Topic: Slot.it motor pod modifications.
Alright guys, I have made some significant progress on the speed of my slot.it cars lately. I thought I would post up a couple of the main "breakthroughs" I have had.
Flattening the chassis is a given on these cars, nearly every one I have done they are significantly tweaked. But also the motor pod should be done at the same time. I simply install magnets in all three positions on the pod and stick it down to the flat bar, the same process to the chassis is used.
What I learned after doing this, is that when you screw the motor down (as you should) it tends to tweak the pod pretty severely after it has been flattened. I have started slowly sanding material out of the motor holder on both sides until the pod sits completely flat. And then screwing and gluing the motor in place.
After this is done I sand a small amount of material off of the bushing holder, so that the gear, shims, or wheel rides directly on the bushing itself instead of the plastic. This seems to remove a good amount of drag when cornering. After I have the bushings back in, I use the axle to align the bushing gently until the drag on the axle in minimized, and then put drops of CA glue through the slots to hold the bushing. BEWARE, this is a permanent mod so I would use new bushings if its a used car!
This is one of the things that powered my slot.it cars into the 6.1's at Al's recently. Not too time consuming and the results are there!
Zack
