Post by ohno on Jan 16, 2009 14:54:47 GMT -6
Hi... I have a question lingering in my head...lol..
Last year we made my sons car and my 2 daughter's cars as well (powder puff derby) With me drilling new axle holes eliminating the slots. When I drilled them I pushed the front of the car short and left the longer end of the block behind the rear axles..
I may have confused you on the above statement . but if you were to take a raw block from the box you will note on one end the slots are closer to the edge then on the other side of the block.
And I used the block in relation to the closest to the end being the front .. (hope I explained it better)
My question is where do you guys place the axle holes/ slots in relation to the front/ back of the block, and which is your front ? The furthest distance or shortest ??
Does it really matter as long as your balance point is correct ? Or is there really an advantage one way or another ?
On last years cars my son took first at pack and top 5 at districts. My 2 daughters at the Powder Puff Derby tied first on 9 runs then on the 10th run my younger daughter for some reason beat her by an 1/8 inch. So she ended up with first.. But all the cars had the bigest portion of the block behind the rear axle, not in front of the front axle...
Last year we made my sons car and my 2 daughter's cars as well (powder puff derby) With me drilling new axle holes eliminating the slots. When I drilled them I pushed the front of the car short and left the longer end of the block behind the rear axles..
I may have confused you on the above statement . but if you were to take a raw block from the box you will note on one end the slots are closer to the edge then on the other side of the block.
And I used the block in relation to the closest to the end being the front .. (hope I explained it better)
My question is where do you guys place the axle holes/ slots in relation to the front/ back of the block, and which is your front ? The furthest distance or shortest ??
Does it really matter as long as your balance point is correct ? Or is there really an advantage one way or another ?
On last years cars my son took first at pack and top 5 at districts. My 2 daughters at the Powder Puff Derby tied first on 9 runs then on the 10th run my younger daughter for some reason beat her by an 1/8 inch. So she ended up with first.. But all the cars had the bigest portion of the block behind the rear axle, not in front of the front axle...
