Greatest "How Not To" Tutorial Ever!

[Crash Enburn]

27 years ago, my girlfriend had a place down on the Embarcadero. Back then it was cool. Today? No thanks! It's to noisy for this old man.

Weren't you, like, 12 then? /images/boards/smilies/eek.gif

 

[Kinser Racing]

Weren't you, like, 12 then? /images/boards/smilies/eek.gif

Just the inverse.

 

[Mojo Racing]

Ha, she likely live close by. Can't move, wife won't sell and isn't ready to retire. I don't think I can run a cord two floors up and the length of the building to get to the closest common area outlet /images/boards/smilies/frown.gif

G !

You need to start looking for ways TO get it done... no reasons why you can't have it. LOL

That helps a lot with Pinewood Derby also... Think outside the box and it moves you a long way with this hobby. You are already using that talent with your artwork... use it for everything else !

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[gWebber]

G !

You need to start looking for ways TO get it done... no reasons why you can't have it. LOL

That helps a lot with Pinewood Derby also... Think outside the box and it moves you a long way with this hobby. You are already using that talent with your artwork... use it for everything else !

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Thinking out side the box is easy enough ...Lack of money is always my biggest issue

 

[gWebber]

Well here's the final chapter for this "How Not To Do It" story.

This whole story I think proves that even for a first time racer ...what can be done even with a ton of mistakes made along the way.

These two cars, one rebuilt from a failed (didn't make it to the end of the track) car the other built from scrap pine from the first, both weighted in part by "educated" guess work, axles with bad bends, wheels that were not properly prepped and badly graphite lubed ... In fact hardly lubed at all.

The results :

"COFFIN NAIL" - Basx Class (not sure how it got in this class, was registered for Eliminator)
Not totally as bad as expected given the steering axle have a double bend that drags.
TIMES : 3.0596 - 3.0676 - 3.0728

"INVADER" - Eliminator Class
Better car, but almost no wheel prep and cheap (but polished) axles.
TIMES: 2.9519 - 2.9518 - 2.9490

That put this rolling junk pile only off the other three other cars in the heat slightly less that 0.1000.... Cars built by Pro racers.

So now I'm cranked up to see if I can get from 2.9xxx to 2.8xxx.

Thanks to everyone that helped out with little tips and encouragement and congrats to all my fellow racers for their excellent runs and wins !!