LEGO Technic Supercar

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Holding all the boxes and wheels in place is a yellow tray. While not as effective as a sorting tray found in earlier Technic sets, it is still useful as a place to deposit parts during each modular building stage. When the cardboard sheet and all eight boxes are in the correct place, a complete watermark of a swirl wheel and tyre can be seen. Fill out an Inventory Change Request ( ?) [ Show Inv Item IDs ] if you found an error in this inventory. The effect of all this geometry is that these wheels have a positive scrub radius of half a stud (4mm); the wheels pivot half a stud from the centre of the tyres. This gives 8448 Super Street Sensation the most accurate steering geometry of all Technic sets. The reverse of the flyer has images for Technic sets released in 1998; 8417 and 8428, and 1999 releases 8444, 8445, and 8446.

These gears add to the traditional 8, 16 and 24 toothed gears and give Technic sets a better range of gear ratios. These LT logos have a clever rotational symmetry. These logos have not been carried through to any other Technic set. On the inside of the lid there are several images showing how the gull-wings-doors and convertible roof operate. Smaller images show the chassis, which is the basis of the secondary models, the gear box and other engineering features. On the rear of the box are some concept drawings for four alternate models, all based on the common chassis.Only the convertible and wing-door models have complete instructions: the other four models have partial instructions and some concept drawings. Above the four concept cars is a character using a light bulb to think about the necessary steps to complete these four builds. There is a tendency these days to produce Technic sets that have some licenced branding. In 1999, LEGO had only just started their first licenced partnership with the introduction of Star Wars branded sets. The 12-tooth and 20-tooth double bevelled gears as well as the 20-tooth single bevelled gear (seen under the differential) were introduced in 1999. In my review of 42050 Drag Racer, I made a comment about the rainbow of colours that all the various axles come in 2016.

There was a flyer included with the set that shows the two main models of 8448 Super Street Sensation, with images of the four concept cars. The swirl wheels have zero offset meaning the distance from the centre of the wheel to the face of the bolting plate is zero. Upload an Image in the specific color if you have one and the one in the above listing is not available.

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However, I do understand why some old-school Technic builders prefer the days when you could see all the moving parts of Technic models so clearly. I just tend prefer the newer ones that feel more solid and "finished". Looking at the comments posted over the last day regarding the teaser for the release of 42056 Porsche 911 GT3 RS, I thought I would post Part 1 of a two part review of this iconic Technic super car which is, in my opinion, the last super car produced by LEGO. Box This set introduced the driving ring extension and continued to use the Technic 16 tooth gear with clutch with teeth for half bushes. The swirl wheels and low profile tyres are also unique to this set. The tyres have 81.6 x 34 ZR printed on their walls: 81.6mm diameter and 34mm wide. ZR tyres are rated for speeds above 240 kph (150 mph).

Inside the instructions shows how the first five parts-boxes are needed to build the chassis; these are the five boxes in the left window of the protective cover mentioned above.The red 2M friction pins with cross hole are used to connect various modular components during the build.