Lancia Delta Integrale
Team Slot Revisited
One More Time
by
Daniel J. Dyke

Cincyslots (the store I visit most often because it is by far the closest and is the only one in our area that has super specials) has a supply of Team Slot (TS) cars.  My first TS was a disappointment, but the last several have not.  Bruce has the Lancia Delta Integrale for sale for $29.95. My first reason for buying the Repsol car was to see which motor they used.  The second was that I liked the car's looks.  The last reason was enough to seal the deal.

This is not a full review since what can be said of other recent cars from Team Slot is true of this one, but there is a difference.  Historically I have had cars from them that fit into three categories.

CATEGORY #1:  These cars look like they are handmade or at least handpainted with decals.  The motor is red in color and looks and runs like an SCX.

CATEGORY #2:  Nice bodies that looked until recently a little better than SCX and had tampo painting.  They still have the red motor.  This is fine if you are running a home track that does not have huge straights.

CATEGORY #3: Bodies and running gear like in the second category, but come with the Titan motor, but that motor is too powerful for my track.

What needs to be reported is that this is a category #2 car.  I just finished breaking in the motor and drive train.  Minute by minute this thing picked up RPMs just like an SCX motor. It runs very well if you do the standard non-magnet tuning tricks like lead behind the guide blade.  Remember it is just a Team Slot car with a different motor,

Don't buy this car unless you are running on a short to medium length home track or you are willing to change motors using the SlotIt to SCX converter sold by SlotIt.  A quick and dirty review that answered my only question.  Rats, it wasn't the motor I was hoping for, but it is still a nice looking car at a good price. Would I recommend it?  Not to heavy magnet users on high speed tracks, but to the rest of us mortals the answer is yes.