making pockets for tungsten

[usmcatfish]

Hello,
i am wondering if some of yall would not mind posting pics of the under side of your cars...i was curious on the shape yall used in cutting the pockets out for tungsten.
thanks
Steven

[FiRENZE]

The cars that we currently race in WIRL have a separate body and chassis. The section for the weights is either cut with a band saw or carved in the body. Once weights are installed then the chassis is assembled to the car body with micro screws. I will check to see if we have some photos available.

[usmcatfish]

Thanks,
That would be very cool. I really would like to see what that looks like.
Steven

[Go Bubba Go]

usmcatfish said:

Hello,
i am wondering if some of yall would not mind posting pics of the under side of your cars...i was curious on the shape yall used in cutting the pockets out for tungsten.
thanks
Steven

Following are the drill, cut, fill and finished pics for my oldest boy's DKL (Donkey Kong / Luigi) car from last year.

Car is a 1/4" slab (thickness of 1/4" Tungsten cubes). Final product had wood in center of body removed i.e. rail car.

Note that we have since gotten more aggressive with our weighting (i.e. moved another row of cubes behind the rear axle).









Bubba

[FiRENZE]

Following are the photos of two cars mentioned earlier this week. Area for weights are cut from the center section of each car prior to attaching side sections. The first three car photos are of Viva XLR (Red and Yellow color scheme), the second car is a Fulcrum T9 (Formula 1) which has wood sections visible. Hope this helps.

[FiRENZE]