Glad to hear tell him congratulations for me

So glad you like the video there is several other videos in this playlist that go into detail for every single tip they definitely help again thank you for the comment

Just so you know there is a video for each of these items on my channel so if you look at my channel there's more videos there and if you need help finding I can help you with that but it goes into depth on all the different secrets hope you erase goes well

I'm so glad you like them just remember if you go to my KZfaq channel there's a section on Pinewood Derbies were all of these tips are explained in a video each individual one in a separate video to go into more depth on exactly how to do it

I tell as many parents as would like to come to my shop I will help their sons or daughters build cars for their separate races I think this year we built about 25 different cars at our shop unfortunately cannot win but all when but every race we entered a car in had it first place

I have enjoyed both of your videos and am trying to get my kid to do a little here and there.

Feel free I would love to know what I missed that's what I love about pinewood derby there's always something more

If you look on my channel there's many other videos the temps in these videos will help you do well if not win

Quinn Chandler thank you for your comment and as always if you have any questions feel free to ask

Quinn Chandler check out our Speed tip videos on our Channel

You're very welcome make sure you watch the rest of the videos there's a whole section on my channel on pinewood derby cars

rossalind horne we have a whole series pinewood derby videos if you'd like to check them out on our channel under pinewood derby

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This axle bending jig will help with this for the front wheels

Well that would be up to your rules it sounds like they do not want you to lighten them at all but if you watch the other videos I have on my channel and use the secrets I have in them I can almost guarantee you'll do very well if not win without lightning Wheels

You are very welcome don't know if you've seen the other videos in the series but I go into more depth in a lot of the other smaller videos

yes it is an advantage I recommend in a normal car recommend 5 in from the back axles and if you're building like a letter car or another lightweight car you can go back as far as 4 and 3/4 from the back axles so allow more weight to be put in the back and make the car go faster

Sorry if I was a little confusing on that the balance point of the car should be 3/4 to 1 in in front of the back axle to do that because the wheels in the back or so far back you must put the weight as far back as you can get that to happen hope this helps

I do not use a lot of oil in any of the races I do but a company called turbo Derby sells a product that seems to be very very popular among the pro racers

If you're trying to be a little bit more aggressive I would definitely go with a balance weight of three quarters of an inch to 1 inch I've done cars is a little as half an inch when they're super super light ladder cars but I think three quarters of an inch is manageable then using 5 inch wheelbase or a four and three quarter inch wheelbase if you're trying to be a little bit more competitive any amount you can move the tires backwards at all is going to help you a ton even if you could get rid of a wheel and just run with literally three wheels on the car that's an actual Plus you will have to add a little brace so it doesn't slide off the track but that's definitely the best way to go but moving the wheels back definitely helps with your center of gravity on the back wheels when you're trying to win with people that are trying to win this little amount will help

Just between you and me the the krytox 100 is the only one I've ever used it works very well but I know that turbo Derby is probably using in my opinion probably the same product along with everybody else but oil is definitely faster so switching over that will definitely help

​@@tateabdon1 thanks for the quick response! You're definitely right about "the harder you work"!!!

No it's going to turn into the center rail no matter what Lane you were in Works works on every track I've tried it on

Weights are in the back. We have a 2 ounce tungsten block in the back of our cars - behind the rear axle. The weight advantage more than cancels out the drag effect. Besides, the back of our car is only 3/8” tall. With 2/8” of that being the weight. The weight also runs almost the entire width of the car.

Yes different pains can definitely weigh more than others that's why I tend not to paint my cars and just use the plastic wrap

rurban I use a drill guide and a axle Bender for the front wheels but the drill guide is in our video on how to cut out your block here is the link there's also several other videos you might like enter pinewood derby sectionkzfaq.info/get/bejne/btyoYJOAuMe-e4k.html

Sorry you're not see your message hopefully you still have time but it causes it not to have the front end be too light and flutter down the track you want just enough weight to where it will not flutter the lighter you make the actual car itself the more you can but the lighter you have it the more you will have to steer it's a balancing game hope this helps

I would definitely watch our video on how to can't your axles and run three-wheeled cars I do not know what your rules are in your area unfortunately they change a lot but usually you can drill a hole

@@tateabdon1 Great I will be attempting this soon as my race is this Saturday.What position, depth and bit should I use ?

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If you have a local hobby lobby, they have them. I went to pick up an extra set of wheels for some scrap walnut I have and theirs came with a set of nails and two single axles.

As always thanks for comments

A lot of videos on PWD are loaded with BS but not this guy. Solid advice for any aspiring PWD winner.

If you're willing to spend the money derbydad4hire dot-com sells a lot of great products for running oil probably the best system I think out there

@@tateabdon1 thank you. I am going to do a yearly derby for our 4th of July family celebration for the kids...a outlaw class for us adults too. Lol thanks again

@@bobkeller8383 good luck sounds like a lot of fun

First of all do not cut down the front of the car on the steering wheel side leave it wide narrow the back of the car slightly so the back wheels can't hit the outside rail then make sure the front wheels are canted out instead of canted in just like the back wheels and because the wheels in the back are slightly in they will not touch now but the front well then set steering wheel up front to steer about an inch and a half over 4 feet out towards the track weight placement and the rest of the car the same as normal hope this helps

Are you saying /|_|\ for the front. narrow the width in the rear and /|_|\? where /|_|\ is the angle of the wheels? Have you ever tried canting with 1.5 degrees all around versus 2.5 or 3? There is no restriction aside from graphite, max width, length, clearance, no aftermarket. Would you sand down the letters on the wheels? Thanks so much.

@@germanicus5066 yes you should narrow the back of the car and let the front of the car stay wide so only the front tires will ever touch the track and all the tires should be facing so that the top of the tire is facing in towards the car and the bottom of the wheel that is touching the track should be pushed out away from the car

@@germanicus5066 I would lighten no wheels as much as humanly possible so yes anything I could do to make your wheels lighter is a plus and I would still have the car run on three wheels remember that part also so I wouldn't even can't the wheel that wasn't touching

@@tateabdon1 Thanks so much!

Mark Rober uses some of the same ideas as I have . the principles he's using are the same principles we use so as usual it will come down to the year some years I would probably win some years he would probably win

Short story yes long story it has less to do with the width of the tire and more do with the weight of the tire the lighter you can make the tire the better if your rules allow it if they do taking weight off the inside of the tire is best second best way is to take weight off the outside of the tire but only if your rules allow it

@@tateabdon1 if you go by the rules in the kit I think we have been thinking and doing it all wro ng there is a much faster way... need to test it

Graphite packing I do not believe does anything at all I've had better luck with putting it on spinning putting it on spinning putting it on spinning and doing that for 10 12 minutes and that seems to be much better and I definitely don't believe in putting the graphite in alcohol

First of all congratulations it sounds like it was a good day for you guys it also sounds like your scoutmaster is a useless human being and does not understand the way the world works all these techniques can be found in the scout pinewood book it sounds like you love your children and she does not she was not willing to look a little harder to help her child win I will never understand this policy I have gone through this the whole time that I've been doing pinewood derbies even after I show people the rules and help build their cars I still get the same comments good for you congratulations

@@tateabdon1 thank you very much.That's why this year they're doing a scout build night and everybody's going to be there at once building the cars. And I'm going to help other people build their cars and use some of these techniques to help their cars. That same race there is other kids the night before on weigh-ins didn't have their cars up to snuff and their wheels weren't adjusted right and I helped them out and their cars placed and first and second. I think it's awesome most of these people are using the pinewood Derby graphite and I'm using maximum velocity and Derby Dad for hire

Some mother must have gotten her panties in a bunch when her spoiled crybaby son lost the race.

geerhed it's not the end of the world usually this just means you can win a lot easier look at my video on waiting cars I've won several races with only the axle slots oh and usually there is always one nail that is slightly more bent than the others but that in the front and slowly twist it you'd be surprised what you can get as far steer I have also just took in the head of it and slightly bent it wall in the car which allowed me to steer

Yes there is one nail that is slightly bent we found it yesterday when Grandson started removing the burrs and I told him it came that way and we are going to use it to our advantage. This year he said he wasn't in it for speed and wanted it to look like a regular car. He Chose the Dodge Demon Hellcat.. I am going to miss working on these with him and teaching how to use the tools. Guess I will have to get him over here and help with the resto on my 68 Camaro. I am a woodworker by trade and have taught him a lot about that trade.

@@geerhed1109 that's awesome! I'm sure your grandson will appreciate that knowledge. I wish someone in my family taught me a trade

We ended up 2nd for speed 1st for show and went to regionals and won Best commercial car. We build a Dodge Demon with LED lights. Great Last year for him and so much fun for both of us.

I always do all four wheels just as good as I possibly then I pick the three best use those and whichever one doesn't roll as good out of the four I use is my non-dominant wheel

Okay, that makes sense, that the worst is the one you don’t put on the car, but wouldn’t I gain speed by bending the NDFW just as I wood the DFW, and tune it to be more aerodynamic?

@@t-boneracing2664 you can try that I've not found them to be much of an increase whatsoever but if you find it to be good feel free to post it here I'd like to know but I have not found that to be true I would leave it just the standard way

Okay, thank you for all the info in the video!

I have tested bending the non dominant axle, and I wanted to tell you that it did work for me. If I run a fender, it is not necessary, but if there’s no fender, bringing that wheel closer to the body is extremely important. Let me know if you thought about bending the non dominant axle, I’m always looking for other people’s opinions in Pinewood derby.

This is why I definitely recommend using my rules if you watch our pinewood derby rules video and stops a lot of the people for the cheating and washable define the ones that have bought pre-built cars

Finland end up dying in a Nuclear strike and Mexico doesn't get 24 water parks.

TorrentBoats I usually try to get my cars at the race to a full 5 oz and from talking to professional Racers that's what you want to do but before the race I try to bring my car to 4.96 Oz that way I have a little bit of wiggle room when you get to the race I have heard the different weights with different types of tracks can help I have not found that to be true every car that I've ever won with was exactly 5 ounces though

What I do is take the car up to the weigh-in and add tungsten putty until the car hits 5.0 oz on their scale. Then I take the car back and put the putty in the right place to maintain center of gravity. Then i just have it weighed again and turn it in. Most digital scales used for derby races only have one decimal place. These scales don't round the 2nd decimal it just gets dropped so you could technically have a car that weighs 5.09 oz.

Lol the co2 car

John Savio doing two things one has my check sheet to make sure I get all the different points in and the other one is doing time to make sure they don't overrun my camera is only record for so much time

@John M I do not have an email but if you leave questions here no matter how detailed I will answer them and that way it can also benefit other people who probably have the same question

Yes one is for my script and the other one that you may not be able to see is for the time to make sure I do not run on a time on my camera

Jay Cruz sorry that's not how it works but if you stick with the chips I've given you and watch the other videos that I have I can guarantee you a very fast car

Jay Cruz yes I will do it to

So teaching them to strive to win is not important how to properly use tools the laws of physics these are all things your children can learn from the pinewood derby I'm never for doing all the work for then but I am forgiving your children the best chance to win and showing them that you care by doing all you can to learn about the physics yes it's for the kids I agree that's why I do it my kids have learned to use band saws scroll drill presses routers and basic science and how to test the basic laws of physics for the pinewood derby do you know these things are not important to you and it is just for the kids to goof off and have fun my kids have fun and win

Hey that is not nice it can be for him to

That is very rude! He is doing amazing! Get your own life!!!!!!!

Oh dear me I was rude.

I have a life unlike you idiot I he has a life to

No money it's for the kids and the adults can build on to have fun also

Yes for long time it was big money I don't think it's as big as it used to be but yes there is a professional League I think actually two of them now