• I am trying to find a 143Go car that has a wheelbase of 51mm. My plan is to remove the body and put on a vacumn molded Triumph TR6 body. The TR6 has a axle to axle wheelbase of 51.15mm. So, measure up your 143Go cars and if you have one close to 51mm, let me know. I will buy that and proceed.

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    51 is really schort by many Cars

    Take any car with near to your Wheelbase.
    Cut and glue it to the required length.

    Next step would be the wide

    Do you have the options for 3D printing, look at Peter ( pfuetze ) .
    Shapeways no longer has a shop but, he can maybe help you with a Adress for a universal chassis that he designed.

  • I can't see randomly buying cars just to measure them.

    Well, not to measure, but to use the chassis in the way MiniSlot has proposed. If you really want to go down that route. Any DTM car should work, I guess.

    Another option would be to 3d print a chassis or build one out of polystyrene.

    As mentioned before, wheel base is only one of many parameters.

  • there is no Go! car with a wheelbase of 51mm or even close this short.

    as you would want small wheels, too, take a look at the Mini. 15mm wheels wheelbase should be around 54mm or something like this.

    the 206 is long discontinued,.so no option.

    will the TR6 drive on Go!track?

    otherwise you could consider using a Carrera First as a donor car. or a AFX Mega G plus long wheel base as a donor.

    i could adapt a 3D printed chassis for the go!.motor for you and send you the file if you have access to a 3D printer or print it and send it to you.

    where are you from?

    welcome to the forum bzw!

    Peter

  • In the US. I have a 1/43 scale diecast model of a TR6 that I can vacumn mold a plastic body over. No real hobby shops around to go measure individual cars. The Carrera catalog has a lot of modern cars and one classic mustang body. Are all of them on the same wheelbase dimension? In other words, there is no variation between 143 go chassis'. Or is there some variation? Either way, what is the axle to axle dimension? This is preliminary concept check. Thank you for the CAD offer for a chassis for printing on a 3D printer. That is certainly an option. I will look at those two cars.

    Again, thank you.

  • you are welcome.

    the TR6 is for sure a narrow and short car. these are hard to build with the existing 1/43 cars. they are much nearer to H0 than to 1/43, but again, take a look at Carrera first, maybe those can fit better. Carrera first has a Mini as well, wheels and wheelbase can mayb be quite near to the TR6. Carrera claims 1/50 for First, so: 55mm*43/50=47,3mm wheelbase for a FirstMini, maybe to short, but lengthening a short and narrow chassis is maybe easier than cutting a long and wide one.

  • Wheelbase is one of the two main parameters as long as you intend to use chassis from RTR cars. It is difficult to alter, not least because altering the wheelbase includes altering the motor brackets as well.

    The other, even more difficult to alter parameter is the clearance of the chassis ( not the body 😉)

    Roland

    The second mouse gets the cheese.

  • Hello,
    a very small GO!!! car is "ChickHicks" (green with number 86 on top) with a wheelbase of 50mm and a wide of 37,8mm. The wheels are 15x7,7mm.

    Also the MarioCart one´s a very short (wheelbase of 47mm)(but with very big wheels 19x8,3mm).

    The shortes, that i know is the little blue "Sally" form Cars (wheelbase 45mm x 36 front and 39,2mm rear).

    Regards, George

  • Great info, thanks to all. I was wondering about the Mario Kart/Paw Police cars from at least the pictures in the catalog. I will look at the ChickHicks car, that sounds like the best option.

    Go catalog items 64174, 64207, 64244 are all Porsche 911 variants, that if actually to scale (big ?) would be just under 5 mm too long on the wheelbase. If someone has one of these 911 variant cars, would you please measure the wheelbase? Not much different from the Mario Kart wheelbase being about 4 mm too short.

    If the ChickHicks doesn't pan out, maybe either of the two options above would work. I am mean trimming the body 2mm at the front wheel well and 2mm at the back, may not be that noticeable.


    Again, thank you all for your insight. Gives me hope that this is somewhat doable. The concept is to get a 143 Go track, have several of my friends who drive Triumph TR6's (we have a pretty active group, today they are out driving a 250 mile circuit in AZ), assemble their Go cars and we race as a group activity. Maybe as part of a driveway, drive to movie night. Have single elimination rounds then kick back with an adult beverage and watch "Rush" or something. tschüss

  • Absolutely. I have Fusion360 if your STL file is compatible. Currently my 3D printer is fritzed but I maybe able to get it going again. I have ABS filament, what filament did you use?

  • I used a good PLA. PETG is perhaps a little better.

    But my Chick Hicks have been running perfectly for years. The guide also works without any problems.

    ABS is very difficult to print and tends to warp.

    The design was created with freecad. I'll check to see if I can still find the files.
    Then I can create STEP files. They are easier to modify.

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