NSR Porsche 917/10 Update

 I don't believe I've done a proper post about these cars yet. Maybe a little bit here and there, but I'm probably not putting enough emphasis on just how great these cars are. The NSR Porsche 917/10:

When I got my first of these cars, I was very impressed with the balance and quick reacting rear end. I lump them all together in this post because they're so similar that there is pretty much no difference between them but livery and color. 

One noticeable feature are the huge, meaty rear tires. These are way larger than pretty much any of the other NSR Porsches. 

Meaty tires makes for great grip and acceleration. I say bring it.

The NSR tires are fantastic and go very nicely on the Tire Truer. Once initially tuned, you can count on them to run for a very long time. If you're a weekend racer, you'll love these cars. Great balance that doesn't give anything else up to get it. Not as twitchy as the 908. Handles better than the 917. Would race competitively against either, as well as most cars in Classics categories. 

The whole gang.

Real quick......

The L&M cars:

I had this car in HO format when I was a kid. Had to get it again.

So far it's been a little back and forth between these two regarding who is ready and who still needs work. They both seem great sometimes, good most of the time.

The Bosch racer:

This car is such a stud. It just kicks ass. Does it being freakin yellow, too.

I love the Bosch Porsche. I know all these cars are pretty much the same, but once you get to tuning them, you notice differences in how the cars react and perform. It's crazy but cool. This car was so impressive when I took it out of the box. Still runs incredibly well and keeps getting faster. 

The Jager Porsche

Part of the fledgling Team Jagermeister along with a Ford Escort [I think this has the Escort beat]. 

I find modern slotcars these days to be extremely well made and reliable. Yes, they may be built differently, but as long as they're built well, they can be raced. The 917/10 setup NSR has made is very nice indeed. You can't go wrong with it. The Jager car is going to be tearing it up come trackday. 

The Uniroyal Porsche

Emerson Fittipaldi drove this one. Yes, this slot car. He shrunk down and drove it.

While the Uniroyal car might not look as flashy as the others, I think it's the perfect companion to the other ones. The liveries of these cars have bright, solid colors that are very nice to look at and make finding your speeding car on the track easy. 

These cars come with the 21.5 Shark sidewinder motor. The are a perfect competition car for the Classics / Le Mans classes.

1st Summer Weekend

 Hello, all one of you reading this, namely me. It's been a crazy few months, but I finally have time to dedicate to running some race cars. What started off as a weekend idea has expanded into a full week of various projects and races. 

Before that, I had a Lego Holiday Racing City built for my daughter and I to race on xmas. Worked out great and our "race" became a big adventure to see how many minifigures we could get to the pizza place in time for lunch. 6 year olds,  awesome minds. The answer is 28. 28 people made it in time for lunch.

Two sports cars a sporting. The #79 Escort pulls the #25 Alfa Guilia through downtown Lego City.

Speaking of the new Sports Car class that I've been developing over last year; there will be a race to crown a first champion of the class this week, likely in the next two days. That's 7 aluminum chassis Revoslot race cars going at it for early bragging rights. Personally, I think it's anybody's race. The Revoslot cars are so well made and designed that they run practically identical to each other. Kinda crazy, I know. And due to the slightly heavier-than-plastic chassis, I'm not sure how much effect the different body styles will have on the overall performance of the race car. There honestly seems to be no difference. This is the class of cars you break out at a party when you want everyone to get a fair shot with an equally-tuned/designed car. Totally great. Can't say enough good things about Revoslot.

Arty night shot of two 2002ti, caught in the wild at an imaginary street gathering. Donuts were made.

I just realized that I hadn't included a number of cars to the right sidebar, which is basically most of the cars in this post. I'm fixing that now and it should be up to date.

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Also on today's list of things to do: fix up the Porsche 918 Spyder. As you might remember, I bought my first Carrera slot car in quite some time recently, and have been waiting to get it up to speed. I'm finally there,  so I'm starting on the most glaring issue: tires. Holy geez Carrera has terrible tires. Even doing a double sanding hardly helped and they slip-slide all over. I remember the summer heat having an influence on my old Carrera cars, causing them to slide and have practically zero grip. It was how I decided to turn that Safety car I had into a drift car. I've since changed it back, but probably shouldn't have.

It was worth the money, even if to just do the comparison.

I feel like this needs to be said whenever I mention this car and what my plans are to do with it. Bottom line is, Carrera doesn't make competitive hobby level slot cars. They don't care to make them, and that's okay. They still exist, so doing comparisons to other brands is fun, until it isn't. So I'm going to get this running as well as I can make it as is. I've been messing with the tires today and I'm going to get some replacement urethanes. I don't want to waste any more time on the Carrera tires. Otherwise, the car is sound, maybe a bit [okay, a lot] heavy, but otherwise should run well with new tires. I don't predict wins, and would be surprised to see it run with the pack, but you never know. 

I don't have a class for it to run in yet, so it's going to run in multiple classes as a special entry. I plan on running it in every race for awhile so it gets a chance against every car I have. 

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There are also two other cars that I'm running, only because they were a few of the more recent cars I picked up and totally beautiful. The Ferraris:

Beauty of a car. Did I mentioned that I bought this?

Last year's Car Of The Year. Incredible to look at, incredible to drive.

When I first started the session this morning, I wasn't sure where to start, but I grabbed these cars first. Whatever was going to happen, these two were going to be involved. I haven't done much to the Sunoco car yet. Still have to do a basic tuneup to it. The #16 runs so smoothly I forgot how great it is. 

Once I've finished with the Sports Car race, I'm going to run a Le Mans special, featuring only cars that would have run there. I have a lot, so it'll be a big race. Also, it's a marathon of as-of-yet-unknown duration. More on that to come.

So there it is. The track is a basic out-back config, nothing special. Just what fits in the room and leaves me space to still get around in. I'm looking forward to the Sports Car class. There are still others I want to pick up, but not until after summer's over. 

Back to the track.....

I wanted to add; since I got the tire truer, I have had great handling on every car that's come in contact with it. The differences in handling are huge. And they run like they've been tuned forever. Put a tire truer on your holiday list.