FORMULA STEERING WHEELS
Scalextric has “Detail Parts” and “Accessory Packs” for $3usd that contain a F1 style wheel with painted buttons (incl in the pack are a drivers head and mirrors). Electric Dreams have about 6 packs, PSR has about a dozen. They match Scaley modern F1 liveries, so you should find one with a color compatible with your car.
P/Ns include: W8450 W8693 W8739 W8848 W9048 W9137 W9361 W9531 W9532 W9714 W9715

Carrera F1 Bodies have a more accurate Square Steering Wheel:
These are not painted and are not offered in repair part kits; they have to be harvested from old bodies. Some are on shafts
  Others have small 90deg hook. You have to pop out the driver/seat partially to pop out the wheel assembly.

Rules have been updated from the rough ones cloned from 917 coupe rules – hence the body and tire rules that did not make sense.

Note: Some rules across many of our series have been copied from other clubs that raced similar series and had rules that make sense in the UK or Australia, or for sponge tires (e.g. oil soaking) or legacy cars (e.g. wires controlling front axle height) or 1-24 (e.g. guide cannot be visible beyond the splitter).
Over the years some weird rules have been weeded out but others linger – LOL

HELMETS Page
https://www.electricdreams.com/Shop/slot-car-parts-c-3/interlagos-miniatures-c-3_1768/

POLICAR F1 Monoposto Trivia
I posted a detailed analysis of the Policar here: 15799
I recently got the Green Benetton livery from Kings. I will post a “unboxing” review soon.

To find other information on these cars:
Unboxing and Basics – Home Racing World   ;   Cincy Slots

Axle Tuning (Dave Kennedy)

Simple Solution to excessive NSR Crown Channel and Pinon Wear (paraphrased from Russell’s email)

The OEM brass axle spacers on the outside of the motor pod bushings reduce movement of the crown gear “landing” or “channel” for the Motor shaft.  With the spacers against the bushings on one side and the wheel on the other, the axle has very little side to side play. The crown can then be set-screwed in the proper location for best gear mesh.
Additionally: you can trim the Motor Shaft to prevent Any contact with the channel on the crown.
ALTERNATELY:  “Axle Stop-Collars” like the one below the chassis in this picture, can be used on both sides instead of the brass spacers. The effect is the same, except the Stop-Collars must be carefully adjusted with an allen wrench to prevent too much friction with the bushings.

// JOHNS ISSUE REPORT //
After having major wear issues with the NSR aluminum-collar crown gear last week in practice, I installed a NSR crown gear with Brass collar. One thing I see is that the Valley-depth of the NSR crown gears (alloy or brass) forces the motor shaft against the left flange of the crown. That’s why the aluminum crown was so worn even with lots of grease. After carefully moving the pinion to allow clearance, it appears to work ok after about 45 minutes on the test roller. The brass NSR crown gear shows signs of gear teeth slightly binding as it did with the aluminum gear. Are other racers having the same issues with your NSR F1 gears?

I also tried a Slot.IT Brass-collar crown which is only .001 larger in axle diameter than the NSR. I ran the Slot.IT crown gear on the roller for 30 minutes at 4 volts. The fit and mesh seem far better than the NSR. See no vibration or out of round issues with the Slot.it gear.
I will put it on track next week. If it works, I would like to Propose the rule allow Slot.IT crowns.
I want the F1 series to be successful.

Lotus Jr.
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