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

8 ай бұрын

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 :)

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

6 ай бұрын

agreed

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

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

Bravo 👏👏👏. Brilliant discovery, Dave. 🙌

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

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

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

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

Clever lateral thinking, i like it

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

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

@slotr

8 ай бұрын

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

Well, now i have a new project 😊

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

8 ай бұрын

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

Very nice, great job, thanks for sharing.

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

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

@slotr

8 ай бұрын

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 :)

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

Great idea Dave!!!

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

Nicely done!

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

Quality mods as per usual, Cheers Dave !

@kool-k-kel

5 ай бұрын

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

5 ай бұрын

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.

Great idea, good mod! Bravo! Race on!

Very nice. Thank you!!! So much

Great video

you are a legend.

Great Idea!

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

8 ай бұрын

😅😅

Great idea!!!

Brilliant mod.

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

@slotr

8 ай бұрын

Not got one yet as the blue one sold out

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

7 ай бұрын

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

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Dave.

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

@Doug-MagneticRacing_ThinkScalo

8 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same when watching.

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

@slotr

7 ай бұрын

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

7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the quick response. 👍

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

@slotr

6 ай бұрын

Yes they can be used for that

@RonGodbey6871

6 ай бұрын

@@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

6 ай бұрын

@@RonGodbey6871 ooh I like the sound of that

@RonGodbey6871

6 ай бұрын

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

@rickyfrench1262

Ай бұрын

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

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

@slotr

6 ай бұрын

Blu tack

@consco3667

6 ай бұрын

@@slotr thanks Dave I will look it up.

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

@slotr

8 ай бұрын

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

@Kevinap34

8 ай бұрын

@@slotr I appreciate you pointing that out.

@frankgeppert6558

Ай бұрын

Why do you change the complete cables instead of change only the chip!.. the position motor can stay at the place. Soldering chip in the wiring... thats all!.. ghost car will be controlled by chip not from the cabels

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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

4 ай бұрын

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 :)

Two for one today?!?!

@slotr

8 ай бұрын

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

@ronfast703

8 ай бұрын

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

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

@slotr

Ай бұрын

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