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 cgingras |
Rally Best Lap has been broken |
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Posts: 168 (08/11/08 17:38:46) Moderator |
Last Saturday, I had some guys from all over Québec on my tracks for our annual summer get-together (karting, restaurant and slot car racing). I got the rally
track running and broke my own lap record. It's now down to 6.236 seconds, with a SCX Pro Citroen (stock), with urethane tires on the rear (I have to get
some for the front wheels too). Who will break the 6 seconds barrier?
Be ready for the éfi Rallye SCX! |
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Posts: 1524 (08/11/08 20:31:27) |
Cool! Something to aim for!!
I'd been meaning to ask you what tires work best on that rally track. I take it homemade urethanes work well? Or are you using Kel-Mac's? Do you know if Yellow Dog Supertires are a good tire to use? |
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Posts: 169 (08/12/08 07:48:43) Moderator |
I didn't use Kel-Mac's tires, the ones we tried are Georges' homemade tires. I have a set of Yellow Dog SuperTires but not for the wheels on the
rally cars. I will try to find a way to test them on the rally track.
Have you been able to get anyone else from HOST to come to the NEC 13, besides Marc? A 2-member team is not good enough... Christian |
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cgingras |
6-second mark has been broken | ||
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Posts: 176 (09/19/08 21:07:25) Moderator |
Tonight, in the ultimate testing session for the Défi Rallye SCX, I got my best time down to 5.997 seconds!!
I added a lot of weight and upped the voltage on the track (between 14 and 15 volts). More difficult to control at the top of the hill but faster everywhere else. Bring lots of lead and urethane tires. Christian |
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SlotCarCorner |
It's Going to Be Very Embarrassing... | ||
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Posts: 478 (09/20/08 14:22:12) Moderator |
Hello Christian,
It's going to be very embarrassing if you don't win the SCX Rally challenge - especially given you've run 91,731.4 "practice" and "tuning" laps... In contrast, my preparation is pretty basic given this is not intended to be a "win-at-all-costs" type of event. I've limited my preparation to: 1. Box stock SCX Rallye car (check), 2. One-of-a-kind, nobody else has one like it in the world, design/built just for this track/event, controller (check), 3. Yellow Dog tires in 12 different compounds none of which are commercially available (check), 4. You'll have to wait and see #4 (you won't sleep between now and the event if I tell you...) You may still carry the day but items 2, 3 and (especially 4...) are going to level the playing field... 
Steve |
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Posts: 177 (09/20/08 17:26:25) Moderator |
I only have 2 urethane tires on the back (stock tires on the front). Can you bring me 2 pairs of Yellow Dog tires that will fit on the stock SCX Pro Rally
wheels please? I could go down to 5.995 with these...
As far as running thousands of laps on my track, I haven't. I limited myself to 1500. 
Christian PS: Benoit has tried the differential route (front and back). He didn't have the right tires nor the right motor on the car but it could be promising. |
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