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Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread

Originally posted by "docdoom":

I'm impressed at wow well these grand sport ran after a few  adjustments to the stance of the car. I was thinking of going with a 3d chassis and pod set up. but might just leave as is..  with that said, I wonder why we don't have a class for classic sport car front engine? say 1955 to 1975 years
keep it simple and cheap
must run stock chassis and running gear plastic pinon can be changed if split
chassis can be trimmed for float
body post can be trimmed down for stance
stock interior can be trimmed for float-stance
stock guild can be changed
open tires . must not be seen from top looking down on car.
mag remove lead can be added
body screws can be changed
list of front eng cars
Revell/Monogram Cobra Daytona
Revell/Monogram Corvette Grand Sport
Revell/Monogram Greenwood Corvette
MRRC AC Cobra
Fly Ferrari 250 GTO
Scalextric L-88 Vette
Shelby GT350R
Revell 85-4886 Porsche 550 Spyder
Revell-Monogram 80-8358 Jaguar type e
Scalextric C3024 Mercedes 300SLR
Scalextric C2970 Ferrari 250GTO
Scalextric C2914 Mercedes 300 SLR coupe,
Scalextric C3308 Jaguar D-type
any more???

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Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread

Originally posted by "ckouba":

I like it Doc!!  With the stash Bill has of MonVellRevoGrams, we should be able to field a wide spectrum of cars... very inexpensively!

Require stock wheels?

Also maybe include a definition of "front engine" as seen on the forums of having an intermediate driveshaft between the motor and the pinion?

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Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread

Originally posted by "docdoom":

ckouba wrote:

I like it Doc!!  With the stash Bill has of MonVellRevoGrams, we should be able to field a wide spectrum of cars... very inexpensively!

Require stock wheels?

Also maybe include a definition of "front engine" as seen on the forums of having an intermediate driveshaft between the motor and the pinion?

That is the type of front
Motor chassis cars was  suggesting. Thinking no on aftermarket  wheels for now.trying to keep it a low cost class. Will address  that 8f guys are have  issues with stock running gear.only thing I found is that you have to super glue the intermediate  shaft bushing in the chasdis

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Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread

Originally posted by "Mitch 58":

The only front motored car that I've had wheel problems with was the older MRRC Cobra, they appeared to be oval. It would de-slot on the straightaway.

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Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread

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I did a little checking this morning to see what I have available. I do have cars that would fit this class. Here's a list of what I KNOW I have available:

Revell/Monogram - Cobra Daytona GT Coupes = YES
                            Grand Sport Corvettes = YES
                            Greenwood Corvettes = YES
                            Jaguar E-Type = 1
                            Shelby Mustang GT350R = YES

Scalextric - L88 Corvette w/hardtop = YES
                 L88 Corvette convertible = YES

At this point in time I have not yet inventoried the Scalextric cars so I do not know what I have available in that brand. I do however know I have the L88 Corvettes! If you guys decide to move forward with this class I am willing to sell any of the cars listed above for $20 a piece to support the new class. This is the "racer price" to NASTE Odd Thursday Night racers. I may have other eligible Scalextric cars, but until I complete the inventory I won't know for sure. I may have two or three Fly Ferrari 250 GTOs but I would need more than $20 for them. I no longer have any Revell Porsche 550 Spyders for sale, they're all sold or spoken for.

One question I have in regards to this new class is, how do the Revell/Monogram motors compare to the Scalextric's performance-wise?

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Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread

Originally posted by "docdoom":

The one I have in the grand sport feels on par to what 18k black strip. But have not run it side by side with one. But don't feel any faster. Those mrrc cobra have some very hot motors in them I believe.so those may need a motor swap just be driveable.

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Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread

Originally posted by "Mitch 58":

Of the front motored cars I've fooled with the L88 will probably dominate a front motored class just like the GT40 did the Sports Car Class. This white one with just the magnet replaced with lead and urethane tires can run in the 6.9s with it's Scaley parts.

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Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread

Originally posted by "Mitch58":

I think this monogram can be made to run very well, the  stock motor turns about 24K and has no brakes. A black stripe motor would fix that.

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Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread

Originally posted by "Mitch58":

Of the other cars the Ninco XKE is the smoothest and most tunable but it's narrowness cost it heavily in the corners

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Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread

Originally posted by "Mitch58":

The MRRC Cobra can be made to run decent but this one had to have all of the moving parts replaced with an aftermarket piece of one brand or another. This one came with a 30K motor and oval wheels

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Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread

Originally posted by "Mitch58":

This is Scalextric's version of a front motored XKE. Though they look so similar to the Ninco car I am unable to get it to rum nearly as smooth.

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Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread

Originally posted by "Mitch58":

This Auto Art C type runs okay, narrowness is the biggest issue. I've swapped out the motor but the rest of it is too pretty to mess with.

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Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread

Originally posted by "Mitch58":

This Monogram also suffers with a 24K motor with no brakes

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Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread

This is Fly's 250GTO It's wheels have a 5mm rib on the front wheels and a 6mm rib on the rear. This severely reduces tire choices that look right with the car. It also has independent front axles that are very wobbly.

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Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread

Originally posted by "Mitch58":

Then there is the Scalextric D type. Several of us has fooled around with these cars, I'm not sure if anyone has had much success with one. I've made this one smooth but it just suffers badly in high speed turns. It's a good looking car though.

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Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread

Originally posted by "docdoom":

I installed on the rear nsr classic super grips and the front some Paul gage  that I  trued down. With the work on the body post and chassis I able drop body height  by good distance.  She runs good on the plastic track
Have to see what she does on the wood..

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Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread

This is my kinda race night! PGE and Classic 2. If anyone needs a quick PGE car I have many!

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I could use one but I'll just slag the 917 around the track.  It's at least easy to drive.

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The 917 is legal for sure!

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Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread

As usual, racing at Al's was a blast. I want to especially thank Zack for loaning me his McLaren for the evening; it's a rare treat for me to drive a well-prepared car, and I found that I could actually be relatively competitive. Just have to emulate some of Zack's speed secrets on my own cars, and see if I improve at all...

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Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread

I'll echo what Stan said, it was a great time at Al's last night! The other part of his post that caught my attention was "Zack Speed". How appropriate!

I'm gonna try something a little different for posting the results this morning. Mostly because i'm old and lazy!

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I also would thank Zack for the use of the loaner car last night. It proved way faster than mine. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that it did indeed have braids unlike someone else’s car who shall remain nameless. Also thanks to Al for hosting, a great time was had by all.

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Yes.

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kidvolt wrote:

Yes.

Yes what??

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Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread

..we have no bananas?