Recent content by optimus

Congratulations to all that raced on Saturday. It was a nerve racking fun day. Their were some pretty fast cars their. I agree the rules really suck and they really need to teach the volunteers/inspectors how to not man handle the cars and to not toss them around. Too many cubs and parents put...

Good luck to all that are racing in NYC today!!

I believe the #3 is RR.

Thanks gravity, never thought about the storm door. Ill have to look around for one, our local glass repair shop closed a few years ago. I had to put a couple pieces together to make mine.

Awesome job! Where did you find a piece of glass long enough? I can't find a place that carries anything that long.

I would love too. Just need to build a car first. Gotta ask my little guy when he wants to start on it. My little guy had a blast in NYC racing cubs from all over.

I think with a larger event like that, they should have multiple inspection lines. TRAINING on how to not man handle the cars is a must for the help! How they handled the cars is the only thing i didn't like.

After seeing that pic, it was digital calipers that they used. I don't know why but I keep getting micrometer and calipers mixed up. I weighed the piece of putty that I took off when i got home and it weighed .03g. I used the scale where I work to weigh the car. I trust that scale more than any...

I seen them use micrometer on the wheels. Personally I think they need to train anybody thats running it on how to inspect and handle the cars. They are rough on them cars. The only people that the cars nicely were the cubs and parents. I actually got a little snippy with one of the inspectors...

He's already said that he knows what he needs to work on to get ready for next year.

It's a bummer you guys didn't have a good experience. The only issue I had was their scales were weighing heavy. My council rule state that the car can't weigh more than 141.70g, and that's exactly what it weighed. But on their scale it was weighing .01 oz heavy. Good thing for t-putty. I had no...

Good luck to all that go on Saturday!

Yeah same here. I'm no expert by any means in the PWD world. I still have a great deal to learn. But I've never heard that one before. I'd like to see it go down the track in person. Seems like their would be alignment and steer issues.

The back of the car is the end he was holding when he put the shopkin on. My daughter has tons of those. I showed her a clip of the video, she thinks its awsome. Lol. I hope she doesn't want to build one like it.

Congratulation to all the winners! Just got done watching it on YouTube. Those were some fast cars. Hopefully before too long my kids and I can start racing with all of you.