.jpg

Monogram
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/monogram.jpg

Classic
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/classic.jpg

Garvic
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/garvic.jpg

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/garvic2.jpg

Champion
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/champion2.jpg

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/champion.jpg

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5,618 Reply by wb0s

(17 replies, posted in Cars)

AJ, I like your thoughts to get us started in the right direction. Running and experimenting with different vintage style cars is a good idea. We may find other types of chassis that are comparible with the ones we have in mind. I'm thinkin' we play around with different cars and try to figure something out for next season.

Building simple cars is another option I like. That type of chassis would better suite model car injection molded bodies. 

We have plenty of time to experiment!!!!

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

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5,619 Reply by wb0s

(17 replies, posted in Cars)

We need more discussion and research on this proposed class. Larry and I have talking about it for sometime now, so we are probably a little ahead of everybody. Rico, I like the spec tire idea, although like larry said, getting the tall old style tires is a crap shoot. But,  I do have quite a stockpile of tires I have purchased over the years! Yes, probably enought to outfit everybody. So at this point I propose we have more discussion to determin which chassis would be competetive and what bodies we would like to use. I will check through my stockpile of slot car crap and see what I've got and how much/many. I may even have a stickpile of "spec" motors. We maybe able to put this class together as an RTR class, with the cars either complete or in kit form.  ------------------Bill

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5,620 Topic by wb0s

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Man, there is so much going on this year for slot racers! The NASTE 2009 Point Series is off and running, Beaverton Slot Car Club is racing again on Tuesday evenings, the OSCAR season is in full swing, Cape Horn has 1/24 races scheduled, Paser is racing 1/24 on Saturday nights, and NASTE has just started up with NASTE Thursdays. If there's a racer out there that can't find a place to race......he ain't lookin"!!

So here's some more racing on the horizon;

Bryan Trachsel is interested in starting up some HO racing at his place. Bryan has two HO tracks, a 4 lane Tomy, and a 4 lane Buck's Track. Both tracks are very nice! Check out the forum under HO Cars for what's going on.

Larry Cockerham and I have been talking for quite some time about a 1/24 vintage class. Take a look in the forum under 1/24 cars for information regarding a vintage class.

Monte Saager has his SCX Digital track up and running. Man, this is a whole new world!!!!!!

With all this racing available, I NEED to retire!............anybody looking to employ a full time slot racer?

    ---------------------------Bill

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5,621 Topic by wb0s

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Bryan is up for some HO racing at his place. What classes or types of cars would racers be interested in racing? Bryan and I were thinking T-Jets and/or Magna-Traction cars. Who's interested in racing HO?  ----------Bill

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5,622 Reply by wb0s

(63 replies, posted in Cars)

Larry, I'll look through my stuff and see how many of those types of chassis I have. I'll start working on one for a runner also. What about tires? What should we run for rears?  --------------------Bill

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5,623 Reply by wb0s

(63 replies, posted in Cars)

More from Larry:

  I only have this one Classic chassis.. Garvic, Monogram, Revell & classic aluminum 36 d sidewinder car isn't what I like to build & collect so I have sold all the one I have ever had.  I got this car after you said we might try running them. These cars run like big T-JET's and you can drive a truck under one of them.. They have 1" to 1 1/8 rear tires just so the gear won't hit the track. I think we should just allow the 4 type cars.. I can look up the chassis stock numbers and list them and the cars that came with them in kit or RTR.. The Classic and Gravic only came as RTR, but they did sell just chassis as parts. Now Monogram and Revell sold RTR, Kits and Parts.
  I think any stock 36 d motor would be legal as long as it has no ARCO magnets. I would like to do some RD on this Manta ray and see if I can make it work.. As far as adding some weight to the chassis I think I will try some?? Wish I had a track ...  If you have one of these cars why don't you play with it and see if you can make it work and let me know. You have a track to test it on.
This might be fun trying to make these cars work good enough so we can race them.. What I remember is that they go like hell wheeling down the straightaway and tip over in the corners. Well let me know what I have to do to post..  Larry

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5,624 Reply by wb0s

(63 replies, posted in Cars)

A follow up message I received from Larry:

The Manta Ray came with a Lotus 30 body also. The trouble with running the old bodies is that they brake so easy. If we could find some of the parma one that would be great. The nice thing about the Nascar bodies is there cheap... I paid $4.99 for the ones I bought off e-bay.. And that was all painted and decaled.. I see them all the time like this.
These cars are wheelie Machines if you remember and they didn't run to bad. To much power and you wheelie out. I think this would be a fun class and a real challage to get them to work half way..  I add a swinging piece of brass onto the swing arm from the front axle like I did on that AMT car you seen. It didn't seem to work on it, but it helped the Classic ASP that I built..
Well see if you can get some people interested in buying some cars.. I'll bet that most of these guys has at least one laying around. I know Terry has some vintage stuff and Brian & Jeff might too. If not there will be a way to find some. E-BAY

Larry

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5,625 Topic by wb0s

(63 replies, posted in Cars)

I got this email from Larry Cockerham. We were talking about a possible 1/24 vintage class:

  This is a Classic Manta Ray that I bought on E-bay and the 4" Nascar body fit perfect on it. You know that Garvic makes that same type chassis & motor set up. I don't know if we could get anyone interested in buying one to race. Do you have one? Hell they made & sold over a million of these Manta Ray's.. So there are a lot of these around..Well let me know what you think bud.. Larry

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