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Gas powered Racing Bar Stools come in
five basic flavors
. Listed below is a
quick description of each type with expanded key points following.
 | Racing Bar Stools designed to race in a straight line (drag racing) |
| Racing Bar Stools designed to race on an oval track |
| Racing Bar Stools designed to race on a road course |
| Racing Bar Stools designed on a budget (built from anything you can beg,
borrow, or steal, but always powered one way or another by gas) raced on
dirt, asphalt, clay, sidewalks, grass, indoors, outdoors......... |
| A new category of which I have only viewed a few pictures.......Off-Road
Racing Barstools (Large tires and wheels) If you have pictures....we
have web space! |
Key Points
| Drag stools usually have steering wheels (that's because they go straight
and don't make a
lot of fast turns) , a high performance engine (see links page -usually from
a mini dragster), low gear ratios, interesting paint and accessories, and wheelie
bars to keep you off your back. I'm aware of one that completes the 1/8 mile
at near 74mph! |
| Oval track Racing Bar Stools usually have moto-cross handle bars and
controls, for improved steering, performance go-cart type engines, improved
brakes (drum, single or dual disc) heavy duty frames designed for more
stress and abuse, heavy duty spindles, and always scuffed up
paint. |
| Road course Racing Bar Stools usually have moto-cross handle bars and
controls, for improved steering as with the oval track racers, performance
go-cart type engines, improved brakes (drum, single or dual disc) heavy duty
frames designed for more stress and abuse, heavy duty spindles, a differential
(for powering into the curves without loosing your ability to brake, and
almost never look pretty. |
| Budget Bar Stools are by far the most creative and interesting of the
group. Power can be from a weed-eater, a lawn mower, an old generator,
or any other place you can find a motor including mopeds, and old
motorcycles. Steering and drive systems are generally sourced the same
way......."Hey kid........I'll give you ten bucks for that bike
frame". old washing machine pulleys, go-cart frames in the bargain
trader, believe it or not..... old exercise equipment,
.....whatever.....the only thing that must be consistent is you must use a
"Bar Stool" Imagination runs supreme in this category.
This is usually the first stool people tend to build. |
| Off Road Bar Stools are a type
of hybrid Bar Stool taking a little of everybody else's ideas, compiling
them, and usually adding low gearing, big tires, & wheels. |
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