Recent content by ugotkevin

Can someone give me a quick rundown on how to polish/wax the bores? And do you also wax the axles?

Yep same track. I can see why they don't care much for rules now Right now his car is setup with the right being FDW, should we change it over to the left?

It looked pretty short and was even shorter where the track came together. Besides getting the DFW as flat as possible how would you setup the rest of the car? Would you raise the NDFW? 3* rears? Would you move the CG up more?

Thanks for the feedback. I'm anxiously awaiting the new silver bullet. We've used the drill press with a drill bit under the block to try to get that 3* for the rears but it's kinda tricky to line up the hole spot with the bit under the block staying right on the edge so I'm pretty sure that the...

Well I measured the alignment and it's 4" over 4' to the right. The raised wheel is quite high though. I couldn't find my ruler but I'm guessing somewhere around 1/8". I don't have a lot of experience with PWD but I'm guessing that either the track wasn't level and the raised wheel is too high...

I forgot to mention that her car was a 3 wheeled rail rider, the ndfw was raised 1/16".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzJEUALJIqg So last night my daughter had her pinewood derby race (the white one). She didn't put much time or effort into her car (she didn't do anything to her wheels / axles), but that's her choice - she did have a great time though so that's all that really...

ha ha, what have I gotten myself into?

Yeah I had noticed that too. Where's this website you speak of? Like 3" over 4 feet or even less? The book doesn't really go into how to install the nails other than to use a few business cards bundled together. I'm not to that point yet, but should you hammer them in or press them in if...

I've read that some people like to buy lead sticks and then either cut or melt them. Are there any local places that generally sell them? My daughter's race is Wednesday so I don't think I've got time to get something shipped.

Thanks. For the quick start, I'm guessing it's because the electronic ones release much faster than a manual? Is there much of a difference racing wood vs aluminum?

Awesome looking car, looks like you had a lot of cars at your event, congrats!

So... I borrowed the Pinewood Derby Speed Secrets by Meade from the library which I'm sure most of you have read. Is there anything in there that you would recommend doing or not doing? The only thing I'm doing different so far is making it a rail rider with 3* rears.

Is it better to use superglue or wood glue?

Man, I was way off my math...I was actually good at trigonometry at one point, true story. #43 is the right one.