Scalextric Digital – The Future of Slot Racing Today

Scalextric slot car racing is a popular hobby that continues to grow in popularity. Like any racing hobby, enthusiasts soon start to think about ways to enhance the performance of their vehicles. Here are just a few simple tweaks that will help make your cars fly around the track.

The same principles apply to slot cars as well as F1 racing cars and rally cars. To get more speed you can improve the engine, use more appropriate tires to get better traction and adjust the weight and weight distribution. Optimising Scalextric cars can be very educational.

Let’s first think about the Scalextric cars engine. Your Scalextric cars use tiny electrci motors, not super enhanced petrol engines, and these are easy to change. You can readily find high performance Scalextric car motors that provide higher revs per minute (rpm) than those that are fitted as standard in most cars. Upgrading your cars motor will give you an immediate improvement in speed.

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.

The next improvement you might like to make to your car is new tires. Better grip with the track will help your car to fly around the track.

So you now have a fully pimped out Scalextric car ready to break records. But what about your Scalextric track? A few simple tweaks can make all the difference. I suggest that you try this on just one of your two tracks first so that you can compare with the unmodified track.

Start by cleaning the Scalextric track. Dust and grease will lower the traction and result in wheel spin. Next, clean out the slot. Slotted track naturally accumulates dust and debris. This will inevitable impede the movement of your car. Ensuring your slots are free from dust and debris will bring significant performance improvements.

The final aspect of your system that would benefit from some attention is all the electrical connections. Clean all the electrical connectors and make certain taht your car contacts are as clean as possible.

By now your car should be literally flying around your Scalextric track. Now’s the time to find a challenger for a race.