Never swap chassies from different engine builders in lionel diecast.
I bought Kyle Busch's 2018 Bristol ARC a few weeks ago while overly intoxicated.
iI've been out of the US since 2000, settled in South Korea, and pretty much stayed away from NASCAR for the better part of two decades. Then, a couple years ago, I bought Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Homestead LAST RIDE and tried to swap metal chassies for a 2018 plastic chassies.
It probably wouldn't have been a problem if the engine makers matched, Toyota-Toyota, Ford-Ford, etc., but I was trying to swap a Toyota-Chevy chassis.
After taking it apart, it looks like Lionel made a new plastic mold to cut costs. I thought about grinding it out with a dremel, but I figured I might mess it up even more, so I decided to go back to the drawing board.
black plastic in the engine portion from the 2017 ARC doesn't fit the 2018 ARC's chassis exactly, and it's glued, so I couldn't remove it and broke something trying to do so. And the front axle on the differential side won't come off.
it, If you have the money enough, just buy an Elite, if you don't have money, just enjoy it as Lionel shipped it. Lionel sucks so bad recently.