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Justin Ehlen
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| Subject: 1/4 scale drag track length  Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:50 pm | |
| Does anybody run a full 330' track length for drag racing? It would be great to see 1/4 scale drag racing running longer than a 1/10 scale track. Also, anybody know of a club doing track preparation that keeps these cars planted during a run? |
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NYCDragRacer
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Location: NYC
| | Subject: Re: 1/4 scale drag track length Sat Oct 08, 2011 7:14 am | |
| Justin, we only run on a 330ft track here in NY.
Look around on the site and you will find a ton of pictures and videos.
Welcome to the site and enjoy!
Pete
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Justin Ehlen
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| | Subject: Re: 1/4 scale drag track length Sat Oct 08, 2011 10:54 am | |
| I didn't realize until now it was a club website. Found some pics, great looking equipment! Nice track too with full length. Thanks! |
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ct bullet
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Join date: 2010-12-25
Age: 44
Location: waterbury ct.
| | Subject: Re: 1/4 scale drag track length Tue Oct 11, 2011 6:03 pm | |
| Hey Justin,
IMDRA is growing fast with 1/4 cars... We only run 132' but,,, these cars are very exciting to watch. The et is around 2.6 sec at 54 mph...
I think there are some vids on you tube from our rockingham race... |
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Paul Songas
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| | Subject: Re: 1/4 scale drag track length Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:57 pm | |
| Holy crap, it's Justin Ehlen!  |
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Justin Ehlen
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| | Subject: Re: 1/4 scale drag track length Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:03 am | |
| | ct bullet wrote: | Hey Justin,
IMDRA is growing fast with 1/4 cars... We only run 132' but,,, these cars are very exciting to watch. The et is around 2.6 sec at 54 mph...
I think there are some vids on you tube from our rockingham race... |
From what I've seen in a few videos, you wouldn't want to run any further because there seems to be a lot of skating around? Are the 1/4 scale cars running hard rubber slicks or foam like the 1/10? If foam, are they prepped with traction compound before a run? yikes that would be a lot of goop. I hate that stuff. |
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Justin Ehlen
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yjblitz
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Join date: 2010-10-29
Location: Miami
| | Subject: Re: 1/4 scale drag track length Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:39 pm | |
| | Justin Ehlen wrote: | | ct bullet wrote: | Hey Justin,
IMDRA is growing fast with 1/4 cars... We only run 132' but,,, these cars are very exciting to watch. The et is around 2.6 sec at 54 mph...
I think there are some vids on you tube from our rockingham race... |
From what I've seen in a few videos, you wouldn't want to run any further because there seems to be a lot of skating around? Are the 1/4 scale cars running hard rubber slicks or foam like the 1/10? If foam, are they prepped with traction compound before a run? yikes that would be a lot of goop. I hate that stuff. |
Justin,
in the miami area we run from 450ft to 600ft side by side w/ no skating (do to the fact that most ppl around here run top end). now we dont have a track set up like the NYC boy, I wish then maybe I could get these guys to run 330ft, if you want to see 5th scale cars doing high speed side by side passes youtube (doral drags) or (tropical drags) both locations are more than 400ft |
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ct bullet
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Age: 44
Location: waterbury ct.
| | Subject: Re: 1/4 scale drag track length Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:31 pm | |
| Yes , the track is prepped with vht and you have to use goop... Slicks won't work because of the accumulated goop from the 1/10 scale cars... |
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Paul Songas
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Justin Ehlen
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Paul Songas
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Join date: 2009-12-17
| | Subject: Re: 1/4 scale drag track length Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:26 pm | |
| I got a FC from the east coast. Pacesetter Vette. Pics are on this site. |
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Justin Ehlen
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| | Subject: Re: 1/4 scale drag track length Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:23 pm | |
| | Paul Songas wrote: | | I got a FC from the east coast. Pacesetter Vette. Pics are on this site. |
Finally figured out the search. Wow, that's pretty awesome! That's pretty neat you ran it at BIR. How did the foam work with the rubber/vht? Really nice chutes, very high level of detail. |
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Paul Songas
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| | Subject: Re: 1/4 scale drag track length Sat Oct 15, 2011 6:06 pm | |
| It actually worked better on the return road next to the track. It was pretty windy, and by the time I was up there sand was all stuck in the vht and made it slick.
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I'm not getting into 1/4 unless I make this motor 1/4 version.
