Blast Car Ideas
Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 8:14 am
I decided to take the plunge and build one of these for an upcoming Scouting event. I haven't learned much about what people are doing to make these fast yet though. So far I am planning on the following:
- 4 wheels all touching
- Canted rear axles
- Pointed nose
- Wide Profile
- Rear wing above the block
- Distributed weight front/back, just a hair over 5 oz total wt
- CO2 cartridge hole low to the ground
- PWD style axle and wheel bore prep
- Polish the eyelets
- Just over a 7 1/2" wheelbase
Comments ?? What am I missing ???
Not sure how you polish these axles. Might have to screw them into something that can go into my drill press. I see grooved axles for sale, which might be best for oil.
I am not looking to make this a whittling project. Will probably mostly use a table saw and band saw to cut on the block. I am thinking I can drill the starter (3/32") axle holes with my PWD setup.
I saw in the kit instructions that they would allowing relubing between heats. Is this typical ?? I was leaning toward oil rather than graphite. Once you do oil, you really don't ever want to see graphite again.
Thanks !!
- 4 wheels all touching
- Canted rear axles
- Pointed nose
- Wide Profile
- Rear wing above the block
- Distributed weight front/back, just a hair over 5 oz total wt
- CO2 cartridge hole low to the ground
- PWD style axle and wheel bore prep
- Polish the eyelets
- Just over a 7 1/2" wheelbase
Comments ?? What am I missing ???
Not sure how you polish these axles. Might have to screw them into something that can go into my drill press. I see grooved axles for sale, which might be best for oil.
I am not looking to make this a whittling project. Will probably mostly use a table saw and band saw to cut on the block. I am thinking I can drill the starter (3/32") axle holes with my PWD setup.
I saw in the kit instructions that they would allowing relubing between heats. Is this typical ?? I was leaning toward oil rather than graphite. Once you do oil, you really don't ever want to see graphite again.
Thanks !!