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Yes, it can be used with any graphite.

I added a bit of water to mine a couple years ago and it still worked. It wasn't quite powder yet, though.

I do it, but I find that the graphite doesn't stick to the Red Rocket like it does to just polished plastic. When I've burnished graphite into polished bores, they're basically black when I'm done. When I try to burnish it into cured Red Rocket, it barely changes the color. But I guess a...

I prefer Sailkote with graphite, although Pledge works well, too.

Stupidity. "This is the way we've always done it" That's one of the reasons Scout membership is declining....stick in the mud thinking like that. Unwillingness to change with the times. One of the whole points of Scouts is how the teach you to adapt to your surroundings and survive. And...

Who cares? A car might be co-built by the parent and the kid, but if something needs to be done to it real fast, it's going to have to be the parent doing it.

There are a number of "dry lubes" you can get at Lowes/Home Depot/Ace Hardware that will work fine. Are they as fast as Krytox? Maybe/maybe not, but with the level of effort most folks put into their cars, some good old silicone spray would be fine, and allowing oil would make a lot of...

One bottle of scout store Krytox could lube the whole Pack for years. It's not more expensive. It's not messier, it's FAR cleaner. Nothing is messier than graphite. It's not faster unless you do the entire oil process, but it'll still be more consistent and WAY easier to use. There is zero...

I'd use Pledge. You're not using it directly as a lube...that's what the graphite is for, and that is where the "no silicone" idiotic rule comes in. What they're trying to prevent is someone actually lubing the axles with silicone spray and it dripping/shedding on to the track, that's all...

My opinion about the COM is, don't sweat it. There are things that make more difference than that. IMO there is more to be gained in prep and tuning than cramming more weight in the rear. If you get to the point that it does matter, then you will be pretty darn fast, but its' not...

Yeah, that wouldn't fly with me. No problem with going to the head of the inspections or whatever, but it's going to be in front of the competitors. Sounds like they have an idiot that is either in charge of, or has way too much influence on the rules...and then their actual check-in people...

Same car for 4 years? Thought I read that the rules said you had to build a new car every year? Regardless, congrats to all! Wish it was closer, looks like fun.

Yep, that just means make sure your fenders don't hit the rails and that they don't make the car too wide. Typical fender rule.

If I had one going this year, I'd bend the front axle and show up with a copy of the rules. If they said anything I'd hand them THEIR rules and ask them to show me where it said no bent axles. Simple as that. FAQ's are irrelevant. The rules are the rules, and the rules don't say anything...

It doesn't make any sense. They tell you you can drill it in to make it rail ride....okay, so if I figure out the exact angle give it not only toe, but to make the FDW ride on its outside edge....how the heck is that any different than bending it? All that does is make it harder on the...