Recent content by Billetspin

OK...that makes me feel better. Thanks for the replies. I was worried because of the substantial difference. I will finish prepping them for oil then.

Hey guys- I am building two cars, one graphite (daughter's), one oil (mine). We finished final lube on graphite car last night and it came out very nice. I am working on my oil set-up (first time trying oil). I have 5 wheels polished through #2 polish of black ice (did not do the final polish...

I see you three wheelers run a much shorter wheel base, but on a "4 wheels must touch" (and be flat) car, do you want to extend as far as possible? I am assuming moving the fronts back would give me more speed on the slope, but less stability? Wood track if that factors in at all. I ran 5.60"...

I've never run on anything else, but it is run pretty fair with heats on all lanes. No chance for testing though.

That's what I meant on the nail polish...putting it where the wheel meets the body. No washers allowed, so I figured nail polish is next best option.

We had one at 3/4", one at 1", and I think the other was 1-1/4" which was the slowest, but still took 5th. I have to look closer at the times between the other two (one was mine, so we did not race each other). Our track is not the best so there was definitely some lane discrepancy trends also...

OK...I guess the next question would be about weight. With a wedge design and the 4 wheel rule, would it be faster to move the weight to the bottom of the car? (I am assuming so). We built three cars last year and all had similar designs, but different balance points (intentionally), but I had...

Thanks guys. I appreciate the quick responses. You guys rock. I have more questions, but these were the big ones.

I'll keep my first post ever here short. First, thanks! My kids did great last year with their cars because of all the info here (top 4). Some info on our derby: wood track, 4 wheels must touch, oil OK to use (we used graphite however last year) Two questions: A) Our cars sit impounded for 8-9...