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Post by RacerX on Oct 4, 2006 10:01:38 GMT -6
How do you do your wheels?
Race Fast
Racer X
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Mr. Slick
Head in the Pine
www.PwdRacing.com
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Post by Mr. Slick on Oct 4, 2006 10:19:22 GMT -6
How about doing Mold Match, shave and then test runs of multiple wheels?
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Post by RacerX on Oct 4, 2006 10:41:59 GMT -6
How about doing Mold Match, shave and then test runs of multiple wheels? Pretty extensive test.  Actually, if you get all of your correctable points on a wheel right, you can build a very fast car with out mold matching. We won the district championship in "04" on exactly what was in the box, no mold matched wheels, just a Pro Hub Tool, Pro Wheel Shaver, Pro Outter Hub Shaver, Pro Body Tool, Pro Axle Press, Pro Wheel Mandrel and a 9 year old boy. I have always said, "Accurate parts win races" and you can do it with the right stuff. Racer X |
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j2ce
Addicted to Speed
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Post by j2ce on Oct 4, 2006 15:43:47 GMT -6
RacerX
My son and I have done the same although with out the cool tools (we got them for this year though). My son took first in Pack, District, and a charity event that we had in "06". My little girl took second and I took third in a Charity event. A nice family sweep. We just deburred and sanded the axles got the wheels clean, rounded, made sure that the alignment was good, and just the right amount of lubrication. I know this isn't the thread for weights but we had all cars CMs at about an inch from the rear axles. No mold matching here not for PWD anyways.
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Post by pineheadwidow on Oct 11, 2006 21:58:28 GMT -6
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HyperDrive
Head in the Pine
Magnum Force
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Post by HyperDrive on Oct 12, 2006 4:48:12 GMT -6
I turn my own axles on a drill press to debur and polish. Wheels, I just bought a lathe and will learn how to lighten my own. Although, I have thought about buying some aftermarket wheels.
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Post by TheKingOdysseus on Jan 22, 2007 13:53:53 GMT -6
As of right now we've been polishing the wheels and axles that came with the car. But we have plans of purchasing the axle press. Now I have a question for the more experienced racers in here, does the axle press really offer an improvement on your speed? And does it help with proper wheel alignment? Does polishing the wheel bore help also? That's another tool we're looking into buying.
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j2ce
Addicted to Speed
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Post by j2ce on Jan 22, 2007 16:14:13 GMT -6
Hey King,
Welcome aboard. Buy using the axle press you are assuring that the axle is straight. Granted that you can still bend the axle during the installation. The 3/8" of axle closest is what you want straight. Why use the axle press? Some will not have the luxury of working with the alignment before a race. This tool in combination with the Pro Axle guide gives you some degree proper alignment. We use the tool twice first after deburring the axle and then after the axles are polished. If the axle was deformed during the prep process it will not be after the press. An important note: Before starting anything make sure that the axle slots on the car are straight. No sense in having straight axles if you have to bend them to align it.
j2ce
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Post by TheKingOdysseus on Jan 23, 2007 3:01:18 GMT -6
Thanks for the welcome, and the good advice, makes sense to me. We've got the pro axle guide, we're gonna purchase the probody tool, axle press and bore polisher next. That way we don't have to worry about the slots being straight. Because I noticed that on a couple of cars that we worked on the slots were a little off. The last race we had, there were about 15 or so of us, all friends and family. Hopefully there will be more the next race we have, in March. We're all new to this, my brother-in law, got us all started in this. I used to street race, and this kind of reminds me of that. Only this is alot cheaper and safer, plus the kids get to do it also and that is a plus. You know I never realized how much fun this was.....All right enough of my book...Again, thanks for the advice......TKO...
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