Hi Luke! (and fellas!),
I just got a batch of the modified chips from Greg Myers, and spent last night dropping some DPRs in. Trust me, you WANT these chips! They can handle the higher rpm motors with no problem, and make even a stock motor perform better.
Here is a quote from Greg about them:
"I put a modded dpr chip in a 2 year old nascar with stock motor, and a non modded slotit chip in a slotit car with a 20,500 motor. I then programmed them both on the same controller and the scaly car pushed the slotit car around the track."
My brief experience with them confirms his claims. I'll be soldering in some retro saloons and Slot.its this weekend. He can mod any type of chip: retro or DPR, Scaley or Slot.It. His mods make the Slot-It even more robust. He charges $12USD/chip plus shipping cost for the batch. I'll be glad to trans-ship if you want to send any to him through me.
By the way, I did pick up that digital F1 set. Those 2 McLarens are pretty but they do need quite a bit of tuning before the!y can even start to touch my Scuderia Teelucksingh Ferrari!

I also got you a little thank you gift- a Slot.It magnetic suspension setup! I'll include it in a package that I'll be sending to Gordon sometime soon.
Ray
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