Rover Run-off - Faster without magnets!

This video is overdue, Scalextric sent me a Steve Soper Rover SD1 but it had a buckled wheel, so I went full modification and changed it up a bit.
• Scalextric Rover SD1 T...
• Scalextric Rover SD1 T...
Then they sent me a replacement with all the wheels pointing the right way, so I thought we should have a run off, with interesting results!

[@SewfastSpeedway]

Shows with a little bit of patience and trying different modifications and giving it a bit of a run between modifications to see an incremental improvement in the performance of a box stock car. Thanks for showing us this modification process 👍

[@Slotspeed-scale-racing]

Hi Dave, this is a cool result and shows that driving without magnets is not only more fun, it can be even faster. A little bit of patience and only some tiny modifications that everyone can do without being a rocket scientist is needed. Thanks for showing!,

[@Dafingers1]

How cool of Scalextric to send you this car.

[@JURASSICCOASTMODELLER]

This Rover from Scalextric is such a great looking model…definitely on my list to get in 2025

[@robertsale6528]

Another great video Dave , thanks again for the Rover buddy, I'm honoured to have received such a great gift 🙏🙏🙏

[@AWallis]

What, no coffee?! Great video. Thank you. A little tweak can really make a big difference. Cheers, AW

[@pats-slots]

Amazing isn’t it with really not much work you knocked the time right down well done mate oh and of course enjoyed with a nice Sunday morning coffee 👍👍👍👍👍

[@consco3667]

Nice that you have spare parts. I will be working on that for, well, the rest of my life😂😂😂😂. To Dave Kennedy’s point, I just got a new BRM car (Scirocco) and it has the parts list and a decal inside. That is a nice touch. For a guy who is learning what tires can go on what car it sure helps! I like the way you do these comparisons Dave! Great work

[@englishrobex]

Box stock with weight also just looked so much more enjoyable than outta the box with a magnet.

[@Dafingers1]

Very nice test. Worked out well..

[@slotcardude68]

Great comparison Dave!!!!!!

[@slotr]

thank you sir

[@twolinesslotcars]

With each additional tune.. it improved and was even better at staying in the slot.. even when you over cooked it and it drifted out to lock out. The new tires on your tuner car really woke it up..until you came off 😂

[@Dafingers1]

HAPPY SATURDAY DAVE.

[@simonsays171]

Looks so much better to drive no magnet and with the tuning! Even the stock and basic tune.

[@slotr]

Makes you wonder if a bit more care on tyre and wheel production would be more cost effective for them than slapping a big lump of neodymium in doesn't it?

[@simonsays171]

@slotr I agree. It may help the hobby in general by helping to self sustain it through making it more fun! None of my scalextric had magnets. My set was the lemans 24hrs with the silver and gold porshe! I just rebought a bmw 320 csl that I once got as a 9 year old 1984. Now I have a video idea!

[@SlotCarMike]

Interesting video Dave to see the incremental improvements. I know its a mute point now and I am to a certain extent playing devil's advocate, an interesting time comparison would have been the fully modified Rover's 6.214 against the box stock car with magnet 🤬 but with the correct guide for Carrera track. This is not about the magnet but rather the guide - I run a Scalextric Digital set up and I know that even the likes of NSR and Revoslot cars can perform poorly without fitting a suitable guide.

[@SlotCar2021]

Out of the box with magnet sounded awful, sounded like the mesh wasn't great. Very impressed with it's non mag times and performance but most Scalextric are the same, a bit of a tune and they run great non mag. The real issue at the moment is the quality control, no point them making good cars if the QC isn't there but at least they do sort any problems out.

[@slotr]

Most of the out of the box noise was down to the hard egg shaped tyres being forced hard onto the track with the crappy magnet in making it worse. As for QC.... haven't we been saying that for every single one of the last 3 years and more?

[@consco3667]

Dave have you thought of adding more track? Your bridging system is pretty sweet. You could put a lot in a small space!

[@slotr]

I'm good, I might take some away at some point

[@Dafingers1]

Good tires are key..

[@Carfunmostly]

I recall you put quite a lot of ballast into the tuned car in the original video Dave. Has any of that come back out yet?

[@slotr]

yeah the rear most has, more will, at the moment it handles like an SD1 though ...

[@fredmoon2487]

Thanks

[@richardlange9094]

What race management system are you using?

[@slotr]

smartrace analogue and digital

[@richardlange9094]

@@slotr Thanks. I did not see where you had the Camra over the track.