Team Slot Ford Capri Mk. 1

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Team Slot Ford Capri Mk. 1

Postby VTECFOUR » Sun Sep 25, 2016 11:10 am

The early Team Slot cars with their hand painted and crudely finished resin bodies seemed charming but their ill-fitting chassis and rough drivetrain dulled the overall appeal.

So, I've had this Ford Capri Mk. 1 for ages and am going to give it an update.

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The new chassis build's waiting for a Devised Design motor pod in the post so body work can proceed with weight reduction from its whopping 37 grams. Weather's still good, so the Dremel grinding will begin.

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Re: Team Slot Ford Capri Mk. 1

Postby VTECFOUR » Mon Sep 26, 2016 1:45 pm

Took a couple of dremel grinding sessions outdoors and got the body down to 21g. A little too enthusiastic in a few spots but epoxy repair did the trick.

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Chassis's next. Just waiting for parts.

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Re: Team Slot Ford Capri Mk. 1

Postby loosewheel » Mon Sep 26, 2016 5:31 pm

I've been looking into doing a Capri, so I'll follow this closely.
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Re: Team Slot Ford Capri Mk. 1

Postby VTECFOUR » Tue Sep 27, 2016 1:38 am

Rather than wait for incoming chassis parts in the mail, grabbed the BWA chassis from my Ninco Mercedes CLK GTR.

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Turned out my modified stock chassis CLK GTRs ran better than the brass retrofit. Oh well.

Narrowed the front and rear tracks and test fitted the body.

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Stance is good with Slot It Porsche 956 wheel inserts fitted to the 15 x 8 rims, front and rear. Won't be that low in the end but close.

Final body mounting next.

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Re: Team Slot Ford Capri Mk. 1

Postby VTECFOUR » Tue Sep 27, 2016 7:57 pm

Body's mounted.

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NSR boxer motor was too torquey so made a switch. Only motor in the parts bin with can end mounting screw holes was a Cartrix 30K S can. Softened it a bit with a 9t pinion and 27t crown gears via SCX Pro. Change dropped the overall weight 10g down to 94g.

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Would like to try a Slot It 20K yellow flat can like on my Scalextric Camaro retrofit.

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Re: Team Slot Ford Capri Mk. 1

Postby VTECFOUR » Wed Sep 28, 2016 2:32 pm

Done.

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Got the vacuum-formed windows and interior driver tray secured. Crude but an acceptable representation.

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Wasn't happy with the rear mounting post only partially supported by the body so fabricated an adaptor plate to re-locate post further back.

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More secure now.

Runs on par with my Scalextric Camaro retrofit with a good planted feel.

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