Recent content by coony278

Uh, thanks , but we long way from having it down pat , LOL but it sure is a lot of fun learning though

Thanks guys , and thanks for all the help and info on this site. We would still be sucking hind tit if not for the info here. If we could nab a top 5 finish at council , heck that would be awesome ! We finished dead last , last year at council

Well my son came in second at the district race today. Not bad. But on the first run the car ran a 3.005 on a almost new best track. Bad news is the car didnt stop on the stopping padd. Jumped off the end and folks grabbig at it trying to stop didnt help matters either, but any way. That was its...

wow thanks for posting , I was fixin to slot my first set and new I was going to screw up . LOL

I dont know much, but iam not impressed

holy cut out batman ! wow

Ok had a free day today , I got to thinking about what eeryone said above. So I quickly threw together this car this morning. Cleaned up a set of nails with a file and smoothed with 400 grit paper. 2 deg cant in rear , left front not touching and bent an axle for the right front to steer...

here is a pic of the track we run on. Its really old ( about 25 years). Its rough and in need of some help imo . Our car is in the closest lane.

Here is a pic of the bottom of the car I guess when you say that John will tell me what to do with the pro axle bender is to throw it away? I talked to the guy that finished second in the den this evening. He said he did nothing to his nails or wheels , makes feel that our car was...

All good stuff thanks for the info , my CG is at 3/4" in front of rear axle right now, the car has tungstun for weight its all in the lower back section of the car.

One other question , why is the canted rear wheels faster seems like it make the wheel ride on the head of the nail real hard , maing more friction ?

Thanks a bunch for the replies folks! We have plenty of time before district race , alomost a month. So he could build a new car if needed. I have a pro axle press so , should I use it to bend my nails or is it better to drill the canted holes? I was looking at the rules YOCONA AREA...

I have been lurking around on this site for the last few months gathering info for my sons car. I decided to join just cause I like the derby cars so much and hoped maybe to get some more info. A little background.... our first years car just sucked ! It was too tail wieghted and the front...