ride on powertool drag racer

**mattsdragons** · 17th September 2011, 18:47

ive been having a think about doing this eventually but i was wondering if anyone had any tips about this?

things like a good base? ive seen c5's used, go karts and home built

power? im assuming as much as you can shove in?

any advice, tips or what ever?

(didnt know were to put this thread so i just poped it here)

**typhoon_driver** · 17th September 2011, 19:42

Don't unless you have a grand you can happily blow. I spent around a grand and a half on a racer last year, didn't race because I made it over complex and wasn't able to focus on the basics.

The top teams have a full team of engineers building it for a month or so with a company sponsorship behind them. I could see this being a fun sport before the large companies got involved. No idea about this year but last years top racing machine would have cost in the region of 10K if everything was bought brand new.

**mattsdragons** · 17th September 2011, 19:45

ive seen a go kart rolling chassis fairly cheap around my area and i was thinking of sticking somethinge like two petrol saws on the back but its only an idea right now, would be a fun project

**typhoon_driver** · 17th September 2011, 21:30

Just don't expect to win but do expect to spend at least twice the amount you have in your mind right now

**mattsdragons** · 17th September 2011, 21:42

I just want to do it for the fun of it really

**jonny** · 17th September 2011, 21:48

put a bar stool on it aswell, then you have a bar stool ride on powertool drag racer!

**xtreme** · 22nd September 2011, 00:53

Not been on here in ages. Been working alot and mainly focusing on drag racing (not power tool drag racing) and a few other little projects.
Personally I think the ride on class of PTDR should be broken up into two classes. First you would have the Heads Up class where basically the fastest machine wins, This is the type of racing that PTDR is at the moment.
Also there should be a Bracket Racing class where a driver dials in a time and has to run as close to there dial in time as possible.
What would happen is every driver would get a qualifying run, This would be where you go down the track to get an idea of what time you will be running. Then you do three runs trying to get as close to your dial in time as possible without Breaking Out (going faster than your dial in time). You can change your dial in time before every race. The driver that gets closest to there dial in time wins.
This is probably the most popular form of drag racing around the world now. In heads up its usually the person with the most money or the biggest sponsorship deal that wins every time. Bracket racing is all down to Driver skill and machine reliability, It all comes down to whoever can get the best reaction time, and shift at the right time etc to get the most consistant E.T's

Its kinda hard to explain how it works on here but it is actually really simple. If anyones actually been drag racing before they should understand bracket racing.

It would be nice to go to a propper drag track one year and run the 1/8th mile. They could even have the silverline dragster do a couple of passes down the 1/4.
And I know plenty of people with real drag cars that would be up for putting on a show. A 1 or 2 day event at shakey or pod would be perfect. You would get 10X more entries and 100X the audience. Plus racing with a real tree and racing side by side adds to the excitement. PTDR could be quite big.

Anyways the point of this message was they shud run bracket racing so everyone has a chance and not just the people that get the most sponsorship money.

**Mouldy** · 22nd September 2011, 18:24

Agree with what tom sais... at the moment PTDR is way to corporate... it should be about redneck style chainsaw powered scooters etc... not how much money/how many sponsors you have...

tom- i reckon you could make a ptdr run a 1/4 faster then kennys camaro lol

**blazerbotics** · 22nd September 2011, 19:48

I agree, the field should be split, theres no way im spending Â£10k plus on one (especially as the big teams will just spend more money), let the big guys go at each other, and let the rest of us have our own competition. I think as a spectical it would be nicer to have them race 2 at a time side-by-side so its abit more intersting for the public, as just watching them taking in turns to set a time is'nt very entertaining. A propar race tarck would be good, would it throw up issues with safety ect in terms of the construction of the racers though?