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    4/19/2012 8:04 am  #1

    DVan
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    From: West Coast, Califonia
    Registered: 2/04/2010
    Posts: 2,599

    What's your lowest budget build?

    What's the least you've spent to build a slot car? Post a picture if possible,
    explain how you were able to save money on your build. Also what kinds of E.T.
    it ran.


       DVan

    "Where legends are made and records are broken".
     

    4/19/2012 2:18 pm  #2

    Timmy!
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    From: WICHITA FALLS
    Registered: 5/30/2010
    Posts: 1,028

    Re: What's your lowest budget build?

    My LOW budget build.

    She has 36-24-36 numbers, works at McDonalds and gets me a discount.  She is Happy with watching a REDBOX movie, eating fast but nutritious food and looking at the Stars.  OOOOOPPPS!  Thats not the right kind of build is it?  I'll try again!

    I built a nice neo 12 f/c for the raffle at OKC Harley Dee race this year, It represented a value of $150 of the raffle.

    The body had a refreshing white and mint green body that looked cool and tasty! $20
    A C-06 inline wrp chassis (next time I am using the C-10 for the shorter tires) $10
    Guide assembly, wires, braids, nut, $4
    Tubing $6
    Front tires $2
    Rear tires $20
    Axle, bushings and spacers $5
    Wheelie wheels and retainers $4 (WRP makes a nice set of undrilled WBW's for $3)
    Hawk motor $15
    Ebay NOS Pro Slot 12 arm .480 dia. $15
    Champ Reds $2
    GD brushes and shunt wire $4
    Gears $10
    Xmod neos $8

    Total $125 all new parts

    Motor was set up to make rpm and less torque for bracket gluing.  .560 hole and .480 arm = .040 per side.

    Car ran .711 @ 77+ mph at OKC glued in with Kof clear and a few drops of med mixed in.

    In the late 90's it would have cost $125 for the motor alone to go that fast!

    If you want a fast little ride for not much money, there are your ingredients.  Throw them in a blender, Bake your brain for a few hours and serve up to the loudmouth that said it can't be done!

    Timmy!

    Last edited by Timmy! (4/19/2012 7:43 pm)

    "It ain't about Class, It's about FASSST!!!
     

    4/19/2012 4:41 pm  #3

    stretch
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    From: Cleveland, Ohio
    Registered: 2/05/2010
    Posts: 833

    Re: What's your lowest budget build?

    I did a lexan funny car with a wrp $10 chassis falcon 7 weighted 70 grams geared 16/38 and ran .990.  I figured I had about $65 in it.  Won many races with it!

     

    4/20/2012 8:15 am  #4

    Billyj12
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    Registered: 12/28/2011
    Posts: 20

    Re: What's your lowest budget build?

    I built a lexan s10 10.00 chassis used tires i cut down old guide and a falcon motor geared 15/50 and ran 10.40 in the 1/4 for about 30.00 total

     

    4/25/2012 9:54 am  #5

    gregb
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    From: Tulsa, Ok.
    Registered: 11/16/2011
    Posts: 23

    Re: What's your lowest budget build?

    I had an old front engine rail that i built. The front tounge and axle hangers were made from steel banding strip that i got from work outta the trash. The motor was given to me, which was an old yellow end bell Parma S16D, I made the body from card stock, the tires were from a previous build and the wheelie wheels were chopped off an old edge chassis that was sitting around my buddys garage. the braid cost 1.50$ and the guide flag was from an old FCR. The model motor came from.... I forget. It cost $1.50 and always ran dead on and i won several hundred dollars over a couple years racing it. I raced it till I built a slipjoint and put the motor and axle and tires on that. Motor still ran great, then I sold the slip joint. I named that old front engine rail "Spare Partz".

     

    7/14/2018 7:37 pm  #6

    MichaelCum
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    From: Virgin Islands
    Registered: 7/09/2018
    Posts: 3

    Re: What's your lowest budget build?

    To be honest most designs will be fine. A lot of the fun is experimenting. Build a standard unit and then work out whats best for you.

    Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

     

     

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