Thank you -- on to Districts

[castaway97]

My sons and I really got into doing our research this year and it showed. They finished 1st and 3rd and the boys were so excited... made all that extra effort worth it. The main things were added were Lemon Pledge to the axles, Novus2 polish to the inside of the wheel bores and an attempt to burnish graphite into the wheel bores. Previously we had canted the wheels and tried rail riding and did well (4th-6th place).

Thank you for all the great information here. It helped!

Any advise on prep before districts. Is it worth it to take off the wheels and re-prep the axles and wheels? Add more pledge? I finally got some wax for the bores that we might add (Red Rocket)... I'm assuming we'd get the old graphite out before adding the wax.

Thanks again to the forum... great helpful information in here.

 

[Thinkin'Bout Racin]

My sons and I really got into doing our research this year and it showed. They finished 1st and 3rd and the boys were so excited... made all that extra effort worth it. The main things were added were Lemon Pledge to the axles, Novus2 polish to the inside of the wheel bores and an attempt to burnish graphite into the wheel bores. Previously we had canted the wheels and tried rail riding and did well (4th-6th place).

Thank you for all the great information here. It helped!

Any advise on prep before districts. Is it worth it to take off the wheels and re-prep the axles and wheels? Add more pledge? I finally got some wax for the bores that we might add (Red Rocket)... I'm assuming we'd get the old graphite out before adding the wax.

Thanks again to the forum... great helpful information in here.

Congratulations and good luck.

I am not a Pro, so take this advise with a grain of salt.

First let me tell you there is a wealth of knowledge here! Keep reading and you will discover things you didn't know about things that you did not know! Really !!!

Advise ...it really depends on a number of things. Red Rocket would be a good addition. Polishing the inner and outer hubs along with the inner edge of the DFW also can make a difference. The correct graphite also is worth some speed. Either Hob-E-Lube or Zero Friction from DD4H are my two choices. A good job of burnishing also helps. Some will tell you that the pledge is only good for a week or so. I have no idea as we have never used it because silicone is expressly prohibited in our rules and Pledge contains silicone.

Question...how did the cars run? Did they run straight and true? Did they wiggle? If the did not run straight, then an adjustment to the alignment might be needed. Each wiggle the cars had may have cost you up to a hundredth of a second. The most gain normally can be found in making sure the cars run straight. Adding more steer to eliminate wiggles normally takes care of this, but there can be other causes.

Keep reading, keep learning, and keep teaching the boys that hard work can pay off!

 

[Reecedad]

Congrats- good luck at districts

 

[TWarwick07]

Good luck with districts !