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It's funny Doc, I've found that a tweak that makes big gains on my track doesn't always translate to the same improvement on AL's' track.
It could be the slight difference in track surface or the fact that he has more sharp corners than I do.
docdoom wrote:Mitch58 wrote:Okay I went home and played around with gears, I gained 4/10ths a lap on my track. I'm ready for a rematch.
Good thing we dont race odd Thursday at your tack. With all that testing we all be playing catch Mitch
Okay I went home and played around with gears, I gained 4/10ths a lap on my track. I'm ready for a rematch.
Insulating like you did was a great move, Our garage has none. We have a freezer and an old refrigerator out there. I don't think either one of them shut off all day long.
Once it passed 110 the AC in the house starts to loose ground a bit and it starts to run continuous just to keep the upstairs comfortable.
The basement on the other hand got so chilly that I had to put socks on my cold feet.
I thought about braving your shop but the drive over worried me more.
Old high mileage trucks and old high mileage men don't do well in this kind of weather.
It's cooling off nice now, it was 116 in Tigard about 3 hours ago, now it's 86.
For that kind of money Tahiti would be far cheaper next time
docdoom wrote:Most likely be my last time here. Getting very crowded and touristy. They trying to pass new taxes on people coming over and if they pass it will drive most working class people from not coming. One is a 400.oo impact tax per person that fly in or cruise ship and the other is 100.00 a day condo hotel impact tax.thats not counting the extra 200.00 they added onto the car rental.
Don't forget Sunday 2pm the track will be open for a fun run and a proxy race.
Okay,
We'll run this proxy on Sunday at 2ish. Those who can come bring whatever you might like to run, we may as well enjoy some open track time while we're at it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzyW9bptdPU
This was what was on my table before I found NASTE.
I was just about to start building hills and landscaping when one night after visiting Dad in his care facility I came home and tore it out and started putting the Strombecker track together.
I don't think I even had any 1/32 scale cars, I just needed something to do with my hands. It was when I found that none of my "start" tracks were any good that I contacted a stranger named Bill on Facebook to learn how to wire it up.
Sometimes after racing at Terry's or Bryan's I miss this setup.
How does this Sunday ( 6/13) afternoon work for running this proxy?, Say 2pm?
No. Leave a message and he'll get back to you. He is also a regular visitor to this site.
kidvolt wrote:Al get a new phone?
32 cars total
I've qualified the cars and we need to set up a race day sometime in the next couple of weeks. we talked briefly about tomorrow afternoon but that's not going to work for me.
We also talked about maybe and even Thursday race. We can give it some thought, we are not in a hurry as the cars got here much sooner than expected.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_ayKjJs5cA
I got home from the beach this evening to find a box of Proxy car on my front porch.
I'll start Qualifying tomorrow, then we'll have to pick a time to run this.
Not for me Monte, My 86 year old mother is providing me with all the drama I can handle at the present time.
Though I only knew him a fraction of the time that you have, I always enjoyed his company. He was very knowledgeable about slot
racing and I found him to be very generous when it came to sharing that knowledge.
We've missed his company these last couple of years and will miss him even more now.
Our thoughts go out to his friends and family.
The sound of the contact is still ringing in my ears.
docdoom wrote:reek455 wrote:Thanks again for another fun night of racing. Competition was close and fierce but largely clean.
I only got into Al once. That off in the sweeper was all on him. There no video proof to say other wise.
Let me know what you find Doc, I have ahem, some...
They may need a bit of tire work as they
ve been sitting for a while.
Tomorrow night at Al's, LMP and GT3
Chris K built one that way for a proxy, it was lightning fast yet easy to drive. I tried it with my 956 but it wasn't the came. I never tried it on my 962 as it was so quiet and smooth, but if I can't get it below 5.7 I may try it.
To be competitive in that class I need to be able to run 5.5 and still keep it in the slot for 27 laps at a time.
Cool, shall we build some?
The 962 is for the following race. I fiddled with it and got it to run a 5.70 but can't get it into the 5.6s. I did get the Mosler to hit 5.50 but couldn't get a 5.49. But then I couldn't repeat the 5.50 either.
the 962 is geared 9/28, I tried a 27 tooth crown gear but it slowed down a bit, it must be coming out of the corners a bit slower. i'll probably leave it as it is with the 9/28, it is quick enough but is fairly easy to drive too.
I can get the Mosler down to 5.5 but not very lap, I kind of have to sneak up on it, 5.6s are no problem. Going to work on the 962 tomorrow, 5.8 seems to be its limit at the moment.
I've got my Mosler running 5.6 on a regular basis, we'll see how it goes.
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