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karlaj replied to the thread Lowest hanging fruit on scout cars?.
LOL! That's almost cruel! But, I'm sure you get the gasp/chuckle combo from folks! Now that I know I was running with basically 0"...
Nov 24, 2020 at 12:41 AM -
karlaj liked Mojo Racing's post in the thread Lowest hanging fruit on scout cars?.
You are safe with 4" over 4' as a general rule. If the track is wood or rough, I would go 5". When I give presentations to the local...
Nov 24, 2020 at 12:05 AM -
Mojo Racing replied to the thread Lowest hanging fruit on scout cars?.
You are safe with 4" over 4' as a general rule. If the track is wood or rough, I would go 5". When I give presentations to the local...
Nov 23, 2020 at 11:33 PM -
ljo liked Brian Stanley's post in the thread Lowest hanging fruit on scout cars?.
Red Rocket contains silicone as well.
Nov 23, 2020 at 11:30 PM -
karlaj replied to the thread Lowest hanging fruit on scout cars?.
Loud, that’s helpful, thank you. I’m very much an numbers guy. I don’t have the scale array, so COM is all I’ve got for now.
Nov 23, 2020 at 10:57 PM -
Loud2ns replied to the thread Lowest hanging fruit on scout cars?.
So in 2018 my daughter and son's cars were about 11/16 Com which was about .8oz on the dfw. They both ran 1.5" of steer. I don't...
Nov 23, 2020 at 9:34 PM -
karlaj replied to the thread Lowest hanging fruit on scout cars?.
just under and inch in front of the axle.
Nov 23, 2020 at 8:20 PM -
karlaj liked Loud2ns's post in the thread Lowest hanging fruit on scout cars?.
This is where I was going to go........I'm just not as eloquent as Mojo.
Nov 23, 2020 at 8:15 PM -
karlaj liked Gso125 Racing's post in the thread Lowest hanging fruit on scout cars?.
Glad you’re using a tuning board now. Treadmills scare me in more than one way hahaha
Nov 23, 2020 at 8:15 PM -
Loud2ns replied to the thread Lowest hanging fruit on scout cars?.
Possibly...... if the car had the wiggles it could be due to not enough steer and that would give inconsistent times. How aggressive...
Nov 23, 2020 at 7:58 PM -
Loud2ns replied to the thread Lowest hanging fruit on scout cars?.
This is where I was going to go........I'm just not as eloquent as Mojo.
Nov 23, 2020 at 7:47 PM -
Gso125 Racing replied to the thread Lowest hanging fruit on scout cars?.
Glad you’re using a tuning board now. Treadmills scare me in more than one way hahaha
Nov 23, 2020 at 6:51 PM -
karlaj replied to the thread Lowest hanging fruit on scout cars?.
I put together my tuning board using an old 5' closet shelf. Marked it off, then ran several of our older cars to see how they were...
Nov 23, 2020 at 6:21 PM -
Brian Stanley liked Mojo Racing's post in the thread Lowest hanging fruit on scout cars?.
If it is as you are thinking it is, they are saying no axle polish because it was a liquid to start with... they are not saying that....
Nov 23, 2020 at 5:05 PM -
Brian Stanley liked Mojo Racing's post in the thread Lowest hanging fruit on scout cars?.
Happy to help. :D
Nov 23, 2020 at 5:05 PM
