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[Pablo]

Dona has entered the wind tunnel at the Wolcott Ranch. She looks great in a lace blouse. Gave me some pointers on air dams, also. She said to say "Hi" to everybody

[Pablo]

Done. I learned a lot !!!
Thanks to all who helped !!!

[TSR]

You need a set of orange tires!

[Pablo]

I have orange donuts, Sir, but I want to drive the car without glue to test it for a few hot laps.
So, she has Alpha naturals.

By the way, the body is a Kirby Ferrari 312 by Victor.

Track test in a month or so.

[MSwiss]

Nice job getting it done.

[dc-65x]

Hi Pablo,

I can only speak from my experience on Eddie's Blue King with these vintage open monsters . The only time my fresh Riggen orange rubber will hook up is if a wing car race has just finished and the track has been glued. Otherwise the Riggen's will spin all the way down the straight.

So....for me, at Eddie's, I run modern Alpha wheels and tires and for display I use period wheels with Riggen orange rubber.

As always, you're results may vary .

[Pablo]

Thanks Mike, and Rick

I feel like I just cleared a big hurdle. The things I learned are priceless.

[Jairus]

BEAUTIFUL!
While I agree with ol'Dokk that you need orange rubber ( I have a set you can use for display if you need) the real car probably went through many rear tires before being retired.


(Got it really low too, way to go)

[Bill from NH]

Beautiful job Pablo! The next one will be even easier.

[MSwiss]

Pablo,
If I may make a recommendation here, unless you can get a genuine Faas or Parma gear sleeve, do not use the K&S brass tubing to make one because its diameter is too small and you are going to end with a wobbly gear. Instead use K&S aluminum tubing because it appears to be larger and also tighter on the axle. This is what I use for my retro cars crown gears and it has worked well.

PDL,
I just checked the 1/8" K & S aluminum tubing I have in stock and it's super sloppy on a 3/32" axle.

Unless it somehow pinches in after you shove it in a gear, I can't possibly see how it's better than brass for a sleeve.

[Ron Hershman]

Hey Pablo

[Noose]

Pablo ya done good! Congrats.

[Pablo]

Thanks Track test in Montgomery, AL 7 July. I'll take a few laps and let Greg Gilbert take a few, then back in the box.

[Pablo]

Track Test results:

Greg Gilbert, myself, John Clow, and Billy Watson all took a few hot laps today with the car.
Runs great !!! Handling is super, hooks up and drives very very nice.
It is fast on 12 volts, so I think at 13 V it would probably smoke the tires without glue
Back in the vintage box for a looong nap.
Mission accomplished. Thanks again for all the help, guidance, and support, I could never have done this without my Slotblog friends !!

[Jairus]

Feather in your cap my friend!
Way to go.

[TSR]

PDL,
I just checked the 1/8" K & S aluminum tubing I have in stock and it's super sloppy on a 3/32" axle.
Unless it somehow pinches in after you shove it in a gear, I can't possibly see how it's better than brass for a sleeve.

Mike,
Once the aluminum tubing is pressed into the gear, it tightens quite a bit and the gear is no longer sloppy. I have run my retro cars from 2006 to the time Parma got off their torpor and actually made sleeved gears, and I would thing that gear mesh has definitely not be an issue for me, with one of the quietest running cars on the retro circuit.
Now I still use K&S tubing from old stock I retained from the 1970s, so it is possible that today's tubing may be of a different spec...
Of course nothing beats a properly machined brass sleeve, that's for sure.
Interestingly, my older gears with aluminum sleeve are still in service after many, many races, and are still the smoothest gears I have on hand, the older they get, the better they appear to be!