Among our group and in other threads, there has been some discussion of GT1 and Group C cars and how competitive each might be (or is by racing experience). Our GT1 class runs Scholer Chassis, Hawk 7 or Falcon 7 power and includes GT1, Group C and as an outlier, the Ferrari Enzo (because it is cheap and has a similar wheelbase and track compared to other cars in the class). I thought it might be interesting to compare these cars in an objective fashion in terms of their physical specifications. I have also included some images.
Notes 1: The Porsche 962 front wheel well height is not sufficient to position full size front wheels at the outermost part of the bodywork. Wheels must be tucked under. This makes the effective front track less than 3.25 inches.
Note 2: Although the Toyota GT- One shows a height of 1.63, the roof slopes down quickly
Note 3: Best Lap Times were recorded at Electron Raceway during an actual event. Each body was mounted on its own chassis with its own motor, so relative times are dependent on these factors as well as driving ability. The comparisons are a useful guide, they are not at all perfect
Note 4: Porsche 962 fast lap was achieved with a Falcon 7 motor. Most competitors use Hawk 7 motors which tend to be about .1 second per lap faster.
Note 5: It appears that my Porsche 911 GT1 Evo rear wheel openings have be hogged out a bit to accommodate the full size ProTrack wheels. This would be unnecessary for our current GT1 class because we allow full size wheels to be cut down to 1 inch in diameter
Note 6: Jack's Nissan R390 shows a great deal of promise. It has run a 5.045 at STR. That time is .118 slower than the record at STR of 4.927
For more about our GT1 class, see the Electron Raceway Forum and take a look at the Classes sub forum. See the link http://slotblog.net/...aceway-classes/ Then check out GT1 or any other class shown. Below are some images of the GT1s
