A 2023 Review of the Scalextric Jaguar XJ8 C.382 aka Castrol XJR9 Winner of the 1988 Daytona 24 hour

What a lovely model, this is a review of Scalextric model number C382, its unclear to me if it's a Jaguar XJ8 or the Jaguar XJR9 which competed in the United States under Castrol sponsorship and won the Daytona 24 Hour Race in 1988 - see links at bottom.
For our review we look at the styling and the design features of the car along with a track test running Scalextric Arc Pro powerbase in Analogue mode on Scalextric Sport Track.
The tyres are original but have been prepared using the techniques shown in this instructive Tyre / Tire preparation and treatment video.
• Faster lap times for S...
The introduction for this series of short films can bee seen here.
• Introduction and welco...
Real 1:1 reference material on the Jaguar XJR9 that I believe this car is based on can be seen here:
www.goodwood.c...
www.themotormu...

[@stejones697]

How easy would this be to convert to digital?

[@PaulHedgeland]

For Scalextric Digital I would use the Retro Fit chip as this should fit between the motor and the light unit.

[@stejones697]

@@PaulHedgeland I have the C7005 retro chip, but it doesn’t seem to be straight forward to incorporate the lights. People are saying that resisters and diodes need adding to the circuit