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    GREEN CHASSIS WEIRDNESS

    Using a green ultra-hard chassis, the holes for the top Axle-grubs were tight and useful – for M2 allen grubs.

    BUT the Bottom holes were so loose, I had to carefully drill a hole large enough for a 4-40 (the typical NSR grub screw) and installed the brass upgrades.  CAUTION there is barely enough ‘meat’ in this area to allow the 4-40s.  This was only My experience and fix; “your mileage may vary”; “caution – coffee is hot and should not be placed between your thighs”; “don’t take stellara if you are allergic to stellara”.

    ESSE TURN CLIMB – the climb-out likes to porpoise the car out of the slot when entering the back ‘straight’.  A 1/2-mm to 1-mm flying gap with a slight bit of axle slop seems to prevent the Pop-out.  3/4 to 7/8 mm was the range my particular car seemed to “like”.

    I also added a 3 gm lead disk behind the guide.

     

    "... get on your bad motor scooter and ride!"
    Sammy with Montrose

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    At 4-years old in Pensacola I repaired my steering linkage on my Ford Pedal-car. Dad later converted this car to a Blue Angel with ailerons and elevators with a working "stick/yoke"; the rudder was controlled by the steering wheel. I like all motorsports - I grew up going to a NASCAR Feeder track with Sportsman and Modified classes, and was lucky to attend drag races in 1970 at Orange County Raceway. My first solder-iron was a Christmas gift at 9yo; I modified T-Jets to be AFX spec before AFX Cars were in local stores. I rebuilt a few tractor & car (SIMCA) engines plus transmissions by 15yo (I still have my ring-compressor and valve spring tool) I am a former mountain and road bike geek & perennial sound engineer. Struggling guitar hobbyist and Amp "tweeker"