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LowFatBug


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Location: Mckinney Tx

PostSubject: Desert racing   Thu 29 Sep 2011, 4:05 pm
whats up everyone? long time no see.

anyone interested in getting involved in desert racing?
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Terry
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Post: 1194
Location: Lone Oak, Texas

PostSubject: Re: Desert racing   Sun 02 Oct 2011, 8:44 am
You got a schedule?

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LowFatBug


Post: 556
Location: Mckinney Tx

PostSubject: Re: Desert racing   Sun 02 Oct 2011, 11:11 pm
last race of season was 10/1/11. was some pretty wild stuff,

will post schedule as soon as next years season is getting ready

here is the race that went to watch, think they said 42 entries started the race and only 40% finished. was 45 mile course and 7 laps. jessie james in his trophy truck finished 1st overall. not sure what the vw classes did but next season is gonna be something pretty wild


http://www.bajaracingtexas.com/chupacabra_300/
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LowFatBug


Post: 556
Location: Mckinney Tx

PostSubject: Re: Desert racing   Sun 16 Oct 2011, 10:56 am
I'm building a 5 Unlimited car to start racing.
here are 2 of the texas race groups

http://www.texasoff-road.com/

http://www.bajaracingtexas.com/
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LowFatBug


Post: 556
Location: Mckinney Tx

PostSubject: Re: Desert racing   Sun 16 Oct 2011, 11:04 am
here is what I am starting out with, it will have 16" of wheel travel in the back and 10" or so in the front and about 10" wider drum to drum and 10" longer wheelbase


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LowFatBug


Post: 556
Location: Mckinney Tx

PostSubject: Re: Desert racing   Fri 28 Oct 2011, 9:54 am
here are the trailing arms for the rear I made, they are almost finished but still have a few things to do to them (sheet metal to cover the tubes, shock bracing and heim mount)

4" farther back than stock and a bit over 5" wider than stock. has capacity for 19 1/2" of travel before the cv angle is to much

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LowFatBug


Post: 556
Location: Mckinney Tx

PostSubject: Re: Desert racing   Fri 04 Nov 2011, 1:40 am
here is what they look like on the car, still have a bit to do to them but they are almost there. 4 1/2 inches farther back and a bit over 5 inches wider per side than stock. with the tires I'll be running the track width will be somewhere close to 80 inches


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LowFatBug


Post: 556
Location: Mckinney Tx

PostSubject: Re: Desert racing   Sat 12 Nov 2011, 9:16 pm
here is a pic of the closer to finished rear trailing arms



here is the extended frame head,had to convert from ball joint to kinglink and moved it 5 inches farther out.



front beam is 6" wider
should be getting my long travel coilovers real quick and will be starting on the cage as soon as I get my front trailing arms made (working on them now, will be 2" longer & 2" wider)
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LowFatBug


Post: 556
Location: Mckinney Tx

PostSubject: Re: Desert racing   Sun 13 Nov 2011, 6:52 pm
here are my 2x2 trailing arms, still have to cut and weld gusset plates.
first pic is stock arms in beam second is just the upper 2x2 and the last,,,, well you can figure it out Laughing




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perrinoya


Post: 247
Location: Dallas Tx

PostSubject: Re: Desert racing   Mon 14 Nov 2011, 8:56 pm
nice work. where did you pick up the 6" wider beam? I want one with the adjusters welded in to lower the car instead of raise.
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LowFatBug


Post: 556
Location: Mckinney Tx

PostSubject: Re: Desert racing   Fri 18 Nov 2011, 10:15 pm
picked it up on ebay, won bid with $125. not sure if they make them for lowered but that can be modified Wink
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perrinoya


Post: 247
Location: Dallas Tx

PostSubject: Re: Desert racing   Sat 26 Nov 2011, 5:18 pm
When you extended the tunnel head, how did you ensure it was straight? seems to me if it wasn't exact there would be issues with the front beam being way out of align...

just curious.

also what is a 2x2 trailing arm? did you make it? are the just longer to get you more height?
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LowFatBug


Post: 556
Location: Mckinney Tx

PostSubject: Re: Desert racing   Sun 27 Nov 2011, 10:42 am
leveled the car before I cut the old head off and used level on the beam that was bolted to the kinglink frame head. actually eyeballed the square to tack it in place then measured the outer ends and was 1/32" off on square Surprised so I went ahead and welded it in
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LowFatBug


Post: 556
Location: Mckinney Tx

PostSubject: Re: Desert racing   Thu 15 Dec 2011, 9:52 pm
started the cage work, have to wait on more DOM tubeing (1 1/2 seamless) to come in and a new bender that will do up to 180* bends Wink



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LowFatBug


Post: 556
Location: Mckinney Tx

PostSubject: Re: Desert racing   Fri 23 Dec 2011, 9:17 am
perrinoya wrote:
also what is a 2x2 trailing arm? did you make it? are the just longer to get you more height?


just now seen that part of the question,
a 2x2 arm is 2" wider and 2" longer than stock
my rear arms are 5x4.5, 5 wider and 4.5 longer

doing this makes for longer wheel travel, wider track width and longer wheel base for the back. at ride height I'll have about 104.5 wheel base and in the rear with the wheels and tires I'll be running it'll have somewhere under 80" but not exactly sure just yet
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LowFatBug


Post: 556
Location: Mckinney Tx

PostSubject: Re: Desert racing   Sat 31 Dec 2011, 9:00 pm
one step farther on front trailing arms, just 1 more step to go til their done. the added gusset is 1/2" plate



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LowFatBug


Post: 556
Location: Mckinney Tx

PostSubject: Re: Desert racing   Sat 31 Dec 2011, 9:09 pm
gonna be running 31x10.5x15 tires on the 15x7 wheels for the rear and that is going to put my rear track width at 76.5 inches.

on the front I'm gonna be running 235x75x15 mud tires on 15x5 wheels
will try to get some pics up tomorrow,,,, this thing gonna be a beast!
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LowFatBug


Post: 556
Location: Mckinney Tx

PostSubject: Re: Desert racing   Mon 23 Jan 2012, 10:43 pm
here is what I have made for my steering, incorperated some super parts. used stock tierods for mock up, will be using heim joints for the ends. will be using a stock steering box with a single tierod running to the centerlink



now didn't realize it til someone brought it to my attention but evidently my digital camera's lens is funky and makes the beam look like it is bent (it is not bent) so if the beam looks bent that means other stuff is distorted as well

also started on my cage work







more pics to come
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