[Graham]

Whilst in many ways today has been totally miserable and a disaster, I did manage some Volvo versus Volvo track time.

The SCX with a WSL chassis versus the Scalex with PSR chassis.
Both cars had the same motor, wheels and tyres.
With just body glazing and chassis (no interiors)

Running the chassis only both were running very similar lap times, with perhaps the wider track of the SCX version slightly better for stability. After fitting the bodies the car weights (as they are) gave a 10gram lower weight advantage to the Scalex Estate. And in terms of stability both seemed comparable without any added ballast. The lap time however was in favour of the Estate by about 0.4 secs on a 10 sec lap time.
I run out of time to try any ballast additions to improve handling which hopefully, barring any more bad news, I will do later in the week or weekend.