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they are one of the best to deal with. They are racers and they know what they're talking about.

It is very, very nice.

So these are the only screws designed to allow the float like I describe. The smaller head of these screws has more room to move around in the "sleeve" of the motor pod/body mount. The larger head screws (which are a different part number) allow up and down movement but because the head of those screws is bigger they don't allow the full amount of movement. So if you were going to try out this idea buy this exact part number (and if I could ask that you go to Slot Car Corner since I mentioned them here) and try this tip. See if you like it. I think if you do some timed runs of any car without and then with this tuning idea I think you will find an improvement in lap times.

Ok so I figured out I needed the slightly shorter screws. Still the small head screws but the shorter shaft screws, that part number is CH53. slotcarcorner.com/collections/1-32-screws/products/sich53-slot-it

I'm sorry, what? You dont understand why you lost a base and a body? Huh?

Slot Car News Official why wouldn’t I want my car as tight as possible? How does loosening off screws actually improve performance? In a real 1:1 car you want as little body roll as possible. I just don’t understand

@@darkcase123 have you tried what I'm talking about? Have you raced slot cars? There's a reason that the fast cars ALL have this type of design and the homeset cars don't. EVERY slot car that's fast (even the thingy type of cars) have a flexible chassis that allows movement. If you do timed laps with a tight car and then with a loosened car (the SAME car, just with loosened pod) you WILL see the loosened car is faster.

@@darkcase123 Also your car isn't totally tight. There are shocks or springs on the car that allow the chassis and wheels to move a bit right? Imagine if your axle/wheels were directly welded to your chassis and there was NO movement... now imagine you have 30 series tires on your car... so there's essentially NO flex of the tires like you would have with a higher profile tire. Now imagine you're going over bumps and how hard that would feel in your real car. Your car DOES have lots of movement and if it didn't it would be so uncomfortable to drive.

Slot Car News Official I’ve done this to one of my cars and it definitely has shortened my lap times, I removed 2/4 screws and sanded the sides so the body and base don’t touch, but I can’t understand why it works.

exactly the BEST way is to practice with a new car and NOT to add anything. After all, if you can't drive it well out of the box you won't be able to drive a FASTER car well either!

I’ve done several videos about this car, it’s made by Slot It, Maserati.

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