Re-Introducing The Unicorn that no one loved.
An epic IFS build that changed owners, and moved shops before the most unlikely of individuals came together to help her realize the purpose she was brought into this world to accomplish. That is to kill whoops, rocks, dirt, savings accounts, college funds and credit cards. :laughing:
Some may recall DSI (Dave Schneider) of TrentFab fame starting an IFS build a few years ago, then it faded and went away. Knowing DSI for all these years and loving his foresight for the car, I like many others were saddened when he stopped updating his thread, which is now just a memory since it got lost somewhere along the way.
DSI approached me about getting back into offroad racing, and I said “NO”, I think it was more like “Hell no” but details details. New kids, demanding job, a landspeed car and friends that had suckered me into Lemons racing. Money and time were not on my side. Well like the good rapist he is, DSI never takes no for an answer. He planted the bug. I thought on it, and a month or so later he called me up again talking about it. After an exchange of emails, and too many talks and texts not to be dating, a deal was struck to buy the roughed out chassis and grandiose plan. Huge thanks to Bryan Gillespie for riding out to Albakirkey (ABQ) to meet DSI at a point that wasn’t Reno.
As I mentioned this poor unicorn, and not for lack of people loving her, just wasn’t getting built. The car started at Trent Fab, and will be finished by EzRick Mooneyham at Trick Toys Fabrication in Lake Havasu City. It really took the stars aligning and Ricks undying quest for personal punishment to take the broad outline for a Unicorn that DSI had come up with, and expounding a million fold to what she will become.
Specifications:
2" .120 wall DOM main chassis
125" Wheelbase
88” width
39" BFG w/ Tireballs
17x8.5" 5”BS Walker Evans Beadlock Wheels
Mast Motorsports Black Label 454LSx
CircleD 4L80 Full Manual VB w/the works thrown at it
CircleD Specialties billet TQ
Atlas 2:1 Pro Series gears, 300m outputs
Front:
Currie F9" IFS front with 934 series CV's, Currie 5.43's 35spn ARB CompLocker
Spidertrax 35spl Prohubs
RCV CV Joints
Tubeworks Rotors/Wilwood Brakes
12" 2.625 Bilstein Coilovers with ACV (Anti Cavitation) valving
14” 2.625 Bilstein Protype 3 tube bypasses w/ custom tube placement & ACV (Anti Cavitation) valving
Rear:
AllTech Motorsports Carrier Bearing
Currie 3.5” F9 rear MegaHi9 5.40's 40spl spool
Spidertrax 40spl Prohubs
Tubeworks Rotors/Wilwood Brakes
15" 2.625 Bilstein Coilovers with ACV (Anti Cavitation) valving
17” 2.625 Bilstein Protype 3 tube bypasses w/ custom tube placement & ACV (Anti Cavitation) valving
Very important MISC:
Ron Davis Radiator, Transmission Cooler
AllTech for all fuel solutions bladder/baffling/fuel pumps
Howe Steering, Big Rack and Trophy Pump
Advance Air System filtration
Dynomax bullets
Warn 9.0rc winch
Mastercraft 3G race seats w/ Schroth harnesses
PCI for GPS’s, Pumpers, Intercoms, and Radios
Trailer Products Porter GenIII Class 1 fiberglass body.
Finished Product should look a lot like this ES/Porter Class1.
An epic IFS build that changed owners, and moved shops before the most unlikely of individuals came together to help her realize the purpose she was brought into this world to accomplish. That is to kill whoops, rocks, dirt, savings accounts, college funds and credit cards. :laughing:
Some may recall DSI (Dave Schneider) of TrentFab fame starting an IFS build a few years ago, then it faded and went away. Knowing DSI for all these years and loving his foresight for the car, I like many others were saddened when he stopped updating his thread, which is now just a memory since it got lost somewhere along the way.
DSI approached me about getting back into offroad racing, and I said “NO”, I think it was more like “Hell no” but details details. New kids, demanding job, a landspeed car and friends that had suckered me into Lemons racing. Money and time were not on my side. Well like the good rapist he is, DSI never takes no for an answer. He planted the bug. I thought on it, and a month or so later he called me up again talking about it. After an exchange of emails, and too many talks and texts not to be dating, a deal was struck to buy the roughed out chassis and grandiose plan. Huge thanks to Bryan Gillespie for riding out to Albakirkey (ABQ) to meet DSI at a point that wasn’t Reno.
As I mentioned this poor unicorn, and not for lack of people loving her, just wasn’t getting built. The car started at Trent Fab, and will be finished by EzRick Mooneyham at Trick Toys Fabrication in Lake Havasu City. It really took the stars aligning and Ricks undying quest for personal punishment to take the broad outline for a Unicorn that DSI had come up with, and expounding a million fold to what she will become.
Specifications:
2" .120 wall DOM main chassis
125" Wheelbase
88” width
39" BFG w/ Tireballs
17x8.5" 5”BS Walker Evans Beadlock Wheels
Mast Motorsports Black Label 454LSx
CircleD 4L80 Full Manual VB w/the works thrown at it
CircleD Specialties billet TQ
Atlas 2:1 Pro Series gears, 300m outputs
Front:
Currie F9" IFS front with 934 series CV's, Currie 5.43's 35spn ARB CompLocker
Spidertrax 35spl Prohubs
RCV CV Joints
Tubeworks Rotors/Wilwood Brakes
12" 2.625 Bilstein Coilovers with ACV (Anti Cavitation) valving
14” 2.625 Bilstein Protype 3 tube bypasses w/ custom tube placement & ACV (Anti Cavitation) valving
Rear:
AllTech Motorsports Carrier Bearing
Currie 3.5” F9 rear MegaHi9 5.40's 40spl spool
Spidertrax 40spl Prohubs
Tubeworks Rotors/Wilwood Brakes
15" 2.625 Bilstein Coilovers with ACV (Anti Cavitation) valving
17” 2.625 Bilstein Protype 3 tube bypasses w/ custom tube placement & ACV (Anti Cavitation) valving
Very important MISC:
Ron Davis Radiator, Transmission Cooler
AllTech for all fuel solutions bladder/baffling/fuel pumps
Howe Steering, Big Rack and Trophy Pump
Advance Air System filtration
Dynomax bullets
Warn 9.0rc winch
Mastercraft 3G race seats w/ Schroth harnesses
PCI for GPS’s, Pumpers, Intercoms, and Radios
Trailer Products Porter GenIII Class 1 fiberglass body.
Finished Product should look a lot like this ES/Porter Class1.