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These early pre-Sagami ones were Yokomo-based. Quite rare as Demon switched to the red base-plate versions December 1986 - April 1987. 270933658_10161604128106258_2513583492553680256_n.jpg Nick eventually had the tooling done with Sagami to create his own square hole base plate can design which is m...

Sagami example for reference. Beautiful motors.

I have spent quite some time trying to collect up the various Demon motor (and ESC) iterations from that period. This was just as i was starting out in RC really. My MrT is a red base plate version. 193913063_10161085045331258_6298077758941436936_n.jpg Another unusual variation is a Yokomo style Sag...

uniquenamehere wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:11 pm I agree... "vintage", and "mint" are my most hated.

Actually, I pretty much hate everything these days. I guess I'm just getting old... "get off my lawn!".

So what you're saying is, you're vintage..?

Next up, I noticed on the Hot Trax '88 photo posted above that the gold rear bumper plate was in straight format, as per the later Pro Radiant, so i quizzed Steve Dunn about it pointing out that the mag review car still retained the rounded-off gold motor guard of the original Radiant. Steve told me...

Dadio wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 2:20 am

THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote: ↑Tue Apr 26, 2022 7:52 pm Don't look at me, I voted for dinglem's avatar.

I think we should all be more respectful of Dinglems wife , well I think ......

Sounds like i need to pick a voteworthy avatar next time i enter BOTM.

I am pretty sure she would have voted for the pink car.

Next up, the finer details.... Firstly I have managed to source a set of the correct and unused original Radiant TG22 HI-SPORT tyres. I have always fancied some of these but never really had the need to get my hands on a nice set until I started on this build. 278300936_525638245639076_1207167581002...

Small bit of progress on the lightweight... as well as dropping the matching D&D Graphite front shock tower on, the unused NODIS gearbox is also now fitted, albeit without the motor plate which will be getting a little surgery pretty shortly before going on. What is apparent is that the large ho...

I have a few 16 Triples, and they all perform well. I think (based a little bit on nostalgia) that wind is probably my favorite overall. Back in around 1986/87 it was considered a must-have hot hot motor. I bought a Demon 16 Triple at that time and still have it. I generally see around 35,000rpm fro...

Yup, slot brushes.... harking back to the slot car origins of many of the RC motor builders. Quite a few motors can be found with modular endbell slot conversions - there were a few companies who offered them. I try to collect them whenever i come across them. I am waiting on delivery of an early Tr...

There is certainly a performance difference, hence why they began messing around with cut brushes later on to essentially achieve the same thing, and also Gil Losi Jr. won the '85 off road Worlds using a Kyosho-based Trinity motor with the slot brush modular endbell. That, and the looks, is why they...

My biggest surprise based on my own experiences is the vast chasm of performance difference between off-the-shelf motors and the proper full-blown team provided motors. I remember the whole time i was racing at club level the fastest motor i came across was (coincidentally) a 17turn Revolution motor...

Just for reference, here are two early pre-Yokomo endbells which have been converted to slot brushes. This service was offered by Checkpoint and sold through Bolink. slot igarashi.jpg I have located these two after much hunting but still haven't sealed the deal to get my hands on them yet....if anyb...

Lots of talk about slot brush conversions on here recently, so here is a review from Radio Race Car magazine discussing the offering from Intronics.

An interesting read.

There is a lot more history behind several of the well known RC motor builders, all originating from the 70's slot scene. I started delving into this and ended up buying an original Mick Goddard (MG) 550 slot car, fully hand made from brass bars and plates. Super cool. Mick was big in the slot scene...