1/24 Hard Body Rules

Chassis:

  1. Must use 4-1/2 inch wheel base chassis.  
  2. The preferred chassis is Parma FCR.  However any other 4-1/2 inch stamped steel or spring steel factory chassis is acceptable.  
  3. No modifications or alterations are allowed.
  4. May add motor brace and/or guide tongue brace
  5. No other chassis modifications or reinforcement allowed. 
  6. No scratch built chassis is allowed in this class.

Bodies:

  1. Bodies must be from year 1970 or older hard plastic model car body.
  2. There are two Body Classes - Full-size Cars and Pony Cars (Camaro, Mustang, Firebird, Studebaker, Chevy II, Falcon, Avanti, Corvair, etc.)
  3. No convertibles allowed
  4. Body Rocker Panels cannot be trimmed to lower roof height
  5. Body cannot be ground out (thinned) to reduce weight.
  6. Wheel wells may be trimmed out to fit tires

Axle and Tires

  1. Must use 1/8 inch axles in rear
  2. May use 1/8 or 3/32 axles in the front
  3. Rear of chassis must clear 1/16 inch thick tech tool at the start of the race
  4. Maximum width is 3-1/4 inch and the tech tool must slide over wheel width on both front and rear of chassis

Motor

  1. Must use Parma "Chinese" 16D Motor, with unbalanced armature
  2. May change brushes and springs
  3. Any gear ratio is allowed, but must be 48 pitch
  4. Motor rule is subject to change as pertaining to availability and costs.

Note: We will do everything possible to keep the costs down in this class

 

09/19/2009