For my Porsche 936-78 Twin Turbo kit I bought a new chassis, which I hope will suit it quite well. Currently I am not sure though. I chose the 1:24 scale “Monza GT” in-line chassis by Schmidbauer-Modellauto.
The chassis ready built
The chassis ready built
The motor of this chassis is mounted in line with the driving direction of the chassis making it a mid motor setup. To be honest with you, I bet 99.9% of all slot cars have a mid motor setup. I hope this motor position and alignment will suit the design of the body with the big motor compartment of the Porsche.
Technical Data:
- Weight: 72,00Gramm
- Wheelbase min. 75,50 mm
- Wheelbase max. 122,00 mm
- Width min. 50,00 mm
- Width max. 73,00 mm
This chassis comes completely unassembled in a bag with loads of metal parts, bronze bearings, different kinds of screws and washers. As assembly instruction there was only a simple picture of the completely assembled chassis, which was unfortunately quite faint. That’s why I decided to walk you through the assembly but you need to have at least some skill in working with a screwdriver and a pair of pliers.
Required Tools: Pliers – small Screwdriver (Phillips) – 1 mm Allen key
Screws, Nuts, Washers and Bearings
Besides the big metal parts (you will recognise them) you can find screws, nuts, washers and bearings as depicted in this Image. The numbering will be useful for identification later on. You should have following minimum quantities:
No. 1 – self tapping screw – 4 pcs.
No. 2 – normal countersunk screw – 8 pcs.
No. 3 – black allen screw – 4 pcs.
No. 4 – hexagon nut – 8 pcs.
No. 5 – washer – 8 pcs.
No. 6 – bearing – 4 pcs.
There is no need to assemble the chassis in any specific order but personally I suggest to start either from the front or read end.
Step 1 - Front End
Step 2 - Rear End
I started from the front end. Take 4 of the No. 2 countersunk screws, 4 Washers and 4 Nuts and attach the front arm of the guide blade to the front end. Then press 2 of the bronze bearings in the holes of the front cross member. They should go in with pressing only and are a tight fit. Use 2 of No. 3 Allen screws to attach the cross member to the front end. Now slide in the guide blade and fix it with the large hexagon nut (the only one). The blade should have about 2 mm distance to allow for vertical travel.
After you have done the front end please switch over to the rear end. Use again 4 No. 2 Screws, 4 No. 4 Nuts and 4 No. 5 Washers to mount the rear end to the main chassis.
Step 3 - Motor Mount
Step 4 - Body Mounts
The third step depends on the selected motor for your slot car. Choose either the of the motor mounts and press the No. 6 bearings into the openings. Again they should be a tight fit but nevertheless should be just pressed in. Then take 4 of the No. 3 Allen screws to attach the motor mount to the rear end.
As last step the body mounts will be added to both sides of the main chassis. They are fitted with the No. 1 self tapping screws. The mounts have several holes, your choice depends on the width of the body you will mount.
This finishes the assembly of the chassis. We will look at properly setting-up this chassis at a later stage.
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