Slotcar drag racing

[oldsman496]

So WHERE is this in the "Ohio Valley"

I build ALLOT of 1/25 scale cars....... eh?

[BOSSMAN]

I'm actually building 3 cars for myself. Each one is done different, this particular one will be my Outlaw Car with a bigger motor (don't remember the size). I have another chassis to do that has a sealed spec motor with plastic gears. I also bought a jig to solder all of this stuff together. I plan to build a track in my shop once it gets closer to being finished and hopefully I can get Geek to come over and build a timing system for it. I think it will be alot of fun to get a big group of people over and go some rounds for $10 or $20. My kid is so excited for this, dad, grandpa, and even great grandpa want in on the fun.

[BOOOGHAR]

I finally got around to making some progress on one of mine. My first time building one so it has been a big learning curve. 63 Impala

what size motor you using and i see you're using a metal gear, does anyone still use plastic gears ?

[dieselgeek]

Visiting St Louis this past weekend, I discovered that Papa Jon and his grandson Jon are now hardcore into slot car racing. Hardcore enough that they are building their own loadbearing chassis dynos - for slot cars. They race in some league on Thursdays and by the looks of it, it's not much cheaper than racing real cars, awesome!!

[groucho]

Are these fast enough to be affected by aerodynamics?

[milner351]

I have what I think used to be called a "womp womp chassis" with a plastic porche body - it wasn't for drag racing ...
my new shop is only 40ft long... dang.

[JeffMcKC]

I have some Old 1/24s from High School and a 1/32 track I used to practice on. My new shop will have one too

[BOSSMAN]

I finally got around to making some progress on one of mine. My first time building one so it has been a big learning curve. 63 Impala

[squirrel]

A friend has a track in his shop in Bisbee, it's been years since he ran a car on it....

[Grumpy]

This past Saturday...

That's too cool! That's a great way to break the Winter doldrums also. We have a slot car track that just opend here locally several months ago, I'm afraid if I go in there I might get hooked and not have enough money to take care of the Hit List items on the real Hot Rod.

[mrocketscience]

This past Saturday...

[oldsman496]

Where in the Ohio Valley?

Yeah - what he said - Where in the Ohio Valley?

[BOSSMAN]

I have 3 I'm trying to build and also plan to put a track in my new shop along a wall.

[68scott385]

Where in the Ohio Valley?

[gonegonzo]

For the 1/8th mile you would need about 45 feet including shut down area .

We build our chassis from piano wire and brass . On that chassis you mount your favorite 1/25th scale model car body .

Reliable and affordable motors are the PARMA Super 16 D .

We race everything from street class to Dragsters .

Gonzo