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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Build Diaries, How-To, DIY => Topic started by: Bigzook on February 24, 2010, 12:19:42 PM
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Whoo hoo another Zukiworld Challenge car being built. We picked up this sweet 96 tracker a while back with the intention of parting it out. After a little coaxing by Eric we are now building a racer out of it.
As you can see it is a 2wd car but we are planning on adding a t-case to it to get the gearing we want. We ordered some spacers to lift it up enough to clear 235's and are planning something for the shocks/struts.
It has a very smooth running 80,000 mile 16v and a 5spd.It goes in for the cage next week and then we will really get ripping on it.
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After a few hours work she is ready to get her cage put in.
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Look how clean this rig is... Wow!
I can't wait to dust ya! :)
-Eric
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Post some pictures of your cage build. We are looking for ideas for Project Trouble. :D
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Post some pictures of your cage build. We are looking for ideas for Project Trouble. :D
Here, I found you some roll-cage ideas.
:)
-Eric
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It goes in either this weekend or Monday to the cage shop, yes we are having one built. MY partner is a killer salesman and got us a lot of sponsors. I will be taking pictures for sure.
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Thought I would mention Kreation Fabrication in Salem is doing the cage. I have known Bob for many years. They build sand car chassis and he does beautifull work. Number there for any one who wants it 503-689-2206. I dropped the car off today and Bigzook will get some pics soon. -KB-
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Little bit of a update. Nothing finished yet but should be in a couple days.
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Got a little work done on the dash tonight.
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Are you going to put the battery cut-off switch on the passenger side sheet of aluminum?
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The switch is supposed to be accessible from the outside from what I read.
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That's cool... wanna make two more sets?
-Eric
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The switch is supposed to be accessible from the outside from what I read.
Yea, that is why I was going to put it over where they can just reach through the window. Unless your putting your battery in the back of the rig anyway, then you could just put it next to the battery box.
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I got the car home today after spending several hours at the fab shop finishing up the cage, making seat mounts, and mounting tabs for the drivers belts. We ran out of tabs so the co-driver belts will be mounted after the test day next weekend. Also we will finish the window nets, and fab a strut tower brace then. I have 1 week of nights to install Shocks, Struts, Springs,Spring spacers, Rear Spool, Mount the seats, Dashboard, wire up all switches, get the tires mounted to the wheels, Exhaust, Mount spare tire and jack, install tool box, Tune up with belts,and Change all fluids. I for see a ton of late nights ahead this week.
I got the electric fan and power steering cooler mounted tonight. Tomorrow I am painting the cage and installing the dash at least. I am trying to get the spool in also. I will get some more pictures in the daylight tomorrow.
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Hey what did you make your little dash plates out of? They look really nice. Are they aluminum? You made an extra set for our car too right?
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They are aluminum! I was thinking of how much you like it and wanted to make you jealous. As promised some recent pictures.
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Just trying to get it ready for the test day this weekend so I will still have a ton of stuff to do before the race.
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Looks good, I like the placement of the gauges in the former vents.
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Makes me feel slow. Nice work, I like the dash too. What are all switches for?
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Wipers, lights,heater,washers,elec. fan,and a couple extra for big lights later. Oh and of course, the big red button is start and the covered switch is main power.
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Today I got the spool in, dash lights and park lights working, got the drivers seat and belts in, stock steering wheel back on, tach mounted, rear springs and spacers in, new belts on the engine, changed oil in the engine and rear end, and got the ham radio mounted. Been a long day. Tomorrow I have to get the front coils and spacers in, flip the strut mounts, and hopefully install the blinging shocks and struts. They have not arrived yet. :P
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WOW! You've been a busy boy! Looks good man. Wish you were on our team...
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Hey now! Dont forget, I can read. Ive just been busy.
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you have been a busy beaver, the car is looking good,I got the rest of the tabs in so let me know when it is coming back to the shop for completion.
Kreator
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WOW! You've been a busy boy! Looks good man. Wish you were on our team...
NO, you hate each other... There is to be drama and wrench throwing and gratuitious swearing and cussing. That's racing, right?
:)
-Eric
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Hey bob, can i come down today? I would love to have the passenger stuff in for this weekend.
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Hey now! Dont forget, I can read. Ive just been busy.
I didn't mean it that way! You're a great team-mate! I was only saying it would be cool to have ANOTHER go-getter on our team...
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Hey now! Dont forget, I can read. Ive just been busy.
I didn't mean it that way! You're a great team-mate! I was only saying it would be cool to have ANOTHER go-getter on our team...
Oh man.... That' hurts. ;)
-Eric
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Some photos from this weekends testing.
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For those guys who think they are going to keep there windshield I give you a photo of me after a 1 hour ride.
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All of that is being sucked in the back of the car. I was not in anyone's dust cloud. Mine windshield is going away.
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More photos can be seen here http://www.nwprerunners.com/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=74&start=26 (http://www.nwprerunners.com/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=74&start=26) they start at the bottom of the page.
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oops! I took some shots last thursday of the 4 door springs I installed and forgot to post them.
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Here you can see just how much lift they give. I ended up not using the coil spacers at all.
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And here is my skid lid I made. I am going to bend the edges down to match the top of the drivers and passenger side also.
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Greg, how did the tires feel? Are you happy with the the performance? Are we going to build another car? -KB-
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Looks like you had some fun. How did the All Terrains handle the dust? I have access to some AT and some MTR, not sure which I want to run.
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They did pretty good. I did not get my shocks in and the stockers were completley toast so it was hard to judge the handling too much.
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so how many went east for the test ???? do you have pic of the other rigs???? have you got that windschield out YET !!!!!!! or are you just going to eat dust at the race ???? COOL pics of test run. So what are you going to do to it next ???? we need to get the tower brace in .
Kreator
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Yeah I will give you a call about that soon. I have a few things yet to fix and am waiting on parts. There is a link to the other photos at the bottom of my post with all the test pictures.
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Bigzook, I was just wondering if there were any other zooks there. I mean I thought we had some really tough compitition... Maybe they are waiting for race day to show their secret weapons. Just wondering if you saw any one else. Maybe broke down or something... I dont know just thought I would ask... -KB-
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A little update for today. I got the number plates all cut out, 2"exhaust on, windshield out, cleaned it up from the test run, and I was not happy with how gritty those cheapo switches got on the test run so I bought some nice rubber sealed ones.
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Oh, I also got the battery cut off mounted(took Drones advice). I am kind of waiting on parts still(ask me where NOT to buy shocks from) so I am kind of in limbo for a bit. It was a nice day out so I got out the buffer and body scrub.
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I also added a secret speed weapon worth at least 25 horses
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dont we have to mount a amber light on the back also ??????????? If your not working one day this week after I get my projects done we can finish the car. I am looking for another tracker , so if you see one let me know.4x4 and rag top.
kreator
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Safety light and window netting. Only two weeks to go.
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Greg,
I have your Radio all ready to go. Antenna setup and radio is programmed.
Just need you to install it... Let me know what works for you on getting this radio.
Looking good and I hope the Bilsteins show up in time!
-V-
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Shocks coming thursday, Any evening is fine for radio install. Got the nets half mounted, timing belt, tune up, number plates on, rear end vented and filtered, motor chained down,some misc. bracketry made, power steering cooler hooked up, and ammo cans mounted today.
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Brown santa came!
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Also started the vinyl tonight
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I took the picture a little too soon here. There is still a piece of black on the top of the W that my wife used to line up the shadow.
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Got some work done today!
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Also scored these cables from a local shop. Guess they had made them and the guy never picked them up. Got a killer price on them
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Just a little bit of a size difference
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Man, that rig is almost too pretty to take out and flog like a old horse! You will no doubt have the best looking Suzuki there, so even if your slow, you'll look GOOD in the photos! Great looking strut bar BTW.
Also, those Bilstein Struts look really tough, is it my imagination, or do they have a shorter body than the stockers, but slightly longer overall length?
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It looks that way but in the photo the stock struts were so blown they kept pulling in before I could take the photo. They looked the same length to me. Looking at the photo again I see you are right.... ???
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Well, as of about 20 minutes ago I am done except vinyl. ;D
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looks great, wish we were coming just had too many irons in the fire to make the first race.. hopefully the series will open up some races a bit further south.. 18hrs is a really long distance to drive for 4 hrs of racing..
I will be thinking of you guys this weekend!
Hutch
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Doing the last of the vinyl tonight then she's ready!
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The Donkey Ride is looking good 8)
Zig
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Looking good!
-Eric
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So.... How did the bilsteins work for ya in the race???
Is this a better upgrade then a ome strut?
Will they work with a calmini control arm?
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:) let get to gether so you can get the pics from first race
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What changes are you making for this season????
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OK to answer the few questions, The Bilstein struts are very good. They work perfect with the Calmini arms. They did fade quite a bit during the last race, but Bilstien advised me to have them rebuilt with their racing oil (heavier) to combat that. I would recomend them to anyone with a track/kick.
As for changes, I am going to get some good shocks. I keep blowing through rear shocks and destroying my bump stops. I need to get some remote res. shocks on all corners to keep the car in control. Also, I plan on more protection, different gauges, and some other"secret" upgrades.
Did a little work on the car yesterday
Well about that time again. Got to start getting the Zook back in shape for this season. I had little to do today so I decided to get some underbelly protection on the car.
I usually dig through the scrap bin at work just looking for interesting parts and pieces for some possible metal sculpture I have been thinking about. Anyway, the other day I saw a bright orange construction sign in there. It was about 5' by 2.5' and very thick for a sign.
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Free is a good price right? So after some measuring, cutting, and drilling, here it is!
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I fabbed the little black one last year and as you can see I did use it a smidge.
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skid plate looks killer, did you find a fuel cell yet? and what else do you want to do to it let me know so we can get it in the shop
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Fuel cell should be here by Friday or Monday. I can bring it down maybe this weekend?
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Subscribing, I wanna see the fuel cell install for sure...
Thanks again for all the input on my build!
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Brown came last week!
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Brown came last week!
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SEXY! How many gallons? Is that the fuel pump sitting on top? Summit Racing products right?? Would you share part numbers? Lookin Good!
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oooooooohhhhh aaahhhhhhh........shiny ;D
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Yeah got from summit because of cheap and fast shipping. I may still try and use th intake pump but picked that in line up because it was on sale.
SUM-290111 16 GAL CELL W/STEEL & FOAM
SUM-G3138 ELECTRONIC FUEL PUMP
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And a nice Red to go with the Cherry Bomb paint scheme
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What are the dimensions on the fuel cell? Will it slip in between the frame or are you going to mount it in the bed?
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Length (in) 26.000 in.
Width (in) 18.000 in.
Height (in) 9.500 in.
As for the mounting, I am taking it down to the fab shop soon and we shall see where it fits. I had to push the car to the side yesterday to fix my mom's van. So sad.....
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Yeah got from summit because of cheap and fast shipping. I may still try and use th intake pump but picked that in line up because it was on sale.
SUM-290111 16 GAL CELL W/STEEL & FOAM
SUM-G3138 ELECTRONIC FUEL PUMP
Sorry to go back a couple posts... Have any other racers installed their fuel cell yet?? I'm ready to buy one, this looks like it might be the ticket, just figured I'd go with the standard issue on this item..
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Yeah got from summit because of cheap and fast shipping. I may still try and use th intake pump but picked that in line up because it was on sale.
SUM-290111 16 GAL CELL W/STEEL & FOAM
SUM-G3138 ELECTRONIC FUEL PUMP
Sorry to go back a couple posts... Have any other racers installed their fuel cell yet?? I'm ready to buy one, this looks like it might be the ticket, just figured I'd go with the standard issue on this item..
Hey man, FWIW I think this is the one I'm going to get for the Liberty Overland entry... but I won't be working on it until after Moab.
-Eric
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My fabricator is pretty busy right now and we haven't gotten to the install yet. I will keep you guys updated as we work on it(mostly) >:D
Got a couple deliveries, more coming
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Got a little prototyping done. Yes I am planning on replacing the old tach (hopefully). Still waiting on a few parts to finish this part.
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Brown came last week!
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BIGZOOK, please contact Eric before you install your fuel cell, I think it may not meet the rule requirements. I almost bought the same one but not all the fittings are bonded to the outer skin, only the fill is. Check out the rules, I'd hate to see you get it all installed and have it not pass inspection!
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That's a good catch! I didn't notice that in the picture... I'm getting confirmation on this question. Please hold...
-Eric
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Yeah, thanks for the heads up on that. Reading the rules it appears you are correct, Hopefully not. ;) May have a brand new fuel cell for sale soon!
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I just heard back and your cell is acceptable Greg... I showed them two potential models and they said, ok...
Below are the pics of the two models, yours and an RCI 16 gallon model 1162C
-Eric
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Hey Greg - do you have the p/n for that cell you bought? I'm going to start a "where to get safety gear helpful guide" type thread in the Zukiworld Challenge sub-forum.
Thanks, Eric
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Thanks for getting that cleared up Eric. I posted the part # along with demensions on a previous page. I would find it for you but i am stuck on the couch with a back injury and forced to do all my internet on robins ipad. Are those the only 2 acceptable cells or just the 16 gallon versions?
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Sorry to hear that you hurt your back, so when your up and moving again bring the race car to the shop so we can get done.
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Sounds good Bob. Hopefully I will be healed by next week. I will stop by or call ya when I am moving around.
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Got all the gauges mounted in the plate and hooked up today. As you see I still have a little trimming to do on the plastic trim. I had to quit to make dinner..... :P
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I just bought these same gauges. Where did you plug the water temp sensor into.?
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I bought the elecrtic versions. The thread on the engine is BSPT, not metric or ASPT. I had to buy adapters, but used the stock location for the sensor. I could not find a mechanical sender that would fit.
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thanks. I guess im going to need to get a electric one too.
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Remember, the gauges themselves are different from electric to mechanical. You can't just put a electric sender in there. I found all mine on E-bay for less than $200.00 including senders.
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Got all the gauges mounted in the plate and hooked up today. As you see I still have a little trimming to do on the plastic trim. I had to quit to make dinner..... :P
So do you drive with your head tilted to the right, or what?
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But seriously though a job well done
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It is easier to see a 90* angle when you glance down that quick rather than a 60* angle. Trust me you have very little time to look.
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That's an age old trick with old-school hot rodders and drag racers. If that tach needle is straight up 'you best be looking for another gear!
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Thought I would mention Kreation Fabrication in Salem is doing the cage. I have known Bob for many years. They build sand car chassis and he does beautifull work. :-[
Did you see it there today? I have been trying to get down there and get some work done but been too busy at work. Hoping for Saturday. You gonna be there this weekend Bob?
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That's an age old trick with old-school hot rodders and drag racers. If that tach needle is straight up 'you best be looking for another gear!
Ya, it's a good easy way to check all the gauges at a glance, needles all at 12 O,clock and your good
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Hmmm now that makes sense. At first I just figured he had placed them in there temporarily to test fit. Didn't realize they stay that way. All pointed up is a really smart idea.
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Stock cars and others do this, you never need to look at the numbers on the gauges
unless one is not at 12, then you give it a look to see if you are smoking an engine
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:) Yes come down saturday and we will mount the fuel tank. ;D
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Sweet, how early you gonna be there? I wake up pretty early anymore.
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:) :D ;D I'll be there by 830 >:D
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8:30!?! That's damn near lunch time! :P
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>:D are you hiding the other pics ? :sleepy:
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Figured I would wait until we finished it.
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Be at the shop today working on the car if anybody is bored(this is Bigzook)
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We got quite a bit done today. Made the mount for the fuel cell,started on the rear cage redo, and some other mods.
Started by removing the stock tank.
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We wanted to sink the cell down in the floor as much as possible so the cross member had to go.
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We then cut a hole in the floor to sink the cell down.
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After some measuring and contemplation we realized that the cell was about 2.5" too long to sink completely into the floor. The rear end would hit it on full compression. So after all the figuring, we could only sink it down about an inch. Oh well the hole was cut so we were gonna get that inch.
Bob came up with a mounting idea that incorporated a skid plate and helped brace the floor back up. Here is the frame.
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We then skinned it with some sheet.
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Here is the cell set in its mount. We are making some straps to wrap over the top of it and bolt to the frame underneath.
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Here is a side shot of the new rear cage lines.
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Looking good 8)
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I will be down at the shop all day again tomorrow if you guys get bored. Got to get her running again.
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No pics today but got the battery relocated to the back, Fuel pump installed, and the fuel lines ran. Had to fire her back up to build my spirits.
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>:D AND MADE THE SHOP SMELL FOR AWHILE , BUT IT COME TO THE POINT THAT I GET BACK TO WORK ON IT. :)
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Had a really fun relaxing weekend testing out the car. I'd say it does pretty good so far.
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Good show. How was the landing?
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jump.avi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8pyY35yhZk#) :)
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:) sweet video ! did it have any issues and do we need to modify any thing ?
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The rear worked great, need different front springs and those damn shocks to come in. Other than that just finish those few things on the list. Which weekends are you available?
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when is the race ? and was to say thanks for the parts , I got the head light fluid and the door regulator changed and the wife is a happy camper . ;)
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What are you thinking of using for front springs?
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July 15th is the race. I want to change out the fronts for a little lighter spring but I don't think I will have time to be honest.
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Time sure is going fast.
We are plumbing the Fuel Cell this weekend, how did you plumb yours. We have an outlet and a vent line. Where did you run the return line, and the Evap line?
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I got a 3 port fuel filter and plumed the return into that. Seems to work fine. ( this is greg)
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Getting close!
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What's curb weight on you rig as it sits now?
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Not knowing how much light those lights put out, you may want more. The desert gets very dark at night. Theres nothing reflective out there.
Oh, except that shiny car.
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That was the plan but, I had a bunch of surprise repairs to do on the truck. I did a little testing of them at christmas valley and they are pretty bright, I may have to put some old school KC's on as well. :P
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Funny thing, I was talking to the family about the race trucklet. It looks all shiny in pictures and from about 10' away, but up close it's all dented,scratched, and in generally poor condition. Good thing it usually viewed from over 10' away.
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Not knowing how much light those lights put out, you may want more. The desert gets very dark at night. Theres nothing reflective out there.
Oh, except that shiny car.
Are you putting more lights on the ZWO car?
-Eric
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Yes. The ZWO car has had no lights till now. I will have at least four, maybe six. Running all six at once is hard on the alternator but having a backup plan is important.
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A little tease, see if you can spot the changes.
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u put sticker's on it & lifted the front up more ;)
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Skid plate is black and there is an extra shock on the front.
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Looks great!
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Half right David, skid plate was always black. I do not have the clout at Bilstein that you do because I got the runaround for 3 months on getting some front shocks. So I had to cancel my order and get some Fox. They were here the next day.
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Your going to have way better suspension because you have two kinds. I cant wait to see how they mounted up. Mine are posing a challenge. Still not quite done.
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I got 10"ers. wanted 12"'s but they were out. luckily they speced out almost exactly the same as the bilsteins I ordered in April.
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Lower is single shear but I think it will be OK.
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So, inspired by hutch here is my list of improvements.
Bilstein 7100 14" rear shocks
Fox 2.0 10" front shocks
changed rear cage to include 2 spare tires
connected cage to frame and strut bar
gusseted cage and added some windshield bars
16 gallon fuel cell
moved battery to back
changed to Calmini 3" front springs and strut spacers
super cool muffler from Jluck(sounds pretty cool really)
Removed headlights
added HID off road lights
added aluminum visors in windshield area
I did have one little mishap. I was doing the gussets for the cage, Bob had walked out of the shop for a minute. I got one cut out and tacked it to the cage. I mean, one little tiny tack BZZT. I walk back over to the plasma cutter to work on the next gusset. I think you see where this is going.
About 5 seconds later I hear a weird ticking noise. I look over at the car to see the drivers side interior engulfed in flames. Not knowing where Bob's fire extinguishers are I run to the sink praying that there is some kind of vessel to carry water to the car. I fond a 32 oz cup, fill it and run to the car. I splash the water on the fire extinguisher mounted between the seats so I can get it out. The drivers side seat was fully involved at this point. I got the bottle out and quickly put the fire out.
Luckily the only victims were the seat and belts. While it sucks to lose them in that way, I had passenger side seat and belts and just moved them over. So, the lesson here is that Race trim seats are made of gasoline, and don't weld around them. Not even a tiny little tack. BZZT