So last year my cousins ward had an adult race in which he asked me for help so I did and gave him a few tricks that I knew at the time. I helped him build a fast car and there was one dad in particular he wanted to beat and I knew I could build a car to beat it. Any way as we are building he challenges me thinking he has some secret lube that I don't know about and that somehow his car that I built will beat my car, as if I gave him every trick I had. the race came and during weight in my car was handled roughly and was broke consequently didn't run well and was beat badly. And for a year I had to listen to my cousin brag about winning.
So fast forward one year. I find this awesome forum and improve my building technics without telling him any of the new speed I have found.
So I start on my car and he plans on upgrading his from the year before so knowing that he is running with bent axels and I am the one who tuned them to run properly and he has no idea how to tune them I hint around that he needs to pull them to reprep. He tells me he doesn't have to with the lube he is using. This worries me a little because I know his car is fast and I am not sure about my skills with my new tricks. So one day I have him show me his car and I pull his wheels just so he has to put them back in. I know it was wrong to mess with his car but his cocky attitude will mess with a persons mind. Anyway next thing I know is he has invited a couple of young men over to my shop so he can help them build their cars. This is interesting because he kept referring all their questions to me and he just listened to my response. I know he was fishing for secrets. This leads to him snooping in my pinewood derby tool box and checking out what I have. At the time I didn't have any jig but I have a can of the chain lube but just for this purpose I wrapped camouflage duct tape around the bottle so nobody knew what it was. So he went home and watched you tube and saw that the blue can is what to use ( keep in mind the blue can is now a different formula). So he goes and buys the blue can assuming that is what is in the can I have. I finally tell him that it is the wrong stuff so while I am at work he stole my can out of my tool box. He didn't do his homework very well because later I found out that he sprayed his wheels with it. So in the end his car barley made it down the track mine smoked his and the young men even beat his by at least a second. Hahahaha
So fast forward one year. I find this awesome forum and improve my building technics without telling him any of the new speed I have found.
So I start on my car and he plans on upgrading his from the year before so knowing that he is running with bent axels and I am the one who tuned them to run properly and he has no idea how to tune them I hint around that he needs to pull them to reprep. He tells me he doesn't have to with the lube he is using. This worries me a little because I know his car is fast and I am not sure about my skills with my new tricks. So one day I have him show me his car and I pull his wheels just so he has to put them back in. I know it was wrong to mess with his car but his cocky attitude will mess with a persons mind. Anyway next thing I know is he has invited a couple of young men over to my shop so he can help them build their cars. This is interesting because he kept referring all their questions to me and he just listened to my response. I know he was fishing for secrets. This leads to him snooping in my pinewood derby tool box and checking out what I have. At the time I didn't have any jig but I have a can of the chain lube but just for this purpose I wrapped camouflage duct tape around the bottle so nobody knew what it was. So he went home and watched you tube and saw that the blue can is what to use ( keep in mind the blue can is now a different formula). So he goes and buys the blue can assuming that is what is in the can I have. I finally tell him that it is the wrong stuff so while I am at work he stole my can out of my tool box. He didn't do his homework very well because later I found out that he sprayed his wheels with it. So in the end his car barley made it down the track mine smoked his and the young men even beat his by at least a second. Hahahaha
