Going racing tomorrow!

[johnplogii]

We are all ready to take the GN out to the races tomorrow here in nebraska. Hope it does OK, we spent much more time with the way it looks than we did with the mechanical aspects. Anyway here are a couple teaser pics:biggrin:

 

[HUMBLE-U2]

John,whats the off set on those crazy wheels can we order those from summit!

 

[johnplogii]

Yeah, they have ZERO backspace!

 

[jays87gn]

Nice!!! You got me lol i was wondering where you were going to take your car

 

[Quick6'n'-K.C.]

Nice! Did you file slots down the nails and fill them with graphite?

BW:biggrin:

 

[Turbo Indian]

Yeah, they have ZERO backspace!

no actually it looks like they have 8" bs with widened axles.

 

[johnplogii]

Nice! Did you file slots down the nails and fill them with graphite?

BW:biggrin:

This is a first time for both of us, did put a bunch of graphite in there but no slots.

 

[Quick6'n'-K.C.]

This is a first time for both of us, did put a bunch of graphite in there but no slots.

You gotta make the slots in the axles :biggrin:

 

[SPOOLFOOL2]

Hope your not street racing it.

The kill section has been a bit slow lately. If you win, we'll expect to see a full report there.

Good luck.

Mike B.

 

[Quick6'n'-K.C.]

The kill section has been a bit slow lately. If you win, we'll expect to see a full report there.

Good luck.

Mike B.

Thats pretty good

 

[klrv6]

Nice Monte!

 

[GNBRETT]

How the hell do you get inside that thing?:frown:

 

[buttonfly]

looks good John! How'd it do?? My oldest daughters car averaged a 3.891, and the youngest girls car 3.943. They both were in the top ten but no trouphies. Unfortunantely I didn't know about BW's axle trick, I'll remember for next year! Plus the girl's don't like black so I got blue and gold

We had alot of fun though

 

[johnplogii]

Race is at 2:00 today, how do you slot the axles?

KLRV6 it's posta be a buick!!

 

[alwayscode390]

Pine Wood Derby? Too fun ... I did that as a kid with my Dad when I was in the Boy Scouts !!! ---

 

[johnplogii]

Yes, pinewood derby. I never was in the boyscouts so this is the first time for both me and my 7 year old son. We decided on the design together, went up to my dad's to do most of it, so we had three generations working on it.

 

[Jims project]

the fast way is to hold them up to a bench grinder and grind a little relief in the nail so the slot falls into the center of the wheel or put them in a collet lathe and take a part off tool and do the slot, then fill with graffite..

 

[Sam Colalillo]

Nice car John!!!! That will be the best looking car at the event.

Good luck at your fisrst pinewood derby!!

 

[johnplogii]

Just got back, 49 cars alltogether & we got 1st in our den (wolves) and got 3rd overall! Our fastest time was 2.890 at 236.9mph. They kept the car & we will go to districts in april. Oh yeah!!!

 

[johnplogii]

Nice car John!!!! That will be the best looking car at the event.

Good luck at your fisrst pinewood derby!!

It was the best looking car there but somehow we didn't get the votes. Doesn't look like aerodynamics play much of a role in the pinewood derby though!