Jester7
10-26-2004, 08:26 AM
Hi people!
It's been decades since I was into slotcar racing - but now I'm back! Now with two small boys, I can relive my boyhood through their eyes (yeah right, step aside son and give my that controller!!).
AFX was my choice then and it is now, even though so much has changed!
My old cars and track leave much to be desired after 20+ years in storage...amazingly most everything still works!! I decided to get some new track (Tomy's Big Block Battlers) figuring I could set up an extensive track and at the very least have a couple new cars. Well, I was in for a big suprise.
The biggest suprise was how amazingly fast the Super G+ cars really are. I remember when the G+ cars came out, and how simple it was to just go "full throttle" all the way around some tracks. What's the fun in that? That really had an impact on me then, as I loved my Magna-Traction cars and the amount of finesse required to race them. That aside, I can totally appreciate the flat-out speed of the Super G's and their traction. But with the Big Block Battlers set, sporting "TWO five foot straight-aways" :rolleyes: , the cars could never even come close to reaching their potential. Busting out the old track and make a screaming straight-away was my intent.
So that's what I did. I assembled a 16 foot long straight with a banked curve and a 9 foot long return that led back into the Big Block Battler mayhem of chicanes, twists and turns. It was only then I could reach full throttle (only momentarily) with the Super G+ cars. Don't get me wrong - I love this kinda stuff!
Here's the problem : By doing this, suddenly everything went out of whack.
I used Tomy's adapter track to combine old and new. But now either controller controls BOTH tracks! What's up with this? There are no "cross-over" tracks used, or anything else that would apparently contribute to one controller juicing both tracks. Any ideas???
Another question I have is probably frequently asked and perhaps mundane.
What do you guys suggest for replacement tires? I kept my old cars in pretty good shape and have about 10 Mag-Trac cars and about 4 G Plus' in running order....but no tires!! The silicone replacements I have don't cut muster....most often than not they simply fall off the rims. Most of my Mag-Trac cars originally came with the skinny "Goodyear" front tires. The rear tires were also hard rubber - all are now shot...simply brittle, cracked and broken. This can't be rocket-science here!! But most websites offering replacement tires seem to make it so.
Any thoughts and suggestions are greatly appreciated!!!
:jest: J7
It's been decades since I was into slotcar racing - but now I'm back! Now with two small boys, I can relive my boyhood through their eyes (yeah right, step aside son and give my that controller!!).
AFX was my choice then and it is now, even though so much has changed!
My old cars and track leave much to be desired after 20+ years in storage...amazingly most everything still works!! I decided to get some new track (Tomy's Big Block Battlers) figuring I could set up an extensive track and at the very least have a couple new cars. Well, I was in for a big suprise.
The biggest suprise was how amazingly fast the Super G+ cars really are. I remember when the G+ cars came out, and how simple it was to just go "full throttle" all the way around some tracks. What's the fun in that? That really had an impact on me then, as I loved my Magna-Traction cars and the amount of finesse required to race them. That aside, I can totally appreciate the flat-out speed of the Super G's and their traction. But with the Big Block Battlers set, sporting "TWO five foot straight-aways" :rolleyes: , the cars could never even come close to reaching their potential. Busting out the old track and make a screaming straight-away was my intent.
So that's what I did. I assembled a 16 foot long straight with a banked curve and a 9 foot long return that led back into the Big Block Battler mayhem of chicanes, twists and turns. It was only then I could reach full throttle (only momentarily) with the Super G+ cars. Don't get me wrong - I love this kinda stuff!
Here's the problem : By doing this, suddenly everything went out of whack.
I used Tomy's adapter track to combine old and new. But now either controller controls BOTH tracks! What's up with this? There are no "cross-over" tracks used, or anything else that would apparently contribute to one controller juicing both tracks. Any ideas???
Another question I have is probably frequently asked and perhaps mundane.
What do you guys suggest for replacement tires? I kept my old cars in pretty good shape and have about 10 Mag-Trac cars and about 4 G Plus' in running order....but no tires!! The silicone replacements I have don't cut muster....most often than not they simply fall off the rims. Most of my Mag-Trac cars originally came with the skinny "Goodyear" front tires. The rear tires were also hard rubber - all are now shot...simply brittle, cracked and broken. This can't be rocket-science here!! But most websites offering replacement tires seem to make it so.
Any thoughts and suggestions are greatly appreciated!!!
:jest: J7