How To Make A Hot Wheels Car Fast

[@Chris_Hood]

Brilliant stuff, Rob!! Yeah just finding a good 'un fresh from the blister is a challenge! I caught a short by Flip where he had so many of the same casting ordered online and that alone was eye opening to me! Also Dad @ Elevation Diecast showed how he churned through several dozen stock models to find just two contenders for an event! That was a *honey* casting you brought out to demonstrate the process, especially the sanding of the wheels, truly informative to see your technique!! Any chance we could see another tutorial perhaps on weight distribution and setting axles in place for road courses? 💯😎🏁

[@raddaddy]

Appreciate it man! Most of the fast guys will go through a whole slew of casting to find the one they want to focus on. I know for the Jag Mod race I won at MVL, I started with 12 or so castings to find a couple I wanted to work on. I can definitely do more of these style videos for both drag and open road. Thanks for the request and feedback!

[@g4diecastracing]

Good stuff Rob. Thanks for sharing this video. I wonder if your trade secret lube includes the tears from defeated opponents. 🚗💥😢 Lol! I hope to see you on the drag track again later this year. 👊😎

[@raddaddy]

Definitely some tears in there somewhere!

[@keithsmith9175]

Outstanding!!! Thank you!!! And Happy New Year!!!!

[@raddaddy]

You’re welcome! Happy New Year!

[@bryanwright2164]

Appreciate ya Rob!...killswitch

[@SupremeVictoryStudios5377]

Cool video, hey are there any rules out there? Like track length times to beat stuff like that. I mean I have my own track set up and I keep times on my cars but I was just curious if there is some type of racing circuit that's out there. Thanks!

[@raddaddy]

Most tracks are different, unfortunately! You typically see about 5’ of slope and 12’ of runout on the good tracks!

[@SupremeVictoryStudios5377]

@@raddaddy we need a standard!

[@Ohio_Hobbies_Guy]

Good information. There's a guy by me that's setting up a track and I need all the information I can to win

[@timdial2808]

Talented in more arenas than anyone I’ve ever met. The Man! Love it

[@raddaddy]

Appreciate the love big homie!!!

[@ElevationDiecastRacing]

This is another gr8 reference video for the racing archives. My question is about sanding the wheels. Some say if you sand, it is no longer considered "stock". Personally, i only sand my mods, what is your take on this?

[@raddaddy]

Appreciate it man! In my humble opinion, I’m totally fine with sanding. I think as soon as you add graphite it’s technically no longer stock. As long as you don’t add weight, open the car up, or remove/add anything I’m fine racing it as “stock” That’s just my personal take, and what I’m ok with for the stock class races I host.

[@Chris_Hood]

[The Incredibles meme] Stock is Stock! 🤣 Whatever a host's rules allow is fine but to me I take a stricter view on what bone stock, blister condition means. Even sanding wheels is now modifying the car, but there's wiggle room depending on what the host declares. So by example an event allowing dry lube only means just that, no sanding no axle polishing.

[@BIueLineRacing-rx1zh]

@@Chris_Hoodhere’s the issue on sanding wheels. When I started racing stock cars 4 years ago I was terribly slow. I started to realize from looking at pictures of the top racers that they were sanding wheels. The hosts at that time turned a blind eye to it and never had rules against it. So to compete you had to sand wheels. Fast forward to 2024 and we have new racers and people with all kinds of ideas what stock is. As a host it’s hard to police whether wheels were sanded or not so I don’t make rules against it. I know if a race has rules against it they likely won’t enforce it also because it’s hard to tell. Like Rob said, if the cars isn’t opened and weight isn’t added it’s usually considered stock for racing. A rip and race is an entirely different thing. You can’t even use graphite in those races

[@Chris_Hood]

@@BIueLineRacing-rx1zh yeah it's always a risk for me to dip my toes into the topic of what's allowed or not; at heart, I'm a fan more than a builder. Always great to hear your take on something in the hobby; you've more than earned my confidence!

[@BIueLineRacing-rx1zh]

@@Chris_Hood thanks Chris

[@gdmracing1]

Mahalo for the insights and informative video. To para phrase my mate Marc D. It's an experiment of fun finding speed. 1 just has to keep working at it, trying different things till they find the magic formula for themselves. Having a road course, here my cars don't race as much as those drag racing. Mine go to the speed shop after their base run times are established, run again to set their QT. Then I don't treat them again until pre-tournament time. Drag racing is all about speed. In road racing there has to be a balance of speed and handling. Too much speed on a road course will launch a car in the turns. Appreciate the insightful video, especially the sanding method. That's something I've never done. Have a great week ahead and "Keep your roof to the Sun". Mahalo! 🤙🏽

[@Chris_Hood]

Absolutely--the one thing Rob said about wheels being _too smooth to race_ was enlightening!

[@raddaddy]

Definitely can be too fast on a short or unprepared road course. With Grindelwald, I built it for speed and it rewarded a well balanced and fast car. Appreciate the kind words buddy!!! Keep on racing!!!

[@cutrockr-diecastracing2773]

Boohoo, that was the ace road course for builders/racers!

[@raddaddy]

@@cutrockr-diecastracing2773 I know man!!! I just needed the 400sqft it took up!

[@cutrockr-diecastracing2773]

Your track was built for speed, well tuned, allowed ample opportunity for clean overtaking, and gave the better builds a higher % chance to compete cleanly.

[@haroldoneal631]

Nice change of pace from a legend racer

[@raddaddy]

Appreciate the kind words buddy! I’m just addicted to speed!

[@LiveYoungDieCast]

Great stuff Rob!

[@raddaddy]

Appreciate it man!

[@samace22]

Thanks for the information.👍

[@raddaddy]

You bet!

[@wordreet]

Best running Hot Wheels I ever (for 2 years anyway) had was a Mini Cooper, complete with Union Jack flag on the roof! I used to run a distance test track along one wall of my living room and into the kitchen. Had a 5 foot long 2 ft high launch ramp and an upturn to vertical at the other end of a straight track. So the cars would roll up the end to vertical and back to the ramp and repeat as often as they liked. Can't remember the distance that Mini covered, but it was prolly 3 times at the launch ramp and finally stopped just before the upturn, so approx 50 feet distance. On close inspection the axles were perfectly aligned, perfectly straight, and the wheels seemed to have zero eccentricity. 2 months later I bought a Dodge Viper and it rolled a foot further, four times. I took the Mini to work, just to have it on y bench for a day, and it never managed the same distance again! Never put a HW car in your pocket if you want it to roll it's best!

[@Lily.The.Dog.]

Beautiful, thanks Rob!

[@raddaddy]

You bet!

[@JunkyardJoust]

Fantastic! Thanks for this!

[@raddaddy]

You bet buddy!

[@TalkingGIJoe]

Dude I never see any cars wheels run like that out of the pack! So in my first few months of racing I have figured out that there are so many nuances to this hobby. So far I have been polishing turds to find something fast and I am learning it just cannot be done with any precision or repeatability. I have yet to sand any wheels because I do not understand how you can get 4 evenly sanded round wheels of the same duameter by pushing the vehicle with a flexible music wire axle across sand paper with precision. I have seen the results, but I cannot get my head around it!😂😂😂 My goal for this year is to figure out axle polishing and wheel lube as well as build a sanding station similar to yours. Thanks fir sharing the info mate! Appreciate it!

[@raddaddy]

Sometimes you find a white unicorn!

[@nafzanunicorn9354]

where i can buy that graphite?

[@simplekustomsbyeddiepapand1838]

I won a lot of races on a 26' + track on live or diecast chanel with the turbulence car which was really fast !!

[@simplekustomsbyeddiepapand1838]

Thanks for the ride!!

[@raddaddy]

Awesome! Congratulations!

[@nolvertlarriu1437]

Nice 👍, were can I I purchase your track thanks!!

[@enzedracing3641]

"Caddy Whompas"....??? That is a word ive never heard before 🤣

[@raddaddy]

🤠 All for the love of Hot Wheels speed!

[@Chris_Hood]

Cattywampus, it's a perfectly fine word here in the southern United States! Spellings differ, but we all know it when we see it 😊

[@Chris_Hood]

Up north, by contrast, they likely say "hinky" 😂

[@enzedracing3641]

I can't even think of a NZ equivalent..."buggered" ??

[@Chris_Hood]

@@enzedracing3641 for NZ, that may be just right! Too strong for GB 😁

[@desrosiers3420]

Wd40. On the wheels they ride fast and smooth

[@raddaddy]

Lube em up!

[@DaDaRacingChannel]

My Goodness, it help a lot!! Greeting from Venezuela!

[@raddaddy]

It sure did! Greetings!!!

[@terrysee2021]

We been racing these things for years, 27ft strip in the man cave. Dry grafite only, a wet lube will eventually gum up and slow down. Remember the superfast wheels (the gold ones),I bought every one I could find and we'd switch them out put a little grafite on em and make em even faster, I bet I have over 500 funny cars in the package. We run bracket races of 8 cars and the winner would go into another 8 car bracket race of winners and then that winner would go into safe and be retired so it couldn't keep coming back as a ringer. Wanna race? Lol

[@SouthernDieCastChallenge]

Great info

[@lennonjames3871]

Well that was cool 👍🏻

[@GR8FULSAMN10TADR]

Thank you GR8FUL 4U!!! ❤GR8FUL SAM

[@raddaddy]

Thank ya bud

[@mwracingtrackinstcloudflor2408]

Thats one of the best cars for race, i got 230 funny cars

[@raddaddy]

That’s insane!!! Love a good FC!