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[Larry Horner]

Speaking of gears Martin, does that one look familiar? It's just like the one you milled down for my tuning folk sidewinder.

[Don Weaver]

A friend of mine who is no longer with us read somewhere about using jeweler's paste to lap in gears.  Didn't realize/know you could only do this for a few seconds.  Ended up with just stubs for teeth...

[dc-65x]

I forgot to mention in my Husting build thread that Terry Schmid said in his first anglewinder MRJ construction article to use STP on the metal gears. There is probably something better available now but I'm a vintage nut so I went old school. 

 

 I used a tiny bit of STP on my Hustings AW gears before I ran it. They still look good after the track test.

[Martin]

Reminded me of a time as a misguided teenager when I ran my first motorcycle on pure STP. Thinking if some is good more is better

No problems, it ran strong, but took about 1/2 an hour to warm up. I got 56 MPH out of that little Honda 50 all tucked in for aero 

 

My Dad confirmed my speed driving next to me in a car.

 

Yes, good looking gears Larry. I forget are they RC?

[Larry Horner]

What I hate is that some of my valuable memory space is being used to retain the "STP is the racer's edge" jingle. Now just try and get that out of your head!

 

PCH says they are meant for drag racing. https://e-slotcar.co...-spur-tri-6448/

[Martin]

Serenity Tranquility and Peace man    

[MSwiss]

What I hate is that some of my valuable memory space is being used to retain the "STP is the racer's edge" jingle. Now just try and get that out of your head!

 

PCH says they are meant for drag racing. https://e-slotcar.co...-spur-tri-6448/

RC pinion gear.

 

I remember seeing these years ago, I'm pretty sure when Tony was still working for Trinity, and wondering if there was a slot car use.

 

Larry,

Great job, as always, on the car.

 

[Dave Crevie]

I forgot to mention in my Husting build thread that Terry Schmid said in his first anglewinder MRJ construction article to use STP on the metal gears. There is probably something better available now but I'm a vintage nut so I went old school. 

 

 I used a tiny bit of STP on my Hustings AW gears before I ran it. They still look good after the track test.

 

Those gears look a lot like the old Tradeship and Kemtron spurs. What worked then should still work today.

 

 

And Don; The worst I ever saw from back then, was the trick of heating a Cox crown gear while the motor was running, to true up the wobble and make a better mesh with the pinion. I watched a guy heat a crown a bit too much, and it started spitting tiny strings of plastic. 

[Bill from NH]

Lubriplate white grease would have worked too. I used Joel's "Grease-it" gear grease on Faas spurs.

[SpeedyNH]

i still use a little R/C moly grease on gears. 

[John Luongo]

i like using transynd synthetic atf for bearings, bushings and gears. important thing is to use a lubricant.

[Pablo]

I was honored to test Larry's car, and my driver Courtney Smith did the job today.

If there was ever a better man for critiquing a race car, show me.

 

Courtney said it was absolutely perfect. Fast, smooth, handled like a dream.

He really loved it.

 

Tough track test, best driver evaluation, result 110%      

 

The car now returns to San Francisco, heavily insured 

[Larry Horner]

Awesome news Pablo ... thank you for all your work and effort and tell Courtney thanks as well!    Once the car makes it to SF, I'll have to make the trek to Modesto to try it myself. Onward!!

[Pablo]

Don't get it dirty, it's a perfect car  

 

 

 

[Tex]

Don't get it dirty, it's a perfect car  

 

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Well done, Pablo!

But, of course, you know a race car is "perfect" only once... after construction/assembly is complete and before it is put on the track for the first time. After that, our "babies" are bathed in the sometimes harsh crucible of competition. But that is a race car's purpose and you made it possible for THIS race car to fulfil it's destiny. Well done, sir.

[Pablo]

Thanks Tex, very well said, Sir 

[Larry Horner]

Time to wrap this one up (pun intended). I had mentioned previously that I intended to wire wrap the joint between the front axle and axle supports as Steve had done with his interpretation. And this is how my chassis looks after I got it back from Pablo so thank you again Pablo!

Also I wanted to point out that the good handling of this car has nothing to do with my efforts as this is a very close interpretation of Gene's original design. It all goes to show what an amazing design it was from the very beginning...

 

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[dc-65x]

Very cool car Larry. Thanks for sharing the build and testing process with us.