... but very different from the X-1. I actually built this one before I built the X-1 and ran it once. But then the idea for the X-1, some stock car builds, and the Dragonslayer 7, all came along and this one sort of stalled for a bit. This was the first try at building a frame with a lot of twist flex and corner weighting. Now it has been tuned a little bit more.
- Handmade .032" nosepiece, cut-down Warmack guide tongue, Chicagoland bracket.
- Tuning forks are .062" free in the tubes.
- Main frame rails are two x .047"/side, pans are .047" with some 1/8" x .062" brass corners.
- Original frame did not have the rear weight tabs and came in at 89 grams all up.
- There is a bit of reinforcing yet to do in the bracket area and some other small details.
- In testing the original frame, it was really fast through medium-long radius turns.
- However, it would be cornering really fast and then just "let go" with little to no warning.
- It was difficult to negotiate tighter turns and just plain felt too light.
- In the initial test session, there was hardly anyplace to stick lead, so I put some on the nose.
- This held the nose down better but the rear end still just snapped out with no warning.
- This should have been no surprise to me but still... I tried it anyway.
- Then, while at the track, I cobbled together some crude rear weight tabs out of 1/16" thick brass plate.
- As it almost always is... the rear weight was much more effective than the nose weight.
- So... I brought it home and did the rear weights up properly as shown here. Each of these are 3.8 grams.
- All up weight is now 96 grams and this may have similar potential to the X-1.
My next Can-Am race is on a flat track but then I have four in a row on speedways. This one and the X-1 will get a lot of head to head testing in the next few months.
