{"id":5023,"date":"2018-10-05T07:51:25","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T12:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/?p=5023"},"modified":"2018-10-05T07:51:25","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T12:51:25","slug":"scalextric-gt-shootout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/scalextric-gt-shootout\/","title":{"rendered":"Scalextric GT Shootout!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Time to put the new Ford GT to the test. With the hot slimline motor, how will it fit into my home racing?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">There is more to a motor than just RPM ratings. There is also torque, watts, amp draw&#8230;etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5025\" src=\"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/thecars-900x623.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/thecars.jpg 900w, https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/thecars-640x443.jpg 640w, https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/thecars-768x532.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">And we can debate all of that. But what really counts at the end of the day? Is the car simply faster than others due to a different motor? Regardless what the motor data is, how does it perform on the track? That is what this shooutout is all about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">REMEMBER!<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">This is on MY track. A wooden routed track, non-magnet. How the car matches up with magnets is another story. <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">There is no way I can test using all the rules criteria for every club\/home series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 28px;\">Complete Video Report<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l1dMymzqRww\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 28px;\">The Results<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 87.7692%; height: 96px;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 13.6842%; height: 24px; text-align: center; background-color: #f0f03c;\"><strong>Model<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.2789%; height: 24px; text-align: center; background-color: #f0f03c;\"><strong>Final Weight<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.4054%; height: 24px; text-align: center; background-color: #f0f03c;\"><strong>Modifications<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.1169%; height: 24px; text-align: center; background-color: #f0f03c;\"><strong>Lap Average<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.2573%; height: 24px; text-align: center; background-color: #f0f03c;\"><strong>FAST LAP<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 13.6842%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">BMW<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.2789%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">70<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.4054%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">No<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.1169%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">3.96<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.2573%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">3.860<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 13.6842%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Mercedes<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.2789%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">84<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.4054%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Yes &#8211; Rear Gear<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.1169%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">3.67<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.2573%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">3.571<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 13.6842%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Ford GT<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 14.2789%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">77<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.4054%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">No<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.1169%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">3.77<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.2573%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">3.685<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">So the Mercedes is boss today. Why? Well it just shows you how much performance improvement can be\u00a0 achieved with quality after-market gear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">But the real eye opener is the times between the new Ford and BMW. In just basic form (aside from tires) the Ford is clearly quicker. On larger tracks with the increased straight distance, this will only widen the gap.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">YOUR CHALLENGE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800000;\">There are many different club\/series rules where YOU race. Since I cannot possibly test under all the varied criteria, I will rely on YOU.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800000;\">Try the same test and report! Let us know your thoughts and any tuning methods you are using. This would be a big help to your fellow enthusiasts out there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 28px;\">-Harry<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time to put the new Ford GT to the test. With the hot slimline motor, how will it fit into my home racing? There is more to a motor than just RPM ratings. There is also torque, watts, amp draw&#8230;etc. And we can debate all of that. But what really counts at the end of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/scalextric-gt-shootout\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Scalextric GT Shootout!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slotcargarage"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/scfeature2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p81Ba5-1j1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5026,"href":"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5023\/revisions\/5026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}