Ok, I've been racing a while.... mostly crawling, but I had a damn fast 2040lb mud drag car in my 20's, then some mutli sport stuff in the early 2000's, got heavy into comp crawling after that.
I dabbled in XRRA and other local go fast with my current ProMod crawler, could hold my own in the technical courses (when I wasn't going wide and climbing trees) but was lacking as things evolved to longer faster stretches. 6 spark plugs (Though blown) and a low range only transfer case were not helping the cause.
Time to take the plunge.... luckily, a lot of good friends have gone before me and I can learn from their experience. The theme is to spend wisely, spend enough to get good parts that will play nice together and survive the abuse, but also save a buck where I can... racing isn't cheap and neither is the diesel to get there.
We had considered a new one size fits all car, but after careful evaluation concluded there was just too much compromise, it would never crawl as well as my ProMod, and if I kept crawling in mind, I would hinder the go fast abilities of the new car too. So the team will have another asset on the books, two tools for two different jobs. Dad will do most of the go fast driving this year, but I'm sure BB will get some seat time too.
I know that one longer go fast race can put more abuse on a ride than a season of crawling comps.... there will be more PM, but hopefully less carnage and similar reliability (that I've reeeeeally come to enjoy) if I do it right.
Lots of parts are on order, the majority converging in Tulsa in the coming weeks. We will go lighter/more local the first year as we learn the car and relearn driving fast, a mix of Dirt riot, Ultra 4, and SRRS. Still keeping the ProMod car for the rock comps.
Specs/components include...
GoatBuilt IBEX 2 seat chassis
L92 Escalade motor, stock with tune about 440/440
6L80E trans(same crawl as I have now AND 100-110 mph in LOW range)
Ford 205 tcase (saving money, only 28 lb gain)
Maxxis 40" treps
Trail-Gear fabbed nines/knuckles
Trail-Gear full hydro steering
Trail-Gear brakes
Fox coilovers and bypasses
Warn Zeon 8S winch
Tom Woods Driveshafts
Rokit enterprises Fab and moral support
Ruff Stuff Rod ends and lighting
PRP seats and harnesses
Yukon low thirds with 5.40's/drivetrain
Baertrax extinguisher mts, extinguishers and ??
Pics and posts to follow....
I dabbled in XRRA and other local go fast with my current ProMod crawler, could hold my own in the technical courses (when I wasn't going wide and climbing trees) but was lacking as things evolved to longer faster stretches. 6 spark plugs (Though blown) and a low range only transfer case were not helping the cause.
Time to take the plunge.... luckily, a lot of good friends have gone before me and I can learn from their experience. The theme is to spend wisely, spend enough to get good parts that will play nice together and survive the abuse, but also save a buck where I can... racing isn't cheap and neither is the diesel to get there.
We had considered a new one size fits all car, but after careful evaluation concluded there was just too much compromise, it would never crawl as well as my ProMod, and if I kept crawling in mind, I would hinder the go fast abilities of the new car too. So the team will have another asset on the books, two tools for two different jobs. Dad will do most of the go fast driving this year, but I'm sure BB will get some seat time too.
I know that one longer go fast race can put more abuse on a ride than a season of crawling comps.... there will be more PM, but hopefully less carnage and similar reliability (that I've reeeeeally come to enjoy) if I do it right.
Lots of parts are on order, the majority converging in Tulsa in the coming weeks. We will go lighter/more local the first year as we learn the car and relearn driving fast, a mix of Dirt riot, Ultra 4, and SRRS. Still keeping the ProMod car for the rock comps.
Specs/components include...
GoatBuilt IBEX 2 seat chassis
L92 Escalade motor, stock with tune about 440/440
6L80E trans(same crawl as I have now AND 100-110 mph in LOW range)
Ford 205 tcase (saving money, only 28 lb gain)
Maxxis 40" treps
Trail-Gear fabbed nines/knuckles
Trail-Gear full hydro steering
Trail-Gear brakes
Fox coilovers and bypasses
Warn Zeon 8S winch
Tom Woods Driveshafts
Rokit enterprises Fab and moral support
Ruff Stuff Rod ends and lighting
PRP seats and harnesses
Yukon low thirds with 5.40's/drivetrain
Baertrax extinguisher mts, extinguishers and ??
Pics and posts to follow....