How to Pimp Your Scalextric Cars
Scalextric slot car racing is a popular hobby that continues to grow in popularity. Scalextric enthusiasts soon start to look for ways to enhance the performance of their cars and systems. Here are just a handful of techniques that will help your cars to literally fly around the track.
You can apply the same basic principles to slot cars as they to do F1 racing cars and rally cars. To get more speed you can install a more powerful engine, optimise the tires and lower the weight. Optimising Scalextric cars can be very educational.
Let’s first think about the Scalextric cars engine. Your Scalextric cars don’t use petrol engines, they use little electric motors that are very easy to swap out. You can find some remarkable, high perfornance Scalextric motors that provide higher revs and higher speeds. A motro upgrade will give you an instant speed improvement.
But increased speed can mean that your car will tend to fly off the track when it encounters a bend. Your car is kept on the track by means of a magnet. Upgrading the magnet will help to keep your car on the track.
Another simple improvement is to fit a new set of tires. Improving grip will help your car to attain greater speeds.
So you now have a fully pimped out Scalextric car ready to break records. The next thing to consider is the track itself? There are a few simple enhancement that can make all the difference. I recommend that you try this on just one of your two tracks so that you can make a comparison.
Start by cleaning the Scalextric track. Dust and grease will lower the traction and result in wheel spin. And the next thing to do is to clean dust and debris from your slot. The slots in your Scalextric track will inevitably become clogged with dust and dirt. This will obviously slow the progress of your car. Keeping your slots free of dust and debris will make major improvements to your system.
Don’t overlook your electrical system as ensuring all your connections are as good as they can be will bring performance enhancements. Clean all the contacts and make sure the connectors on your car are ultra clean.
Your car should now be flying around the track. Time to challenge someone to a race.
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