Recent content by Tim DeBoer

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She won 1st place. Her car was faster than last years car but I thought all times were faster. Maybe the track more at a angle at the start? She raced 6 times down each lane and never lost. I have photos and video on facebook if anyone wants to see. I dont think the competionion was very...

So dont touch it your saying.

No. It will come out of ziplock bag tonight then sitson a table I assume with the other cars. The drop was 1 drop as small as I could get from the needle of the oil. I forget the name. Ketox 100 or something. I didnt squeeze the bottle. Didnt have to gravity easily released a drop. I touched...

Race is Friday and car is done and in a gallon ziplock bag and weighs 5.00 oz. Im able to add or remive puddy weight on official scale tonight when we turn in our cars. Last night I applied a tiny drop of oil tontue 3 tires. Ill be tempted to add a bit more tonight just befire we part with her...

For peace of mind I went to hobby lobby and bought 4 more axels. I have no plans tonight. It will take 20 minutes to prep and bend them.

Agree. Away from the track. Im oil and a rail rider.

How critical is it that both back wheels bend marks are at 6pm positions and not one at 530p and another 645pm. Im not apposed to starting over with 2 new back axels.

Thanks. That first message sounds like a ton of work. I can just start from scratch with 2 new axels. Sand and buff then in 15-20 minutes.

hammer at 2.5 degrees. After the mess of playing with duport chain saver and cleaning the axles the black marker I made on the axel head to show when the bend starts is cleaned off. Hope Im explaining this well. You mark an axel head and place in the tool then hit with hammer a few times. This...

I believe that is the speed they would be going if full sized cars. Like the tire rotation on a full sized car spinning at the speed of the small ties would be going pretty fast but they really going maybe 8? Also the length of time they travel over 6" the leanth of a derbycar. If that was full...

Last years car....

My daughter's car from last year on far left...