Bill- I agree the choices are limited and I don't see a real competitive advantage going to a slightly smaller/narrower wheel/tire combo from BWA or others. I still think O ring tires/wheels is too much of change of direction from the current rules. I recently purchased a Fly Ferrari 365/GTB and the wheels are not round or true. I have been looking into BWA replacements and cannot find any wheels that are the same size as the originals that will also fit the BWA Ferrari wheel inserts. Further complicating matter is that everyone is out of the wheel inserts. It seems that Fantasyworld has quit carrying BWA all together and other vendors seem to have a hard time stocking as well. I'm guessing it is a cottage maufacturer and is having a hard time keeping up with demand. Getting back to your original post, I'm kind of gathering there are other issues besides tires involved as I have not seen you at the track. You could always run (Yah, I know, no points) what you brung for the fun of it.... Anyway hope to see you and some of your projects soon. One other solution might be to try a HRS2 chassis as they are slightly narrower than the original HRS chassis. I had to put spacers on the front axle to fit the front wheels on the Spirit/HRS2 car and I was forced to use 17 X 8 wheels to comply with the rules and for aesthetic reasons.
Rico
1,426 July 1, 2008 5:21 pm
Re: Wheels & Tires (23 replies, posted in Cars)
1,427 June 29, 2008 9:58 am
Re: Slot.it HRS2 Project (2 replies, posted in Cars)
Bill- I only have one sidewinder offset pod at this time and it is installed in my Ferrari. I am going to play with the magnets as it seemed a little slow down the straights and very stuck on the curves. Kind of a slippery slope situation....
Rico
1,428 June 27, 2008 9:46 pm
Topic: Slot.it HRS2 Project (2 replies, posted in Cars)
This car started life as a Spirit Reynard Sport, a car that never lived up to expectations, at least on Scalextric Sport track, but I always liked the look of the car. Bill's experiment with the HRS Lola got me thinking and here is the result. A Slot.it HRS2 chasis kit and a offset motor pod were the starting point with the intention of mounting it in a Fly Ferrari 512S body to counter Bill's Porsche 917. The body and chassis were not really a good fit so on to plan B. The chassis fit perfectly in the Spirit body and the rear body mounts lined up fairly well. The front body mounts did not line up at all so some creativity was in order. A central mounted post seemed the best solution and I just happened to have a melted Jag chassis (boiling water is tooo hot to use to straighten a warped chassis) so out came the Dremel. I cut the front post out in a square that was sized to fit in the HRS2 frame rails and epoxied it the the guide flag mount. It was positioned as far forward as the body would allow. Since this is a HRS2 with a separate mount for the guide and the front wheel it was now just a matter of positioning the front axle to fit the wheel well. Next was fitting a post to the bottom of the body, a spare chunk of model sprue and some more expoxy were all that was needed.
After fitting the front I used some 90' styrene and made brackets that screwed the chassis in two spots and to the body posts. I elongated the holes for the body so some movement was possible.
This pretty much left fitting the slot.it 29K red end bell motor, slot.it 17 X 10 rear wheels and 17 X 8 front wheels. Stock gearing was used due to the fact it was all I had (9p X 28c). Only one part was left, how to fit the rear wing. The original Spirit wing was damaged during shipping and is mounted in the chassis. I had previously purchased a spare Spirit wing that was supposed the fit the Reynard but it turns out that it fit the Spirit Dallara instead. I fitted some styrene between the mounting post for strength then used some lexan to mount it to the chassis using a screw through the HRS chassis rear body mount whole. I also added some sheet styrene to replicate the splitters that were part of the original Spirit chassis which gave it a more finished look. The project is now finished. 
I tried the car at BSCC on Tuesday and it ran pretty well, but the rear kept wanting to come around, so a Slot.it racing magnet was added along with a different set of tires. The car was competitive 4.4 to 4.6 seconds but not in the same league as Monte's Ferrari.
1,429 June 26, 2008 9:43 pm
Re: Speed Secrets of the Insanely Fast (5 replies, posted in Cars)
I was a witness to the wicked speed of Monte's Ferrari and mine will soon have similiar mods. I have also built a car with a HRS2 chassis and thought I might try to share some pics but I'm not quite sure how to add them if some one could guide me.