Carrera Digital Pit Lane Entry Upgrade

The Carrera Digital pit lane is a great addition to slot car racing, the pit lane entry track piece isn't so great. It's sharp, even abrupt, and is definitely the weak point of the setup as going through it too quickly, even with magnets, can throw the car clean off the track. There's a solution to this, mis-use the narrows right track sections... but you have to swap the electronics over inside. Here's how :)

[@3roomsraceway612]

Came up a treat but I do understand why Carrera made them the way they did as they mimic real pit entry slow zones

[@slotr]

yeah and the track system is made for their cars which come with magnets and works well with that setup, I've only got to do this modification because I'm not playing by their rules by running no mag :)

[@Maxime-ho9iv]

I have to admit I prefer the original pit entry since this upgrade allows you to enter the pit way too quickly. I get your point on the magnet but it just means you have to be even slower when you decide to have a pit stop.

[@klyddkross]

agreed

[@HughesGarageSCA]

Bravo 👏👏👏. Brilliant discovery, Dave. 🙌

[@DustyFord]

Great idea Dave! That will really calm the pit entrance down

[@SouthernSlotRacing]

That’s a great idea. Thank you capturing all the steps.

[@robertsale6528]

That's ingenious Dave surely a must have for anyone with a Carrera pit lane 👍👍👍👍

[@DG_Raceway]

Great video Dave! Very well explained as usual. Just like a bought one!

[@schmarrenheimer80]

Very relaxing to watch. You have a great voice, and great choice in music too.

[@FoxSpeedshop]

Clever lateral thinking, i like it

[@xheadrasta1799]

Thank Ya Dave! Awesome video. I"ll be doing this quite soon.

[@consco3667]

Quality work and a great idea as usual Dave! Please keep helping all of us not as creative (read bright) as you!

[@LOBmcguire]

Great video. I will try this if I can bring myself to waste a track bit.

[@slotr]

yeah I get that, but I thought of it that; for about the price of a car I can make it better for all the cars I've currently got - that made the act of wasting a bit of track easier to do :)

[@r.michaelflournoy538]

Very nice, great job, thanks for sharing.

[@trackfanstv]

That's way past my skill levels but a fascinating watch 💯🔥🔥

[@garageofslotcars]

Well, now i have a new project 😊

[@chief5404]

Thanks Dave That was very good. Appreciate it now I can do the same with mine

[@paultanker5606]

G'day to you Dave! just came across you, anything to do with Slot Cars I love, had my first Scalextric back in '64 in UK, like you I turned a certain age , 62 to be exact, I had a 15 sq meter Train layout ,so I added a AMX slot car circuit to it,had hours of fun running both, sadly had a Stroke 18 mths ago and have had to sell it all,anyhoo great to see Folk still having fun,Cheers Mate!

[@slotr]

Oh no, bad times, hope you continue to recover, at least with youtube you can enjoy the hobby vicariously still :)

[@Clearwater124]

Great idea Dave!!!

[@talkingutterslot]

Clever stuff, but I can foresee a lot of drive-thru penalties for exceeding Pit Lane speed limits.

[@slotr]

Most of my cars are 70s and 80s so it's period correct to scream into pit lane flat out 😁

[@berndogman]

That is indeed clever and I will be making that modification.

[@PeterLufrano]

Nicely done!

[@TojuRacing-ry4cf]

Great idea, good mod! Bravo! Race on!

[@darrenhall6400]

That’s awesome Dave Why can’t Carrera do that ?

[@kool-k-kel]

Quality mods as per usual, Cheers Dave !

[@kool-k-kel]

U mentioned slot car union .I have a parcel incoming via fed ex.. do you get stumped on door for extra taxes. It says vat/ tax charged on slotcar union. Ah just heard u mention no extra tax...I'll let you all know.

[@kool-k-kel]

follow up. slot car union order arrived. no extra taxes. Highly recommend. ordered before via amazon front, no charges and now directly ordering no charges as well. Winner! thank you again Denys and thank you Dave.

[@vpugliese33]

Very nice. Thank you!!! So much

[@vanceibz]

Great video

[@The-Grand-Raceway]

you are a legend.

[@Carfunmostly]

I got strangely excited for a moment at the prospect of witnessing a grown adult attempting to dive into a mug of coffee! @6:25

[@slotr]

😅😅

[@slotvalleyracing]

Great Idea!

[@wjspade]

Brilliant mod.

[@SlotCarWildman]

Wow you probably just sold alot of those pieced. Much better pit lane.

[@Doug-MagneticRacing_ThinkScalo]

I was thinking the same when watching.

[@The-Grand-Raceway]

Dave, how much fiddling did you have to do to the solenoid to get the lane change to work correctly? Thanks in advance.

[@slotr]

it isn't often the solenoid if it's not opening or closing fully, usually it's that little silver spring clip on the arm being bent slightly and not returning fully

[@The-Grand-Raceway]

Thanks so much for the quick response. 👍

[@johnsweet8508]

Good stuff, Dave. Where's that Revo Corvette?😅

[@slotr]

Not got one yet as the blue one sold out

[@IrrerasCarrera]

Dave! Great video. Im just gonna send you my pieces and commision an upgrade. How much to send from Canada you think? Ha!!! Ive got some work to do i think.

[@slotr]

You can do this, take your time, take special care not to deform that little silver sprung bit of metal on the lever actuator and you're good to go, that's really the only hole you could fall down :)

[@IrrerasCarrera]

Thanks Dave.

[@RonGodbey6871]

I was wondering if you could use these type pieces to go from 2 to 4 lanes and back? Any thoughts?

[@slotr]

Yes they can be used for that

[@RonGodbey6871]

@@slotr I am going to attempt this using 4/15 banking and 3/30 banking so you can choose the high line or go 4 wide or go low!

[@slotr]

@@RonGodbey6871 ooh I like the sound of that

[@RonGodbey6871]

@@slotr 4 wide full throttle! What's not to like! LOL

[@rickyfrench1262]

I thought those track pieces were actually for that reason. To go from 2-4 or 4-6 etc….then back .

[@Kevinap34]

I'm curious why is it necessary to swap the chips?

[@slotr]

If you don't then ghost cars will run through your pit lane and the pace car won't know where to stop 😎

[@Kevinap34]

@@slotr I appreciate you pointing that out.

[@consco3667]

What is the white stuff you use to tack down the wires?

[@slotr]

Blu tack

[@consco3667]

@@slotr thanks Dave I will look it up.

[@twolinesslotcars]

Two for one today?!?!

[@slotr]

Well this was the planned one, the other one was an emergency video post LOL

[@ronfast703]

You’re creativity for this hobby is spot on. Something else on my list of things to do when I get set up👍

[@asheruniversity1950]

If I send you my Carrera pit lane can you do the same for me and change it for me. How much would you charge.

[@slotr]

I don't really want to get into doing that sort of thing, it's enough trouble balancing the hobby with the 4 month old child as it is without adding to it 😁 Plenty of other people should be able to follow the video though :)

[@rickyfrench1262]

Way too fast for me entering pit lane. I like as realistic racing as possible. Just speaking for myself. 👍🏻🏁

[@slotr]

Most of my cars are from an era when pitlanes never had speed traps