QUOTE (Crusader @ 6 Dec 2011, 18:23)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi All,
I run a Warsteiner 956 which I've had for a couple of years, I've also had the problem that has been mentioned and have also tried various tyres, all that I've done to stop the tyres rubbing is to place a washer/shim between the body mount and chassis to just give that extra bit of clearance while still using 19x10 zero grips (a number of the guys at our club set their front axles by
gluing plastic washers to the axle mounts once they've set the ride height they require using 17x10 zero grips).
I've also just had a Marlboro 956 (probably from the same outlet) at 29.99, as I understand it these are fitted with the latest
Evo 6 chassis (mine is to join the other twenty or so that are still sealed), I have removed the spare Evo 6 chassis that came
with the Newman 956.
The Evo 6 differs at the front end so that you can use grub screws in the top axle mounts, I'd also removed the axle blocks and
fitted long grub screws in the underside of the chassis so that I can set the axle perfectly and use 17x10 zero grips, I've not
used the axle cups or whatever you like to call them, however on one of the american sites I've seen someone using the rear
spherical bushes fitted at the front to locate the axle.
One other unconnected point is that when I tried to fit the Evo 6 chassis to my Warsteiner 956 the rear chassis screw mount is
well out of alignment (just like the NSR drop arm on the Corvette) but the chassis screwed in ok to a Kenwood 956 that I have,
nothing is bent cracked or broken.
Robert.
Hi, thanks for the info, very helpful. Yeh I got mine from the "theslotoutlet", bargain price, I didn't realise when I purchased this car that it came already with the new EVO 6 chassis, so that was a bonus, but as the chassis are fairly cheap to buy at £4,
I ordered one before I received delivery of this car thinking I could replace the chassis with the new EVO 6!, but of course this car already comes with the EVO 6 chassis fitted, oh well I have a spare chassis now!.
I was just looking at this putting grub screws in for the front axle to rest on, it was in the Slot.it "Slot Cars Accessories in 1/32 scale" catalogue that I printed off the internet, it has some detailed pictures in the front showing how to put 6mm grub screws in the bottom of the chassis between the 2 pegs that the axle stops sit on. Also I tried to put grub screws in the top of the axle mounts the other day, but they wouldn't hold in very well because the plastic is not very thick, maybe some glue or something would help here.
Funny you also mention putting a spacer over the bodypost, that was one of my first thoughts when I noticed this problem of the front tyres rubbing on the arches, but I did think - no surly I don't have to do that!. But yes with the Slot.it Zero grips they are quite chunky to fit on this Porsche and the Low Profile ones to me look too skinny on this car, I ended up using Slotting Plus Zero Grips, as these are in between size profile wise and are not as wide as the Slot.its, not as well made tyres as the Slot.it tyres but but they are OK, although I understand that you may have to use Slot.it only parts in some comps/clubs.
It seems that their are many ways to get the best set-up with this design of chassis regarding the front axle set-up, which is good, I like this - having options over something that would most normally be an axle posted through a hole, end off job done, and no options to adjust it, at first I thought it was not well designed, but you soon begin to realise it is exactly the opposite and gives you many choices for setting the axle and front end up.
My first Slot.it car I own, and I love it to bits, feels so nice to hold, the bodyshell being so well made on this car, and love the way it goes. In fact I've never been so pleased with a slot car before, and this Porsche bodyshell design is so robust too, had it a few days now and not one thing has broken or fell off!. I love the rear end on this car, the way the wing is designed into the bodyshell, it just slides off or around the barriers on my track, so cool, no more broken wings!.
And yes its hard at first to remove them from the box when new!, but that lasted about 10minutes with me, of course I bought this car to drive, but I can clearly see why you would want to keep some of them in the box/wrapper and collect them too.
They are beautiful cars and well designed and manufactured too.
