Tuning the Carrera Audi R8.. with Piranha Power! 

Always learning! Now tuning is half the fun!

Thanks for the great comment!

My apologies for causing you to spend some money😩, but you will love the car. It performs really well for me on my track. Looks amazing! The motor upgrade is great, I noticed that it took a little price jump this week to $19.99. It is an easy swap and a performance boost. Interested to see your review and how it stacks up on your leaderboard (which is my favorite part of your reviews). Now, I am ready to watch GB vs Japan! Let's goooooo! I appreciate the comment, Massimo. Thank you.

Carrera motors as you've found,really vary a lot....I have this little carrera 1967 Vette Sting ray with skinny/skinny tires and the thing just flies around the track...its lighter and its really quick for a carrera car. .............it slides a long ways on it's roof when the skinny tires let go instantly....I have a few C cars that came with clunker motors.......1 makes sparks when I watch it run with body off.

@@twolinesslotcars MP slot car space has cost me some cash in new car purchases........its the little pedestal he sets cars on and it spins around.........then I order the car.

@@bradsanders6954 LOL.. I totally understand.. it spins the car.. and I am like.. here is my money..

Hi Massimo, are you in the US? If so, let me know and I'll send you some motors to try out on your layout.

Tony! Thanks man, the basement does make for a great racing space. I would love to see your Scaleauto once it is complete. The Carrera cars are a little noisy. This car flies around the track.

Thanks so much John! I am trying to wean myself off of magnets..

@@twolinesslotcars Good tires are a must, I also run my Carrera track on 5-7 power level for non mag. Just start slow and work up. Your cars will thank you, much less damage in non mag racing. With magnets it’s harder to tell when the car is going to come off, no mags you’ll start to slide first. LOL I got to the point I was running mag at level 9-10, when I had crashes they were epic 😂 lost a few cars

In the stock magnet location seem to work best.. you can stack them.

Rich, I plan to add 1/24 scale. I just can’t decide which car to get 😂 thanks for the kind words. Have fun racing.

Shaun, I don't have a tire truer, so I have to use the "hold the car on the track with sandpaper" tire trueing. I personally have not tried Paul Gauge, a couple of guys who race on my track have tried them and silicone seems to work best right out of the package. We need to give urethanes a fair shake and get them prepped properly. Have heard great things about them when they have been trued. Thanks!

I will have to give them a look. Thanks for the tip!

@@twolinesslotcars I had a little issue in the beginning with the detection zone, once I got that straighten out I noticed my cars slowing down. So I installed a 1/3 piece of track as my detection zone and it solved the problem. Then I used what they and others suggested and I used a full size piece of track as my detection zone and installed jumper wire in front of the lane change and it solved the problem. Marty, this device is a game changer for me and other folks who use ghost cars. I have 4-4/15 high banked curves and 120' of track with 3 double lane changers. I use 6 ghost cars at high speeds and then my car and we have zero issue. I have tested it now 3 times and no accidents other than the usual. Before we had ghost cars crashing into each other on the lane changers as we had no control. So anyway this product is doing an incredible job and for me it was a game changer. take care.

@@tylerpaul650 We have had some epic crashes coming out of the pits.. so fixing that alone would be worth it. Thanks for the info, I really appreciate it. Would love to see your layout with all of those banked turns!

Thanks Rhys!

It is a great looking car too Rad!

Martin, I would agree.. my 488 is beautiful, but doesn’t perform well.

@@twolinesslotcars both my 488's are just terrible too,,, weird but beautiful

Rare earth magnets are the strongest. Fires are your biggest advantage. The Piranha motor is a terrific upgrade, but the rest of your Carrera cars will struggle to keep up with it. It is a big performance boost. Be careful not to go too crazy with magnets, they will drawn more power and create some heat.

Thanks Tom!

This is my old layout, it was 108 feet.

I added weight and some magnet to my Slot It and it still struggles to stay on the track. The Piranha motor for the Carrera cars really does wake th3em up. They are fast.

@@twolinesslotcars From what I can tell, after hours of driving the Slot it cars, the throttle HAS to be rolled on smooth off corners, and smooth all the way around...........trying to just get them wide open alot ....the human eye and brain have a hard time keeping up with the car...I also turn the brakes up pretty strong on them....like a drag race from corner to corner driving style.

I have not noticed a difference in power. I have added 3 power taps to my layout and that seemed to clear up any power issues. I am guessing that the draw of 7 cars you might see some drop in overall performance.. it might be time to upgrade to a variable power supply at that point.. I am researching that now..

Makes sense......take care Marty

I don’t have a video specific to magnets, but the best location for me has been in front of the motor..

Yes, it is a direct fit for any Carrera Car, plug in and go fast!

The Piranha Power motor gave the car some torque it didn’t have before.. boarders are teaching me to be a better driver.. next to ease off on the magnets.. thanks!

@@twolinesslotcars As long as the track is clean, and the quik slicks are clean the cars go pretty good with out rear magnet....I started using some lint rollers off ebay to clean tires, its fast and really gets the dirt out of the tire........both magnets out so far doesnt work real well....fishtailing and sliding mainly.

I’m sure the record is safe with the boarders on the track now.. I should reset the records for the track now.. since the layout is the same but it is actually races different with the boarders on it.

We run silicone on our track, they are super tires.

Thanks for the heads up. Salvatore, I used a motor that was recommended for Carrera cars. It doesn’t seem to run any hotter than the other motors. It is 21.5k motor.. and Carrera motors are rated around 19k, I believe but don’t seem to be very consistent. www.lebhobbies.com/piranha-slot-motors-215k-scan-for-carrera-with-plug-and-pinion-p-10456.html?cPath=691_693

Those motors can draw up to 2 amps for about a 1/10th of a second. The drive FET on a Carrera digital chip is rated at 30 amps for 15 seconds. While high current "can" eventually decrease the life of a digital chip, it's not as much as people think. The greater risk is from crashing at high speeds.

Just taking the rear magnet out of carrera cars makes them faster off corners etc....the magnetic drag does slow them down. ..so yeah probably draws less current without the drag of magnet.....both magnets out and they are just about un-drivable...

@@carlosroland6442 I bought 2 NOS Cheetahs from Germany,they were both 2012 cars new in box,the chip has died on both....no big deal I just solder in new chips...odd they both died really quickly.

www.lebhobbies.com/piranha-slot-motors-215k-scan-for-carrera-with-plug-and-pinion-p-10456.html?cPath=691_693

I believe I was set to 100% on speed.