Thread: Any slot car fans?

Quote: Originally Posted by lotusforsale I'm putting the finishing touches on two cars for our series, one is the Ninco Lotus Exige painted in Gold Leaf colors and decals. The other is a Lotus Europa for the vintage sports car class, also 1/32 scale, also painted Gold Leaf. I'll post up pix when they're done. Waiting for the Gold leaf decals coming in from a hobby shop in Australia. Can't wait to see those!

Quote: Originally Posted by Wexler What if it's an Elise now? What else are you guys running? Tempting. Our rules for the season: 2009-2010 Rules - Car Classification - Announcements - Interstate Home Slot Racing Club - Message Board - Yuku The idea is to keep the cars either close to stock, or basically assembled from aftermarket parts. Your Exige/Elise would be competitive in the GT class, although stock it would be down a bit on top...

Quote: Originally Posted by LARRY I race wing cars...EXTREMELY fast. People dont realize how fast these things are. How fast they accelerate. That track is a blue king...from the old days is where they got the name...but this one was probably made by Hasse. That track is 150 foot long and last I checked the wing cars were doing a lap in like 2.8 seconds. When you do the numbers that means a actual speed of like 80-90mph down the straight and...

Quote: Originally Posted by lotusforsale Tony... Those wing cars ARE fast as stink, but a couple of things...the aerodynamics on the 'cars' as you can see basically render them to nothing that actually approximates the look of an actual car. They are purpose built electric racing appliances. Heck on the high end cars the front wheels are there for show, they don't even touch the track as the 'tri point' configuration...

Yep thats the big wooden track ^ I also used to race 1/10 off road electric buggies indoors, that was fun and required more skill. Gets pretty fun when they have transponders and print out your lap times, and you win store credit for the hobby shop. It was a lot of fun until the place closed down. Sounds nerdy but its fun and safe __________________ 06 Exige CO BWRized 94 Miata R White 05 Elise CO, Trim shop interior and other things...SOLD

Aren't slot cars just "Press lever, car goes in track automatically" though? I had one when I was like, 8...it was about as boring as the middle of a NASCAR race. Maybe I was racing them wrong... __________________ "Look, it's Jesus! Jesus is here on our show. This car is supercharged...and your dad gave the world supercharged!" ~Jeremy Clarkson~

Quote: Originally Posted by Wexler Can you control the voltage on the digital? I have never seen them in person...looks cool. No, but you can add power supplies in parallel if you are running many cars, this increases the available current to the car. I do not notice any surging and the power supplied to the cars is more than adequate - they are really fast. It's is a trip to draft someone down a long straight then pass them right before...

I was in seventh heaven when I started reading this thread! I am an "old school" slot racer from the English 60's. My team "Spikes Folly" travelled around UK competing in regional and national events. We had a home track at the local Electrolux factory that was created by club members and had the routed hardboard surface with 6 lanes, including a 30' straight and high speed banked loop. There were...

I helped my nephews set up a Scalextric track. It's fun, though I still haven't found a regular Elise anywhere. Given that Scalextric are British, you'd think they would have a number of Lotus models in lots of colors... nope. Those Ninco models are cool.

I must have been mistaken. I thought my Elise was a slot car. It certainly hugs the road like one.