Slot cars best handling body type?
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My lads used to race Scalextric cars at the local track: they did a season with Audi TTs which were junk, even with two magnets they'd fly off into the woods & disintegrate, then they ran the LMP Porches & Audis of the day. They went much better, but were still a bit fragile, so the club moved on to the race chassis & motor with a clip on plastic body similar to these - https://www.motor1.com/photo/1043568/wing-slot-car... - ridiculously quick & far more robust which is great from a dads point of view...
MarkwG said:
My lads used to race Scalextric cars at the local track: they did a season with Audi TTs which were junk, even with two magnets they'd fly off into the woods & disintegrate, then they ran the LMP Porches & Audis of the day. They went much better, but were still a bit fragile, so the club moved on to the race chassis & motor with a clip on plastic body similar to these - https://www.motor1.com/photo/1043568/wing-slot-car... - ridiculously quick & far more robust which is great from a dads point of view...
Interesting! Which type of commercially available chassis and body are like this example? And are these type of (competition?) chassis 1:32?
Edited by Nerdherder on Sunday 18th August 06:23
When I raced in the 70s a lot of us would use either Dodge Daytonas or Plymouth Superbirds in the Saloon class as this was the longest wheelbase we could find. We'd use the open versions for Sports/GT until a change of rules for this class limited them to a maximum wheelbase of 8ft 4.
Can-Am cars were much too twitchy.
Can-Am cars were much too twitchy.
Nerdherder said:
MarkwG said:
My lads used to race Scalextric cars at the local track: they did a season with Audi TTs which were junk, even with two magnets they'd fly off into the woods & disintegrate, then they ran the LMP Porches & Audis of the day. They went much better, but were still a bit fragile, so the club moved on to the race chassis & motor with a clip on plastic body similar to these - https://www.motor1.com/photo/1043568/wing-slot-car... - ridiculously quick & far more robust which is great from a dads point of view...
Interesting! Which type of commercially available chassis and body are like this example? And are these type of (competition?) chassis 1:32?Evangelion said:
ColinM50 said:
Evan, you had slot cars with an 8ft 4in wheelbase? That must have been impressive
6ft 4 in 1/32 scale is 3 and one-eighth inches..You stupid boy.
Edited by jontykint on Monday 19th August 23:03
Thanks for the responses all.
I do want to go LM but also like what I've seen in terms of rally cars/tracks.
Spent quite a bit of time on your excellent website already.
(https://www.jadlamracingmodels.com/scalextric-slot)
Price wise I'm afraid my first purchase will be a second hand track.
If we like it, (LM and subsequent) cars will be ordered via you and a nice shop I've found locally (https://www.slotraceshop.nl/).
Because I have the tools at home and space is not an issue my second track (again, if the boys {and me} like it) will definitely be a routed one. My daughter also likes to build stuff, so setting up scenery might make this into a family passtime. Add to this cost off a routed track vs buying plastic track parts and it becomes a real no brainer to me.
P.s. I don't want to go digital at first because the boys like the mechanical aspect of their current dollar shop track (and more than enough of their time is spent in the digital domain already like any kid).
russy01 said:
From our experience and talking of out of the box Scalextric cars (as per your pics) Id suggest LM type cars.
The new G60 Ginetta for example would be pretty good...
Thanks for chipping in Russ! The new G60 Ginetta for example would be pretty good...
I do want to go LM but also like what I've seen in terms of rally cars/tracks.
Spent quite a bit of time on your excellent website already.
(https://www.jadlamracingmodels.com/scalextric-slot)
Price wise I'm afraid my first purchase will be a second hand track.
If we like it, (LM and subsequent) cars will be ordered via you and a nice shop I've found locally (https://www.slotraceshop.nl/).
Because I have the tools at home and space is not an issue my second track (again, if the boys {and me} like it) will definitely be a routed one. My daughter also likes to build stuff, so setting up scenery might make this into a family passtime. Add to this cost off a routed track vs buying plastic track parts and it becomes a real no brainer to me.
P.s. I don't want to go digital at first because the boys like the mechanical aspect of their current dollar shop track (and more than enough of their time is spent in the digital domain already like any kid).
Edited by Nerdherder on Tuesday 20th August 06:35
I would say best and fastest probably aren't the same thing.
Out of the cars I've got. Anything with a magnet on is miles more capable than older cars. But takes some of the skill out of driving them quickly. I still have an originally Mini Metro set and those cars used to fly, despite being swb, and often you could get them quite sideways before flipping over.
I have a Scalextric Impreza and Caterham. The Impreza is faster and much easier to drive, very planted. But with some practice the Caterham can be made to keep up, but is a lot harder. Although in some ways is more rewarding.
I also have a Lister GT car (forgotten the brand, not Sclextric own). This thing is way quicker than the Impreza of Caterham, different league. Biggest issue is, it is a lovely looking model and when it does depart the track it is going very fast and is more prone to taking visual damage. So I tend to keep it as a display piece now.
Out of the cars I've got. Anything with a magnet on is miles more capable than older cars. But takes some of the skill out of driving them quickly. I still have an originally Mini Metro set and those cars used to fly, despite being swb, and often you could get them quite sideways before flipping over.
I have a Scalextric Impreza and Caterham. The Impreza is faster and much easier to drive, very planted. But with some practice the Caterham can be made to keep up, but is a lot harder. Although in some ways is more rewarding.
I also have a Lister GT car (forgotten the brand, not Sclextric own). This thing is way quicker than the Impreza of Caterham, different league. Biggest issue is, it is a lovely looking model and when it does depart the track it is going very fast and is more prone to taking visual damage. So I tend to keep it as a display piece now.
300bhp/ton said:
I would say best and fastest probably aren't the same thing.
Out of the cars I've got. Anything with a magnet on is miles more capable than older cars. But takes some of the skill out of driving them quickly. I still have an originally Mini Metro set and those cars used to fly, despite being swb, and often you could get them quite sideways before flipping over.
I have a Scalextric Impreza and Caterham. The Impreza is faster and much easier to drive, very planted. But with some practice the Caterham can be made to keep up, but is a lot harder. Although in some ways is more rewarding.
I also have a Lister GT car (forgotten the brand, not Sclextric own). This thing is way quicker than the Impreza of Caterham, different league. Biggest issue is, it is a lovely looking model and when it does depart the track it is going very fast and is more prone to taking visual damage. So I tend to keep it as a display piece now.
Well noted (and appreciated!).Out of the cars I've got. Anything with a magnet on is miles more capable than older cars. But takes some of the skill out of driving them quickly. I still have an originally Mini Metro set and those cars used to fly, despite being swb, and often you could get them quite sideways before flipping over.
I have a Scalextric Impreza and Caterham. The Impreza is faster and much easier to drive, very planted. But with some practice the Caterham can be made to keep up, but is a lot harder. Although in some ways is more rewarding.
I also have a Lister GT car (forgotten the brand, not Sclextric own). This thing is way quicker than the Impreza of Caterham, different league. Biggest issue is, it is a lovely looking model and when it does depart the track it is going very fast and is more prone to taking visual damage. So I tend to keep it as a display piece now.
My sons liked this slot car video the best so far (next to simply going fast), so we will definitely need to experiment with going sideways:
https://www.motor1.com/news/132302/snowy-slot-car-...
Edited by Nerdherder on Tuesday 20th August 15:53
kiseca said:
Evangelion said:
For slot cars the longer the better is the usual rule.
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