Derby Talk

see if you could find a big rig kit i found 2 #2s in each big rig kit they had a runout of .0007.
and in the kits i found some wheels to have low runnout also i checked them all and tossed anything over .003 then rechecked and found several to be .0012-.0007

yes i did get carried away my fingers where typing faster than i could think.
i started thinking elim and not points.
ive never raced with scoring points.
sry about that

old thread but heres what i think. I agree times are more accurate. but points are more interesting to watch. to do points correctly you would have to look to the pros and see how they do it. and the first thing they do is every car has a qualifying run. then they set it up off of that. but the prob...

today my son says he does want to race his car tomorrow is the race we will see how we do.
wish us luck.

thanks i have seen one but the other that is in more detail is just what i was looking for.
thanks again.

i see alot of talk here and there about burnishing the bores with graphite. how do you guys actually do this do you use the longs pipe cleaners. ive searched and cant find anyone specificaly stating how to do it. i usually do my allignment without graphite and then dab it in from the tube and spinn ...

we where working on the cars again today. I on mine and my son on his. i didnt ask if he was racing it we just put the weight in and where getting ready for paint. ill keep my fingers crossed. it is the first year we have a best track and we are doing the derby with another pack. and we are having o...

I actually expected to hear larger numbers than that. but then again i must take into concideration your cant on the rear if you run allot of cant then that would further lower the car to the track. i was thinking something like this. my car body is 7/16 i was thinking putting the axle holes about 3...

would this be beneficial if you where to run them on the rear and backwards or in side out so that the flattened cone would ride the nail head?

if you where to drill axle holes wherever you wanted. what hight would you drill at. i believe ive read here before that having the front of the car higher then the rear helps. so that said i have the front in stock location but was thinking of drilling the rears higher in the body there for lowerin...

i would enjoy a 3 page tutorail i could print it out and read it and read it and read it.
and bring it to work and when i have one of those thoughts.
I could read it and read it

where do you come up with this stuff stan.
that is just brilliant!!!

while drilling holes for weight today with my son he states he doesnt whant to race this year. he still whants to build the car. i ask why he said he whants someone else to get to win. he did win the pack and district two years ago a. last year he won the pack but got some where 27th at the district...

would you be able to fill the grooves with epoxy and then drill new holes gives the apperance you stuck the axle in the slot and then glued it in. another thought would be instead of raising one front wheel if the dominent front wheel has the axle bent for steer and neg cant wouldnt this raise the c...

sporty how did you know you had even weight on both rear wheels .
with scales or by placing the weight exactly center of the rears wheels?