Post by callmechris on Feb 4, 2013 15:54:19 GMT -6
My 2 sons race in the Royal Ambassador races at our church...this will be our 4th year to race. Our first year my wife would not allow me to spend any money on the car so the construction was dismal...I missed the race because I was at work but my wife took the boys and got to leave with them crying since their cars didn't even cross the finish line. There was another race a couple weeks later with a couple churches and we had a chance to rework the cars. With mom's approval this time I was able to dive into the internet and learned a LOT, had no idea there was such a science to these little wood blocks! After all was said and done they both won 1st in their age group and took 1st and 2nd overall. They were so proud! :thumbup: The next 2 years my boys have been the team to beat so every year the bar has been raised. We have been able to pull off 1st place wins in their respective age groups and 1st and 2nd overall in all of the church races and the "district" races have been the same results...until last year. There is a new church that has joined in with the district races last year and WOW, these guys are good! My boys ended up pulling off 2nd and 3rd in their respective age groups last year and 3rd and 4th overall. The cars a couple of these kids brought were unbelievably fast! With this being the last year my oldest will get to race we have pulled out all the stops. I have ordered a bunch of the pro tools to be help his car and we are trying out the tungsten cube weights. One of my major questions right now is about the camber for the rear wheels. We build 3 wheel RR style cars but the tires are different than the BSA tires. With the BSA tires the rear is cambered 2.5 degrees for obvious reasons but I have seen to NOT camber the s. The RA wheels are narrow already...would you think it better to camber the wheels normally or would it be better to use a less of a camber just to make sure the wheels ride out to the axle heads....or not camber at all like we have done in the past? Here are a few pictures of our cars from last year so you can see what our level of building is and what the tires look like for those that don't know...
My youngest ones car:
My older sons car:
Any other words of wisdom or advice for the RA style cars?
My youngest ones car:
My older sons car:
Any other words of wisdom or advice for the RA style cars?
