Once again Poison Spyder is building a car for King of the Hammers, this time for the new "Modified" class. We've studied the rulebook and decided to build an all new car from scratch, rather than re-work last year's car or build from a bone-stock Jeep to fit within the class rules. So obviously it won't be as hard core as all of these killer open class cars that have build threads going, but we're doing some interesting things to make a competitive car that fits within the "envelope" of a stock-ish Jeep JK's dimensions ("ish" being the operative term there) 
Here are a couple of videos we put together to sort of re-cap what we did last year, racing the full-bodied Jeep JK Unlimited that we built in a mere 17 days, and hinting at what was coming (this was posted a few weeks ago on our facebook):
KOH 2012 Poison Spyder Racing Part 1 - YouTube
And here Larry talks a bit more about our plans and build philosophy for the 2012 car:
KOH 2012 Poison Spyder Racing Part 2 - YouTube
Here's a rough rendering of the 2012 car. It is being built on Poison Spyder's new "Venom" chassis (there will also be one more car running our Venom chassis at KOH), which was completely designed in SolidWorks:
Before we get started with the build thread and photos, we'd like to thank all of our sponsors and partners who have signed on to assist with this project:
Here are a couple of videos we put together to sort of re-cap what we did last year, racing the full-bodied Jeep JK Unlimited that we built in a mere 17 days, and hinting at what was coming (this was posted a few weeks ago on our facebook):
KOH 2012 Poison Spyder Racing Part 1 - YouTube
And here Larry talks a bit more about our plans and build philosophy for the 2012 car:
KOH 2012 Poison Spyder Racing Part 2 - YouTube
Here's a rough rendering of the 2012 car. It is being built on Poison Spyder's new "Venom" chassis (there will also be one more car running our Venom chassis at KOH), which was completely designed in SolidWorks:
Before we get started with the build thread and photos, we'd like to thank all of our sponsors and partners who have signed on to assist with this project:
- Poison Spyder Customs - Venom Chassis, design, fabrication, assembly, prep, crew
- Currie Enterprises - Rear axle: Currie fabricated 9" housing, Currie 9+ nodular gear case, Currie 300M 35-spline full float shafts, Currie unit bearing and housing ends, 35-spline spool, 5.37:1 gears. - Front axle: Currie RockJock 60 Front Axle Housing, Super 60 5.38:1 gears, Currie 35-spine 300M 2-piece axles, Currie aluminum steering knuckles, Unit bearings
- Fox Racing Shox - Coilover and bypass shocks, coil springs
- Trail Ready - HD Series beadlock wheels
- TurnKey Engine Supply - Turnkey LS3 525HP Engine
- Cullhane Racing Transmissions - Cullhane Turbo 400 Racing Transmission & Billet Torque Converter
- Advance Adapters - Atlas II Transfer Case
- Patton's Steel - Chromoly tubing, plate and other materials
- Rigid Industries - LED lighting
- Mastercraft Safety - Seats, belts, window nets
- PSC Motorsports - Power steering pump and all steering components
- J.E. Reel Drivelines - Driveshafts
- Griffin Thermal Products - Radiator, fluid coolers
- CTM Racing Products - U-joints
- BF Goodrich - Tires
- FK Bearings - Rod ends, threaded bungs, misalignment spacers
- Eaton - 35-spline Detroit Locker (for front axle)
- Odyssey Battery - Extreme Racing 40 Battery
- Warn Industries - Winch
- Effin Off-Road - Tool bags, limit straps
- Magnaflow - Exhaust components
- Axial Racing - RC Crawlers for entertainment of the crew!
