<VV> Valve cover car design

[Jay Maechtlen]

I hadn't heard of these until recently, when my sister asked me about 
wheels for one.
I just gave her a bunch of wheels from skateboards (or skates?).
It will be interesting to see what she comes up with.
The skate wheels are ball bearing, but you can adjust the preload. I'm 
guessing that zero preload would be best.
I guess I'll get to see some at the Toss?

cheers
Jay

On 9/26/2013 10:08 AM, aeroned at aol.com wrote:
> Hard drives are about twice as thick as CD's. I've found that computer repair shops will provide old broken hard drives. I got this last batch for free and I even offered to pay them.
>
> Ned
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guy Brandes <vair140 at aol.com>
> To: VirtualVairs <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Thu, Sep 26, 2013 11:37 am
> Subject: Re: <VV> Valve cover car design
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>
>
> i all,
> I too have been struggling with this for years now as the last two conventions
> e went to both my wife's and mine were DNFs but the designs were appreciated (
>   locomotive and a valve cover race on top of a valve cover racer).  I have
> ried to get the weights as close to max as possible and have tried a number of
> heel bearings.  CDs are brittle on max weights so I'm curious where this thread
> oes.
> Regards,
> Guy Brandes
> 65VAIR 140
>
> -----Original Message-----
> rom: aeroned <aeroned at aol.com>
> o: virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> ent: Thu, Sep 26, 2013 11:22 am
> ubject: <VV> Valve cover car design
>
> K not directly Corvair related but definitely a Corvair tradition.
> hat are folks using for VC racer wheels?
> 'm debuting my second VC car at the Roundup this weekend. Both of my cars have
> ed computer hard drives for the wheels and "tires." The bearing in these
> eels seem to be very load sensitive. It may be to the point that the simple
> ysics of more weight equals more speed doesn't apply. I hope to get some track
> me tomorrow afternoon and will run some experiments. Our new track (purchased
> om ICE) has timing equipment.
> 'm considering wheels and tires from roller skates or roller blades for the
> avier duty bearings. What other simple/easy/cost effective bearing sources are
> t there?
> ed
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Jay Maechtlen