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Carrera Ford Capri Rs 3100,
Runs very good, not quite as well as my Porsche in this picture, but tuning is preliminary, PG PGT-20128LMXD shore 40 compound tires (wheels/tires not yet trued), pulled both magnets, added some tungsten putty under the rear axle. Needs wheels/tires trued/glued, some weight midship area, softer braids to help keep front end down. I massaged stock braid for now and helped a lot, nice runner and looks great! Pulled the mirrors, the angle the mirror heads are at looks like they are on the wrong side of the car, but they only go in one way, looks better without them anyway and they're bound to break. The headlights are better aimed than some of the Carrera cars I've got that shine upward and blind you, these are actually kinda useful for 'night' driving too.
Will update this as I do more tuning and running!
It's got different rear wheels than I've ever seen, bunch of ribbing in the center instead of a single solid rib, kinda like a Slotit/NSR air wheel but not really. They are chrome plated instead of painted like all my other Carrera and Scalextric cars, should I lightly sand/scuff the bead area before gluing and truing the PG tires?
The motor and rear axle assembly has more side to side wiggle than some others, after adding weight under rear axle, E6000 on the motor to stop the wiggle. Included two pictures pushing rear axle to each side to show this play, much easier to see in person.
Runs very good, not quite as well as my Porsche in this picture, but tuning is preliminary, PG PGT-20128LMXD shore 40 compound tires (wheels/tires not yet trued), pulled both magnets, added some tungsten putty under the rear axle. Needs wheels/tires trued/glued, some weight midship area, softer braids to help keep front end down. I massaged stock braid for now and helped a lot, nice runner and looks great! Pulled the mirrors, the angle the mirror heads are at looks like they are on the wrong side of the car, but they only go in one way, looks better without them anyway and they're bound to break. The headlights are better aimed than some of the Carrera cars I've got that shine upward and blind you, these are actually kinda useful for 'night' driving too.
Will update this as I do more tuning and running!
It's got different rear wheels than I've ever seen, bunch of ribbing in the center instead of a single solid rib, kinda like a Slotit/NSR air wheel but not really. They are chrome plated instead of painted like all my other Carrera and Scalextric cars, should I lightly sand/scuff the bead area before gluing and truing the PG tires?
The motor and rear axle assembly has more side to side wiggle than some others, after adding weight under rear axle, E6000 on the motor to stop the wiggle. Included two pictures pushing rear axle to each side to show this play, much easier to see in person.
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