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PCS-B021 ERA Mini Turbo - 1:32 scale slot car kit. Price £40 (body) £78 (complete kit). Available now from Pendle Slot Racing

There's no doubt the Pendles team are on a roll with their resin slot car kits. They are also developing new 3D printed chassis alongside TA71 - and this beefy Mini Turbo kit combines the two...

       

The Mini Turbo was seen as the spiritual successor to the Cooper and the 1275 GT - and was the fastest version of the original Mini to be sold through official dealers...



Essentially, a standard 1989 Mini City was modified by Engineering Research & Application Ltd with a chunky body kit, updated interior, plus a raft of mechanical modifications and a turbocharged 1.3-litre MG Metro engine shovelled into the engine bay, producing 94bhp and a top speed of 115 mph.

       

Only 436 were produced - with the majority of cars exported to Japan. Pendles have modelled their kit to use the Japanese style front number plate holder - or leave it off to model a UK version.

       

Hmm... that's a lot more tasty than the normal PSC32 chassis! At the moment, these are the two options....

   

• 1x ERA Mini Turbo 1/32 body - resin unpainted
  
• 1x Detailed interior - resin unpainted
  
• 1x Driver figure - resin unpainted
  
• 1x Japanese style front Number plate holder - resin unpainted
  
• 2x Mirrors - resin unpainted
  
• 2x Headlight lenses
  
• 2x Spotlamp lenses
  
• 1x Lexan windscreen
  

   

The full body kit, plus...

• 1x PSR 3D printed chassis
  
• 2x Body mounting posts
  
• 1x Spacers set
  
• 4x Plastic wheels
  
• 4x Tyres
  
• 4x Wheel inserts
  
• 1x S-Can Motor
  
• 1x Gear
  
• 1x Pinion
  
• 1x Slot-it inline motor mount
  
• 2x Axles
  
• 1x Guide with screw
  
• 1x Motor cable
  
• 2x Eyelets
  
• 1x Braids
  
• 4x Motor mount screws
  
• 4x Body/chassis screws
  
• 4x M2 screws for front axle ride height adjustments
  

I'm not sure whether a body-plus-chassis package will be made available in due course - we'll have to wait and see.

For those wanting the vital statistics  of the Mini Turbo, here you go...

• Bodyshell weight: 12g
  
• Body wheelbase: 64mm
  
• Body length: 98mm
  
• Body width: 46mm
  

   

The ERA Mini Turbo kit is available now from Pendles here: https://www.pendleslotracing.co.uk/pcs-e...o-kit.html

Big thanks to Nick and Sean for sending us the images and details of their new car.