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TRACK TRIALS ON FERRARI 360

Friday was D-Day for the black Ferrari to get some track time. Well, firstly the gears needed some adjusting by one of the seasoned racers. Before this, a few laps and a ear splitting howl from the car told us something was wrong. After the gear fix, better and smoother run. The sidewinder motor NC-10 is very fast, too fast for the weight of the car, the little button magnet is not able to create enough down-force to keep the rear end from fish-tailing out of the corners and into the straight. (this is a wooden magnet track) Fastest time was +/-8 seconds. All the other cars with bar magnets and less powerful motors, (18,000 rpm)(26,000 rpm NINCO Ferrari) where posting 6 sec lap times. (And it's not the driver, this car was driven by one of the PRO's)

Conclusion: Fast car, weak magnet, light body. Not suitable for large scale wooden track. Perhaps perfect for NINCO track system that has high textured surface. Don't buy this car if you want to compete with the big boy's on PRO tracks, you will be defeated every time. Buy the car if it's for the collectors shelf, or NINCO tracks.

NINCO need to re-think the button magnet, perhaps this would help with down-force, and keep the rpm of the motor's below 20,000.

Review Ferrari 360 chefco 1/32 scale slot car

Just started with slot car racing, and my first performance car is the NINCO Ferrari 360GTC kit.

Body shell looks great, in a matt black finish, and just the right amount of detail.

A pro-spec kit, ready for racing. All the parts to complete the car were in the box, in a clear plastic tray, that becomes a great spares box later. Tools for building: Only the hex key for the hubs and axle bushes is supplied, you will need a star screwdriver of size PZ1 long reach to tighten the chassis screws. The supplied hex key, is not very strong and the end strips round easily, best to buy a second one as back up before starting.

Rims/hubs are aluminium and are deep set with a star pattern.(19x10 slicks).

Tyres are A25 shore silicon, low profile. (they keep the car very low on the track)

Titanium is used on the axles, which makes them very strong, but also true.

Gears are metal alloy, not plastic so they should last many races.

The motor is the new NC-10 "EXCEEDER" @ 26,000 rpm 14.8V 300g. The box tells us it's the NC-5 "SPEEDER" @ 20,000 rpm 14.8V 299g. Not sure why the change, but no complaints at the better motor.

Flag and braids are OK, but you speeders out there will no doubt be modifying these.

Chassis, is plastic, of good quality, clear so you cannot "hide" extra bits for racing onto it.

"Button" type magnet, seems strong, and should do the job of keeping the car down into the bends. The only trimming you will need to do is to the wheel arches of the driver tray. They stick out too far and catch on the tyres.

When all parts are put together, 'and it's really easy for a beginner', the car has a bit of weight.

I will let you know next week after track tests to see if this means first or second. Or last as the other racers are pretty good.

COST: You can buy better cars for track performance, but then the prancing horse emblem draws one in, as most of us cannot buy the real thing. This is an official licensed product. If you like your Ferrari in RED you may have to wait some time before SA gets one.

Cheers Nigel