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Rooney77 said:
We've been doing the graphite thing and I'm gonna try polishing the wheels.

I'm just curious if anyone knows of a particular model that's got all 4 wheels narrow and is decently weighted?

I've got some replacement axles I'm looking to try but I'm trying to keep it looking as "stock" as possible.

My main goal is to teach my kid how to think his way through the issue by identifying the setbacks and figuring out solutions for them.
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If I seriously try to remember, I have a hot wheel that was the fastest in my collection. I remember it being orange, low to the ground, and all metal top and bottom. Took corners great as it tracked around flawlessly. I will try and take a picture when I find it at my parents house.
 
Rooney77 said:
I work with a lot of nerds, not surprising given the field I'm in. Anyway, one of my coworkers built a badass hot wheels track to race on with timing and everything. My son (10yrs old) has jumped off the deep end on it and is now trying to figure out what makes the cars faster.

Me being the engineer, I'm trying to use this to explain how weight effects them since it's a slanted track, friction of the wheels on the track and wheel to axle friction.

A buddy has the faster car at less than a second. To beat him I'm hunting a heavy car with the skinniest wheels I can find.

Someone here has to know of something that meets that spec. Narrow wheels like those on the front of a gasser and heavy. Anything? I'd like to prove to him how all these things effect the car.
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My uncle's were soapbox derby champs, and one of the things they did was polish the wheel bearings by running an electric fan to make the wheels no load spin with lapping compound on the bearing surfaces .

Good luck.
 
When my kids were younger we used to do a lot of this.

The cars packaged/labeled as "Track Stars" were by far the quickest. They seemed to have slightly heavier gauge, more polished looking axles and a different wheel.
I'm sure you could improve them further, but that'd be a pretty solid starting point.
 
Not sure on the weight but the old lake cars have thinner tires it seems.

'34 Ford Lakes Coupe
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Guess open wheel might be worse because of the wall rubbing. I wonder the difference.
 
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Wendle said:
When my kids were younger we used to do a lot of this.

The cars packaged/labeled as "Track Stars" were by far the quickest. They seemed to have slightly heavier gauge, more polished looking axles and a different wheel.
I'm sure you could improve them further, but that'd be a pretty solid starting point.
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Awesome, thanks.
 
The old '70s Hot Wheels had thin wire axels. Very low friction, but they would break off in a crash (boy was my brother mad!). The newer, stronger steel pin axels are noticeably stronger. Get old cars, go fast.

AND set the track up so the only your lane goes through the super charger. :lmao:
 
eraser5 said:
The old '70s Hot Wheels had thin wire axels. Very low friction, but they would break off in a crash (boy was my brother mad!). The newer, stronger steel pin axels are noticeably stronger. Get old cars, go fast.

AND set the track up so the only your lane goes through the super charger. :lmao:
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AHH the supercharger figure 8

I thought it was called the power house.
 
Just use some fender washers and make your own wheels....:smokin:
 
Ran across a Youtube channel a while back with a guy that constructed tracks in his garage and made videos of different hotwheels racing. He had thousands of cars. It was fairly entertaining to watch. The videography was well done.
 
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Rooney77 said:
The board across the track at the end has an led display for each lane. Once all 4 lanes have triggered the sensors it'll flash your position (1-4) and time. The release mechanism at the top is a door lock actuator.
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Im sorry, that is lame
I have bigger better tracks as a kid set up on the stairs......and they even had a jump at the bottom
 
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