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Winning is very important to him (although I wish it wasn't). He won the last 2 years and this is his last year. He definitely wants to go out with a three-peat. I also helped one of his friends this year and that design is built for speed (i.e. full width and very thin) with all of the same...

My son wants to design his car after a cartoon character that is triangle shaped, with arms and a hat. I tried to convince him that the design might compromise the speed, but was wondering if the pros have any insight as to how much. Here is a rough picture of the design, where the width...

Hey guys, we are getting ready for districts and confused on whether we should clean the wheels with a dawn soak and reapply red rocket and reburnish or skip the red rocket? We ran about 20 times with previous red rocket and graphite prep. I've read that the graphite burnish is hard to get...

Thanks, guys. I'll go lighter on my sons build. I do plan on sending some cars in soon.

Thanks- she was very happy. I rolled forward and reverse on my makeshift tuning board ( 4 foot mirror 1.5 inch incline). They rolled to the head immediately abdstayed there. It drifted about an inch with a front straight wheel, so I guess the drill job wasn't perfect.

We just had my daughters girl scout race this week. She won by a comfortable margin, but I can't help but think we left some out there. She averaged 3.06 on a 42' metal track (I think it was a Best Track, but not certain). The 2nd place averaged 3.10. I thought we would be closer to 3. Is...

Thanks. I just ordered a Silver Bullet and plan on drilling 3 deg cant on rear and DFW straight. However, i don't have a drill press (yet). Has anyone had any luck drilling with Silver Bullet with just a standard drill? I bought the good drill bits John suggested.

Our rules require a standard wheel base to be used, but it can be moved anywhere in the block. is there a big advance in drilling the the rear wheels as far back as possible (thinking 5/8"), if I can't move the front wheel up? The front wheels would be 2". Rules: 6.5. Wheelbase (distance...