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TCARP1 · 08-02-2009, 09:33 PM

Well not to sure what I got myself into, but we are going to race the V2R race in august and we started prepping the car, we aren't nearly as close to be done as Rob and DSI

The dreaded red box

TCARP1 · 08-02-2009, 09:37 PM

The start of tear down:

TCARP1 · 08-02-2009, 09:44 PM

Pulled the nice aluminum rock crawler style tank to put the big red bladder cell in, and of course nothing just fits in nicely. Had to cut out the rear shock towers and two upright tubes. So I had to call in my grinding specalist

TCARP1 · 08-02-2009, 09:47 PM

As for cooling, we will pull the winch out and use a different style fan and shroud combo on the rear of the radiator, and maybe some ducting. This is the way it is now...

TCARP1 · 08-02-2009, 09:49 PM

Now

bagman · 08-02-2009, 10:13 PM

Too bad I liked the size of the old tank it fit well. What size is the Fuel Safe tank.

TCARP1 · 08-02-2009, 10:18 PM

22 gallon, I hope its enough. We have alot more done acctually, but I have been forgetting the camera at home the last week, and I think Trouts is still broken

yield2me · 08-03-2009, 04:49 AM

GET IT!!!

Gonna be a busy final last two weeks for all of us on this final push!!!

Rob

FISHMOUTH FABWORKS · 08-03-2009, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yield2me

GET IT!!!

Gonna be a busy final last two weeks for all of us on this final push!!!

Rob

your telling me

welndmn · 08-03-2009, 04:06 PM

Badass man!!

wngrog · 08-03-2009, 04:53 PM

I :heart: the shop help.

1uglyranger · 08-04-2009, 11:24 AM

What??? Steph doesn't do grinder duty in a bikini???

Wilson · 08-04-2009, 12:20 PM

Maybe Steph should co-dawg and distract the other competitors? Good luck Dan and Travis!

DSI · 08-04-2009, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wilson

Maybe Steph should co-dawg and distract the other competitors? Good luck Dan and Travis!

Maybe Steph wouldn't puke in her helmet?

Sorry Dan, couldn't resist.

STEPHY5 · 08-04-2009, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1uglyranger

What??? Steph doesn't do grinder duty in a bikini???

Actually i am wearing a bikini. My tank is just covering it.

STEPHY5 · 08-04-2009, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wilson

Maybe Steph should co-dawg and distract the other competitors? Good luck Dan and Travis!

Oh i will be out there for sure, but i will be helping in the pit area

e · 08-04-2009, 01:06 PM

Good luck guys...kick some ass.

FISHMOUTH FABWORKS · 08-04-2009, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DSI

Maybe Steph wouldn't puke in her helmet?

Sorry Dan, couldn't resist.

maybe I'll eat french toast again and puke in your seat so you can see what it feels like to sit in puke for 14 hours

DSI · 08-04-2009, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FISHMOUTH FABWORKS

maybe I'll eat french toast again and puke in your seat so you can see what it feels like to sit in puke for 14 hours

I DARE YOU!!!!!

35xj · 08-04-2009, 04:10 PM

hell yeah guys! looking forward to seeing you guys again in feb. Good luck!

74_Chevota · 08-04-2009, 04:26 PM

Pulling for yall Travis! Get it done man! Let me know if we can shoot ya some money and still get some shirts. Dan, been rocking the Fishmouth Fabworks sticker on the buggy since KOH.

TCARP1 · 08-04-2009, 08:53 PM

Yeah right awn my NC conection rootin for me!!! We will try and do ya proud!

yield2me · 08-04-2009, 09:43 PM

Sam is

, if you want a real NC connection rooting for you...I am it!!!

Talking shit is fun!! In case you and Trout didnt read my other post, our thing is to send other teams we know (4400 in this case) the

when passing or being passed. i would expect nothing less from our fellow Ultra 4 competitors!!

As a contingency prize, I will give the car who sends us the pirate salute the most a t-shirt,sticker and coozie!!!

Fear not, we WILL be keeping track!!

Rob

TCARP1 · 08-04-2009, 10:00 PM

Alright so not to much new to report. Got some stuff today from poly, coilover pieces and hood pins. Also got a intercom from Rugged Radios too. Got all ne hardware from allensfastners.com so changed all the hardware out to F911 stuff instead of grade 8. Trout got a basket made up for the cell and the remote fill mounted. Also he finished the shroud on the radiator and mounted the new 3000 cfm fan. I also have been worrying about light at night so the guys over at MFS, (mfs-ca.com) hooked me up with a sweet Vision X LED light bar for the front. They carry all the visionX stuff at great prices.

TCARP1 · 08-04-2009, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yield2me

Sam is

, if you want a real NC connection rooting for you...I am it!!!

Talking shit is fun!! In case you and Trout didnt read my other post, our thing is to send other teams we know (4400 in this case) the

when passing or being passed. i would expect nothing less from our fellow Ultra 4 competitors!!

As a contingency prize, I will give the car who sends us the pirate salute the most a t-shirt,sticker and coozie!!!

Fear not, we WILL be keeping track!!

Rob

Yeah I am sure you will be going slow enough to tally the cars flipping you off with a pen and notepad

But of course if for some reason we catch you, you will get the salute, I expect nothing less from anyone else!

08-02-2009, 09:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
TCARP1 "Racing for Access" Join Date: Feb 2007 Member # 86691 Location: Orangevale, CA Posts: 1,685	Vegas to Reno Prep Well not to sure what I got myself into, but we are going to race the V2R race in august and we started prepping the car, we aren't nearly as close to be done as Rob and DSI The dreaded red box Attached Images __________________ KOH and BITD Competitor #4405 FISHMOUTH FABWORKS MASTER-PULL Recovery gear Pacific Fab, Ruffstuff Specialties, Reid Racing, Team Tube, Raceline Wheels, Goodyear Tires, Yukon Gear, 4130 Clothing, Blue Torch Fab, Artec, Bulldog, PRP, Concept Wraps

08-02-2009, 09:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
TCARP1 "Racing for Access" Join Date: Feb 2007 Member # 86691 Location: Orangevale, CA Posts: 1,685	The start of tear down: Attached Images __________________ KOH and BITD Competitor #4405 FISHMOUTH FABWORKS MASTER-PULL Recovery gear Pacific Fab, Ruffstuff Specialties, Reid Racing, Team Tube, Raceline Wheels, Goodyear Tires, Yukon Gear, 4130 Clothing, Blue Torch Fab, Artec, Bulldog, PRP, Concept Wraps

08-02-2009, 09:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
TCARP1 "Racing for Access" Join Date: Feb 2007 Member # 86691 Location: Orangevale, CA Posts: 1,685	Pulled the nice aluminum rock crawler style tank to put the big red bladder cell in, and of course nothing just fits in nicely. Had to cut out the rear shock towers and two upright tubes. So I had to call in my grinding specalist Attached Images __________________ KOH and BITD Competitor #4405 FISHMOUTH FABWORKS MASTER-PULL Recovery gear Pacific Fab, Ruffstuff Specialties, Reid Racing, Team Tube, Raceline Wheels, Goodyear Tires, Yukon Gear, 4130 Clothing, Blue Torch Fab, Artec, Bulldog, PRP, Concept Wraps

08-02-2009, 09:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
TCARP1 "Racing for Access" Join Date: Feb 2007 Member # 86691 Location: Orangevale, CA Posts: 1,685	As for cooling, we will pull the winch out and use a different style fan and shroud combo on the rear of the radiator, and maybe some ducting. This is the way it is now... __________________ KOH and BITD Competitor #4405 FISHMOUTH FABWORKS MASTER-PULL Recovery gear Pacific Fab, Ruffstuff Specialties, Reid Racing, Team Tube, Raceline Wheels, Goodyear Tires, Yukon Gear, 4130 Clothing, Blue Torch Fab, Artec, Bulldog, PRP, Concept Wraps

08-02-2009, 09:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
TCARP1 "Racing for Access" Join Date: Feb 2007 Member # 86691 Location: Orangevale, CA Posts: 1,685	Now Attached Images __________________ KOH and BITD Competitor #4405 FISHMOUTH FABWORKS MASTER-PULL Recovery gear Pacific Fab, Ruffstuff Specialties, Reid Racing, Team Tube, Raceline Wheels, Goodyear Tires, Yukon Gear, 4130 Clothing, Blue Torch Fab, Artec, Bulldog, PRP, Concept Wraps

08-02-2009, 10:13 PM	#6 (permalink)
bagman Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Member # 993 Location: Hangtown, CA Posts: 2,276	Too bad I liked the size of the old tank it fit well. What size is the Fuel Safe tank. __________________ Rock Zombie & Marine

08-02-2009, 10:18 PM	#7 (permalink)
TCARP1 "Racing for Access" Join Date: Feb 2007 Member # 86691 Location: Orangevale, CA Posts: 1,685	22 gallon, I hope its enough. We have alot more done acctually, but I have been forgetting the camera at home the last week, and I think Trouts is still broken __________________ KOH and BITD Competitor #4405 FISHMOUTH FABWORKS MASTER-PULL Recovery gear Pacific Fab, Ruffstuff Specialties, Reid Racing, Team Tube, Raceline Wheels, Goodyear Tires, Yukon Gear, 4130 Clothing, Blue Torch Fab, Artec, Bulldog, PRP, Concept Wraps

08-03-2009, 04:49 AM	#8 (permalink)
yield2me Zeus of the Sluice Join Date: Feb 2001 Member # 3196 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 2,523	GET IT!!! Gonna be a busy final last two weeks for all of us on this final push!!! Rob __________________ Usnick Motorsports UTV #1999 FOA.com MJ Motorsports

08-03-2009, 04:06 PM	#10 (permalink)
welndmn Well Done Man! Join Date: Mar 2000 Member # 398 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 17,433 Blog Entries: 3	Badass man!! __________________ Mark 71 Bronco. 42's and bolt on goats. 47' CJ2a, 302, C4, 33's. 2012, year of the flat fender.

08-03-2009, 04:53 PM	#11 (permalink)
wngrog Moderating Midget Join Date: Jun 2000 Member # 1154 Location: Canton, MS Posts: 22,065 Blog Entries: 4	I :heart: the shop help. __________________ Nolen Grogan 1997 FZJ-80 Land Cruiser, 37's 2010 RZR-4 www.cottonlandcruisers.com www.rockmidgetphotography.com USAF Veteran 1988-1998 GOD Bless America

08-04-2009, 11:24 AM	#12 (permalink)
1uglyranger Pirate4x4 Addict! Join Date: Aug 2001 Member # 6576 Location: Oakley, CA Posts: 6,114	What??? Steph doesn't do grinder duty in a bikini??? __________________ Brian Whitford 711 Dysfunctional Rockcrawlers Rage 4th............ "safety is our #2 concern"

08-04-2009, 12:20 PM	#13 (permalink)
Wilson Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Member # 7233 Location: Paradise, CA Posts: 17,162	Maybe Steph should co-dawg and distract the other competitors? Good luck Dan and Travis! __________________ [COLOR=Red][SIZE=4]ECV 7-11[/SIZE][/COLOR] Serving up a Tsunami of Swagger

08-04-2009, 01:06 PM	#17 (permalink)
e Granite Guru Join Date: Mar 2001 Member # 3709 Location: ORANGEVALE, CA Posts: 895	Good luck guys...kick some ass.

08-04-2009, 04:10 PM	#20 (permalink)
35xj Rock God Join Date: Nov 2002 Member # 14780 Location: asheville nc Posts: 1,887	hell yeah guys! looking forward to seeing you guys again in feb. Good luck! __________________ 04.5 cummins lb,qc,white, 4x4,,bddl, outlook,, exhaust 315 bfg's 02 WRX caged etc new buggy http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showt...43#post5890143 save tellico post #830

08-04-2009, 04:26 PM	#21 (permalink)
74_Chevota Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Member # 12991 Location: Boone/Charlotte, NC Posts: 2,450	Pulling for yall Travis! Get it done man! Let me know if we can shoot ya some money and still get some shirts. Dan, been rocking the Fishmouth Fabworks sticker on the buggy since KOH. __________________ 11' Go-fast buggy:5.3L-TH350-Atlas 3.0-bypasses

08-04-2009, 08:53 PM	#22 (permalink)
TCARP1 "Racing for Access" Join Date: Feb 2007 Member # 86691 Location: Orangevale, CA Posts: 1,685	Yeah right awn my NC conection rootin for me!!! We will try and do ya proud! __________________ KOH and BITD Competitor #4405 FISHMOUTH FABWORKS MASTER-PULL Recovery gear Pacific Fab, Ruffstuff Specialties, Reid Racing, Team Tube, Raceline Wheels, Goodyear Tires, Yukon Gear, 4130 Clothing, Blue Torch Fab, Artec, Bulldog, PRP, Concept Wraps

08-04-2009, 09:43 PM	#23 (permalink)
yield2me Zeus of the Sluice Join Date: Feb 2001 Member # 3196 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 2,523	Sam is , if you want a real NC connection rooting for you...I am it!!! Talking shit is fun!! In case you and Trout didnt read my other post, our thing is to send other teams we know (4400 in this case) the when passing or being passed. i would expect nothing less from our fellow Ultra 4 competitors!! As a contingency prize, I will give the car who sends us the pirate salute the most a t-shirt,sticker and coozie!!! Fear not, we WILL be keeping track!! Rob __________________ Usnick Motorsports UTV #1999 FOA.com MJ Motorsports

08-04-2009, 10:00 PM	#24 (permalink)
TCARP1 "Racing for Access" Join Date: Feb 2007 Member # 86691 Location: Orangevale, CA Posts: 1,685	Alright so not to much new to report. Got some stuff today from poly, coilover pieces and hood pins. Also got a intercom from Rugged Radios too. Got all ne hardware from allensfastners.com so changed all the hardware out to F911 stuff instead of grade 8. Trout got a basket made up for the cell and the remote fill mounted. Also he finished the shroud on the radiator and mounted the new 3000 cfm fan. I also have been worrying about light at night so the guys over at MFS, (mfs-ca.com) hooked me up with a sweet Vision X LED light bar for the front. They carry all the visionX stuff at great prices. Attached Images __________________ KOH and BITD Competitor #4405 FISHMOUTH FABWORKS MASTER-PULL Recovery gear Pacific Fab, Ruffstuff Specialties, Reid Racing, Team Tube, Raceline Wheels, Goodyear Tires, Yukon Gear, 4130 Clothing, Blue Torch Fab, Artec, Bulldog, PRP, Concept Wraps

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