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I keep it at the 8-plex that you helped me on for the furnace and the gas leak.  It can be broken down into two pieces so it will fit in the Toaster.

I have a good aluminum straight edge for routing if you want to borrow it.

Maybe Naste is at a cross roads?  Most of the long time Naste racers are primarily 1/24 racers while the newer members are more 1/32 based.  We only raced on one 1/24 track this year (two times once the season is over) and the rest have/will been/be 1/32.  I do think that some of the 1/24 track owners would be willing to host a Naste event, they just need to be asked.  This subject came up at the last GT-1 race at Howie's.  That being said, how many of the the 1/24 guys are willing to run 1/32 on a consistant basis? 
Once again, I'm raising more questions than answers, but the way I see it is that the 1/24 and 1/32 groups need to come to some kind of consensus or we will not be able to get this done.  Keep in mind this is just my opinion based on what I've seen/heard in the relatively short time I've been racing with all of you.  Are you willing to be part of the solution?

Rico

I like the idea of a builders class, I think it would be fun, but it clearly is not for everybody that races at Naste races.  I believe you already understand this and that is why you have people who want to run the builders class only running one heat of the IROC races.  Why not go one step further and run them as a separate series altogether?  You are still going to have to run the same number of heats so it wouldn't be much, if any, more time.  The hardcore folks certainly aren't going to mind running an extra heat or two. Mony of the folks at Naste races are not hardcore racers, but more like what I would call "dabblers".  I don't think this is a bad thing in any way and I think a builders/owners class could go a long way towards keeping both sides happy.

I think a bigger issue is what scale are we talking?  This year the majority of the races are 1/32 scale with a few 1/24 and HO thrown in. Would those interested in building have to build cars for all three scales?  It is my understanding that your new track, assuming you finish it, is probably able to race 1/32 and 1/24 as is Jeff's track.  For the sake of argument, we decide on using 1/32 as the builders class, doesn't that make it more a tuner's series since most 1/32 cars are RTR to start with?  To me, 1/24 cars are more of a builder's class, especially if you use brass/soldered chassis but if we go this route then many of the existing tracks would not be usable as venues.

I'm afraid that I'm creating more questions than anwers, but I do believe it needs to be said.  If we pool our resources and our heads I'm sure we can hammer out something, but we need more people involved than just the few regulars that post here on the forum.  Maybe some type of meeting at or after the last race is in order?

Regards
Rico

June 8-15 I will be in Hawaii if that makes any difference.  I say we race something that we haven't raced before or in some time although the RadioShack cars were lots of fun and worked well on Jeff's track.  Just my two Lincoln's worth.  I could always volunteer the Fiat Punto's and we have two Citroen SuperSaxo's between Monte and myself that are basically the same car.

Rico

I don't see why the gears would not be interchangable bwetween brands as long as the configuration is the same.  You wouldn't want to mix anglewinder gears with sidewinder or inlines, but sidewinder to sidewinder or inline to inline should be ok.  I think the gear set in AJ's Fly Ferrari are TSRF and they work excellent.

More or less than you sold it for?

There we go mucking up the dates again

After the race last night Randy and I tried running my Fly Classics as set up for Monte's track.  Here is what we found:
Chevron B19 with Slot.it orange end bell motor, revised gearing and the hand out urethane tires:  7.8-7.9 sec laps.  The car handled very well and  was nicely controllable.  It did have some hop down the long straights most likely due to the aforementioned Fly wheels or my poor glue job.  This hop is not noticeable on my track or Monte's track.

Next up was the Ferrari 512S, stock motor and gears, stock wheels with some Paul Gage urethane tires (Very similiar in compound to the free hand outs).  Once again the car was easy to drive and hand very controllable slides.  It ran 8.6-8.8 second laps and would be fun to run.

Lastly we tried the same car with IndyGrips.  It was still easy to drive but had that kind of greasy silicone feel that we are all used to from the current class we are running, but lap times dropped to the 8.2-8.3 range. 

Any of these combinations would work, we just have to decide what we want to do.

As always a wonderful time was had by all, way more than enough food and drink, just another day and the Pen.

You won't get very far on a siezed oil pump but the beer is do able.