I just bought a SCX digital nascar track. I am very new to this sport. Is there a site or somewhere in this forum that I can learn about upgrading my car meaning motors and stock parts and tunning tips? Is this sport like RC cars where you can upgrade your motor and stock parts or is it what comes with the car is all you can get?

Thanks for your help
Kris Castro

I just bought a SCX digital nascar track. I am very new to this sport. Is there a site or somewhere in this forum that I can learn about upgrading my car meaning motors and stock parts and tunning tips? Is this sport like RC cars where you can upgrade your motor and stock parts or is it what comes with the car is all you can get?

Thanks for your help
Kris Castro

Hello again Kris!

As for upgrades and tips like that, this forum (the 1/32 scale portion specifically) is very light and at times, I must admit, I have to go over to another place called SCI (Slot Car Illustrated) to get some advice and helpful info on things like that. Most the guys here in the forum (the entire slot car forum) are HO scale guys and are not all too familiar with 1/32 slot cars.

That being said, yes, the cars are exactly like RC where you can do all sorts of upgrades! Motors can be swapped out for higher and lower RPM motors. Gearing can be changed to various ratios and rollouts. Tires (especially the rear tires) can be upgraded to various shoring depending on how sticky or slick you want them to be. Wheels can be upgraded from plastics to aluminum as well as the axles they ride on can be changed out. You can change out the bushings the axles ride on to bearings. You can change out the guide and braids to better ones too. Heck, if you want, many guys paint their own bodies, just like in RC too!

The other thing that is similar to RC is setting up the car to be raced. Whether you race with magnets in or with magnets out, you must weight and balance the car accordingly. So just like in onroad RC, you can add weight to begin changing the balance of the car. Pete has a thread started in the 1/32 portion of the forum talking about his experience with magnets and weights and setting up his car. Take a read and you will see what I mean.

Aside from having a steering wheel on your controller, the concepts are VERY similar to RC Kris! I think you will learn a lot about how much your throttle control plays a big part in this hobby. The great thing is you have already been familiar with it in RC and your learning curve is half way done!

Just enjoy the hobby and have lots of fun! Feel free to ask plenty of questions!

PD2:thumbsup: