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by pwrd by tungsten
Tue Feb 17, 2015 1:01 am
Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
Topic: Approx. how much time do you spend on the build of a car?
Replies: 38
Views: 48536

Re: Approx. how much time do you spend on the build of a car

That's great. I did a full on soak wheels in sailkote test. :-) It was a test and it did melt the wheels :-) Ummm ... yes, I can see that melting 'em! :) So far as I can tell, all the volatile, wheel melting components of Sailkote evaporated as the axle coating dried, leaving the wheels happy to be...
by pwrd by tungsten
Sun Feb 15, 2015 12:29 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Mitigating negative cant problems for taller bodies
Replies: 27
Views: 30093

Re: Mitigating negative cant problems for taller bodies

ngyoung wrote:Just aluminum HVAC tape.
That is it! thanks!
by pwrd by tungsten
Sun Feb 15, 2015 12:27 am
Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
Topic: Approx. how much time do you spend on the build of a car?
Replies: 38
Views: 48536

Re: Approx. how much time do you spend on the build of a car

Glad it is working for you. I sold mine when it melted the test wheels... Did you apply to wheels? Or axles? On the axles, not on the wheels! Fully cured before assembly. About 3 days from alignment to race. Will recheck setup Tuesday in preparation for Districts. I was not satisfied with the wheel...
by pwrd by tungsten
Sat Feb 14, 2015 1:22 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Mitigating negative cant problems for taller bodies
Replies: 27
Views: 30093

Re: Mitigating negative cant problems for taller bodies

When I do a car like this (and it is often) I cover with plywood from the hobby store. I think it is 1/32" I use tungsten for weight though... But the plywood paints better than the pine... I think I'll be going with masking tape on the bottom and white vinyl (from a printable packing label) o...
by pwrd by tungsten
Sat Feb 14, 2015 1:20 am
Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
Topic: Approx. how much time do you spend on the build of a car?
Replies: 38
Views: 48536

Re: Approx. how much time do you spend on the build of a car

Yes. Back in our graphite days, we used it on axles with great success. I never tried pledge with graphite. I tried Sailkote with oil, but it didn't worked as well as jig-a-loo and other similar products. I wonder how much polishing helps when the polished surface is covered with Sailkote (or lemon...
by pwrd by tungsten
Thu Feb 12, 2015 11:19 pm
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Mitigating negative cant problems for taller bodies
Replies: 27
Views: 30093

Re: Mitigating negative cant problems for taller bodies

So, I've been chewing on this some more. I want to limit the bore holes to those done straight down into the top of the car. I feel that this would be simpler, and could be done with a hand drill (and a steady hand) as opposed to resorting to a press. I also want to avoid external weights atop the ...
by pwrd by tungsten
Thu Feb 12, 2015 2:09 pm
Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
Topic: Approx. how much time do you spend on the build of a car?
Replies: 38
Views: 48536

Re: Approx. how much time do you spend on the build of a car

Congratulations to the Team, Stan. I'm curious about everything. Shape of car, type of ballast, CM, stock wheelbase or not, 3 wheels, wax, etc. Do you race on the same type track you own? I use a tuning board to give me a starting point but it never ends up the same after I run it down the track. M...
by pwrd by tungsten
Wed Feb 11, 2015 11:14 pm
Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
Topic: Approx. how much time do you spend on the build of a car?
Replies: 38
Views: 48536

Re: Approx. how much time do you spend on the build of a car

Stan Pope wrote:
Vitamin K wrote:
How'd your Grandson do?
0.020 sec faster than the 2nd fastest, a sleek car with 3 wheels and a peg. I don't know if any of the cars got on a track prior to start of races ... William's car had rolled at most 2' at a time (on the tuning board) prior to his first race last night!
Congrats Stan!
by pwrd by tungsten
Wed Feb 11, 2015 3:59 am
Forum: Commercial
Topic: Anyone manufacturing Wood Tracks for sale?
Replies: 5
Views: 13867

Anyone manufacturing Wood Tracks for sale?

Anyone manufacturing Wood Tracks for sale? I found one that is edge guided but I was hoping for more the center rail plan similar to the scout plan. A best track is $750.00 so something less would be good.
by pwrd by tungsten
Wed Feb 11, 2015 12:09 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Mitigating negative cant problems for taller bodies
Replies: 27
Views: 30093

Re: Mitigating negative cant problems for taller bodies

Key to relocating the COM is reducing the weight of the wood... Cutting the car to 3/8" (I cut to 5/16" slab and drill holes but that may be a bit too tight for beginners). Weight can be added on top of this to obtain any desired COM. (Ideally some of the weight would drop to the axle heig...
by pwrd by tungsten
Tue Feb 10, 2015 3:55 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
Topic: Mitigating negative cant problems for taller bodies
Replies: 27
Views: 30093

Re: Mitigating negative cant problems for taller bodies

This is a major issue and why I advocate thin cars. (Or at least one reason :-)

You will need to taper the sides or create little axels on the side. Much easier to cut the wood at 3/8" and add exposed weight to the top....
by pwrd by tungsten
Tue Feb 10, 2015 3:53 am
Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
Topic: Approx. how much time do you spend on the build of a car?
Replies: 38
Views: 48536

Re: Approx. how much time do you spend on the build of a car

Just curious to get a consensus of how much time is spent on average building a car. I say this because one of the dads says he had about 18 hours into the car, which seems excessive to me. I imagine our car this year (which we did in a hurry) we probably had under 6 hours invested. We did re-use w...
by pwrd by tungsten
Sun Feb 08, 2015 12:04 am
Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
Topic: District track Tune? what to do?
Replies: 47
Views: 42393

Re: District track Tune? what to do?

Congrats to both of you! That is an awesome finish! And a beautiful car...
by pwrd by tungsten
Sun Feb 08, 2015 12:00 am
Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
Topic: A big Thank You!!
Replies: 5
Views: 8866

Re: A big Thank You!!

Congrats!!!
by pwrd by tungsten
Fri Feb 06, 2015 9:43 pm
Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
Topic: District track Tune? what to do?
Replies: 47
Views: 42393

Re: District track Tune? what to do?

derbyfever wrote:So far so good. We got 1st in pack on district track tonite .So on to semi finals in the AM. I'm impressed with the RR!
Congrats!