Pinewood derby

[bmxer99]

and a wheelie bar.

[GTSAdam]

Looks good. I hope he has fun

[Grale Guy]

What is a Pinewood derby ? I have never heard of it over here in the UK

[Kermit]

you get a block of pinewood and u carve it out to a car or so..and put wheels on it and u race against other people. the cars are put on a little hill that has grooves for the tires and u put them up there and the gate drops and they go down the little hill..first one down wins. mostly for boy scouts or so. fun times when ur a kid

[Grale Guy]

Ah cool I see now yeah we have nothing like that over here :thumb:

[v_dub_ya]

Update, took car and weighed it, 3.8 ounces, need 1.2 more ounces. Sanded it down again, wasnt too happy with the finish, had to ground out a section in front of the rear wheels for the lead weights to fit, used my dremel tool and the weights fit nice and flush as seen here





little pinewood super-glue and a clamp, good to go, now to put some more primer on it and some more paint

[Haakon]

lucky son to have such a good father, nice lookin car

[AAandHT]

Vdub, just a tip, more weight toward the front helped my cars out when I was in boyscouts(Had a Dale Earnhardt car )

Also give the car some negative camber and sand down the tires a bit, less friction on the track. Beat my troop a couple times and made it to the county's when I was younger. Think my car was 4.8oz. Its somewhere around here.

[vette12]

i remember those times.... lots of fun. my dad did what you did, he let me carve out mine first, and i made it like a stock car, but then after getting my ass kicked, the next year i told him i wanted to win, so he taught me all about making a fast light car. We took second in the county... it was soo much fun....both years

good luck, and hope you guys have fun.

[UKunt]

ive also never heard of this before over here.but it looks like its good fun.good bonding for u and ur son...

[v_dub_ya]

Originally Posted by AAandHT

Vdub, just a tip, more weight toward the front helped my cars out when I was in boyscouts(Had a Dale Earnhardt car )

Also give the car some negative camber and sand down the tires a bit, less friction on the track. Beat my troop a couple times and made it to the county's when I was younger. Think my car was 4.8oz. Its somewhere around here.

from everyone that ive talked to at our troop, the weight in the front will cause the car to slow down on the flat part of the track, with the weight at the back, it will get good momentum on the downhill part, ive heard both sides and this is my first build, so we will see this saturday, thanks for the input though

as far as sanding down the wheels, thats a in our rule book, i can use graphite on the wheels and axles but no sanding

one trick that i did learn was to keep the wheels un-even, meaning, if only three wheels are on the track=less resistance and its not against the rules, we'll see

as far as weight, before i put the lead in the back, it weighed 3.8 ounces, the i added 1.1 ounces of weight=4.9 ounces, 5 ounces being the heaviest it can weigh, havent weighed since i started putting paint on it

gonna sand the axles down tomorrow and soak them and the wheels in graphite

[HKSemo]

yea itll probaly make it slower on the flats if you put more weight in the front but when its going downhill...itll make up and then some

[E-Rocko]

When my dad and I did the derby, our car was almost a wedge, with fishing lead for the weight. It worked well. I beat the rest of my troop... ages ago.

[DriftingRz]

yea graphite works well

[low_civic]

hahah this is awsome.....and guys pull out your skillz lets help his son win this...

btw don't forget to paint www.TREMEK.com on the sides lol...you need sponsors you know