home made track ideas...
WAY 2 CHEAP STARTER... $1.57 BLUE SWITCH BOX, TRIMMED TO GIVE IT SOME PITCH ;
ship luck... the ultra cheapo starter plugs into the modded drag tracks section as if it were made to ;
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works slick;
build a long, shallow pitch, single plane base, with a cheapo starter, and [2[ drag tracks "track packs" = [8] 20" sections, 15' 4".... about $30.00 plus shipping
LAUNCH N' LOOP ... SINGLE START DUAL LANE LAUNCHER WITH ONE LANE GOING INTO HIS LOOP DE LOOP AFTER 1 TRACK SEC., THE OTHER LANE GOES BY THEN CHANGES OVER AND GOES THROUGH HIS LOOP DE LOOP THEY RUNOUT TO THE FINISH LINE... THE EARLY LOOP KEEPS THE CARS FROM CRASHING AT THE CROSSOVER...
HMMMM.... GOT A FATHER'S DAY RACE AT THE FROZEN CUSTARD STAND
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dual speed brake starter, loosen the nut, rotate 180* to use the Esses ;
HOT WHEELS DUAL SPEED BRAKE AND ESSES ON A SECTION OF METAL SHELF ON A PVC BASE;
REMOVE THE [2] 1/4"- 20 SCREWS, SLIDE THE ESSES OFF THE SPEED BRAKE, LOOSEN THE 1/4"- 20 NUT [UNDER THE STARTER GATE], SWING OUT THE LEXAN DOOR, ROTATE THE STARTER DOOR 180*, TIGHTEN NUT, ROTATE THE STARTER UNIT 180* SLIDE IT DOWN TO LINE UP WITH THE [2] LOWER TAPPED SCREW HOLES AND REINSTALL THE 1/4"- 20 SCREWS ...NOW NO ESSES [BURNOUTS] ;
LAUNCH LEG SWINGS DOWN FOR TABLE / BOX TOP RACING ;
FINISH LINE MADE FROM A COUPLE DIFFERENT UNITS ;
HOT WHEELS TRACK CONNECTORS, WINNING LANE'S # SHOWS IN THE TOP RIGHT "HOLE" ;
GIFT TRACK FOR THE "ROD and CUSTOM CRUISERS" car club...
Another nicely engineered structure - you might want to send instructions for conversion with that one though!
GRAMPA'S COUNTERTOP SHORT TRACK,[NO BENDING], vintage starter, [4] 24" sections of low wall orange track and [2] connectors, checkerboard strips as finish lines... could also be fun racing off a coffee table ;
rotating leg lets you change the pitch... steep ;
shallow pitch ;