Scrap Heap Ideas

[kayjon]

About 6 months ago I was driving along trying to figure out how to make my WIRL car "BERT" faster when the light bulb over my head lit up and I realized I had discovered the Holy Grail of speed. I went home that evening and snipped a bristle out of my daughters hairbrush, the tiny plastic type with what looks like a tiny ceramic/plastic ball on the end. I drilled a small hole just in front of Bert's right front wheel and installed it like you would put a curb feeler on a car (not that I would have one my real car) this way with a drop of lube on the plastic bristle ball that would ride the center rail with next to no friction and the front wheel would never rub the center rail. Oh Boy,"Ill have the big guns scratching their heads this month" or so I thought.
I was shocked and disappointed how slow this made the car. It was like dragging an anchor.

I think it would be interesting is some of you "outside the box" thinkers shared some of your brain storms that turned into scrap heap ideas.
Loree Racing

[Sssnake]

If I understand you right you put only one "curb feeler " on. If you had tried one at each corner you might have been surprised. (one only makes the car's rear torque toward the rail) . . . Or, maybe not.

[RAIL HUGGER]

THIS WAS AHEARTBREAKER ,AFTER MANY,MANY HOURS, I FINALLY GAVE THIS TO THE KIDS TO ENGINEER ON MAYBE THEY CAN MAKE IT FAST.WITH FEB. RACE APPROACHING I THREW TOGETHER A WEDGE AND IF NOTHING ELSE I'LL GET A BASELINE TO BUILD ON. SOMETIMES SCRAP HEAPS ARE'NT MUCH FUN.

[patmanruls]

I'm confused...... why is this car a heart breaker? Looks pretty slick to me...

[kayjon]

Looks pretty slick to me too...

[RAIL HUGGER]

THANKS FOR THE COMMENTS GUYS. A COUPLE OF MISTAKES WERE MADE ON THIS CAR,IT KIND OF STARTED ONE DIRECTION AND WENT A COUPLE MORE TO END WERE IT DID.I'M A RAIL FAN THATS MY STYLE,THIS PARTICULAR CAR WOULD HAVE BEEN NAMED "CHRISTINE" BECAUSE I SWEAR SHE WOULD'NT RESPOND TO SUBTLE ADJUSTMENTS OR DRASTIC ADJUSTMENTS. ITS A CAR BUILT FOR AGGRAVATION RATHER THAN SPEED.I LIKE THE DESIGN AND I'M GOING TO DUPLICATE HER MINUS THE ROTTEN PERSONALITY.

[Mood Swing Productions]

good luck to you.