Basic mechanics for slot cars

Personally, when I buy a slot car I am guided by purely aesthetic criteria, the quality of the reproduction, the decoration, that their dimensions would be as true to scale as possible... But sometimes when we put on the track that car so much liked, without magnet is not able to make a complete turn to the circuit. Sometimes is noisy when runs, sometimes out in the corners with no apparent cause, or run the straights jumping like a kangaroo .. And end up gathering dust on the shelf or changed by another car. Well, it's true that many cars straight out of the box does not go well on the track, but that does not mean they are bad or unable to be relatively competitive. With a few adjustments we can make the car that we like and had dissapointed us on the track to improve his behavior to the point of enjoying it. Of course there are cars that are not competitive from the standards of the clubs (How many Scalextric Skoda Fabia are in the paddock of a rallyslot race?) But they are perfect to enjoy in our home or with friends, simply give a few minor repairs.

In this section I expect to show you little tricks to make slot cars move with dignity along the track without end tired of placing the car in the slot due to its numerous off-track, even make a car more competitive without pretending to be a top car for participate in competitions. This is not the purpose of this section, nor even pretend neither I have the knowledge nor experience to discuss preparations for competition, and for that there are forums and web pages more appropriate. Also I will not fit the modifications to any regulation used in slotc clubs so in case of taking a car to compete with these preparations maybe it will not be approved.

Except for specific cases, the changes I'm going to show you can apply to all cars have similar features, chassis, mechanical arrangement or type of car. So a basic preparation for a 1430 Seat of Scaletric can also be valid for a Seat 124 from the same manufacturer, for example. And whenever I can I´ll use all the components that come standard in cars, to make the preparations cheaper, but often a change of tires for new ones is inevitable.

I hope you´ll find the points in this section interesting and useful.