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Originally Posted by BonzoHansen

Thanks Chris. There is nothing in the supplied rules about having to use the grooves in the block of wood supplied so I think I can move the wheels. So I plan to spread them out and get the car a hair over the minimum height of 3/8". I have to re-read the rules about wheels & axels to see if I can groove them radius the hub. I do remember it mentioning all I can do to the wheels is removing casting flash.

So the basic wedge > design I want to use is probably better, putting all the wt in the back. Hmm.

I remember when I built my son's car and all the trouble I had just to get the car to go perfectly straight. It's a shame that because the adults get involved with building these things, that unless you can cheat with every trick in the book, your son will look at you and say "why was my car last"? I think a much better idea would be to have ALL the cars kept in one room(maybe a school)and locked up until on certain nights everybody could come and work on their cars. That way NOBODY could polish the shafts, balance the wheels and so forth. About 90% of the cars are built by the fathers and it becomes a contest on who has the most high tech tricks built into the cars for the purpose of winning and the kids are allowed to MAYBE paint the car. Just my