Levis new rod!!!

[Levis Classic]

Well here it is after many hours of my 10 year old son Levi deliberating on his design - 2004's salt flat racer pinewood derby rod!

The big race is Thursday night - wish him luck!

[Levis Classic]

one more

[singledownloop]

good luck Levi,he looks like he's ready.......

[Fast Elvis]

Levi has the look of a future big time hot rod designer....beauty job on that beast of yours Levi!!!!..Here's wishing you all the best for Thurday's race....put the pedal to the metal!.....your doing a great job their Dad!!!!

[lulabelle]

Good luck Levi!Have fun!

[kustombuilder]

WAY cool!!

[fab32]

Make the HAMB proud and bring home a trophy. Cool looking car.

Frank

[GRADY]

sweet
hope gravity works well for your son

[Chuck Fish]

Had lotsa fun building those cars with my kids back in the day. Go get em!!,there's no such thing as too fast! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Good Luck to Mr. Levi.

Chuck Fish

[hotrodladycrusr]

Looks like a winner to me. Good luck at the big race Levi!

[whodaky]

Good luck guys, have a great time and remember it doesn't matter whether you win or lose, but how you play the game. Got a big head start with such a cool looking race car

[fuel pump]

Go get um Levis Jr.!!

[bustingear]

I hope you buffed the axels in a drill with fine wet sand paper and some compound......

I hope you shaved the inside of the wheels for weight reduction. Turned in a drill and a sharp exacto.

Hurry ther is time...
winderby.com

I hope you recesed the front underneath with asetback for the drop pin.

[continentaljohn]

Car looks cool! good luck in the race.. Tons of little tricks seem to make them car fly.

[Alfster]

<font color="red"> Too Cool http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif </font>

[Big A]

Right on. Give 'em heck, little man.

[Dat Dirty Rat]

Man,,thats really kool!..Go get'em lil'man!!!

Dirty

[sedan_dad]

My boy's a Bear.He took 3rd place in his division.I'm really getting into this scouting thing.I'm the den leader this year.What is your boy?Wolf,Bear,Web?
SD

[Unkl Ian]

Ideally,you'd ballast the car to the class weight limit.
If there are no scales,then you need to be heavier.
Mounting the ballast as far back and as high as possible to maximize the potential energy.

But my favorite trick is to build a little twist into the chassis.
The axles are exactly parallel when viewed from above,so the car will go straight.
But viewed from the front,one wheel will be just a little higher so it only runs on 3 wheels.
All you need is .010",and you have reduced your rolling resistance by 25%. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
As it runs down the track it will rock diagonally,
the tire in the air will come down,which raises the opposite tire.
Part of the time,it's only running on the 2 diagonally oposite tires,
so you have reduced your rolling resistance by 50%. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
If you build in too much twist,it will run on 3 wheels all the time.

And No,it's not cheating.

[Levis Classic]

Sedan Dad -

He's a webelos! he just loves it. Well off we go we got her tweaked and full of graphite.

Our pack has awards for go as well as show. He hopes to be fast but if not a trophy for design would be fine.

Thanks all.

[Levis Classic]

Results are in:

We we in the middle of the pack for speed

But took home the best in show award for looks!!!!!

Oh well Levi was happy and had fun and thats all that matters.

[TomH]

Spend as much time with him as you can, they grow up way to fast.

[Fast Elvis]

Congrats Levis....look forward to seeing next years racer...I know it'll be another winner like YOU! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif