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A few months ago Mopar Matt posted a blog about lowering the Magnatraction  body. I own one of Matt's bodies and it's awesome. I use a similar technique as Matt. It might be a little easier to execute for some. I'm sure there are a lot of other solutions, please share them with us.

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You might have read that Sparky wanted me to post something for him while he purchases a new camera, so here it is.

When Sparky and I raced in Kansas City, we struck up a friendship with slot car legend, Henry Harnish. After a long absence in the hobby, Henry now attends many east coast races and even sponsors a few on a regular basis. Those that are fans of Henry, can purchase limited addition collector kits, as shown in the picture.

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I'm not going to give a big speech about getting on with things so, here goes!

If you have ever spent the time breaking in the gears, on any pancake chassis, there is one very important step that should not be overlooked. Marking the orientation of the two 24t gears. If for any reason you disassemble a car, these gears need to be replaced in the same orientation. Regardless of weather you are using stock gears or expensive machined after market parts, the rule holds true. 

SORRY GUYS!

This is what you get when you try to click on to parsippanypal.org.

DON'T DO IT!!!!!

Serge

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I was just putting the finishing touches on my newest Fray/Super Stock car. Unlike my other Fray cars, this Cadillac CTS has a Greg's Garage body. You might think as I did, that all Fray bodies are created equal. Not at all. Setting this car up was a whole new ball game. I'll address the set-up in a future blog, after I test the car on a proper track. For now I wanted to share a tip that 1Sparky showed me a few months back.

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A while back, thanks to a very generous member of our site I received a new controller. New for me but quite vintage.                                                    (circa 1967 as a matter of fact)

It's an Auto World T-33. I gave it a little spin with every class car I own. This is what I came up with. 

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Many times I post about things that are purely racing. Most of the modifications I suggest are not pertinent to those trying to keep their cars pristine. Here is a trick that is 100% reversible. It is also a racing application for short wheel base cars that have body clearance issues.

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For years there has been a riff between two camps of HO slot car enthusiasts. The non magnet car guys and the magnet car guys. I'm not even going to attempt to explain the pros and cons of each. Personally, I like it all! What I'm very impressed by, is a class of car that seems to bring the two camps together, the X-Jet. The X-Jet is a class of car that incorporates "state of the art" horizontal armature chassis with non magnetic weights, instead of traction magnets.