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#2301 DCR

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Posted 28 December 2014 - 11:49 PM

……..And even more goodies for the Checkpoint Cup Race…………..and I haven't even finished the damned F1 cars yet………sigh………….back to work!…………….DC

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Posted 28 December 2014 - 11:54 PM

Don, those are outstanding, and guys, I can tell you that Don's Chassis really work well on the Buena Park King Track....


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Posted 28 December 2014 - 11:59 PM

Sweet looking race cars Don.

Good luck with them.


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Posted 29 December 2014 - 10:31 PM

Old chassis don't always have to go to the scrap pile, sometimes they get reborn as something else. This is my take on another DS3 resurrection. John Weaver handed this to me and asked me to do something with it, so I took a crack at it. I didn't take any measurements or weight of the old frame, just stripped it down and reused most of the brass. Can anyone tell me who built it originally? It had "H-1" engraved on the nosepiece.

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RGeo DS3 brass
JK ( I think ) bracket
Chicagoland guide tongue brace
Weight - 47.8g
Guide lead - .950
Wheelbase - 3.94
.055 outer rails
2 rails of .047 on each side, soldered full length
3rd .047 half-rail added at front as filler and can be soldered to stiffen up slightly
.047 tuning fork into 3/32 square tubing

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Posted 30 December 2014 - 06:15 PM

Looking good James.

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Posted 02 January 2015 - 02:36 PM

New Z-Rail Can-Am for John Martin, should weigh 103-104 built up

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Posted 02 January 2015 - 03:28 PM

New Z-Rail Can-Am for John Martin, should weigh 103-104 built up

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…That looks nice,I would like to try building something like that to test…..if I could only find time………sigh………nice work!…….DC


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Posted 02 January 2015 - 11:33 PM

….Ok race fans just to prove I have no life,here is one of the DCR F1 chassis Iv built for the Checkpoint Cup race next weekend.The chassis has a removable 8gram center weight so the car can be raced at 92g or 100g depending on the track or the local rules…..More to come as the Madness at DCR continues!….Thanks for having a look……I wish everyone a great 2015!……DC

 
 
 

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Posted 02 January 2015 - 11:35 PM

Beautiful build Don, just like Jewelry, hope to see you out at the race tomorrow !


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Posted 03 January 2015 - 05:56 AM

…...Hot off the chassis jig at 2:30am is DCR #66….This is the first Can-Am build with the new "Re-Worked" nose piece,,this adds a little weight but should make the front of the chassis much stronger.This chassis is for Mr Gary Donahoe………..Now to get a few hours sleep and Im off to BPR to race!………………DC

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Posted 03 January 2015 - 08:28 AM

Great looking F1 Don.

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Posted 03 January 2015 - 11:21 PM

…..Well I only got to test the new DCR F1 chassis for about 5-minutes before they turned the "King" track over to a kid with a rental car……but the new car seemed to run good,,with no time to tune on it the I was able to run several 3.9s laps ………Gary Donahoe tested his DCR F1 later in the evening running in the 4.0s……….so far it looks good!………….Take care………………..DC

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Posted 05 January 2015 - 12:03 AM

Very neat & clean looking F1 Don! Love the design .
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Posted 08 January 2015 - 04:58 PM

New Chassis for a customer, 14 rails of .039, JK X25R with independent pans, JK 3/4" MB

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Posted 13 January 2015 - 01:33 AM

……..These DCR F1's where built for Mr Allan Reeder & Fast Sam Rackham………….DC

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Posted 18 January 2015 - 10:20 PM

Not a big race, but I won my heat at our monthly fun races.

Possibly the first Retro win for a car with a movable droparm.

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Posted 18 January 2015 - 10:38 PM

…..Well I only got to test the new DCR F1 chassis for about 5-minutes before they turned the "King" track over to a kid with a rental car……but the new car seemed to run good,,with no time to tune on it the I was able to run several 3.9s laps ………Gary Donahoe tested his DCR F1 later in the evening running in the 4.0s……….so far it looks good!………….Take care………………..DC

 

Very solid looking F1 Don.


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Posted 31 January 2015 - 06:03 AM

Here a new one I just finished up for Greg Burstein for today's NERR event.

 

.032 nose

.064 pans and rear weight

Swiss 1.380" bracket

Slick 7 tongue

8 rails of .047 with a .025 wishbone limiter

Weights in at 58 grams, race trim with a little weight at 111 grams

 

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Posted 31 January 2015 - 10:46 AM

Nice!

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Posted 31 January 2015 - 10:39 PM

Very nice!

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Posted 07 February 2015 - 02:08 PM

……..Uww…and what is this??????……………….lol…………….DC

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Posted 07 February 2015 - 03:43 PM

I LIKE it!


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Posted 07 February 2015 - 04:02 PM

A very wide F1. 

 

How does it work Don?


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Posted 07 February 2015 - 05:31 PM

Odd. But almost anything with a tuning fork works. Let us know what it does.

 

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Posted 07 February 2015 - 09:13 PM

If you look at the build date, is was built in 2013 LOL

 

Still cool, I can't cut stuff like that LOL


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