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Thanks for the replies. Bw56 - I thought I read somewhere that when you add alcohol to graphite it changes the chemical make up. Wouldn't the alcohol leave hardened clumps of uneven graphite when it dries? I/m not knocking the info, just trying to understand. DD4H & NeedforSpeed - What...

This is the first thread/question on my upcoming mini series of questions, sorry about the length. I am at the point of not knowing what things to improve on to get better. We are doing graphite as that is what our local scout races are but will venture into oil soon. I don’t have a test...

Thank you Skywalker!

We sent in my son's scout car (open scout/graphite) and an adult car (graphite) to this years MA. I knew we wouldn't be all that competitive since we were running BSA stock parts prepped at home against cars with aftermarket parts. My son finished 10th out of 18 (3.0205 average & 3.0172...

Mine says delivered - Left at front door.............I'm still nervous........

Two cars (cub scout graphite and adult graphite) in Omaha and out for delivery today! Both cars are all prepped by us stock BSA parts so I don't imagine either will be all that competitive but thought it would be neat to see how the cars did amongst all the aftermarket axles and lathed tires...

Dude! No apology needed! I think its cool that three guys that don't know each other from Adam, that had similar childhoods, turned a suck situation into a positive one, and have similar ideas on what we want our kids to experience ran into each other on a Pinewood derby website of all places...

Reggie - Thank you and No Worries! I too grew up without much of a male role model. Single mom, school teacher, two kids, working 2-3 jobs so we could have food on the table and clothes on our backs. First pair of name brand shoes were in the 9th grade and they were football cleats, first...

Thanks for the comments B Regal. I have done some research on the 42' times from here and from the Mid America past races. My son's car set a new track record at the district race on a 49' track, but without having a reference time to compare to the 42' foot tracks and its much larger...

Our BSA district race was run on a 49 foot best track. The time with a all BSA kit car was 3.660 - 135.06 mph. The track could use a little TLC. I would like to try to get a rough idea on what the car would run on a 42' Best track since that is what most league's seem to be running but not...

Thank you for the diagrams. I have been reducing the diameter of the nail head, but may be putting to much bevel on the underside of it.

5 Kids - Is that drawing to scale or meant for a generic graphic for explanation? It doesn't look like there is much bevel on the underside of the nail head.

Thanks Jimmy. All the cars (even the fender car) have the DFW notched. The fender car's DFW is on the left side, the other two have the DFW on the right side. I'm a lefty so sometimes I do things backwards...................

Friday track set up took longer than expected, so we didn't get very many runs in. I ran the unpainted car and fully expected it to beat my son's car due to weight placement alone. That wasn't the case, his car beat mine by at least a half car length each time. After I got home I figured out...

In February he won his wolf den race and got 5th in the pack race, before we found this forum. After we found you guys and figured out some of the many mistakes we made we now have a District Wolf Winner, 3rd Place Wolf Best In Show, and New Track Record Holder! Thank you to all the guys that...