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- Fri Feb 14, 2014 11:27 pm
- Forum: General Coordinator Topics
- Topic: How to keep eBay cars out of your race
- Replies: 82
- Views: 131381
Re: How to keep eBay cars out of your race
Additionally with some ridiculous rule like... parts only out of the kit... not all kits are equal. what if a parent makes a mistake like we did our first year and super glued our wheels on to the axles, is buying a new sleeve of wheels from the scout shop out of the kit? They are different wheels a...
- Tue Feb 11, 2014 2:49 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Anyone in Omaha have a test track?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4013
Re: Anyone in Omaha have a test track?
Iceman - welcome aboard.... you could not be in a better location as we host the Mid America Pinewood Derby - here in Omaha... I have a brand new 4 lane best track that I have to begin putting together... you should become part of our MAPWD Committee. We have meetings once a month until the event ge...
- Mon Feb 10, 2014 11:49 am
- Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
- Topic: Need Advice for Mid Americas
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6839
Re: Need Advice for Mid Americas
I would encourage you to look at the new addition to this years event... we are going to have a Open Scout Oil and an Open Scout Graphite Divisions... very exciting news. Hope that helps
- Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:41 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
- Topic: Dawes Family Cars for 2014... Pack Races... on to Districts
- Replies: 27
- Views: 26304
Re: Dawes Family Cars for 2014... Pack Races... on to Distri
Lots of questions - I will try and answer any that I haven't... Bore Prep - We have a process for that... using q tips - novus 2 & 1... along with lots of compressed air, fluffy pipe cleaners and wax... The Glass Cleaner is not for anything specific other than cleaning tuning board, and keeping ...
- Fri Feb 07, 2014 12:19 pm
- Forum: General Coordinator Topics
- Topic: How to keep eBay cars out of your race
- Replies: 82
- Views: 131381
Re: How to keep eBay cars out of your race
I think anyone that is on this forum and forum's alike have taken car building to an advanced level. Some parents / guardians either do not have the resources, skills or interest... maybe the best they can do is taking the time (hopefully) with thier scout to pick out a car online and order it... Re...
- Wed Feb 05, 2014 8:27 pm
- Forum: General Coordinator Topics
- Topic: How to keep eBay cars out of your race
- Replies: 82
- Views: 131381
Re: How to keep eBay cars out of your race
I do not understand why people struggle with rules so much why not create some rules that allow builders to engineer cars that would beat any ebay car that is sold... rules that are enforceable, rules that truly make it fair, like the rules we have at Mid America Pinewood Derby - http://www.midameri...
- Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:12 am
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
- Topic: Dawes Family Cars for 2014... Pack Races... on to Districts
- Replies: 27
- Views: 26304
Re: Dawes Family Cars for 2014... Pack Races... on to Distri
Topspin.... I do not have a Jig for a router... or a Milling Machine... I use a router bit in my Craftsman Drill Press, and essentially by hand router out the weight pockets... the boys help me by bringing down the drill press... - it is important to drill out as much of the material as possible as ...
- Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:08 am
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
- Topic: Dawes Family Cars for 2014... Pack Races... on to Districts
- Replies: 27
- Views: 26304
Re: Dawes Family Cars for 2014... Pack Races... on to Distri
Those are axles that I recieved from Steve at Derby Evolution... they are excellent - Axles!!! They are a much improved Axles compared to what you start with, in regards to many other options... but we polish our axles... it is a very lenghty process... and if you look at the photos I posted... We p...
- Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:47 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
- Topic: Dawes Family Cars for 2014... Pack Races... on to Districts
- Replies: 27
- Views: 26304
Re: Dawes Family Cars for 2014... Pack Races... on to Distri
there are so many steps to a good process.... https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-4BoiNdPwyfE/UvB6HfNZzdI/AAAAAAAAEmk/xiWieUtKXr0/w737-h553-no/1533943_10152123573444420_551559311_n.jpg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8a_WtfesvSs/UvB6ERPzV4I/AAAAAAAAElU/j-oGdt-NXMc/w737-h553-no/1465106_101521235716...
- Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:37 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
- Topic: Dawes Family Cars for 2014... Pack Races... on to Districts
- Replies: 27
- Views: 26304
Re: Dawes Family Cars for 2014... Pack Races... on to Distri
Here are several pics.... of our building process... sometime pictures are worth a thousand words. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sQ2bX1mPT8w/UvB6FE5vZVI/AAAAAAAAElo/x76NzQEDeNY/w737-h553-no/1497583_10152089155899420_184209687_n.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Of_7odef6p0/UvB6F5wQAiI/AAAA...
- Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:16 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
- Topic: Dawes Family Cars for 2014... Pack Races... on to Districts
- Replies: 27
- Views: 26304
Re: Dawes Family Cars for 2014... Pack Races... on to Distri
I took these pics during the building process... maybe they will shed a little light on things...
- Sun Feb 02, 2014 9:59 pm
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
- Topic: Dawes Family Cars for 2014... Pack Races... on to Districts
- Replies: 27
- Views: 26304
Re: Dawes Family Cars for 2014... Pack Races... on to Distri
Things are all covered up... I don't know if it would help much?
- Sun Feb 02, 2014 8:32 am
- Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
- Topic: Announcing Mid America Pinewood Derby 2014
- Replies: 25
- Views: 22668
Re: Announcing Mid America Pinewood Derby 2014
That is great news Ickabod - it is fun building an oil based car... I suspect that your cars will again qualify through the District races and be entered into the Qualified Scout Division. The Open Scout Oil division will offer you some very top level competition and my kids have also decided that t...
- Sun Feb 02, 2014 8:28 am
- Forum: General Car/Truck Racer Topics
- Topic: Bore wax, burnish, or both?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12235
Re: Bore wax, burnish, or both?
We have found that waxing the bores and other areas of the wheel - then burnishing with a combination of different graphite does equate to speed and faster times. I have seen as much as .03 gains as a result of correctly applying wax and then burnishing with graphite.
- Sun Feb 02, 2014 8:24 am
- Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Construction
- Topic: Wheel Bore Waxes
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11800
Re: Wheel Bore Waxes
Lots of benefits... waxing a bore, inner and outer parts of the hubs are VERY beneficial when running graphite, essentially the same process as oil will help make a MUCH faster graphite car, and burnishing graphite into the bore and inner and outer hubs you will see great increases in speed. There i...