Derby Talk

Vitamin K wrote: Learned a lot of lessons about fenders from these builds, let me tell you...

Yeah, that'll happen. Its why I try to avoid fenders on scout cars (I have caved at times).

LB, the scouts are going to Love this. Thank You. No problem. Let me know how it works for you. I've been successful with it and used it while helping several families. I initially used it to check drilled holes with straight axles but I've also used it to align bent rear axles when helping other f...

Noskills wrote:Next time try ca glue. Drop little spot welding droplets along the length of the laceration. It's the same stuff as Dermabron we use in the ER. I have done it many times. Stuck a knife into my thumb carving pumpkins this year.
Dr. Noskills

The uses of CA just never ends.

Very impressive. The tack is mounted dead center of the car I take it? Good question. I probably should center it perfectly and I used to beam a laser over the board to help center it and align it straight. But centered or not didn't seem to make much if any difference. So now I just eye it for the...

When evaluating th ereverse roll, it is important to distinguish whether (1) the leading wheels are leading the car off line, (2) the trailing wheels are flaring out the opposite side and causing the deflection, or (3) the car is simply not lined up with the target to begin with. Which? Good point ...

So, they handed out the rule for my kids' Awana Grand Prix, which happens next month. Extremely sparse ruleset. But there's one big one: No added weights allowed. I think that this is an attempt to put kids on equal footing, and to prevent having to weigh cars due to time constraints. However, I do...

The cars look awesome. Thanks for sharing! There are some serious skills in the NoSkills clan. Unless you can track test these before racing, I recommend increasing the steer to 3.5 inches at least. Particularly the 5" wheelbased cars. Over steer will cost you thousandths, under steer and the r...

Toe-in keeps the DFW at (or close to) the rail and, together with correct rear alignment, keeps the rear wheels and lifted wheel off the rail. Positive camber keeps the edge of the DFW from striking the top of a misaligned track section. If the wheel edge strikes the top of such a section, the fron...

Well, my boy wants fast more than a hull front end so we sanded her flat and added a piece then tapered it down. I think we'll end up with around .59 oz on DFW. Should be good. If your pack/district is using Warren's tracks then the track will be in good condition and you can be pretty aggressive w...

Yep, rail rider.

Track concerns just means maybe a little more weight on the DFW and a little more steer.

You pretty much nailed it SQ ... I want to make sure I understand everything I have read on DFW. Most popular suggestions: Drill hole straight. Bend axle Positive cant Toe in Set drift to 3"-4" over 4ft Like NoSkills said, you'll want to shave off about 1/16" of the body around the DF...

Yep, that will be fine. I've done similar things in the past, though never with stock wheels. That makes me curious as to why you need it, but the notch itself is harmless.

Thanks guys. The pic is angled such that it looks like a point in front but it's actually straight across flat. Do you guys think the .59 oz on DFW and .66" COM is OK or should we try to rework weight setup? I think we can go a little thinner on the body. My boy cut it a little narrow (1/8&quo...

Thanks Stan. Last year we were very fast with 12 cubes behind, 5 cubes just ahead then another 4 ahead of that. This yr we went with 6 cubes just ahead of rear axle and that may be causing this difference. I thought that if I added weight further forward with this setup that it would slow me down v...

Per local rules---cannot cant any axles. So what can I do to make sure wheels stay "out", especially on rear? I mean years ago, during the alignment process---I always ended up with a shim or two on bottom of rear holes to make sure wheels stayed out to head. Looking at those cars now, I ...