I had a look at the different tyre types that Lotus mentioned and according to Pendles you've got it the wrong way round it is as follows:
TYPE A HARD COMPOUND
TYPE B MEDIUM HARD
TYPE C MEDIUM SOFT
TYPE D SOFT COMPOUND
Think I may try out some D compounds and see how they go.
Kevin, The things wrong I noticed with mine since getting it (only had it 4 days) which have made it much better\quicker are the following:
Its fitted with a Deeper racing guide.This was causing it to catch inside the rails on my Classic Scalextric track.On the few Sport pieces I use it seemed fine. So i've now swapped this for a standard Fly guide and it is so much smoother.
I found the motor was sticking out below the Chassis underpan and catching on the track joins.
The front 2 screws were also sticking out below the underpan instead of flush with the bottom of the car.
The rear tyres rubbed on the inside edge of the underpan even though there was almost no play in the read axle.
With the back screws done up only slightly the Crown Gear was rubbing on the inside of the Shell.
Your's could suffer from none of these but these are a few things to look out for to help beat your son.
TYPE A HARD COMPOUND
TYPE B MEDIUM HARD
TYPE C MEDIUM SOFT
TYPE D SOFT COMPOUND
Think I may try out some D compounds and see how they go.
Kevin, The things wrong I noticed with mine since getting it (only had it 4 days) which have made it much better\quicker are the following:
Its fitted with a Deeper racing guide.This was causing it to catch inside the rails on my Classic Scalextric track.On the few Sport pieces I use it seemed fine. So i've now swapped this for a standard Fly guide and it is so much smoother.
I found the motor was sticking out below the Chassis underpan and catching on the track joins.
The front 2 screws were also sticking out below the underpan instead of flush with the bottom of the car.
The rear tyres rubbed on the inside edge of the underpan even though there was almost no play in the read axle.
With the back screws done up only slightly the Crown Gear was rubbing on the inside of the Shell.
Your's could suffer from none of these but these are a few things to look out for to help beat your son.
