Yes I have been following it and yes they are taking it to a whole new level. Tom and Eddie are the biggest engineering nerds I have ever met (and I mean that in the nicest possible way).

 

Agreed 110%. Those guys are great, and that build is SICK! :smokin:

 

I check it every day.

I love it.

 

Love the # of pics they post

Total *DROOL ATTACK*

 

It's going to be totally sweet, but I would preferred a build thread. I find it hard to read and follow it for some reason.

Even sweeter blasting through the desert!

Lots of quality fab going into the Rock Bug though. Sweet custom one off stuff going into it :smokin:

 

nice work

 

:grinpimp:
I just noticed the Rock Bug blog on the Spidertrax ad banner...
very cool.

Billet Aluminum Oil pan :drool:

Oh yeah the mid plate is pretty cool, too.

 

I wasn't aware of the blog. Thanks for posting Zach. Reading starts.......now!

 

I loved that build!

 

Eddie has come a long way from when we used to skateboard together. All those times he fell on his head must have altered his brain in a good way.

 

I think it is interesting they are not using the Spider Trax unit bearings.... Every thing I have purchased from Spider Trax is top notch and there customer service is as good as it gets

 

I think it is interesting they are not using the Spider Trax unit bearings...

they are like the government, why settle for what everyone else has when you can come up with something 1000X more blingin', lighter and stronger :grinpimp: Just like the DRY sump billet oil pan!

I cant wait to see the end product :smokin:

 

Someone forgot to tell them that heavy is the new light. :flipoff2:

I hear Tracy is going to tow it to JV with his samurai.

 

Sickest rockcrawling buggy since the Scrapper.

 

Those guys got SKILLZ!

 

Ya but does it come with an autopilot?:homer: ... Sorry Tracy,couldn't help myself.

 

WOW...just saw this

 

Cant wait to see this thing in action !!!

 

What's the final forecasted weight? ~2000lbs? With all the bounty obstacles out there, they can make the $ up in 2-3 trips :flipoff2:

 

for sure one of the baddest buggies out there. What i like is the scat4 engine! Motor tranny and tcase wiegh around 420lbs i think he told me. They are saving weight in every direction. Thats one of the reasons he went with the stak 300 instead of the atlas. Size and weight. I even had to weight my 6000 lbs warn with rope and then tracy weighed his 9000 warn comp and the 6000 was like 5 lbs lighter so he went with that. But whats cool is they arent sacraficing strength for lbs. Everything is heat treated that they can.

 

I've been watching it too... unbelievable the amount of machine work and engineering.

-Tim

 

looks great. I just don't understand why they are trying to save so much weight and still using air shocks. a coil over/bypass would let them go so much faster

 

One quadruple bypass airshock weighs a lot less than the combo you mention. Plus the lighter the rig the better the airbypasses should work.

 

couldn't find the right mount, so we made one...couldn't find the right pulley, so we made one...here is an oil pan made from a solid block of aluminum

thats a whole 'nother level.

 

Nice to see more company's step'n up on the R&D so we have more things to spend our money on next year!:smokin: Very cool ride! Anybody Know what that motor puts out?

 

I think tracy is shooting for just under 400 hp. when he bought the engine it had a blower on it and was way more hp.

 

Wow, the power to weight ratio is going to be off the charts in that car!

 

garbage...all of it.

....says the jealous guy in total aw of the insane engineering and craftsmanship...

they could have saved more lbs if they went with a monocoil.

 

A month ago, Tracy and I had a long talk about the service life of that engine. I was CONSIDERING a SCAT v4 back when we built the RockHer1 but decided that because it had such a short lifespan between service, it wasn't a good fit for our needs.

Tracy told me after realising the re-build costs and cycle, he was going to play it safer and keep it down closer to 300. Things may have changed, but I expect he want's to have a rig he can run hard for a long time without constant engine pulls. He'd be smart to play it safe as the power-weight ratio's going to be kickass regardless.

 

I expect he want's to have a rig he can run hard for a long time without constant engine pulls.

That would be my only concern with a vehicle like this, would the lighter weight components result in shorter life span? I know it's all relative, but didn't scrapper and tiny require extensive yearly rebuilds and upkeep?