'64-'74 Le
Mans Cars
:
Slot cars
from several different manufacturers are eligible
for this period Le Mans class. All cars are run
without magnets. Weight can be added on all cars except Slot.It, Sloter, NSR, and Fly Carrera 6. See the lists
below for eligible car and tire
combinations.
Tires
: Most cars use the Ninco F1/CART tires.
The tires are sold in packs of 4 with 2 front
(20.5x10mm) and 2 rear tires (20.5x13mm).
The front and rear tires fit different cars in
the class.
Ninco part #80502 are called F1 (2+2) and have
grooves; # 80511 are called CART (2+2) and are
slick; #80517 are called F1/CART (2+2) and are
slick ProRace spec tires. In prior tests we
have found no sustainable benefit to the ProRace
tires over 3 minutes. In general we find
grooved tires to have more grip in dirty
conditions. You are free to use any of the
specified types of tires on any class legal car
but you will need to use the fronts or rears as
indicated by car in the next bullet point.
Class eligible cars
and the tires that fit their rear tires (all cars
retain the original type of front tires to keep
down costs).
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Use Ninco F1/CART Rear tires (20.5x13mm) for: Fly
Ferrari 512S; 512S Berlinetta; 512S Coda Lunga;
Lola T70 MK IIIB; Chevron B19; B21; Porsche 908;
908 Flunder LH; 908 Flunder; 908/3; Porsche 917K;
917 Spyder; 917 LH; Ford GT40; Ferrari 365 GTB;
BMW 3.0CSL;
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Use Ninco F1/CART Front tires (20.5x10mm) for:
Fly Porsche Carrera 6; Scalextric Ferrari P4,
Ford GT40; Ford GT40 MkII; Sloter Ferrari 312PB
(short & long-tail); Lola T280/T290; Slot.it
Ferrari 312PB (kit - must substitute Slot.it
21.5K motor for Fly/Scalextric/Sloter 18K
Mabuchi);
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Slot.It Ferrari 312PB, Slot.It Alfa 33/3 and NSR Ford GT Mk IV with properly fitting Ninco tires and Fly motor.
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Any resin bodies of the period using Fly, Slot.It, NSR or
Scalextric chassis & running gear from the
above list use the same F & R tires as
above;
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Use Ninco Classic (20x7mm or 20x9mm) for MRRC
Chaparral 2F – no need to replace
motor
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Scalextric GT40, Scalextric Ferrari P4 and MRRC
Chaparral 2F may use Ninco 20x9mm tires.
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All cars listed above are to continue to use
their stub front axles, except Fly GT40, Fly
Porsche 906, Sloter Ferrari 312 and Lola
T280/290, Scalextric GT40 and Ferrari P4 and MRRC
Chaparral which all continue to use their solid
front axles.
Competitive Cars
: At 12 volts on the appropriate Ninco tires most
of the cars above do 8.5 to 8.7 second laps on my
track. The exceptions/tricky handling cars
are:
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Scalextric GT40’s, specially the MkII
(wider rear) – guide must be smooth but
limited sideways movement still makes it a real
challenge to drive. Scalextric P4 does not
have this problem due to different guide
design
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Fly Ferrari 365 GTB and BMW 3.0 CSL are both
about a second slower due to their front motor
position. GTB easier to drive than
CSL
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Chaparral is also about one second slower than
the others seemingly due to narrower tires and
way too strong motor. If anyone one wants
to figure out how to put a Mabuchi 18k motor into
it……
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Shorter cars tend to be a little faster but I
strongly encourage you to race what you like, not
what you think will get you a win: have fun, not
ulcers!
SPECIAL NOTES: READ
THIS, you won’t do well without
it
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For any sidewinder motor car but SPECIALLY THE
FLY’s careful shimming of the rear axle to
eliminate lateral movement is
CRUCIAL. Without it the tires
will touch the chassis and the body and your car
will never handle well. This is why I have
referred to them as beautiful but crap.
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Separately the Ninco tires are larger than the
Fly tires so just for the sidewinder cars they
MUST BE TRUED DOWN or they will foul the
motor spindle. Alternately you can cut off
the motor spindle arm on both ends (pinion gear
and other end) which you are welcome to do but I
don’t recommend it. Also the cars
will handle better if they are lower.
Not in the class:
(weird front and rear motor positions prevented
me from even completing laps without a magnet on
these cars):
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Fly Porsche 934 and the Ninco version; (FYI all
are Group 4/5/6 cars that raced from 1975 through
1981 and logically should not be in the
class);
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Fly Alfa Romeo GTAm, GT;
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Fly Ferrari 250 GTO; Revell Jaguar E-type,
Corvette Stingray, Cobra Coupe, Ford Mustang
350GT (body style wise they really fits better in
the Ninco 1950/60’s Le Mans class);
The following are Group 4/5/6 cars that raced
from 1975-1981. These cars are not
eligible:0
Fly Porsche 917/10: Can Am car (never ran at Le
Mans)
Fly Ford Capri
Fly Lancia Beta Monte Carlo
Carrera Ferrari 512BB
Carrera Porsche 935/78 Moby Dick
MRRC Toyota Celica Gr.5;
Revell Greenwood Corvette;
Revell BMW 320i.
Click to see more than 250 cars you can run in this class.
This list is not complete. There are additional 1964-1974 Le Mans cars that are class legal from Scalextric, Racer, Sloter, Slot.it, Le Mans Minatures, NSR and others that you can run in this class.
