Recent content by khouse

I think your right. I only built one needle car and I should have left it in the sewing box!

Kinser - I think I remember the first time you raced. I think you beat about everyone! I was thinking you must have special powers......Looks like you still got em.....

Dude - you have so many "Stinking Badges" that I went blind for over 2 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqomZQMZQCQ

Thanks for asking Kinser.....I didn't tune my cars in the gravel very long before I realized running them down my roof was a lot better. Landing the cars on pillows on the ground was hard though. I won't bore everyone with all the details but I'll hit on some things that's kept me away. 1...

Whatever it takes to get the job done!

I would guess they didn't have any time to edit and upload the video due to the Mid America race. I'm sure it will be up soon though.

Bracketracer - The tighter the tolerance the wider the bending groove and lesser the angle. You don't want to force your wheel over your bent axle. I have bent the axle at a high angle only after putting the wheel on first. But then to reprep you must bend the axle back to slide the wheel...

I'll just say this. If your not careful when using ANY measuring tool to gap your clearance - you run the risk of screwing up your cone and washer polishing. Get good at setting your gap by eye. You wouldn't polish and prep your bore only to stick a metal or plastic plug gauge in there would...

Without a track most everything is guess work. Your not the first or last builder to do everything right and still produce a turd. I do it all the time! The only thing I see is how you bent your axle. You MUST make a groove where you want your steer axle bend to be. Then clamp the axle in a...

John says we can "groove" the axles in any way. I'll put one on the end of my steer axle. You can't buy needle nose pliers in Missouri. It's the law......

Actually this sounds like a cool idea now with some ground rules set. I'm in as well.

I think the rush in a Pinks race is putting it on the line. I mean a car you have some cash and time in. On another forum a guy joined and said his cars were more advanced than anything we were running. He never sent a car in but said when he did no one would be close because of all the...

I agree as well. The files are too pricey to buy. But somehow over the years of messing around I had two in my possession. I don't know where they came from? I was using a cut off too in my Rotary hand piece with success. The saw with the set sanded off will work as good or better.

PapaV, There is a way that you can embed as many full size pictures in your ebay ad for free. Much like you would post a picture here from Photobucket or similar.

I would agree. When I used to race every month in just 2 classes and trying to build new designs I was frazzled. Every time you turned around you had to get cars in the mail. Overnight shipping came into play sometimes. This time around I'm not taking it too serious. I know I don't have a...