New Racer for a new track grand opening-

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As it sits for tomorrow- going to break in some AKA and HotBodies tires, beat a couple of 22's :wink:
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Looking good Reg. Let us know how it fares against all the newbie cars!

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Wow! I can't beleive you're going to run that with it being in such nice shape! :shock:

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Wow Reg that looks sick!!! :shock:

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So how'd it go Reg? Hopefully better than my race day :roll:

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It went from alright to ok, to bad to ok, to better and then good. I made a host of changes this Saturday and brought the car all over as far as setup goes, plus scuffing new tires.

Short short version is I had to lower the droop a bunch, and go a little stiffer on rear springs then I was trying. Also, I wasn't driving aggressively with confidence in fear of breaking white parts so I was peddling it everywhere. But, in practice after the mains I swapped to some AKA tires I was letting Miles scuff in, dialed up some boost and ran it hard ( broke a front bulkhead ) but I dropped almost a second per lap by letting myself just drive and not worry about the parts.

The good news is that the track owner is a vintage enthusiast and is joining here, and I met another member here that has not posted yet, plus there were guys coming to.my pit all day checking it out and watching it on the track.

I also found out when I was leaving that the ban on traction compounds is no longer there. So I should be able to knock another second off the lap times on Saturday.

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Very cool Reg, glad you are driving it how it should be and making some good time on those laps. You probably have at least 500 bulkheads in your stash anyway, lol. Don't hold back and kick some arse.

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I just remembered why we used to dye the nylon black.
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Still cleaning :lol:

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Also while it was torn down, I decided to lighten up the chassis and trim it down to 21mm, round off the corners etc-pretty typical cut down BITD.

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Hey im a real noob at cutting down chassis and wanted to cut mine down. What tool did you use to cut yours down?

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Just a dremel with their large diameter reinforced cut-off wheel. I put masking tape over the parts I am cutting then measure and mark the cuts, then run the tool along the cut line slowly a few times making a groove, then start cutting all the way through.

Unless you are going to brace the chassis, I don't recommend going less than 20 mm at the sides or it has a tendency to spread and flex.

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ok great thanks.
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Pic someone else shot of my car ( it was not dialed that day :? )

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Hey Reg, what springs did you end up using? Looks good!

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Re: New Racer for a new track grand opening-

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The wheels are turned but there's no pipe in the pic. How many cars went inside while you took the scenic route?? Don't make me come up there!!!!!!

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