Got 2 bodies finished so far, just gotta get to the lathe with the wheels (learned my lesson last time with full weight wheels). Just keeping my goal of not being last! ;D
Hopefully we don't have a drag race scheduled in town during the next race! They don't let me miss those.
3. Wheels
a. Wheels may be sanded and polished or lathed to remove mold casting burs and surface imperfections, to true the roundness of the wheel and to flatten the tread/contact surface.
b. No additional weight reduction is allowed.
c. The tread/contact surface of the wheel must be as flat as humanly possible.
d. No Angling, Reshaping, Canting, Rounding, Crowning, Tapering, H-cutting, V-cutting, Narrowing or any other modification to the outside of the wheels and tread surface.
(other than truing the circumference of the wheel.)
e. No inside hollowing or modifications are allowed.
f. No shaving down, reducing the size of the shaft of the hub.
g. No cutting and piecing multiple sets of wheels together.
h. The small detailed marks on the edge of the wheels must still remain visible around the entire circumference.
i. Truing and polishing the axle holes, and coning the wheel hub is allowed.
j. No drilling additional holes into any other part of the wheel.
k. Car must have at least 4 wheels and 4 axles.
l. The axles and wheels must be attached to the side of the car body.
m. Each axle placed through each wheel and then attached to and only mounted in the axles slot
or drilled hole that replaced the axles slot, at 4 3/8" wheel base in the stock location.
n. Wheels must remain on the outside of the car body.
o. No axle can be angled or bent no more than 45 degrees.
p. There must be no less than 1 5/8" clearance between the inside edge of the wheels.
(remember the tracks center rail is 1 5/8" wide so make sure your wheels clear this width...)
q. No part of the wheel that comes in contact with the track be painted.
r. You may add materials to the inside of the wheel to aid wheel balance but can not remove any of the wheel plastic from the inside.
(examples: drops of glue, paint or some tape...)