Pinewood Derby

[outcast]

Anyone else building cars right now? My son is 6 and this is first car. He picked the design and helped me paint it. We race tomorrow.

[huntin fool]

Remember, all the weight in the front!

[fishinpox]

Chuck them wheels up in a drill n smooth em with a super fine grip sand paper

[outcast]

Originally Posted by huntin fool

Remember, all the weight in the front!

You actually want the weight in the rear. All the weight is in front of the rear axle. We did a test run at the weigh in tonight, its pretty fast and beat the other cars on the track.

[outcast]

Originally Posted by fishinpox

Chuck them wheels up in a drill n smooth em with a super fine grip sand paper

Did that already pox, polished wheels and axles. I also set the right front wheel up 1/16 higher, it doesnt touch the track. 3 wheels on the track is faster

[evidrine]

Man, the memories!

[huntin fool]

Originally Posted by outcast

You actually want the weight in the rear. All the weight is in front of the rear axle. We did a test run at the weigh in tonight, its pretty fast and beat the other cars on the track.

Really? All of the cars that hauled azz had the weight up front, but also was a completely different design.

[outcast]

I wish i would of extended the wheelbase. It should do ok though

[gonzalesdave]

Gonna have to check that bad boy out tomorrow.

[outcast]

Originally Posted by gonzalesdave

Gonna have to check that bad boy out tomorrow.

Davey, they start at 930Am

[jdm4x43732]

We put a little baby powder on the axles before the race and had it down to the gram when we weighed it. Trial and error was the only way we figured out the best weight placement. My nephew had built a Hummer, looked cool. Good luck

[outcast]

It weighed in at 4.96 oz. Ive been putting graphite powder on the wheels and axles It makes a difference. Adding weight all depends on where the pivot point is on the car

[jdm4x43732]

We had a nice paint job and ended up gluing nails on the roof of it. That was his "guns" on top of his Hummer. We didn't have any graphite powder and it was last minute for us and we used baby powder, maybe not as effective but it did help.

[Mediumheavyaction6'6]

That boy has one hell of a pit crew!

[outcast]

Originally Posted by Mediumheavyaction6'6

That boy has one hell of a pit crew!

Lol, thanks Lucas! Maybe i can give you some pointers when its time to build Wyatt's

[southern151]

I've still got mine from when I was a kid. Dad carved it all out and painted it for me. Sucker still shiny today! Good ol Centari by Dupont!

[evidrine]

wish I still had mine. Cant wait for my boys to be able to do the same.

[meaux fishing]

I still have all of mine. My grandpa helped me build them all.... Great memories

[Gerald]

I built a pinewood race cars back when I was involved with the cub scouts. We (I) had an Adult catagory and a few Dad's built cars. I designed mine in a cigar shape and put a little more paint on it to get the max. weight just right after filling it up with some lead.

Graphite makes a big difference. Running on 3 wheels.....????? that is knew to me, but makes sence.

I even built a "4 car" race track for our Pack to use.

[Keith_Stone]

Thats some old memories for me right there and my two boys will be at that age in about 2 years so I am sure it will be good times again.