phljeeper

My son and I just finished his pinewood derby vehicle for cub scouts and we made a Jeep.

bsmarble

That is cool!!!! Not very arrow dynamic but cool. I won first place when I was ten. Still have the car and trophy. Good luck!!

minime

I think its awesome that you built a jeep, but the competitor in me says aero dynamics might not be that good.

phljeeper

It's funny, you would think aerodynamics would matter but its more about the wheels and axels. The winner last year didn't even carve the block. Just tuned the wheels and painted it.

RDH475

Yea yea but he has a winch when the other cars spin out he can pull them back on track. Pull the top & doors off = all the girls

WrangPunisher

That's cool

Ryan0260

Way to represent

maine07jk

Very cool man! It's all about weight placement and having the elast amount of friction on your wheels and axles. The ramp is not long enough to really have to worry about aerodynamics.

phljeeper

So to fill everyone in on the results. We took first place!!! Not in speed on the track but best in show. Crushed the competition. I may have been wrong about the impact of the flat grill and windshield. We lost the speed portion of the race early on.

07RedRubi

So it goes slow and looks better than everything else. You really did build a JK. Great job on the build!