Tour de France de l'Automobile - Alpine A110

- Para fazer uma pequena homenagem ao Tour de France de l'Automobile, decidi redecorar um Renault Alpine A110, usando uma decoraçao inspirada nas cores da bandeira Françesa.

Fotografias - Provas de 26 Set

Troféu Ninco 1 - Total de 14 participantes; modelo dominante foi o Megane como seria de esperar, pessoalmente não pude deixar de ficar surpreso com o andamento dos Ninco 1, a melhor volta foi pela casa dos 8.5s e com total de voltas por calha a rondar no melhor caso as 34. O que não deixa de ser muito interessante, penso mesmo que com a voltagem da pista a 16volts poderíamos ter aqui um trofeu muito mais espectacular.










Corrida Experimental F1 - [1950-1959]

Marcas presentes-> Superslot, Cartrix, Scalextric

Ultimas Classificaçoes - Provas do passado Domingo na Diorama

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1968 - Olsonite Eagle Indy 1/24 - Denis Hulme

- Replica de um Olsonite Eagle pilotado por Denis Hulme em 1968 , um trabalho fantástico com pormenores de uma excelência fora de serie.
Escala 1/24

Processo de Construção e resultado final:

A minha Coleccção de F1 Clássicos - Parte I

Lista "não ordenada"

Ferrari 375 -> 1951 -> F.Gonzales
BRM P25 -> 1955
Ferrari -> F555 Supersqualo -> 1955 -> U.Maglioli
Maserati 250F -> 1957-> Fangio
Lotus 16 -> 1958 -> C.Allison
Cooper Climax T53 -> 1959
Vanwall -> 1959 -> S.Moss
Lotus 38 -> 1965 -> J.Clark - Indy 500
Lotus 49 -> 1967 -> G.Hill
Tyrrell 001 -> 1970 -> J.Stewart
Tyrrell 005 -> 1973 -> F.Cevert
McLaren M23 -> 1976 ->Jochen Maas

Ayrton Senna - The Movie - Outro Trailer

Ken Block está de volta....Gymkhana THREE

F1 - Anos 70

Para quem se queixa que os carros de F1 hoje em dia são todos iguais, e aparentemente sim, não posso deixar de concordar.
Assim e para variar um pouco, nada como recordar os anos 70, onde eram todos muito diferentes.



3 - Lotus
4 - Ferrari
5 - BRM
6 - Matra



SPA - 1970

Finalmente - Alfa Romeo TZ-2 Targa Florio 1966

A FlySlot Cars já tem para venda o Alfa Romeo TZ-2 que participou na Targa Florio de 1966, pilotado por Pinto e Todaro. Vão desculpar-me os apaixonados pela marca italiana mas para mim este modelo não é de todo original, já que tem muito de Ferrari 250 GTO.
Seja como for, não deixa de ser um belo carro e mais um clássico obrigatório em qualquer colecção de slot.








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Pequena História do Alfa Tz:

Autodelta was responsible for all of Alfa Romeo's race development, and in 1964 it redesigned the successful Alfa Romeo TZ1 into a more powerful machine, creating what many have called a 'mini Ferrari GTO' - the TZ2. The main difference between the cars was the use of fiberglass, and despite the fact that most cars were built from the same moulds, many differed in detail. The TZ2 has Alfa's 4-cylinder, 1600cc engine with hotter camshafts, larger valves and twin-plug ignition, producing 170bhp at 7500 RPM, which was good for 160 MPH! This early TZ2 (chassis number AR750106) won its class at Monza, Sebring, and the Nurburgring during 1965 and 1966. It is completely original, never having been crashed, and it has never been restored.
Ing. Carlo Chiti was in charge of Autodelta during the creation of the Alfa Romeo TZ2 project. His resume included being former Chief Engineer at Ferrari. It is understandable that the inspiration and passion of the Ferrari 250 GTO bled into this project. The TZ2 (Tubolare Zagato) was constructed as a works car and there were no intentions of providing any examples to privateers. They were intended to challenge the GT category. In total, there were, at most, fourteen constructed.

The chassis was from the original TZ, consisting of steel-tubed space-frame construction. Improvements were made to the original unit, with the TZ2 having lower suspension mounts and being more adjustable. The prototype car was given an all-alloy bodyshell designed by Ercole Spada for Zagato. The subsequent cars were molded from this and built with glassfibre. The total height of the vehicle was just a mere 41-inches. The aerodynamic design defied wind while maintaining an elegant stance.

Under the bonnet lay an Alfa Romeo dual overhead camshaft four-cylinder engine displacing 1570cc. The engines were tuned by Virgilio Conrero's Torino shop, Autotecnica Conrero. They were given larger valves, magnesium casings, upgraded camshafts, two side-draught Weber carburetors, dry sump lubrication, and a twin plug head. These improvements brought the horsepower to 170 and top speed in the neighborhood of 160 mph.

The cars made their debut at the 1965 Geneva Salon and production lasted until mid-1967. Some of the TZ2's were upgraded TZ's. Coachwork was handled mostly by Zagato. Chassis number 114, created in 1966, was done by Pininfarina. Another example, chassis 101, was done by Bertone. Bertone's example was done to test the feasibility of creating a road-going version. It was built atop a tubular steel space-frame and given Campagnolo 13-inch forged magnesium wheels. The body was very curvy. At the front were covered headlights and a wrap-around windshield. The body was constructed mostly from aluminum. The engine was from a Alfa Romeo TZ, producing 130 horsepower in standard guise.

The Bertone example made its debut at the 1964 Paris Salon. There was much interest in the car, but Alfa Romeo decided to abandon the idea. A journalist later damaged the car while doing a test drive. Most everything was able to be salvaged.

The racing debut of the Alfa Romeo TZ2 was at the 1965 24 Hours of LeMans. There were three TZ2 models entered, and all three failed to finish the race. This would be their only outing for the season. In 1966, they re-appeared, and in very strong fashion. In each of the 1.6-liter GT races they entered, they emerged victorious.

Even with this new-found racing success of the TZ2, the program was dropped and efforts were reverted to the GTA and Tipo 33 program. Most of the TZ2 cars were later sold to privateers.

Ayrton Senna - The Movie

- Talentoso, apaixonado, polémico, veloz... estes são alguns adjectivo que podem ser usados para descrever aquele que para muitos foi e será para sempre o melhor piloto de corridas do Mundo. Nunca a expressão " The Man and the Legend " teve tanto significado. Vou esperar ansiosamente para poder ver o filme.



Carros Pilotados Por Senna na F1

The Spirit of The Indianapolis Motor Speedway

SRZero

- Como o futuro passa pelos carros eléctricos, e como somos apaixonados por carros de slot que felizmente também são eléctricos; deixo-vos com um pequeno filme de apresentação de um projecto de um carro eléctrico que foi feito a partir de um Radical. O projecto chama-se SRZero tem como objectivo fazer cerca de 26'000km "Pan-American Highway" desde a Argentina ao Alaska. O carro tem mais ou menos autonomia para 500km , pode chegar aos 200 km/h e demora dos 0-100km/h cerca de 7s, nada mau para um carro eléctrico.

O melhor é mesmo ver os filmes.

Eau Rouge....

Ainda Gp Belgica e a mítica curva