Car classes

Jeff, Welcome to Nitroslots!

First, if you are in Afghanistan on military tour, thank you for your service.

Now for rules, there are two types of rule styles used for NTRA events.
The original rules which I refer to as the "Legacy Rules" are the rules
created at the formation of the group. They are a little wordy and
some find them confusing. I personally think they are quite thorough
and precise. A newer style of rules are packaged in grid form. Most
find these to be more palatable.

Anyway Legacy Rules can be found at this link:
nitroslots.com/index.cgi?board=skr
The threads Sportsman Classes and Competition Classes contain
most information on the TJet classes run here.

Here is a link to a rules chart, the precursor that led to the 'grid form rules':
www.ninjatekprojects.com/PDF/Quick%20Glance%20Class%20Specs.pdf
Contains most info for many of the classes, not as detailed as Legacy
Rules, but enough to keep you legal.

Grid Form Rules, their initial locations are shattered about the site
and posted usually along with an event entry list. These may undergo
adjustment from race to race. For the type cars you have this grid is
best to follow. Note: these are new classes fine tuning is required.
Today a thread will be opened to discuss any refinements needed
and should be finalized in a few days.
www.ninjatekprojects.com/pdf/4g_2012_ClassRules.pdf

Should you have more questions be sure to post them on the site.


Pretty sure he meant 'NTRA banner' located at top of page. The directory
will have links to rules for specific classes scheduled to run this year.

First off thank you for your service to all of us at home. Stay safe and return home well. Secondly as Ninja stated the rules can be confusing. My advice to you is focus on the upcoming race and ask for detailed rules if you want to compete in the event. Rather than building cars for a past event.

Thats all well and good but if I had an idea on where to start then it would be a whole lot easier to tweak a car to get ready for an upcoming race. That and I am still learning on what I want in a car and how to build it. I just wanna go really fast ;D

You do not mention your skill level or experience with tuning slot cars. So this
reply is for anyone with zero to very little experience. For you to begin to
consider entry into next event, the Summer National. At a minimum you will need
to be able to remove and replace armature (or at least be willing to attempt it).
Secondly, soldering skills or someone you know that can solder will be helpful.
If these task are beyond your skill level, or you just do not want to do these
things, this may not be the race for you. If you have never done these things but
feel it is something you can accomplish, by all means, dive in.

The race following Summer Nationals is the King of the Streets event. This is a
race that does not require advance experience. Basically it is a stock AW/JL X-
Traction chassis with basic tune-up tips applied. This would be an good start
point for beginners or someone with minimum experience. To get started you first
will need a AW/JL X-Traction chassis. Once you have that you tune up the chassis
using basic tune-up methods.

See these links for basic tune-up techniques. These two articles describe basic
tune-up tips that are used on most pancake type chassis. Some of the tips do not
apply to all classes. For instance no balancing is allowed for the Muscle Car/
Street Class. See rules for Street Class to sure tune-up methods apply to the
class.

www.ninjatekprojects.com/PDF/Tuning%20the%20Pancake%20Pt%201.pdf
www.ninjatekprojects.com/PDF/Tuning%20the%20Pancake%20Pt%202.pdf

Other tips can be found in issues of NTRA Quartely.
www.ninjatekprojects.com/PDF/NTRAQuarterlyVol1_1.pdf
www.ninjatekprojects.com/PDF/NTRAQuarterlyVol1_2.pdf
www.ninjatekprojects.com/PDF/NTRAQuarterlyVol1_3.pdf
www.ninjatekprojects.com/PDF/NTRAQuarterlyVol1_4.pdf
www.ninjatekprojects.com/PDF/NTRAQuarterlyVol2_1.pdf
www.ninjatekprojects.com/PDF/NTRAQuarterlyVol2_2.pdf

Keep your questions coming, there are very knowledgeable people on this forum who
are always willing to help.