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Reviews (4)
Jun 08, 2020
What a Beauty!
This is a beautiful looking slot car; on the track or on the shelf.
Carrera slot cars are always very well made and as a result are more durable than average. The details are good and the car appears to be true to scale.
I race on wood tracks without the benefit of magnets, and this car has a very high center of gravity, making it want to roll over in the corners. I'm a tuner though, so this was corrected with some modifications to the chassis, body, and interior. The car now runs very reliably and is fun to drive, although not the fastest Nascar out there. Out of the box, I wouldn't say that it is competetive.
Overall, I am pleased with the car and would buy it again. The photos show the car before and after performance modifcations.
Dec 09, 2020
Great Little Car!
I like Fly cars; they are always well made and the bodies are accurate and very well finished.
I race without magnets on routed wood tracks, so my comments are based on that. I would expect that racing on plastic track with magnets installed, this car would be a solid performer though.
The car required very few modifications for non-magnet racing. Some chassis tabs needed to be removed in the rear to allow the body to float properly, and it required the addition of about 14 grams of weight near the front axle to bring the center of gravity low enough for the car to handle well. The motor and bushings were all glued into place, and front axle hieght adjustment was added to balance everything out. I added urethane rear tires and it was ready to rip!
With these few modifications, this great looking car is very easy to drive, handles reliably, and is fast. It's competetive on the track against other more expensive cars.
Nov 18, 2020
Nice looking, needs work
The Fly Saleen S7R is a very nice looking car. The finish is excellent and the details for the interior and the engine bay are outstanding.
For magnet racing I suspect the car runs very well. I can't say since I race on routed wood tracks
The stock motor is quite good. I measured it at about 22k rpm and while it's not high torque, it gets around the track quite well.
Mine was very noisy. This was caused by axle bushings jumping around in the chassis, by the multi-part plastic engine details rattling, the motor and wiring vibrating against the backside of the cockpit, and really poor gear mesh.
The chassis affixes to the body with one screw at the rear combined with plastic tabs along the sides of the chassis and inside the center of the front grille. This means that the body and chassis move as one; something that kills handling in non-magnet racing.
This car took a lot of work, but in the end it's fast, giving brands like Slot-it, and NSR a good run on my track.
This involved replacing the crown gear to correct the gear mesh, removing the sides and front of the chassis to free it from those tabs (and gluing the removed bits onto the body to maintain appearance), gluing the axle bushings and the motor into the chassis, and replacing the noisy (but beautiful) plastic engine detail with a paper photograph of it. The large rear window showcases the engine, and the car looked odd without it.
Removing those mounting tabs also meant fashioning a new way to mount the body, which I did by adding an epoxy resin piece on the bottom of the cockpit behind the guide. This also meant that the cockpit needed to be precisely and securely glued to the body since the chassis would rely on this.
The car also needed some weight tuning, about 8 grams up front and below the axle, along with a tire upgrade.
In the end, these are beautiful looking cars and are available at great prices. If you race in routed tracks, they are competitive if you're willing to do the work.