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[Gator Bob]

Any 503x or KTM DV-18 equal.

[Pitt Man]

Got my entries in the mail today.

 

Here's a few shots of my stock entry.

 

Never run on a track before! 

 

'68 Chevelle (lumpy and ugly)

 

KTM DV-18-F 4 VOLT

 

Kemtron chassis kit

 

1.16" x .400" Pro Track rears

 

.940 Mila Miglia fronts

 

3.5:1 gear ratio 

 

208 grams (46 gram front weight)

 

 

 

 

[Gator Bob]

That's the spirit Bob ! Cool

 

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All proxy cars in house as of Monday 11/20 made test passes. They all go down the track, some faster than others and some way faster than all.

No on track damage to any of the cars. My Lunar launched the glue and won 'hit the wall hard award'.

 

"No Time" or speed, the program got hosed  and the staging lites wouldn't go out. BP said he'll be all over the fix tomorrow

 

Tom, sorry...your cars got beat to **** on the trip, most of the formally glued parts are in the 'box of work'. One locked up due to no 5/40 nuts against the wheels. the flag weights were striped out and fell of.. what a ride.

Oh ... AND a WHITE GUIDE FLAG too.

 

Foamy, David, Floyd, PE, George ... ya'll fine

 

BadBill and I did the testing and the best agreed procedure under these circumstances will be.

 

No-Bars cars - Clean track, clean tires, .. Roll cars on cardboard, Naptha on rears, wet bleach box burn-out then across the line,  Wipe track, stage.

 

Bars cars - Full glue roll-out   

[hiline2]

Pittman, what is that weight on the Chevelle ? not a lead block ??

[SlotStox#53]

Pittman, what is that weight on the Chevelle ? not a lead block ??

I think it's an aluminum block, remember reading the build thread. Great car btw PittMan

Saturday is getting closer. Can't wait to see how well the old padlock warriors do

[Pitt Man]

Hi Paul,

 

That's a 46 gram lead weight up front.

 

Machined it out of a large blob of lead into a cute little "briefcase full of blues."   

 

I'm hoping it will keep the front end down!

 

About a 50/50 weight distribution. 

[SlotStox#53]

That's one huge chunk of lead!

Here's to it keeping the car under control!

[Foamy]

I use brass blocks on my index/bracket cars.

1/2 x 3/4 x 1" block is 50-ish grams with 2 2-56 mounting holes.

...and sometimes that is not enough...

[Gator Bob]

Hi Paul,

 

That's a 46 gram lead weight up front.

 

Machined it out of a large blob of lead into a cute little "briefcase full of blues." 

 

I'm hoping it will keep the front end down!

 

About a 50/50 weight distribution. 

 

And here I thought it was a Box of Rain.

[Gator Bob]

No Tungsten.  or bar solder.  

[boxerdog]

The suspense is forcing me to do the shoulda-coulda-woulda thing. Good luck to all. 

[SlotStox#53]

The suspense is forcing me to do the shoulda-coulda-woulda thing. Good luck to all. 

Miss E is going mental waiting to see what her two cars are going to do

[BillB]

Rods and Rails are ready to go....Good Luck to everyone!

[Gator Bob]

The time for thinking, dreaming up that design, building it and shipping it is Over.

'pull them belts tight one more time'

 

 

 

It's GO TIME ! 

[SlotStox#53]

To quote the 8 year old "it's on like Donkey Kong"!!

Good luck!

[Gator Bob]

Cleaning up and printing some 'paperwork'.

 

Note this:

http://slotblog.net/...es/#entry687833

[Gator Bob]

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[Gator Bob]

Now where did all those darn little slips of paper go? 

 

Oops, that darn ceiling fan   .... I'm trying to load the ladders.  

[Gator Bob]

Got my entries in the mail today.

 

Here's a few shots of my stock entry.

 

Never run on a track before! 

 

'68 Chevelle (lumpy and ugly)

 

KTM DV-18-F 4 VOLT

 

Kemtron chassis kit

 

1.16" x .400" Pro Track rears

 

.940 Mila Miglia fronts

 

3.5:1 gear ratio 

 

208 grams (46 gram front weight)

 

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Stock Eliminator WINNER !

 

Great car considering it's not a Pittman Pitt Man.

Fas an' smoooth ...  It got giddy doin' the ol' match race style 'burn-out' to 1/2 track 

[SlotStox#53]

Those 4v KTM /Kemtron oem motors seem the hot ticket

[Gator Bob]

Unbelievable bang for the buck. Imagine if they had a good brush set-up. 

 

Pitt Man ... kicked-a$$ with that 503 Chevy named 'Lumpy'.  

 

WTF was that TV show with Lumpy as a sidekick.... hmmm, having a 'senior moment.' Help !

 

Oh ... Leave it to Beaver.   

[SlotStox#53]

"Good brush set up "

Maybe something on the design board for next year

[BillB]

Here are a few photos I was able to get.

[Gator Bob]

Good stuff BB. Thanks !

Some really good battles.

[Gator Bob]

FYI ..  We used the 2 ohm house controllers for this race.