NYC’s competitive slotcar racing scene (2019)

Re:NYC’s competitive slotcar racing scene (2019) by King-Aaron on Monday April 12, 2021 @09:26PM (#26787194)

In the early 90's we had a Scalextric set, with several cars that my brothers and I raced against each-other. I later bought myself a really cool Lancer Evo V car, that had a 4WD system and 'grippy' tyres.

I soon binned the 4Wd and standard motor in it, and replaced it with a high (high!) speed brushless motor that spun to some 25k rpm, got some 'competition' sticky tyres for it, and added a neodymium magnet to the nose to 'try' and keep it on the track.

There's still a Mitsubishi lancer shaped dent in the back wall of my Dad's shed, haha.

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Re:NYC’s competitive slotcar racing scene (2019) by zabzonk on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @10:14AM (#26792416)

A friend of mine had a 4WD grand prix slot car - I can't remember what it was, but I do remember it was slow because it had steerable front wheels with the power being applied to them via universal joints, which was way over-engineered. It looked beautiful, though.

I also used to smash cars into walls - I had a Scalextric AC Cobra, that was basically just a flexible plastic shell with a big motor inside - couldn't corner worth a damn, but the fastest thing we had in a straight line. We set up a drag strip and fired it and others off the end.

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