{"id":659,"date":"2016-12-11T16:43:28","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T21:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/?p=659"},"modified":"2016-12-11T17:00:08","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T22:00:08","slug":"fly-march-home-track-tuning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/fly-march-home-track-tuning\/","title":{"rendered":"Fly March Home Track Tuning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good old Fly. Our so-called love\/hate relationship with them goes back many years. Some cars were stars, some never shined. This model is one of those that have always been a favorite of mine and as you can see, still gets plenty of attention.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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The classic F1 series is a hit and miss series from them. Models like this March, recent Brabham<\/a> and Lotus 78 <\/a>which uses the traditional (and much preferred) inline configuration are the ones I feel are worth the tuning effort. Other releases such as the Williams<\/a>\u00a0are almost useless due to the drivetrain and inability to even secure replacement parts.<\/p>\n

After tuning the Brabham as shown in the review, this model needed the same. The one thing I am changing is the motor. With the new “Minnow” motor now available, I could have this model better suited for our smaller home track.<\/p>\n

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You can use a sleeve on the end of the motor shaft to allow the shaft to set in the crown gear as it should. The gear is set for a 2mm shaft and without the sleeve, the entire rear axle can have excess side to side freeplay. Slot Car Corner carries sleeve material here<\/a>. I secure the sleeve with Super Glue.<\/p>\n

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I use a mini miter saw for cutting the tubing. Just a few quick passes and it’s through. Clean up any flash with small file.<\/p>\n

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Next is a session on my Tire Razor. I first sand the wheels then install Paul Gage urethane tires. Repeat the sanding and we have a very smooth axle system.<\/p>\n

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The final upgrade is a new guide. I disconnect the steering as it’s basically useless and doesn’t really provide any added scale realism. It does more harm by causing excess binding so I just trim and cut the steering bracket away.<\/p>\n

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With the post on the guide trimmed it’s ready to install.<\/p>\n

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The finished chassis.<\/p>\n

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For our track these changes create a great running slot car. Flyslot still has some nice cars that are worth investing in, and these are near the top of the list for me.<\/p>\n

-Harry<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Good old Fly. Our so-called love\/hate relationship with them goes back many years. Some cars were stars, some never shined. This model is one of those that have always been a favorite of mine and as you can see, still gets plenty of attention. The classic F1 series is a hit and miss series from … Continue reading Fly March Home Track Tuning<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_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-659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slotcargarage"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_1157.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p81Ba5-aD","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659","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=659"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":678,"href":"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659\/revisions\/678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeracingworld.us\/TeamHRW\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}