Bolink electric drag cars

[StevePond]

Started at the request of Microrcdude

[microrcdude]

allright, let's see your ride

[microrcdude]

where is everyone???

[murphy3688]

i dont have one yet, but im looking for one of those narrow pro stocks (electric of course). if you read car action and the backlots, i won the one where you had to find the secret email address, and they sent me a 10x2 speedgems 2 and lrp competition 5 turn limit esc (thats like $190 worth of stuff for free!!!). anyway, i figure id put it to good use and make a drag car. i need a good used one for less than $50 (a lot less), but at least a good one. does anyone know how fast it should go with that stuff?

-murphy

[microrcdude]

My friend has a tower hobbies 14t mod motor, and it goes 60 with budget 1500 cells. I think it will go 70

[msyco]

I can't believe that not many people have the electric drag cars, i've got a zilla 4 that i want to trade for 2, they are awsome looking and i'm sure they could be pretty quick and lots of fun especially if you have 2, and the kits are nicely priced, how could you possibly go wrong ( it would be mostly alot of gear changing til you find the right combination ). I'd like to see more pictures of any, if anybody has some. :cool:

[microrcdude]

I want one sooooooooooooobad

[lil_general_lee]

Well, after building a semi-budget drag car I have some experience. The cheapest and most cost effective ESC route is to go with the duratrax Steak ESC. It is rated to 10 cells and and down to a 12 turn motor limit for $39 from tower. I will tell you that 10 cells and a 12 turn is a handful in any car, especially a shorter wheel base car like a bolink pro stock. I found out the hard way that this set up is actually too much for any off the shelf motor. It worked good and dandy for a while till the motor (Reedy Tri-Sonic 13 x 3) threw 3 winds in the can. I'll tell you the car was unreal fast!! You could build a similar motor burnin' tire spinning car for around or under $200. But be warned, stuff explodes if it's not ment for the task :) The thing that I recently found out is you could go buy a standard Reedy Ti or kr or D5 off the shelf of your LHS for around $55 or so, and it wont hold up any better then a $34 Speedgems. Not much benifit for an extra $21. When in fact you can order a totally custom hand wound motor based on the can style of your choice, Kevlar wrapped windings, wind pattern, turn and wind #'s for the same price. With a car that is set up like this kevlar wrapped windings are a must to prevent them from flying apart. Anyways, Thats the run down of my experiences. Hope it helps in your decision of components :)

RJ

[msyco]

do you have any pics ?

[lil_general_lee]

No pictures at the current time, but I can probably get some within the next few days. BTW - There will be no motor in the car for obvious reasons. lol.

RJ

[lil_general_lee]

Here is a picture of a Bolink based drag car. It may not be an electric vehicle unless you consider the ignition system electric :) The car was based on a "Hot Rodz" 1/12 scale chassis. The chassis and motor pod were custom built. The Rocket Pod accepts any two Estes A - E sized engines in a side-by-side configuration, and features an adjustable thrust angle. This car used to be a 10 cell electric drag much like my pro stock. The cells went bad a few years ago and instead of replacing them I decided to give a rocket car a try. I found the pictures so I decided to post one of them. Also, I will try and post a picture of my electric Pro Stock when I get them. Thanks.

RJ

[Mark73]

How do u keep that thing on the ground? :confused:

[lil_general_lee]

One word, Luck :)

[CAMRY17]

Hi there.

How do you guys find the Bolink Chasis.

I just built a 20 cell bolink railer with a colbolt motor with a 15 x 2 and find the chasis flexes big time.

One of my friends has built a carbon chasis to the motor mount and this car is running low 1.7's.

Looks like the way to go as the flex is no more and the torsion bar goes.

Post some pic as soon as I get one made.

CHEERS

[msyco]

I just ordered the narrow pro stock truck from tower with a team orion havock motor 17x2. man i can't wait for it to get here. let me know what you think about the pro stock truck. Thanks, Brian:D :D :D :D :D :D

[yokozuna4x2]

i used to have a pro stock bolink car/truck...mine was the s-10 truck..:)
i converted it to oval and drove it at the local track till i traded the car for a nitro hawk..
now we now have a dragstrip in our area(greensboro,nc) and im looking to get another p-stock vehicle to get into the fun of draggin...:D
curious: do they break the diffrent classes down like other forms of racing?

[murphy3688]

the classes all depend on the track you run at. if there are a lot a lot of cars, they will break it down into more classes. if not, there may just be electric heads up, nitro heads up, electric and nitro bracket. and from there, they might do pro stock, dragster, and funny car. it best to check with your track. check the ieda website for more info. i cant remember the site off the top of my head.

-murphy

[tamiyajoe]

hey, how fast are these things? and where can i get one? (links please)

[msyco]

i think the best place to get one is tower. also they are a good price

[yokozuna4x2]

thanks for the info murphy...:)
the track has bracket style drags evry friday nite...im going to lay back and look around to see who brings what and look at various setups and paint schemes....
then ill do my own thing as far as bringing something diffrent from the others....:)
the other day i saw an electric that did 53mph and did a 2.47 i think....it flew! i think he was running 8 cells...not really sure but ill find out this friday...lol:D

[murphy3688]

some guys would say: "pshhh, 2.47".

ive seen 1.8 @ 68. you havent seen fast. i havent done that so i cant say much. anyway, guys will run the 6x1 cobalts, micro switch and up to 12 cells. it isnt cheap (part of the reason i dont do much).

brackets are a good place to start. you dont have to be fast, or neccesarily cut the best light, but good lights are always helpful.

-murphy

[yokozuna4x2]

i found out more about that 55chevy that did 53mph...
it did 2.33@55 on friday...but the m-swich stuck so it flew out into the woods missing the net at close to 60 when it got stretched out...lol
its running on 6cells with a d5 flatliner motor...not sure of the winds tho...
as far as my dragging is concerned im going to borrow the esc from my wifes pede and install it in my old minicup...
that will get me some practice and prep me for my pro stocker...:)
the m-cup can only run on 4cells so ill be fairly slow but in bracket racing itll be fine...lol

[msyco]

hey guys, i just put my funny car on back order through tower, i can't wait til it gets here. i already have a pro stock truck, it's pretty quick for what i can afford:D. It has a novak rooster, team orion havok 17t mod motor, 15 tooth robinson racing pinion, stock 86 tooth spur gear, and a futaba magnum junior radio system, i know it won't be as fast as the cars you guys are talking about, i haven't had it clocked yet.

[murphy3688]

ok. i have all the gear, electronics, motor and such. all that is required for me is a chassis. i have been looking and looking at the pro stock, more specifically, the narrow prostock. now my friend has the econorail. it runs alright, but prostock has been my favorite since i started drag racing. he says he can get me a econorail for $50/55 new, which is about $10/15 under retail. its a good deal, but not exactly what i want. i can get a p/s from the mags for $59.99 or; a funny car or econorail for $64.99.

i need advice. i can get the dragster for about $5/15 cheaper, but its not really what i want. i like prostock or funny car. i guess for drag purposes, funny car would be more practical. any ideas, suggestions, or if you have these how do the run?

-murphy

[jrdragracer]

Im with you murphy. I do favor the looks of the pro stocks, and funny cars, but also like the drgsters price. Did the dragster handle very well with the long wheel base? I am beginning to favor the pro stocks over the rail.

-jrdragracer3189

[murphy3688]

ive seen dragsters roll before at 60 mph. the f/c have a much wider wheelbase, so i think they would handle better than a rail with a ~5" wheelbase. now that i look at it, im going with the funny car. its longer and slightly more narrow. built for drags how i like it. anybody have anything to add about the f/c's?

-murphy

[msyco]

HERE ARE A FEW PICS OF MY PRO STOCK TRUCK

[msyco]

sorry a pic

[jrdragracer]

Awesome looking truck. I'm going to order my narrow pro stock from tower very soon. I'm also ordering everything else for drag racing (first time in electric, so I have to buy everything). I'm just trying to go quick but try to stay as cheap as possible. If i could hit the mid 2s, I'd be happy.
-jrdrag3189

[murphy3688]

i would agree. that truck looks dang good. whats it run?

i called tower today, and the f/c's are on back order. my advice for aspiring elec drag racers, find the place called "r/c car kings" (ads are in car action) and order from there. good place.

-murphy

[jrdragracer]

I'll be ordering from there tomarrow. Pro stocks are also on back order at tower.
-jrdrag

[msyco]

thanks guys:D i still have not clocked it yet, but it seems to be pretty quick

[jrdragracer]

I finally ordered my stuff today. I ordered a narrow pro stock camaro from r/c car kings, a duratrax esc for an 8-t from tower, a Trinity speed Gem 9-turn, a trinity 3000 6-c battery, air-tronics blazer radio, and hotbodies chager from hobby people. Hopefully it'll be fast. luckily I had alot of help from some people i know, so hopefully it will all work good.
-randy

[msyco]

cool, from what you described, it sounds as if it would fly.
by the way i've only tested my pro stock truck on the street in front of my house, so far.

[albie]

glad to see some new intrest in the hobby of drag racing . i think bolink is on its way out of buisness from what i have heard.. anyways the car looks good but one change if you want it to fly is to run microswitches as speedcontrollers arent faster and they tend to burn out with the motors ... i race in the ieda myself and have set many records especially in 6 cell and 7 cell with ferrite motors but i have run 1.76 76 mph with 10 cell funnycar.. i really like the 6 cell and 7 cell cars.. i have built cars that have run 1.99 with 6 cells and cars that have gone 1.95 with 7 cells and ferrite motors. its a blast to run with 6 cells now that 8 cell cars ran a few years ago... if you guys ever have questions on the drag stuff let me know im always willing to help newcommers.... albie niziolek 11 time national rc drag champion

[jrdragracer]

i have always been into drag racing, same with murphy, but it was all about trying to find that extra cash to spend. That would be awfully bad to see bolink go under. I've only heard good things about their chassis. How much money do you have in any of those cars you were naming off albie? I looked into those micro switches, but wanted to run my car for mre a few seconds before the battery drained. Do you happen to know the ieda website. i tried finding it, but couldn't.
-jrdrag3189

[albie]

hey jrdrag well remember one thing drag racing isnt like other types of racing so besides the cost of motors like the neo and cobalt drag racing really isnt too expensive... the cost of my cars is always equal to the next guys car as it has 2 servos micro switch motor batteries and chassie... dragracing is a horsepower game and who usually has the power is on top.. as for the ieda website i heard its down and dont know when it will be up again..as most are getting ready for the nationals in maryland.. albie

[murphy3688]

im having trouble setting up the steering linkages on my bolink f/c. just finished putting it together

my servo:
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the servo and the car:
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the servo and servo saver are both stock traxxas. can anyone post pics of their steering set up please

(these pics wont show up for me with 'preview'; i hope you can see them)

-murphy

[albie]

hello murphy i cant see the pics either... well the best i can do right now is explain the set up i use basically i use the standard horn that comes with the servo like the one that looks like the helicopter blased and just trim off 3 of the arms then i use 2 ball links on the horn and 2 on the steering arms i usually use small titanium turn buckles with ball cups on each end. we dont use servo savers since they give too much play to the front wheels...only problem is some times when you hit the wall you strip the servo gears and have to rebuild which no one likes to do...but thats the price u pay for going fast straight....... albie

[murphy3688]

two more things: i got a piece of glass with blue plastic around it with my kit. whats that for? can anyone post a pic of their f/c wing set-up? thanks

-murphy

[msyco]

anyone have a funny car they want to sell? getting tired of waiting for tower. please send pics to Msyco@attbi.com
Thanks

[msyco]

what's the difference between the microswitch and esc, and do they have motor limits and how to hook it up. suggestions on the which microswitches would helpful also. thanks, Brian

[metalry101]

I'm thinking one of these little Bolink cars would be about the funnest things ever, but I don't know which one to get. Any suggestions on something that's tough? I've heard and read that the Digger II's are tough as nails, but I don't know. I don't plan on doing any racing, just bashing.

[albie]

murphy it might be lexan to make side dams for the wing....


mysco the difference is the microswitch is full on no in between.. the microswitches have been known to run 20 plus cells with no problem...

metalry the digger kits are fun. i have a little red wagon wheel stander i play with and its a blast... albie

[metalry101]

Any suggestions or comments about the Diggers? Like what extra parts do I need to buy? Can they handle a low turn mod (I mean is it controllable at all), etc. Also, any suggestions on where to buy it? Tower's out of everything Bolink at the moment.

[albie]

metalry you need the basic stuff motor esc battery charger and radio.. you really dont want to put gobs of horse power in the car cause its a waste like putting 1200 hp in a vw bug . but if crashing and not controlling the cars iswhat u want hey go for it.. the cars are cool to play with... i run my wheelstander on a stock motor and 4 cells its fast on 2 wheels...... albie

[jrdragracer]

I finally got my prostock car together. I should get the rest of my parts today. Hopefully.
-jrdrag

[murphy3688]

my car went 3.12 spinning at least three feet. my 60' time is 1.80 and quicker. setup: 10x2 trinity speed gems, 1600 6 cell (i have a 2400 i dont use it for drags yet), f/c kit, lrp quantum competition esc. i need brown sticky. post your best times everyone

-murphy

[albie]

my best with a 10 cell fc is 1.76 75mph
10 cell rail 1.81 69 mph
8 cell pro stock 1.866 67 mph
8 cell prostock truck 2.00mph
7 cell ferrite rail 1.95 67 mph 6 cell ferrite doorslammer 2.044 65.75 have built a motor that ran 1.99 in a customers 6 cell car...
6 cell stock motor doorslammer 2.79 44 mph

[shownuff]

Albie What chasis do you run. I have a Bolink Nitro Pro Stock Narrow (2.74@ 50mph) OS. 12 basic $70.00 motor. Car is pretty good for what little I have in it. Looking to get new f/car. Looked at Team Newbern. Like the elec chasis becase it Has the trac control like the bolink and other adjustmnts, but I noticed that the Nitro has none. Actually I see no adjustments on the Nitro chasisies except for rear axle ride hght and wheel base. I expected full tunabillity for the price they want. All the alluminum makes it look heavy. What do you think of there cars also the nitro f/c. Hate that cant get Bolink. THere car is simple, light wht, and adjustable. Also have direct drive. No belt. New to r/c drag. Is the newbern worthy? THX for being helpfull!

"11 Time Champ" < We value your opinion....

[murphy3688]

Originally posted by shownuff
Hate that cant get Bolink. THere car is simple, light wht, and adjustable. Also have direct drive.

"rc car kings" is a reletively small company, and no one notices them. myself, my friend, and my brother all ordered bolink electric kits after calling tower, who is always out of the good stuff; we ordered myself a funny car, and my friend and brother pro stock truck and ps car. you can find their one page black and white ad in any radio control car action. they ship ups and it got to me in three days. you can get a kit for less than $65 and the shipping is $6.99 for ups. i recommend them.

-murphy

[shownuff]

Ill try'em BIG THX'S dude........

[albie]

sorry for the delay in helping you shownuff im packing for the ieda nationals this weekend,, well i think you mean walbern chassies..i heard there gas cars are pretty good, but the electrics are way too heavy. i race grandmotorspors cars and think there the best out there.. last race i was at i recieved the car on wednesday had it built by thursday and set the record with it on saturday on its 3rd pass during qualyifing. i have a new car from them to test its way differnt from the last one but i thnk it will be better but we will see this weekend. i have never run gas or even owned a gas car... dont hate me but dont like gas...;) albie

[shownuff]

Thanks albie. Gas isnt to bad. I think elec is less work and faster on the track. Will probly get 1 elec even tho to be as fast as you, the motors are $$. With gas it's a visual and sound thing (smoke and engine noise) Thanks for the help..... you the man...
Good Luck!

[albie]

thanks .. .. if you dont remember anything i ever tell you guys remember this... there are three keys to going fast.. with out the 3 keys all working together the car wont run as fast as its potential .. 1st key is the motor... 2nd key is the battery.. and third key is the gear ratio and tire size.. if you have the most powerful motor and a not so good battery then the car wont run fast... same as if you have the best motor and battery but the overall gearing is off the car wont be fast.. also a common mistake is the cost of drag racin... alot of people think of how much more money drag racing is but its not true... i think oval and touring car cost the same if not more.. lets put it like this.. the car cost 190 the battery cost 60-70 dollars the motor for a ferrite cost 100.. now a tc can coast 230 plus the battery 60-70 the motor is 60-65 pls you need set up boards, droop gauges, camber gauges plus other stuff.. im a motor builder and i have alot of support equipment like magnet zappers gaussmeters and turbo35s .. but i sold a guy a motor and he ran the 2nd fastest time in 6 cell history plus won the race. and he only has a few hundred dollars worth of rc equipment.,. well its 11:30 im leaving today at 4:00 for th race ll talk to you guys monday.. have a good weekend........... albie

[msyco]

hey guys, i just placed my order for a f/c through r/c car kings, and they have it in stock,also cancelled my order from tower. so it should be here in a couple days. i'll post some pics of it when it's done. just so you know what to be expecting, how about pearl white with pearl purple flames. :D thanks, Brian

[msyco]

albie, have fun and good luck ( like you need it, right):rolleyes:

[albie]

thanks guys im back i had a great time ... i had some problems all weekend .. the first was i ran the car from last year with a new motor i made and the car actually did a complete wheelie off the line and broke the steering servo and the rear aluminum axel broke in 2 . the car left as hard as a 10 cell car... so i lost the bearings and all.... so i switched to the new car which doesnt have a single run on it and it ran a very slow 2.2 at 30 mph but i stripped the gear as soon as i pulled the trigger i also de tuned the car and took off the torque sleeve to calm the car down as well as took out the killer batteries and put in my #3 pack..... so i changed the gear repeaked the battery and proceeded to tq with a nice 2.021 at 67.43 mph yes you read it right 67.43 with 6 cells and a ferrite motor.. then came first round and and a stupid thing happened the car left real good but by half track the car shut off and coasted to a 2.50 at 13 mph i found out it was a hung brush.... so i went to the consolation round.. in the b side finals i ran a nice 2.060 at 65.9 mph and beat the guy next to me who ran a 2.21 54 mph.. so i got a tq medal and a b side winner trophy... i ran the entire race with my #3 battery and the new motor i made....

[Paul Songas]

As far as r/c drags, bolink stuff will only get you so far.. You need a step up to run really fast, and consistant. My best dragster pass is over 72 mph, 10 cells, neo 9x1. I run stuff from www.grandmotorsports.com The owner only lives 5 miles from me, and he has been a great help to me. He has a full line of chassis kits, dragster, funny car, pro stock and pro mod!
check it out.

P.S. I do have a bolink funny car for sale, ready to run (no crystal in reciever) . Stock motor, 6 cells, great bracket car. Won the 2002 IEDA Northstar Nationals in bracket, 2002 MN State Championship race, and 2002 points series for bracket racing. Only used one season, comes with 3 painted Protoform Camaro bodies, one is an Oakley body (shown), one is Valvoline, and one is FOX Racing. Paul3tf98@aol.com

[Paul Songas]

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[Paul Songas]

sorry for double post.

[shownuff]

Paul Songas......... Check e-mail..:)

[Paul Songas]

Pic with Other Body

[msyco]

hey guys, i finally got my funny car finished here is a pic or 2 of it and my p/s truck w/ a new look

[msyco]

1 more of the f/c

[msyco]

p/s truck

[msyco]

oooopppsss, here we go

[jrdragracer]

Albie, what classes do they run at the nationals, and which were you running? I'm not sure if you already said, but do you run bolink, or grand motorsports?
-Jrdrag

[albie]

jrdrag i run super gas which is 6 cell with a ferrite motor.. at the nationals they have a few classes like 7 cell stock motor classes up to the 10 cell neo motor classes and even an extreme class where anything goes.. i run for grandmotorsports and there great cars... albie

[jrdragracer]

Albie, so are like a sponsored driver for grand motorsports? Also, do they run any bracket racing at the nationals? If so, what are the specs for thier bracket class or classes?
-jrdrag

[lil_general_lee]

I just picked up a Dragmaster Pro Stock, fourteen 1400Mah cells, HS-225BB steering servo. I have to say it is a nice kit although I hope Bolink doesn't go under since super narrow bodies are far and few between. I eventually want to get 6 more cells. I have a problem though, I don't really want to run a micro switch since there is no strip near me. Finding a ESC for 20 cells and no motor limit poses another problem. Let me know what your opinions are on what I should do, switch or ESC. My cars fait is in your responses. :)

[murphy3688]

picture this... you get all your rc stuff set up. everthings clean and ready to go. you set your car up, and set it on the track, tx on, rx on. you punch the throttle, about 3 seconds or less. thats one battery down.

thats the switch. with the esc, you have over 15 runs down your straightaway with em. since you dont have a track near you, you would have to stick your surface pretty good to get that thing to get down the track. im using 6 cell w/ 10x2 with descent traction compound, thing dont hook worth a darn. stick with esc.

-murphy

[Paul Songas]

You only get one pass down the track with a micro switch? What facts do you base that off of? Depending on the class, we have some guys that dont peak all day long with switches. Biggest difference to me is the price. A micro switch is $8.00. ESC that can handle 20 cells and hot motor $????

[murphy3688]

really? i guess i just got the wrong facts. how do they work? someone told me they just throw the entire battery at the motor in about three seconds.

-murphy

[lil_general_lee]

Well, I doubt the car will ever make a perfect pass (or complete pass for that matter, lol). First of all getting it to hook up on a switch with 20 cells and a 6 turn is going to be a nightmare. Second of all the motor is going to fling apart like who knows what. The motor isn't designed for this application (Epic Binary), especially getting fed 24 volts. The motor dyno spec sheet says 41,295RPM @ 5V... If you calculate it right technically the motor will spin 198,216RPM @ 24 volts. I know that isn't practical but it sure sounds cool. Oh well, I havn't figured out what I want to do with it yet. I may just end up selling it or who knows what. Any idea on about how fast this set up would be if it worked perfectly ?

RJ

[murphy3688]

www.rcdragracing.4t.com

[Dragger]

A little of topic, but I'm new here and just wanted to say hi. I also just got a Bolink pro stock with a super rooster, D5 8x2 motor, Airtronics blazer sport radio, and a 2400 6 cell stick pack. I want to get 10 3300 cells sometime.

[dragracer28]

Did you just use your body as a discharger for your batteries or something. Posting to your self is not normal and these dragracing threads are not very popular. I posted in the thread in the Misc. forum and never got an answer that was in May.

[Dragger]

You're not normal, you I looked at your profile before you edited it and it was disturbing.

[racerdave]

How is a micro switch used in place of an ESC? What controls its on/off? A servo? How is it wired? Thanks, rd

[Paul Songas]

A Switch costs between $6.00 and $10.00 depending where you but from. Not bad considering they handle anything you want to throw at it. Yes a servo activates the switch.

[racerdave]

Originally posted by Paul Songas
Yes a servo activates the switch.

How is the switch hooked to the servo and motor? I am picturing a micro similiar to a esc's on/off switch and can't see how a sevo would turn that on and off. Or is this a electronic type of micro switch. Where can I get more detailed info. It's very hard to get drag info help compared to dirt/street rc racing. rd

[Paul Songas]

The switch is an electrical micro switch. It has a little button on it, that is spring loaded. The servo arm comes over, pushes the button in, and thats how it works. When you let off the gas the servo moves away and the button pops back out, thus killing the power. The servo and switch(es) are mounted usually on a rear pod just behind the rear axle. I always use 2 switches, one for go, and I use the other as the brake.

[Paul Songas]

e-mail me I have some pictures.

[racerdave]

Thanks Paul, e-mail is on its way. rd

[racerdave]

I can't make my Pro Stock leave the line straight. It's running a 19 turn speed gem with with the gearing that came with the kit. I believe its 18 or 19 - 86. The rear bushings sit in oval bushing holders that snap into the rear aluminum upright. They are offset holders and the axle is set closer to the ground. The rear tires are untreated. I'm running on my freshly sealed asphalt driveway, swept clean. The car pulls hard to the left during launch. The front steering linkage is set ok. The sterring servo travel is dialed way down on the pistol. The axle is free in the bushings. There is a small amount of side play. The gear mesh seems ok to me. The gear hub and wheel hubs setscrews are lined up and are not changing position so nothing is slipping. Playing around with the traction control rod makes no difference.Body on or off makes no difference. Whats left? I bought this car just for driveway dragracing against my sons staduim trucks. Thats why I didn't pay big bucks for a Grandmotorsports or other big $$$ dragger. Is this what to expect from a Bolink? I'M LOST ON THIS! rd.

[Paul Songas]

Is it a bolink car? If so , the tires are too hard to run on anything but a preped race track. The tires just spin and the car wants to spin out on launch. Even my Grand Motorsports car with foam tires and a 19 turn will not go straight without being on a treated track, with treated tires. You may need to get some regular rubber tires for the back.

[racerdave]

Any tire suggestions? Just looking at Tower Hobbies and in RC action mag I can find any that are as wide. rd

[msyco]

parma has rear tire that are wider and taller than the stock bolink kits, that's what i had on my pro stock truck

[racerdave]

Great! Any part numbers for the tires and a set of wheels, and where can I get them?Thanks,rd.

[Paul Songas]

Hey drag fans, I have my website up and going. It's nothing fancy, but there is a photo page and race results.
www.songasracing.20m.com

[racerdave]

Paul, nice pics on your site, but none of your links took me anywhere. They all list back to your sire and came back as an error. rd

[Paul Songas]

Thanks Dave, I'll see if I can get that taken care of.

[adrcracing]

Hrer are some PICS of some funny car bodies I have painted.

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[Billy W]

Racerdave, also double check you rear wheel hubs real close make sure you are not spinning one on the axle. Had the same problem a year ago and the car would jump hard left or right. THe car was a 7-cell, 6dble motor car. once i got the hub situation fixed and used straight VHT on the tires. the would run 2 second flat runs in the scale quarter mile. This was at the Myrtle Beach Drag race that use to be held every year. oh yeah left to right weight balance is real critical also since these car doesn't have any tweak system. ON average the car is designed for about a 2.5 sec run. Nothing fancy just to have fun.

Billy @ Bolink/Racetech/Dragmaster

[Xman78201]

Hello Everyone! Im new to this guys, just wanted to know if this setup up would work for drag racing? I bought a bolink funny car kit, a brushless motor 6 turn hacker and master comptetition ESC. I also have a 10 cells of 2400 sanyo batteries attached on each side of the chassie. I was wondering what size pur came with the stock boling kit and what size pinion should i use with the motor? Please give some advise on this setup? Email me at seaton78201@hotmail.com as soon as possible. Dont want to destroy my expensive brushless setup. Thanks !!!!!:) :)

[Fastcar]

Hi everyone I have a Bolink Electric pro stock and a GMS PRO MOD car. Just wanted to day i and tell you what I've ran.

Bolink car
D5 7 turn 2.574 @ 53MPH
Team Orion 11 turn 2.99 @ 46MPH
Speed gems 9 turn 2.96 @ 44MPH with ESC
Team Orion 17 turn 3.33 @ 42MPH

GMS PRO MOD car
D5 7 turn 2.37 @ 53MPH
Team ORion 11 turn 2.72 @ 44MPH


I currently have a Dragmaster funny car that I am going to run 1.70's with will take some work but anybody can just about ran 1.90's with 10 cells and a Cobalt motor.

[Fastcar]

Also to all the drag racing rans that don't know yet.
Check out www.rcdrags.com and the rc drags forum to log on to the forum and lets talk some more about rc drag racing.
We race at Piedmont Dragway in Greensboro N.C.

[Fastcar]

Hey racerdave try T&M tires them work very good on my bolink and GMS. don't use the parma tires useless you just want the car to look good.

Take a tape measure and measure the rear of the chassis plate and make a visible mark then take a flathead screwdriver and lift the car on that mark if both wheels lift of the ground at the same time the car will go straight.
Adjust the battery to get both wheels to lift at the same time.
slide the battey to the left if the left wheel came up first or slide the battery to the right if the right wheel came up first.

Try going to a 81spur and 20 pinion it should leave straight every time and have good top end power.

If anyone has any more questions I will be glad to answer they or lead you in the right direction.

[Fastcar]

Hey guys let me give some of you a liitle advice.

In the IEDA super gas class we run 8 and 9 turn motors just because they have more torque of the line to make to car lauch better this is for a 6 or 7 cells car

Also you should only use 6 or 7 cells on a ferrite motor running a ferrite motor on 10-20 cells you will kill the magnets and ruin the motor. To use 8-24 cells you will need a cobalt motor because it is designed to run on 8-24 cells.

Don't ruin ferrite motors they were only designed to run on 6 or 7 cells

[kerem550]

fastcar,
do you have any info about Bolink. Is it out of business ?

[Fastcar]

My local hobby shop can still get parts from bolink but on tower you can't get them.

[kevina250]

E-mail or call Tower and tell them that you would like to buy Bolink products. Steve is trying to get them to carry his products again. Even if he has to lounge in the lobby there to convince them. But for real, e-mail them and let them know that you would like to see Bolink back at Tower and Horizon.

[InetRC]

Anyone know where I can pick up aluminum wheels for my Bolink Econo-Rail Dragster? Thanks!

-Alex
www.InetRC.com

[Fastcar]

Get them from walbern.
The link to 1.5inch wheels is http://www.teamwalbern.com/album1a_023.htm

The link to the 2.0 inch wheels is http://www.teamwalbern.com/album1a_022.htm

Hope this helps if you have anymore questions just ask.


Fastcar

[InetRC]

*Thank You* FastCar ... I'll call them this week and place an order. I appreciate the help!

-Alex

[StevePond]

The Walburn stuff is pretty nice. They have one of the TF rails on display at one of the local tracks. It's a sharp-looking machine.

[albie]

yes walbern make aluminum wheels... albie

[cretin]

a few weeks ago, i went with a buddy to a hobby shop that had pics of their drag cars. as my buddy predicted, i got the bug. i pieced together some old bolink parts and a speedgems 9x2. it needs help, to say the least. anyway, my question is this:

what kind of batteries do you experienced guys use? how fancy a charger should i get? also, about the only local place i have to go for switches is radio shack (my super rooster is way too heavy for a drag car).

[Fastcar]

You budget depends alot on what you can get.

Batteries: I say GP3300's.

Charger:Any peak charger will work. I can just tell ya what I got and its a high $ piece. I got a GMVIS Commander charger. I know is not the best but it works to perfection with my batteries.

Before I got this charger. All I had was a prophet peak charger, worked nice for bracket.

It also depends on how many cell you plan to run.
How many cells you plan to run?

RadioShack microswitches will not work you will burn those up.
For a miroswitch go to. www.teamwalbern.com or www.grandmotorsports.com
They'll have what you need. Because you'll need a 25amp switch.

Check out www.rcdrags.com and the forum. you'll get more replies on there because it just for rc drag racing

[cretin]

i registered this afternoon and spent a lot of time today looking around the site. i think i am starting to get a grip on what i want to do. thanks for the input

[3xs]

fastcar,
do you have any info about Bolink. Is it out of business ?

Here's the new Bolink, http://www.cdiracingproducts.com/

[cynos23]

hi guy i have been trying to get the best gear ratio for my bolink. i have a D6 6 double trinity motor. i want to reach the best top speed with out slowing down my off the line or rollout speed. can some one help me. if you have a answer for me post a reply or email me at rongkeko@hotmail.com thanks.

[-todd-]

Anyone have a Super-T? I can't believe how hard it is to find information (let alone parts) on Bolink kits when they were seemed so popular. I'm also looking for wheel (hub) adaptors for the Bolink rear to fit new touring rims. I think I'm going to end up building my own, any suggestions on a design?

[DragonRail]

hi guy i have been trying to get the best gear ratio for my bolink. i have a D6 6 double trinity motor. i want to reach the best top speed with out slowing down my off the line or rollout speed. can some one help me. if you have a answer for me post a reply or email me at rongkeko@hotmail.com thanks.

with that setup I run a 1.8 to 1.9 rollout to start.


Don't know how to figure the rollout? Check out http://www.rcdrags.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=191 for a quick how to.

[microrcdude]

Anyone know where to get i microswich that can withstand 18 cells and 2 motors?

[Bart_Banaan]

I own two Bolink dragster, a Funny Car and a Topfuel dragster, herewith a pic:

http://members.lycos.nl/djanalysis/hpbimg/104-0452_IMG.JPG

[rgvlee]

hi all. just saying hi to you all,ive been watching this forum for a while and have been bitten by the drag bug.
no one over here sells any drag cars so im gonna make my own.
what i need help with is : what turn motor i need,how many cells and what type of esc?
i"ll make a sreamliner type first, then try to make a funny car any help would be greatfully recieved
thanks rgvlee

[burntslapup]

rg it all depends on what you want to do with the car... If your wanting a parking lot car then I would go with a low turn motor and 6-8 3300 cells, and a esc that can handle this combo..
If your going for a all out drag car then go with a cobalt 2 or 6 mag motor and 12 - 14 turn arm, once again 8-20 GP2200 cells, and a micro switch setup... check out www.RCdrags.com, www.grandmotorsports.com, or www.teamwalbern.com, and you can get more info there for your project...