Hello to everyone!!!
This seems like a really good group of people that go out of their way to help rookies like us!!!!
I sure wish I had found this site a few years ago instead of two days before his pack race. My son and I are engaged in building a car ...actually several. Mom has joined us in the garage and she is building a "pink" breast cancer car and plans to race it in the open. He won his den and was second in the pack and then lost to the second place car from the den in the finals. We finished 6th in the District last year out of about 450 cars. We were pleased, but wanted to do better. No sense dwelling on the past, so we are moving on to this year's Districts.
Since finding the site a few weeks ago, I have read almost every thread posted here since 2012 and feel almost like I know several of you personally. DD4H, Ballistic, Cram Jet, Gravity X, Lightin Boy, Hurri Crane, and others (sorry if I forgot a few) ...I want to say THANK YOU for all of the information you have all shared with everyone that has asked. Bulldog ...I want to say your videos have been both helpful and inspiring. I literally had tears in my eyes while watching you and your son at the Mid America's. It is GREAT to see how you have made this a family "thing"!
This is my son's last race season as he is an AOL and will be crossing over soon. Like Bulldog (maybe to a much lessor degree) have made this into a family event. Both my wife and son want to continue to build cars each year for the open at Districts and I certainly would not want to stand in their way!
I find myself waking up at night with new ideas to try and solutions for problems/issues that we have encountered. Based on the information shared here, we have built several tools to help us in the quest for better speeds and more consistency.
So going forward, we are no longer using bent axles
and have shortened up our extended wheelbase. We are checking our drills on a speed square table and checking for drift over 8'. We are also using 12 cubes aft instead of 10.
These new cars will be our first attempt with the canted rears and the additional "engine". I am hopeful that the tuning will be a little less difficult with the canted rears.
Anyway, I do have some questions, but I will ask them in a separate thread as I mainly wanted to introduce us and say THANK_ YOU to everyone here!!!!
This seems like a really good group of people that go out of their way to help rookies like us!!!!
I sure wish I had found this site a few years ago instead of two days before his pack race. My son and I are engaged in building a car ...actually several. Mom has joined us in the garage and she is building a "pink" breast cancer car and plans to race it in the open. He won his den and was second in the pack and then lost to the second place car from the den in the finals. We finished 6th in the District last year out of about 450 cars. We were pleased, but wanted to do better. No sense dwelling on the past, so we are moving on to this year's Districts.
Since finding the site a few weeks ago, I have read almost every thread posted here since 2012 and feel almost like I know several of you personally. DD4H, Ballistic, Cram Jet, Gravity X, Lightin Boy, Hurri Crane, and others (sorry if I forgot a few) ...I want to say THANK YOU for all of the information you have all shared with everyone that has asked. Bulldog ...I want to say your videos have been both helpful and inspiring. I literally had tears in my eyes while watching you and your son at the Mid America's. It is GREAT to see how you have made this a family "thing"!
This is my son's last race season as he is an AOL and will be crossing over soon. Like Bulldog (maybe to a much lessor degree) have made this into a family event. Both my wife and son want to continue to build cars each year for the open at Districts and I certainly would not want to stand in their way!
I find myself waking up at night with new ideas to try and solutions for problems/issues that we have encountered. Based on the information shared here, we have built several tools to help us in the quest for better speeds and more consistency.
So going forward, we are no longer using bent axles
and have shortened up our extended wheelbase. We are checking our drills on a speed square table and checking for drift over 8'. We are also using 12 cubes aft instead of 10.These new cars will be our first attempt with the canted rears and the additional "engine". I am hopeful that the tuning will be a little less difficult with the canted rears.
Anyway, I do have some questions, but I will ask them in a separate thread as I mainly wanted to introduce us and say THANK_ YOU to everyone here!!!!
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