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I found Jig at an A&A Auto parts store in PA. Not sure how big that chain is but they carry Jig.

Thanks guys. My wife has guilted me out of using Johns oil and am now prepping wheels for graphite. I will be using the oil anyway since my daughter is starting to build a car for NPWDRL.

After axel and bore prep the bore then gets burnished with graphite. Do I then pack the wheels with more graphite? After spending hours of reading and prepping my head is getting a bit soft. I think that what I have learned is that with oil less is more and that graphite is the opposite. Is...

Hurricanes car with the single stripe is what I am cutting out and would be solid. The gee fenders have a small slot in the front of the fender and continues to the wheel. At the wheel the slot is much wider which would create a low pressure. I could attempt to make the same thing by cutting...

I got one of my fender rejects and dremmeled out a vent. I'm thinking it would be way too much work for this year and with no test track, I might be doing more harm than good. Then again just putting my fenders on it might do more harm than good.

Looks like we should make weight and a decent COM with the tungsten blocks and putty. Has anyone had success with solid fenders/ I noticed dads has a reverse naca scoop on them and I'm not going to attempt to carve that into a small piece of wood.

I talked to my son at dinner tonight about the two design options and he wants to go with the loswer profile just like you guys are suggesting. Thanks.

Mestanly- I'm on the fence with the lube. I am leaning toward the idea that if the oil application ends up dry then it is a dry lube. Also I am now gravitating toward cutting my own grooves out. It now seems more simple to drill and cut out the channels to view the axels than cut a part of...

txchemist- I hope I didn't come across rude by my poor use of words. I guess what I was trying to say that both cost of the project and my willingness to push the limits of my understanding of the rules are what limit me. I was not trying to infer that anyone was trying to tell me to "cheat"...

I now know (from reading the website and looking at dad's website) that I could win districts but at what cost (both dollars and personal integrity)? This is our 3rd year doing the pwd. The first year I used some gorilla glue on the axel and thought that there is no way of fairly policing...

Thanks for everyone's input. I wish I would have seen this site sooner. Just using a few of the tips on my existing cars would have made them faster. I have a few things ordered from dad and will start building as soon as they arrive.

Like others on the forum buying a plug and play is out of the question as I will build the car as a father/son project. No question Dad's plug and play will be faster than I will make. I would rather lose than run something someone else built and claim it is mine. I reread the rules and must...

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Thanks, would you use a block for that or just try to eyeball it? I have an old block that looks similar to a c-clamp but that just gives me 0 degrees.

Looking for a bit of advice. I have read the tips from the king and am planning a 3/8 to 1/2 in. build with a combination of lead and tungsten wt. Right now my major stumbling block are some pesky rules. The ones which are relevant are: AXLE CHANNEL: The channel or groove designed to hold the...