Its not done yet but she is getting close.Its on a 8X24 table with 6 lanes and pretty good banking.Cant wait to fire it up!
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Posts: 39 (05/30/08 10:41 PM) |
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Posts: 770 (05/31/08 06:20 AM) Home Racing Guru! |
Nice job, so far. I would really like to see if once the walls are up.
I can see the Wing Car guys flocking to your place to race. That banking will bring the speed up. Have you decided which type of timing system you are going to put in? I think I'm going with dead strips. It's about time. Frank 
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Posts: 12 (05/31/08 11:23 AM) |
Fantastic oval, nice idea with the strap for pulling it in for banking. when working alone, things like that come in handy. If I ever get my track done, I
want to build a oval. Yours looks awesome and very well planned. nice work !
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Posts: 1881 (06/01/08 12:46 PM) Home Racing Guru! |
Now that's what a garage is to be used for...shame about the dart board though!!
Very cool...I can see in your future you will be regearing your factory slot cars for the long straights... |
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Posts: 43 (06/02/08 01:57 AM) |
Thanks guys.I will have to move the Dart board to the other side of shop hehe.Im not going to run a laptimer right now.
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Posts: 11 (06/02/08 11:59 AM) |
So that's what it would have looked like in Kurt's basement!!!
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Posts: 35 (06/02/08 02:50 PM) |
MAN!! I've gotta have me one of those!!!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the banking!!!! |
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Posts: 44 (06/02/08 06:57 PM) |
Would have looked great in his basement!! Straps are off the track and sanding and filler is underway.
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Posts: 594 (06/03/08 01:19 AM) Home Racing Guru! |
Great job on the oval! Keep us updated.
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Posts: 662 (06/03/08 05:00 PM) Home Racing Guru! |
Thats a nice looking track, good luck with it.
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Posts: 445 (06/03/08 06:53 PM) Home Racing Guru! |
Yup,
That oughta do the job. You could put caster wheels on her so you can roll her out in the driveway and play in the sunshine. Mike A
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Posts: 45 (06/03/08 09:22 PM) |
Thanks guys.I start wiring it up this weekend
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Posts: 47 (06/14/08 12:54 AM) |
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Posts: 48 (06/14/08 12:55 AM) |
I still have few things to do.Need to clean and put some paint down where I did some sanding and other things.Its going to be a blast I think.
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Posts: 51 (06/30/08 10:28 PM) |
Well track is up and running I have some touch up on the paint to do and thats it.YAY
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Posts: 127 (07/01/08 05:29 PM) |
Looking good lightning, when you get it all cleaned and some rubber down it should be fast!
In the photos it looks like the banking flattens out in the middle of the corners, am I seeing things? If so that should add to the challenge of getting through the turns clean and fast, cool idea if so. Would like to see a video when you have things all up and running smoothly. Terry |
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Posts: 412 (07/01/08 06:10 PM) |
dude that is perfact,not to much banking ,its great
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Posts: 56 (07/01/08 06:48 PM) |
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Posts: 57 (07/01/08 06:55 PM) |
Pics kinda dont really show it to well but you are correct about.Also each lane has a SQUEEZE to it at one point on the bank.Each lane only has one
SQUEEZE on the whole track.Somebody will have to lift hehe.Track is very dusty right now but the cars still go pretty darn good.Clean and little more paint she
is good to go.
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Posts: 11196 (07/07/08 09:55 AM) The Lazy Administrator |
Yeah...I saw those squeeze sections....heheh, nice work! That will keep things interesting!
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Posts: 6191 (07/08/08 11:08 AM) Home Racing Guru! |
gt40smitty wrote: Yeah, I built it to be a 12 degree bank, like Indianapolis. It's a quad-oval, too -- four apexes. Can't wait to try it out! Marcus has done a
great job finishing this thing, and it was going to waste in my basement.
I'll tell ya...fellas......you're gonna want more cowbell!
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