Showing posts with label Ford GT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ford GT. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

New Slot It GT40

From Slot It:

CA18a, Ford GT40 - #24 Sebring 1966
Drivers: G.Hill, J.Stewart

The GT40 was a famous sport-prototype car created by Ford, from 1964 to 1969, to beat the Ferrari. It won four times consecutively the 24h of Le Mans, from 1966 to 1969.

In 1966, Alan Mann Racing engaged two lightweight version of Ford GT40. On these cars, the original steel semi-monocoque chassis was modified by using light alloy. Aluminium was used to build roof structures and doors; also body panels were in light alloy, instead of the original made of fibreglass. They were fitted with the 7 litres V8 engine also used on new MKIIs, and can be distinguished from other GT40s by the brake scoops perched on the rear decking.

The number 24 AM car raced the Sebring 12 Hours driven by Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart. It qualified third fastest, and Hill led the race for a while, but finally the car had to retire because of an engine trouble.

Another proof of this car potential was the Le Mans Test, where Jackie Stewart set the third fastest time; anyway, the car was not used in the race

Friday, October 22, 2010

New Slot It Toyota 88C/Ford GT40-Gulf!

Pix of the new Slot It Ford GT40 (Gulf) and the new Slot It Toyota 88C. Both are being shown at IHobby and both are prototypes.



Tuesday, September 14, 2010

New Ford GT40 from NSR

NSR is glad to announce his fourth classic car, the Ford MKII GT40

The "Modellistic" attitude with high attention to details is an aspect which we consider to be fundamental and this has been fully adhered to; the bodyshell is made in 3 separate part for better look.

Inside the cockpit there is a four pieces driver, steering wheel, gear shift, motor and other small pieces.

NSR always try to improve quality of products; this time we added two photoengraved grids for better reproduce real car.

The body is fixed to the chassis by way of one screw at the front and two screws at rear.

Body dimensions are 61mm width, 134 lenght, 32mm high.
The wheelbase is 75mm and the distance from center of rear axle to center guide is 92mm.
The weight of the fully accessoried and painted bodyshell it is 19g. whilst the weight of the RTR car it is 70g.

Decorations:
The first livery version of the Ford MKII GT40 reproduces the 24h Le Mans 1966version, red #3.



Second livery will be Winner of 24h Le Mans 1966 black #2; it will be included into "SET04 FORD Le Mans Winner" together Ford MKIV #1.
It will be on the market November 2010.

Third livery will be yellow #8 of 24h Le Mans 1966.


CHASSIS:
The main chassis is nylon made "flat" design of 1 to 1,5mm. thickness for maximum grip when cornering whilst capable to withstand crashes.
Sidewinder motor support is held in position to main chassis by three screws (one in front and two at the side) which are only crossing it to screw into an independent ring. This allows the motor support to move independently from the chassis and in the desired amount (which can be set by simply unscrewing the screws from underneath).
The motor is of a sidewinder configuration with two degrees from the rear axle.


The chassis comes with a removable traction magnet, located just ahead of the motor; the neodymium magnet is round, 4mm high and 8mm diameter with two different mounting positions.
The guide is counter-sunk well inside the chassis to allow desired ground clearance by the use of thin spacers to be placed in between the guide itself and the chassis.
The one piece front axle can move vertically

Rear pillow block height allows the gear to protrude only 1mm under the chassis level thus leaving still 1mm. gear/track clearance.

PICK-UP GUIDE
The guide is similar to that of current offerings, but it is low-profile (only 1mm thickness); exclusive adjustable height using .005", .010" or .020" new spacers, to cater for racing on all types of plastic tracks, as well as wooden tracks with raised, flush or recessed braid/copper tape to optimise the braids contact. The pivoting shaft is 8mm. high for a free vertical movement.
The brass connectors used to fix wires to the guide are newly made, slightly bigger, chosen to guarantee a tough contact with our smallest thickeness braids.


MECHANICAL
The components of NSR Ford MKII GT40 are made up of the usual high-quality from NSR:

NSR1369 Medium black chassis
NSR1224 Narrowed Xhard black sidewinder short can motor support
NSR3004 20K Shark motor, 20000rpm 164gr-cm
NSR4801 precision and very strong 49mm x 3/32" diameter axles
NSR5001 aluminium 16mm. diameter �front - NO air system� 4/40 set screw front wheels
NSR5002 aluminium 16 mm. diameter 'Air System' 4/40 set-screw rear wheels
NSR5233 �No-friction� hard front rubbers 20 x 8.5mm (the same of Ford MKIV)
NSR5236 �Supergrip' rear softer rubbers, 21 x 10mm (the same of Ford MKIV)
NSR4803 Autolubricant & no-friction oilites
NSR6911 Extralight & no-friction 11t pinion
NSR6032 Extralight & no-friction 32t black gear 17.5mm
NSR4841 Low friction racing pickup guide

MOTOR

The motor for the Ford MKII GT40 is the Shark 20K, fully developed by triple World Champion Salvatore Noviello, made always by the same NSR philosophy: to realize high performance product without compromises!
Shark 20K motor has 20000 RPM at 12Volts with an excellent torque value of 164 gr/cm, an exceptional value, previously obtained only from �long can� and heavy motors.
The motor can is opened from both sides, it has cooling oval holes and the magnets are ceramics

POLICY
�Ready to Run� is not enough!
NSR's objective is to make a Classic car using modern technology, so high tech �Ready To Race�. It needed to be competitive straight out the box, without any fiddling or modifications required to make it perform properly and we believe that this third car has also achieved this target.
Our policy is to offer really a �Ready To Win� car; we never like that people need to buy aluminium wheels to replace plastic wheels, soft rubbers to replace hard rubbers, or a motor to replace slow box stock motor�!
The NSR Ford MKII GT40 is another innovative model with high tech components, highly performing on track still respecting the scale modellistic aspect.

The NSR Ford MKII GT40 was created in the streamline of the Mosler GT project which has dominated in the GT top class either in National and International competitions since it was born in 2006.
In according with our NSR philosophy, we have worked to obtain the best performances without any compromise.
The NSR �Classic� model cars are without doubts the fastest in the world.


Manufacturing costs and artisan labor in Italy are however significantly higher than China or East Europe, but NSR is very proud of the fact that all the models are completely and entirely built in Italy, thus allowing NSR to have absolute control over quality and to demonstrate our Country capability.
All NSR Ford MKII GT40 cars are assembled and tested exclusively into NSR Factory and only by NSR employers, so NSR can offer full warranty about final product.
Retail price will be in proportion to the quality of product.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Ford GT video

A cool, if somewhat short, video of the Ford GT that's raced in Europe.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

New MRRC Ford and Chaparral set and Porsche arriving

The MRRC Ford/Chaparral set and the Porsche 904 will be arriving in the US very soon at REH Distributors.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

NSR Regional Race at NEPA Model Raceway

Video from the my club's NSR Regional Qualifier race held last weekend at NEPA Model Raceway in Wilkes Barre, Pa.

Friday, September 25, 2009

Ford GT on the Pole for Petit! Video added.

Video of the press conference.



The Robertson Racing Ford GT is on the pole for the GT2 class for the Petit LeMans! Yes... the Ford GT. During a post-qualifying press conference driver David Murry talked about the long road that the Robertson Racing team has had over the past few years. They've had to work harder than the factory teams that are more well funded Murry said in a deadpan manner. Race after race the car has been a solid backmarker and it's a huge accomplishment for the team to start at the front of the grid. But it's a very, very long race. We'll see if the "David" team can stay ahead of the "Goliath" teams that are just behind them on the grid.

The GT2 Top 6 qualifying times:
  1. Doran Ford GT 1:20.819 Murry/Robertson/Robertson
  2. Chevrolet Riley Corvette 1:20.877 Sutherland/Drissi/Bell
  3. Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 1:20.912 Beretta/Gavin/Faessler
  4. BMW E92 M3 1:20.981 Mueller/Milner/Mueller
  5. BMW E92 M3 1:21.219 Hand/Auberlen/Priaulx
  6. Porsche 911 RSR 1:21.299 Bergmeister/Long/Lieb

The team talks with the scrutineering judges after a 1st place qualifying effort.

Monday, June 22, 2009

"Go Like Hell"-a book review

"Go Like Hell" by AJ Baime is just a fantastic book.

The book gives an in depth picture of the Ford vs. Ferrari battle for supremacy during the mid 60's LeMans era. Every page of this book gives the reader an ever clearer view of the background of the two giants of sports car racing during what is probably, at least for the slot car fans out there, the most popular era for slot cars. Who out there in slot car land does NOT have a Ford GT or Ferrari 330P3... and if you don't have one you probably want one... at least one.

In the book Baime gives us a view inside the politics of racing and building the iconic cars that made history. But what I personally found more interesting was the VERY good backgrounds of the drivers that are written about in the pages of this book. All the drivers you've heard of and seen on the sides of the cars and mentioned on the message boards. I must admit I didn't know much, if anything about John Surtees... yes... Il Grande John was not someone I knew much about. Sure I knew the name, but to read about him in such detail. To read about an accident that permanently disfigured him, and to read about his comeback to get into the drivers seat for the '66 LeMans only to have a vindictive team leader (Dragoni... appropriate name, eh?) who effectively took him out of the drivers seat before the start of what would be a crowning race for Ford.

And to read about Ken Miles (yes I know, I know.... again, I'd not know much about him either as a driver, someone out there all the older generation of slotters are saying to themselves,"oh god open a book once in a while...") but to read about his tireless work to develop the Ford GT40 from a worthless, useless death trap into a world beater and then to have the race win taken from him by his bosses at Ford in some half-assed attempt to get a "tie" between the top 2 Fords... it's tragic, and I really felt for him.

The book built towards the '66 race. Each chapter building and laying the groundwork for the finale, Carroll Shelby coming from "only" being an American driver to being one of the most important figures in sports car racing. Being given the chance (and the burden) to build maybe the single most important American race cars. From a small shop of hotrodders where there was an informal open-door-policy of letting people wander into the shop and see what they were working on to acres of high security compound to build the cars that would finish 1,2,3 at LeMans.

And then there's the long trail of horrible accidents chronicled in the book. The prologue for the book sets the tone... the infamous accident by the Mercedes 300 SLR piloted by Pierre Levegh is described in gripping detail.

Of course no book about this part of sports car racing history would be complete without an in depth look at the man behind it all...Enzo Ferrari... well, let's just say I'm more of a Porsche fan now than ever and leave it at that.

There's simply something in EVERY chapter that you as a racing fan will find interesting I think. If you don't have this book, you should get this book.

...Go like hell? Yes... read it like hell! When you finish it, you'll want to start all over.

Good job Mr. Baime... good job!


http://golikehellthebook.com/

$26.00
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
www.hmhbooks.com

Dave Kennedy
Publisher, Slot Car News

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

MRRC's red GT40 coming in July



Production In July By MRRC. There will also be a light blue Cobra produced as well.



Friday, April 24, 2009

New slot shirt from Geek Chic


Check out this link to see another slot car shirt from Geek Chic's collection on RedBubble.com: http://www.redbubble.com/people/geekchic/t-shirts/2955744-1-slots-ii

Version two of GeekChic�s most popular design.

This time on the track is a legendary �Le Mans� Porsche 917s and an equally legendary Ford GT40. In their correct racing colours too. The shirt is $24.99.