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The final quintet of articles have been posted over the past five months - finishing today. Here they are...

• Scalextric Tuning 6: Fixing Understeer - click here
  
• Scalextric Tuning 7: Body Float - click here
  
• Scalextric Tuning 8: Using Upgrade Parts - click here
  
• Scalextric Tuning 9: Removing the Magnet - click here
  
• Scalextric Tuning 10: Developing a Race Car - click here
  

I've really enjoyed putting this series together and I've become pretty fond of the Mustang GT4. It has done a lot of laps at home, but is yet to race in anger on a big WHO/digital track.

   

Of course, there's plenty I haven't covered - but then there's a lot of great (and not so great) information out there. The main thing I wanted to do was give Scalextric home racers some confidence to start improving their cars - and understand why they were doing each step as part of a tuning process. It's more problem-solving than a prescriptive list - and you might argue an average Scalextric car has a lot of problems to solve...

It's not the only thing I've written for the Jadlam blog. I'm also more than half way through a five-part look at 'performance slot cars' - NSR, Slot.it and Policar' - aimed squarely at Scalextric racers (see here). There are also regular reviews, previews, ARC racing formats and other stuff. I have a post published on the Jadlam blog most Fridays - you can find them all here: blog.jadlamracingmodels.com