Any more SS AM Racers?

You need to be ! You need to start over.
Don't worry I will be there !
Just get your dollar signed an ready for me.
 
Look Viz.....I'm gonna be honest .... I just can't wait to be in "The GO shop" again. Instead of using a hotel desk. I can only imagine what house keeping is thinking when they come in the room to clean. What the f@&$ is going on in here.
Plus lugging it in, lugging it out is getting old. Trying to be inconspicuous carrying a drill press, dremel on a stand and three or four tool boxes full of derby tools isn't the easiest thing to do. People tend to look at you funny.
 
Well..... good news, I got all four of my cars finished. That's all I have to say. Could not think of any good names so I stole some from one of my favorite movies.
Madeline , Nadine , Bernadene , last but not least Eleanor (my favorite car in the movie) She will not be my favorite come Saturday. Seems to be the slowest on a 35' track!? She better pick up in the last seven foot or i may be in trouble. Dresses, signed dollar bill and a can of Jig. Good thing we didn't make the dress bet ! All in all I had a blast building and talking smack. Vizual & Bracket lets light up the track in the AM class. Vizual, I did not name a car sleepy but there is a chrome and blue car, well it was supposed to be blue but it looks purple.
I believe her name is "Bernadene" Lets call her "Sleepy" And we will go from there. Good Luck Boys !
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I hope I don't get the
smack
down on Saturday !
 
OTO, glad to hear you got them done in time!

Viz, sorry, it sounds like you didn't find the problem yet.

We're going to be racing the Zeeb? Cool! It took me a second to figure out your car name! lol!

The surgeon released me today. I can use everything pretty good except my left index finger right now. I hope to get Lefty and The Flying Purple Finger Eater done for next month!

I can't wait for Saturday's racing to start!

Good Luck you guys!!
 
Well the good news is I'm very optimistic about the things I learned with my 2 new builds. I just ordered a crap ton more stuff off of John I hope to have 4 cars entered for the next race. I have so many new ideas based off of things I tried in this last build. I almost cant wait to get the car back just so i can smash it take the goods out of it and start building new.

On a side note my care looks pretty damn cool. I can't wait to see what it looks like "not speed" going down the track.
 
Great to hear the good news Bracket.
Nice to see others are making it to the track Zeeb !
Vizual don't get discouraged I built many cars that were slower than my privious cars,
Hang in there buddy you will find it !
 
My car is in the mail, but I am not expecting much out of it. I will be very surprised if it runs good.
 
My cars are in the mail. My SS build went together nicely. But without a test track who knows? I am hoping to place near the top in the AM class. Good luck to all you guys.
 
Tedbull, that car is a 2.970 at least on appearance alone. You obviously have earned some skills on the RC stuff!
 
bracketracer said:
Tedbull, that car is a 2.970 at least on appearance alone. You obviously have earned some skills on the RC stuff!

You are too kind. Thank you.

I need to up my PWD game. Currently I test my steer on my dining room hardwood floor. I have a cheap drill press and no router. But I am using a silver bullet now. And I use a end mill bit to cut weight pockets.

The best thing I bought for the hobby was a porter cable bench sander. Man has that saved me some time shaping the bodies. The band saw I bought is not fast enough for wood. The scroll saw I picked up is low end but works, and I use that for cutting my fenders.

Here is my wish list of things to buy:

1. A 2 lane 35' Besttrack with champ timer. Going to cost at least $1,000, probably wont happen anytime soon.

2. I need to build a tuning board. DD4H graphic with glass top. And leveling feet to dial in the levelness and slope.

3. A proxxon drill press or mill.

4. Legend axle bender.

5. A benchtop band saw with a faster blade speed.

And then a whole lot of build time, trial and error, and post reading.
 
1. Check
2. Check
3. Need one
4. Check
5. Check

Looked like my list when I started ! Almost done with mine.
Good luck Saturday !
 
All, I want is a Besttrack single lane with timer. I got everything else. I keeping wishing and wishing and wishing for one, but nothing happens.