Tuning tables ....Pictures and bragging rights

I say if you are going through the process you need to do it right. IMO right means long enough straight roll to be able to hear the roll, glass top, guide marks in both directions, a definite starting rail for repeatable runs, about a 3" slope over 8', built in soft stops to prevent accidental damage, tuning marks to verify roll and wheel migration . In my first 10 months I have learned that steer and migration are only part of a tune. A track is mandatory to dial in speed as well as perfecting ALL aspects of the build. I hope this helps and I hope to see huge speed increases this year on the hill. For me and you.
 
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How long is your track after the 18-inch guide? I'm thinking about making an 8ft glass table but a guide would take up nearly 20%. What do you think is more important: A longer run on the table (96-inches) or consistent starting position (18-inch guide and 78-inch table) with a shorter table?

The whole table is about 6' long, it's four feet from the end of the guide rail to the arc struck as the drift measuring line, then a couple inches clear before the memory foam bumper at the end.

In answer to the second part of your question, I don't know that the length of the table is all that important as long as it's consistent. If you roll a car down whatever you use as a table and it doesn't repeat where it's so close to the naked eye that it looks identical then it won't help you.
 
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Oh...btw...I like to run a level in both directions for the tables stand. Then again side to side on the table itself. Not forgetting the gentle slope front to back....
 
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