Post by Jim W on Jan 31, 2022 12:28:56 GMT -7
Modern GT class for 2022
I have been looking at some of the cars for this new class. I have gone to the websites of the slot manufactures and also looked at what I may have. There is one car that is coming up in discussion of this class more than the other cars. It is the NSR Mosler. I went to a website called, Racing Sport Cars to see if this car would be a car that would fit in the guidance of this class. We are using cars that raced in the "GT" classes from 1995-2022, at least 2000-2022. I found the car had competed in various races during this time frame. The car had been in production from 2001-2011. They produced 30 street cars and 50 race cars. With the low number of street cars, the Mosler didn't compete in the GT3 class in the U.S.A., but it did in the British GT Championship. The car did compete in other races in the U.S.A., such as the Rolex 24 at Daytona and at Watkins Glenn in their GT classes for these races, as well as many other races through the international racing series.
It was brought up that this car, NSR Mosler would be unfair because of its design. When I went to the NSR website I found information on all of their models. While looking at the information, I made some comparisons of their cars for the GT class. They listed height, length, width, track width, body weight, wheelbase and rear axle-guide distance. They do not list the actual car weight in their spec listing of each model of the cars. In the Mosler line up for each livery of car, the Mosler can be configured in 6 different ways. There are two different motor pods, and each pod can have the motor configured three different ways, such as inline, sidewinder or anglewinder. So, I looked at the information to see if there was another car as good as the Mosler. First car I compared was the C7 Corvette, the C6 Corvette was their second car of this type made by NSR. The C7 Corvette looks to be very close in most of the dimensions, if anything it is "better". In my opinion, some of the worst cars would be the Audi R8, ASV and the Porsche 997 from looking at the numbers. I do know the Porsche 997 is very hard for me to drive consistently.
When I finished looking at the information, I needed to do a little "homework". I took out my cars, not just the NSR cars, but most of the GT class cars that I could run in this class and looked at a few things. I weighed my cars on my scale and ran some of them on my test roller to get their wheel speed using my tachometer. If you look at the bottom of my cars, you may see some of this information on each car. I will have also put the lap time of the car on the bottom also. I found that the cars varied in weight, in the case of NSR cars, each model can be configured with motors, so I found some surprises in the cars.
My NSR C7 Corvette is lighter than my NSR Mosler "Lightweight car", which would be lighter than Robert's Mosler. I have an early model NSR Mosler that was sold as a "lightweight" model. The body was 3 grams lighter than their regular cars while still using the full interior. My Black Arrow Lambo is lighter than any of my NSR cars. Most of the other companies' cars were about the same weight as the NSR cars. The lightest car was a Policar Ferrari F40, 69 grams and the heaviest was a Revoslot Ferrari F40, 104 grams.
The only thing the NSR Mosler has as an advantage is the body is lower than the other cars in what I looked at. My Corvette can equal or be better than the NSR Mosler, last night it was better by 2 tenths of a second. Yes, that is Thunderslot times on my track. Now if I could only come close to those times while racing, I may be able to finish in the top 10 with 9 other guys racing.
Jim W
some of the cars used
I have been looking at some of the cars for this new class. I have gone to the websites of the slot manufactures and also looked at what I may have. There is one car that is coming up in discussion of this class more than the other cars. It is the NSR Mosler. I went to a website called, Racing Sport Cars to see if this car would be a car that would fit in the guidance of this class. We are using cars that raced in the "GT" classes from 1995-2022, at least 2000-2022. I found the car had competed in various races during this time frame. The car had been in production from 2001-2011. They produced 30 street cars and 50 race cars. With the low number of street cars, the Mosler didn't compete in the GT3 class in the U.S.A., but it did in the British GT Championship. The car did compete in other races in the U.S.A., such as the Rolex 24 at Daytona and at Watkins Glenn in their GT classes for these races, as well as many other races through the international racing series.
It was brought up that this car, NSR Mosler would be unfair because of its design. When I went to the NSR website I found information on all of their models. While looking at the information, I made some comparisons of their cars for the GT class. They listed height, length, width, track width, body weight, wheelbase and rear axle-guide distance. They do not list the actual car weight in their spec listing of each model of the cars. In the Mosler line up for each livery of car, the Mosler can be configured in 6 different ways. There are two different motor pods, and each pod can have the motor configured three different ways, such as inline, sidewinder or anglewinder. So, I looked at the information to see if there was another car as good as the Mosler. First car I compared was the C7 Corvette, the C6 Corvette was their second car of this type made by NSR. The C7 Corvette looks to be very close in most of the dimensions, if anything it is "better". In my opinion, some of the worst cars would be the Audi R8, ASV and the Porsche 997 from looking at the numbers. I do know the Porsche 997 is very hard for me to drive consistently.
When I finished looking at the information, I needed to do a little "homework". I took out my cars, not just the NSR cars, but most of the GT class cars that I could run in this class and looked at a few things. I weighed my cars on my scale and ran some of them on my test roller to get their wheel speed using my tachometer. If you look at the bottom of my cars, you may see some of this information on each car. I will have also put the lap time of the car on the bottom also. I found that the cars varied in weight, in the case of NSR cars, each model can be configured with motors, so I found some surprises in the cars.
My NSR C7 Corvette is lighter than my NSR Mosler "Lightweight car", which would be lighter than Robert's Mosler. I have an early model NSR Mosler that was sold as a "lightweight" model. The body was 3 grams lighter than their regular cars while still using the full interior. My Black Arrow Lambo is lighter than any of my NSR cars. Most of the other companies' cars were about the same weight as the NSR cars. The lightest car was a Policar Ferrari F40, 69 grams and the heaviest was a Revoslot Ferrari F40, 104 grams.
The only thing the NSR Mosler has as an advantage is the body is lower than the other cars in what I looked at. My Corvette can equal or be better than the NSR Mosler, last night it was better by 2 tenths of a second. Yes, that is Thunderslot times on my track. Now if I could only come close to those times while racing, I may be able to finish in the top 10 with 9 other guys racing.
Jim W
some of the cars used
