Just like in “real racing” even more so on the ice. Set up for corner speed is more important than motor.
The first year I used a limited moddified. Last year I used my suit case animal motor, booth with the same gear 11X83 with 34″ circumfrence tires and turned about 8,000 rpm’s. Booth years I also got beat by stock appearing flatheads drowning around the circle.
It took me two years to figure out that when I was going to full oposite lock coming out of the corners, my studs were hitting the right side nurf bar causing the front right to stop, which doesn’t work well at that moment.
So make sure your streering has full travel with the studs on.
With an 83 gear and 34″ tire the chain slides on the ice. A jack shaft set up is what I would prefure. The tires have drove me nuts. I wouldn’t use a soft tire as the screws don’t hold into them well and they become leakers even with buckets of slim and running them on the lathe for hours. They might work OK for the short amount of time on the track. The frames drag nice along the ice. I am going to check at walmart for snow blower tires “snow hogs” 13-500-6 I hear they have a 1″ thick tread that works well with the 5/8″ shaft screw we have to use. Pluss they are real cheap. I have talked with others that run them and it sounds better than my nightmere tires I run now. Sheet metal,1/2 wood slats, liner and dual tubes. If walmart doesn’t have them I will be ordering some from my wholesaler. But then I will either have to go to a 9 tooth areana clutch or a jack shaft with the larger roll out. Plus bend up the side nurfs and raise the speedway body.
It is a very quick race for every class that runs. No partice time, one heat,6-10 laps and a main. They will through the green no matter how lost you are in the line up.
The open rules do make it wide open to be very creative. The show is for the fans more than the racers, so even if I am beat again at least I was part of the show that is growing every year. Just because it says open doesn’t mean the biggest nitro breather is going to go any were. Heck i wanted to run nitro last year but EC convinced me to run gas and meth mix instead in my meth motor. The race is so short I don’t think you can blow the motor before it’s over. Knock on wooden tires, Now I hope I’m not the first to loose my hinge pins and dump my oil on the ice.
I still think my shifter would look good with a set of big snow hogs on it in the winter or summer. We should try to have TAG/shifter/4 stroke ice races at rainbow falls. Them 2 strokes like the cold.
Maybe “The Track” could go to Auzie style racing with a dirt road coarse and be ready sooner? :loony: 303-838-1941
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