any opinions?just got one for a song and won't get it on a real track for a bit.does anyone here have one?how are they box stock on a routed track?just curious.

Is it the CoT or the old NASCAR body? If its the old body style, back when I used to race more, the SCX cars dominated the track with magnets removed, tires trued and some weighted added on the bottom of the chassis right about from the rear axle to the middle of the car. If you leave the magnet in, they stick like glue to the track! Motors seemed better than the Scalextrics.

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pd2 heres what i have.it is digi compatible,but we are analog guys so whatever...nice rock to the armature,btw...it is a 19k motor,with a good magnet,rated in the 400's or so...we have copper tape though,so all our cars drift no matter what!but we like it that way!oh yeah, ipaid 20 cad for it on sale,from retail of 60!happy day!
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Yup, that's the old body style and a GREAT racer as compared to the Scalextrics! There was a teen who had a Carl Edward's one like yours and would beat us out of turns and in the straights. I think you will have a good runner.

We ran non-magnet with them on copper tape and were only allowed "X" amount of lead to weigh them down a bit. Like I said, if I recall right, a thin sheet of lead from about where the motor pod is on your car, back to just before the axle worked. Hhhmm....and you have a inline configuration on that car....that will definitely help and seemed to be more desirable when racing. The Scalextrics used a sidwinder setup in their later models - the earlier ones had an inline.

Have fun racing that one!
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yeah i have two inline 1/32 and i have a riggen vette on the way aswell.figure why mess ariund with spur gears.i will go inline or angle winder but i will leave the sidewinders alone,i think.direct drive is a good thing.i will borrow some silis for it,until i have my own.we are also experimenting with paint on silicone for our model conversion slots.i will try to get some pics,if my buddys that host are into it!thanks for the input!neiland a P.S....how similar is the artin track shown in the pics to aurora model motoring?it looks like artin basically copied it...i have none(aurora)but it might be compatible???

P.S....how similar is the artin track shown in the pics to aurora model motoring?it looks like artin basically copied it...i have none(aurora)but it might be compatible???

I'm not too sure, but, I think I heard that artin bought the licensing or something to do the same sort of track that Aurora sold for 1/32. Don't quote me on that as I'm not 100% sure myself.

If they look similar, then they may be. Scalextric Classic and SCX track look exactly alike.

I know when I was a kid my buddy's AFX track worked with my Tyco track - we would build HUGE layouts with the stacks of track pieces we both had. I know that is not the case any more.

Companies go through different phases of design and construction, so it just may be possible that Artin and Aurora were made similar at one time.

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the track in the pics is artin ho track...

Hey Slotnewbie - that is a sweet NASCAR! Do you want it to look good or do you want it to go fast? I want it to look good and go fast.
Hey - the Leafs smoked Pittsburg tonite - I'm not sure the Pens are going to make the playoffs.
Jeff from Ontario

the track in the pics is artin ho track...

OH!! That track! LOL!! Actually, that track looks like Life Life track to me with the lane stripe painting. But then again, I've only seen and used Life Like and AFX Tomy. HAHA!!

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Hey Slotnewbie - that is a sweet NASCAR! Do you want it to look good or do you want it to go fast? I want it to look good and go fast.
Hey - the Leafs smoked Pittsburg tonite - I'm not sure the Pens are going to make the playoffs.
Jeff from Ontario

hey jeff.it looks good and goes fast.its a 19k motor,so probably not as fast as the slot its,but it'll hold its own .did ya figure out how to post pics yet?i have a hornby nascar chassis i want to put a body on,so i would be interested in how you mount your models to the chassis.