TTC 2010 Travel [Archive]

DRAGOONRANCH

04-23-2010, 09:19 AM

Not sure which route to take just yet. Any thoughts on this?

Planning on leaving out the afternoon/evening of the 4th of June, and try to make it to Las Vegas by Saturday evening. Any suggestions on which hotel/casino to stay at?

Friday 4th: Depart dexter hizzy (afternoonish)
Sat. 5th: Arrive in Vegas
Sun. 6th: Stay in Vegas
Mon. 7th: Head to Hollister (check-in 2-5p.m.)
Tues-Thursday 8-11th: TTC
Fri. 12th: Competitors Luncheon and head for Moab/Johnson Valley
Sat. 13th: Wheel Moab/JV
Sun. 14th: Head for home
Mon. 15th: Continue home

Driving Out
College Station:
Ed
Doug
Tommy
Sharpe
Brady (return trip)

From Colorado:
Creighton
Kristin

Flying
Brian???
Brady (one way from ??? to ???)

We will be cut loose on Friday around lunchtime, and some of the other competitors are thinking of doing some wheeling (possibly Moab, Johnson Valley or others depending on carnage from the week and such). We can cut out and head to Vegas again, pack the fork up and head home or try and get some wheelin in with the guys. Not sure about any of this at all, but I know I don't have any where to be on the following Monday so I am open to whatever.

Return Trip Options
1. Leave Friday at lunch and head to Johnson Valley/The Hammers (this seems to be the popular option on pbb right now)
Wheel Saturday
Head to El Paso Sunday morning (head across the border for some cultural exchange...)
Head to dexter hizzy Monday morning

2. Leave Friday at Lunch and head to Moab (~14 hours of driving to get there)
Wheel Saturday
Head to Amarillo Sunday morning
Head to dexter hizzy Monday morning

(w/ this option, if we push hard and swap drivers out we could make it home by early morning Monday I believe.)

Sharpe

04-23-2010, 09:29 AM

Me drivin/riding.

DRAGOONRANCH

04-23-2010, 09:39 AM

Ok, that pretty much fills up the truck (as Brady will have the last seat on the way back).

DRAGOONRANCH

04-23-2010, 09:41 AM

Did you want to bring Pigpen out w/ us? I haven't heard from DavidO yet (but just sent him an e-mail). I think I can make it pretty cheap on the fuel end of it if you want. :D

Sharpe

04-23-2010, 09:45 AM

Probably not but I will retain the option of "maybe" until further notice.

TdmayfieldIV

04-23-2010, 11:00 AM

So when will we be back?

DRAGOONRANCH

04-23-2010, 11:15 AM

If we have to push it to get back, we can be back in by Sunday afternoon/evening I believe.

DRAGOONRANCH

04-23-2010, 12:07 PM

Return Trip Options
1. Leave Friday at lunch and head to Johnson Valley/The Hammers (this seems to be the popular option on pbb right now)
Wheel Saturday
Head to El Paso Sunday morning (head across the border for some cultural exchange...)
Head to dexter hizzy Monday morning

2. Leave Friday at Lunch and head to Moab (~14 hours of driving to get there)
Wheel Saturday
Head to Amarillo Sunday morning
Head to dexter hizzy Monday morning

(w/ this option, if we push hard and swap drivers out we could make it home by early morning Monday I believe.)

AggieTJ2007

04-23-2010, 08:21 PM

Kristin and I will be staying at Wild Bill's Saloon and Casino, it is right across from the Bellagio and you get access to the pool at the Flamingo. And they have parking for trailers but I think that all of the Casinos and hotels will.

Moab would be sweet to wheel on the way home.

bcolman

04-24-2010, 02:52 PM

i'm out

TdmayfieldIV

04-24-2010, 11:06 PM

I think i can convince the parents to move my flight to the 20th. I'll keep you updated

DRAGOONRANCH

04-24-2010, 11:22 PM

That would be great not havin to rush back and be able to get some wheeling in on the way back. Make a proper trip out of it for sure. :D

DRAGOONRANCH

04-24-2010, 11:32 PM

i'm out

oh, and before I forget. that suks donkey nutz...

TdmayfieldIV

04-26-2010, 02:16 PM

That would be great not havin to rush back and be able to get some wheeling in on the way back. Make a proper trip out of it for sure. :D

If I can't stay for the whole trip i'm not going to go. I don't want to cut your vacation short.

DRAGOONRANCH

04-26-2010, 02:28 PM

Yep, if we have time, we could get a good full day of wheelin in at Moab or JV which would be killer for sure. Now just have to get DavidO to commit, find someone else who wants to bring a rig, or find a car hauler/bumper pull to rent from someone (cough, cough, colman.. cough).

:gigem:

bcolman

04-26-2010, 03:18 PM

if you want it you have access to my brothers trailer, I think I can speak for my brother here:confused:

colman

04-26-2010, 05:19 PM

shure why the hell not, i really have no clue what is going on but whatever. trailer is moving with me out of town in a few weeks tho. it will either be in montgomery or round top for the foresable future

DRAGOONRANCH

04-26-2010, 11:08 PM

:laughing:

I figured I could talk to you about 'renting' it from you for the trip if it was available. I still don't know if there will be a second rig for the trip, so don't even know if I will need a single or double spot trailer.

colman

04-26-2010, 11:10 PM

just make shure you give me notice so its not in use

DRAGOONRANCH

04-26-2010, 11:23 PM

I will call you personally to work something like this out. I was thinking of who in the club had a car hauler that was in good enough shape to make the 6000k trip w/ the beast loaded up and you were the only one I could think of. :laughing:

Grandad is supposed to take the dooley up to Mt. Pleasant to get a CM bet put on at Big Tex soon, so I was going to call up Jace there and see if he would rent/sponsor one for the trip if I don't get a taker for the other spot on the GN.

J Cooper

04-27-2010, 10:59 AM

have any actual dates?

DRAGOONRANCH

04-27-2010, 11:10 AM

I added these dates in the first post

Friday 4th: Depart dexter hizzy (afternoonish)
Sat. 5th: Arrive in Vegas
Sun. 6th: Stay in Vegas
Mon. 7th: Head to Hollister (check-in 2-5p.m.)
Tues-Thursday 8-11th: TTC
Fri. 12th: Competitors Luncheon and head for Moab/Johnson Valley
Sat. 13th: Wheel Moab/JV
Sun. 14th: Head for home
Mon. 15th: Continue home

04-27-2010, 11:28 AM

I was thinking of who in the club had a car hauler that was in good enough shape to make the 6000k trip w/ the beast loaded up and you were the only one I could think of. :laughing:

.

:(
actually
:D

DRAGOONRANCH

04-27-2010, 11:34 AM

:laughing:

colman

04-27-2010, 01:01 PM

ive got two spares as well... just in case

bcolman

04-27-2010, 07:33 PM

I added these dates in the first post

Friday 4th: Depart 218 (afternoonish)

FYI, you will be departing The Dexter Casa, not the other **** box

Eckert

04-27-2010, 08:37 PM

FYI, you will be departing The Dexter Casa, not the other **** box

i called that ****box home!

but ed has been referring to 218 alot and its confusing the hell outta me.

DRAGOONRANCH

04-28-2010, 12:32 AM

FYI, you will be departing The Dexter Casa, not the other **** box

i called that ****box home!

but ed has been referring to 218 alot and its confusing the hell outta me.

I am going to blame that on the alcohol...

RCcola55

04-28-2010, 12:51 AM

218 was NOT a **** box, from someone that has lived in both, dexter is by far a bigger ****hole, mostly due to the piles of crap that needs to find a home

Reckless

04-30-2010, 09:32 AM

If i dont acquire a place of employment by mid may, im going come hell or high water

DRAGOONRANCH

04-30-2010, 09:45 AM

Let me make some calls....

:flipoff2:

Reckless

04-30-2010, 11:59 AM

Let me make some calls....

:flipoff2:

your a real McAsshole!:flipoff2:

TdmayfieldIV

05-18-2010, 12:26 AM

so my flight has been moved to the 17th but i still have the option to change it if need be. Do you think I should move it to the 20th?

DRAGOONRANCH

05-18-2010, 01:10 AM

We will be back in town by Tuesday the 15th barring catastrophic breakdown, so you should be good (unless you just want to push it back anyways).

DRAGOONRANCH

05-19-2010, 03:49 PM

I need Steekers!

Uglyfab, BMF, elite, jabnasty (jimmy, you still got his contact info?).....

What you got folks. :D

agjohn02

05-19-2010, 04:03 PM

I need Steekers!

Uglyfab, BMF, elite, jabnasty (jimmy, you still got his nuts in yer mouf?).....

What you got folks. :D

i have a ton of Eibach stickers left over from Baja. been looking for something to do with them. i keep throwing a few out of the moving truck when i see mexican kids on the side of the road, but these damn americanized beaners wont jump out into traffic here like they will in mexico.

uglyota

05-19-2010, 04:24 PM

you no gotum uglyfab stickers? I will see if I have any left...I might be out
Also before you go stickerizing, check with the magazine guys, I remember there being some drama one year related to Dibble having to take his non-TTC-sponsor stickers off when he got to Hollister

DRAGOONRANCH

05-19-2010, 04:40 PM

They have 'said' that as long as it doesn't go against another sponsor, then it should be fine.

I.E. Prolly cant run my longfield stickers since Superior is sponsor. They may be jacked up enough that they won't care. :laughing:

DRAGOONRANCH

05-19-2010, 04:41 PM

and no, no gottum uglyfab... I will send back DOR stickers w/ Creighton.

uglyota

05-19-2010, 04:49 PM

Sweet I'll see if I have any left and send you what I've got

AggieTJ2007

05-19-2010, 06:23 PM

I've got an uglyfab sticker for you and john I would like two of the eibach stickers for my trailer and any others you might want to give away

agjohn02

05-20-2010, 06:18 PM

PM me an address and ill put some in the mail.

colman

05-20-2010, 08:15 PM

i have a pile or random stickers u can go thru when you come get the trailer

TdmayfieldIV

05-20-2010, 08:20 PM

you got like 10 psc stickers with the pump pulley.

AggieTJ2007

05-20-2010, 08:39 PM

i have a pile or random stickers u can go thru when you come get the trailer

Ed make sure you get my tire and propane tank too:gigem:

colman

05-20-2010, 08:50 PM

those are with his 350 sitting in the house in bryan. Brian nor i live there anymore. our little brother took over the house

AggieTJ2007

05-20-2010, 08:56 PM

ok, well i trust they will make there way onto the trailer with the truck

colman

05-20-2010, 08:59 PM

as soon as ed decides to pick them up. not shure how were gonna load the motor since all my tools are with me and there is no engine lift at the house....

DRAGOONRANCH

05-20-2010, 11:26 PM

PM me an address and ill put some in the mail.

I can hand deliver if needed. Plan on coming through Ft. Worth on the way west.

i have a pile or random stickers u can go thru when you come get the trailer

you got like 10 psc stickers with the pump pulley.

DRAGOONRANCH

05-20-2010, 11:30 PM

ok, well i trust they will make there way onto the trailer with the truck

I will add this to the list on the OP, but remind me anyways once I get back in town.

as soon as ed decides to pick them up. not shure how were gonna load the motor since all my tools are with me and there is no engine lift at the house....

I have been meaning to pick up an eng. hoist, so this is just a good reason to drop the dime on it. I will come pick it up when I get back from the trip

AggieTJ2007

05-20-2010, 11:54 PM

we might need it to swap a motor on someones rig at TTC

agjohn02

05-21-2010, 08:37 AM

I can hand deliver if needed. Plan on coming through Ft. Worth on the way west.

Sounds good. Lets do dinner.

DRAGOONRANCH

05-21-2010, 09:51 AM

What time you get off work/would be a good time to meet? I want to head out of aggieland as early as possible that Friday (lunch or before).

agjohn02

05-21-2010, 10:06 AM

Ah, the OP says you're leaving in the afternoon. I take lunch anywhere between 11 and 1.

colman

05-21-2010, 10:33 AM

i got my lift from hf and it is the 2 ton collapsable one and ive used the crap out of it and so has several people on the board and it has held up well. casters not as much but ive lent it out dozens of times so that is probably why...

05-21-2010, 11:07 AM

Yeah, you should really replace those casters.

AggieTJ2007

05-21-2010, 01:22 PM

no the next person to borrow it should replace the casters
:flipoff2:

DRAGOONRANCH

05-21-2010, 01:29 PM

or he could just change them himself and charge 5 bucks to borrow it when he loans it out from now on...

06-02-2010, 06:54 PM

Is the truck ready to go?

85cj7

06-02-2010, 06:59 PM

was just over there, with all luck it will fire up tonight.

Seth

06-02-2010, 07:16 PM

what if they just have any luck?

agjohn02

06-03-2010, 09:59 AM

was just over there, with all luck it will fire up tonight.

doesn't sound good. i would say that is an unlucky crew. just look at their lot in life.

RCcola55

06-03-2010, 11:19 AM

doesn't sound good. i would say that is an unlucky crew. just look at their lot in life.

WTF is that supposed to mean

agjohn02

06-03-2010, 11:26 AM

WTF is that supposed to mean

just a general offensive comment about you all. nothing in particular. if any of you were lucky enough to have all the luck, you wouldn't be college students working on rigs in the driveway of the dexter junkyard and finding broken lockers the same week the rig is supposed to be going to California.

RCcola55

06-03-2010, 11:31 AM

KrazyKarl02

06-03-2010, 11:33 AM

Damn rap music.

uglyota

06-03-2010, 11:53 AM

sole

:flipoff2:

godspeed chilluns...giter dun

agjohn02

06-03-2010, 12:03 PM

maybe thats what we chose to do, is there a problem with trying to help a friend out? ya **** hasnt gone as planned, but like you said we are college students and have jobs, so things take a little longer. You really are just a pompus piece of **** that soul purpose in life is to try and make yourself feel better by talking **** over the internet.

haha, you really just got offended by a comment i made on an off-road forum in order to make fun of the way ryan worded his post? lighten up bro.

edit- ah, are you pissed because you think i was making fun of you dropping out of school? hardly. who gives a sh*t?

RCcola55

06-03-2010, 01:49 PM

haha, you really just got offended by a comment i made on an off-road forum in order to make fun of the way ryan worded his post? lighten up bro.

edit- ah, are you pissed because you think i was making fun of you dropping out of school? hardly. who gives a sh*t?

No im pissed because your soul purpose on this forum is to ridicule others and intern provide no help to a given situation. I think i speak for about 95% of this forum, that we are sick of the way you try to play mr. hardass and always have someting negative to say. Quit the act already.

BTW, i didnt drop out of school, im actually graduating in august, then again in may and starting my masters next august

agjohn02

06-03-2010, 02:10 PM

No im pissed because your soul purpose on this forum is to ridicule others and intern provide no help to a given situation. I think i speak for about 95% of this forum, that we are sick of the way you try to play mr. hardass and always have someting negative to say. Quit the act already.

BTW, i didnt drop out of school, im actually graduating in august, then again in may and starting my masters next august

sole
in turn

dude, you weren't being ridiculed. obviously you have your own doubts about the project and are very defensive. sorry if i struck a nerve. chill out.

if you had all the luck and won the lottery or such, would you be a poor college student wrenching in a driveway? that was my one and only point.

jerryg79

06-03-2010, 02:28 PM

so anyway.

Clarke does this thing run? When are you guys supposed to be on the road?

FJAggie07

06-03-2010, 03:07 PM

LOUD NOISES!!!!

(jeez sensitive in here much...?)

robertf03

06-03-2010, 03:55 PM

need a battery charger. someone bring one by

Sharpe

06-03-2010, 03:56 PM

Where is mine?

Sparling

06-03-2010, 04:23 PM

What about jumper cables?

85cj7

06-03-2010, 04:57 PM

i have a charger but flem didn't pick up his phone.

bcolman

06-03-2010, 05:55 PM

or just pull a battery from another rig that is sitting around

06-03-2010, 06:06 PM

updates?

AggieTJ2007

06-03-2010, 06:32 PM

I heard that it runs just needs some more tunning

Eckert

06-03-2010, 06:35 PM

I heard that it runs just needs some more tunning

i just want to see a pic of dual TBI.

06-03-2010, 06:48 PM

locker fixed? WHen are they pulling out of CS?

85cj7

06-03-2010, 07:51 PM

no locker is not fixed, yet. gonna go over there in a min. I heard it start and run for about 20 seconds. flem needs to work his magic. and the front end needs to get setup. i'm not sure what else.

RCcola55

06-03-2010, 09:50 PM

she runs and she is MEAN, videos to come. tomorrow we will get the exhaust on and tie up the lose ends, thensee about gears. If anyone has a pinion depth tool i can borrow that would help a bunch.

stx4wheeler

06-03-2010, 10:32 PM

Fawkin sweet!!!!

Fredo

06-04-2010, 12:02 AM

Talked to Flem earlier. Says it sounds really mean with open headers right now. He didn't talk long though. I think he said they were getting ready to bleed the steering system.

I'm glad this project is being done in true Tamor fashion. Reminds me of this one:
http://tamor.org/forums/showthread.php?t=3709

Sparling

06-04-2010, 12:18 AM

The thing sounds fawking awesome with open headers. Somebody needs to hurry up and post the video. Glowing headers look pretty sweet at night too.

robertf03

06-04-2010, 12:24 AM

working on the video now, maybe that $300 student version of premiere is worth it

robertf03

06-04-2010, 12:58 AM

used some **** ass free conversion software, enjoy the watermark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9esrJkyf7b8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtWZqIuA6x0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4BU9TlcJms

more are uploading now, I'll post the links in the morning

colman

06-04-2010, 01:22 AM

when is ed planning on stopping by my old house to pick up the motor, tire and propane tank

Sharpe

06-04-2010, 01:22 AM

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q137/rsharpe08/th_MVI_0743.jpg (http://s135.photobucket.com/albums/q137/rsharpe08/?action=view&current=MVI_0743.flv)

robertf03

06-04-2010, 02:26 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DcvLKZvxCw

agjohn02

06-04-2010, 08:44 AM

so i guess this means lunch is off for today, ed?

AggieTJ2007

06-04-2010, 09:09 AM

looks good guys.

Rowdy is funny and Sharpe you need to stop shanking people

Oh and good job on keeping the power steering reservoir topped off sharpe

06-04-2010, 10:55 AM

When is it pulling out? I might stop by later tonight if yall are still working on it.

stx4wheeler

06-04-2010, 01:12 PM

Anyone know if dual tbi's has been done before? If not that is awesome!! Hope everything goes as planned today.

robertf03

06-04-2010, 01:27 PM

I've seen it done in pictures, but I don't know what computer was being used. The tbi computers that we all use for this stuff will not work in stock configuration. They are peak and hold injectors and the peak time is based on current which doubles with the additional injectors. its a lm1949 and there is a .1ohm resistor that controls the peak time, its value had to be cut in half to .05ohm (not something midstate or radio shack can get) so we cannibalized a junk camaro tbi computer for the resistors and soldered them on the board in parallel. Without modification the driver goes into hold mode before it hits the peak voltage and the injector either won't open or won't completely open.

If someone has an extra 1227747 ecm sitting around we could use it. I'm not certain on the longevity of this hack, there might be a reason I haven't seen anyone do this.

stx4wheeler

06-04-2010, 01:38 PM

Clayton has one I sold him with all of my tbi crap. He might let you borrow it if necessary.

agjohn02

06-04-2010, 01:56 PM

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/pts/1742578201.html

Here you go Clarke. Me being helpful.

KrazyKarl02

06-04-2010, 02:24 PM

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/pts/1742578201.html

Here you go Clarke. Me being helpful.

Now that is funny, you have to admit!

RCcola55

06-04-2010, 08:11 PM

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/pts/1742578201.html

Here you go Clarke. Me being helpful.

You still are a piece of **** in my eye, thanks for the help:rolleyes:

06-04-2010, 10:10 PM

Swung by earlier. Flem is wiring, Clarke was fabbing up the intake. They still have to put new gears in the front tonight in order to have it at the exhaust shop tomorrow morning. Good luck guys.

jerryg79

06-04-2010, 11:18 PM

come on clarke, pretend like The Beast is an unruly bar patron...and knock that sh!t out!

AggieTJ2007

06-05-2010, 12:11 AM

In utah gonna take a nap later then be in vegas in the morning

robertf03

06-05-2010, 01:39 AM

I've always suspected 12 volt guy stuff was junk, after working with this I've realized I was wrong. Its ****ing junk.

rewired the majority of the chassis today. No more random sparks when you shake the truck!

RCcola55

06-05-2010, 06:10 PM

the beast is on the trailer and headed to cali

Shaggy

06-05-2010, 06:10 PM

is it ready?

RCcola55

06-05-2010, 06:51 PM

sure

TdmayfieldIV

06-05-2010, 11:12 PM

On the road, almost to wichita falls. Cannon ball run all the way to cali.

Time for a nos I guess.

06-05-2010, 11:22 PM

hammer down!

StevenAg03

06-06-2010, 12:03 AM

when is check in?

TdmayfieldIV

06-06-2010, 12:29 AM

Mon at 5

DRAGOONRANCH

06-06-2010, 04:12 AM

Amarillo, ~7.5 mpg running 75. 500 miles down, 1300 to go..

AggieTJ2007

06-06-2010, 07:44 AM

Are you going to stop for a break here in vegas or just drive on through

DRAGOONRANCH

06-06-2010, 02:42 PM

Vegas, scaled @ 27.7

bcolman

06-06-2010, 05:14 PM

who else are you towing?

RCcola55

06-06-2010, 05:21 PM

just got a txt from sharpe, they wont let them cross the hoover with the trailer, gotta take the bypass

06-06-2010, 05:21 PM

I think they just had the truck, 2 atvs, and a big welder, plus 4 guys and there stuff. Still seems high unless that new flatbed weighs a ****load.

Seth

06-06-2010, 07:05 PM

tools could be pretty heavy, but still, thats high!

RCcola55

06-06-2010, 07:16 PM

they took a lot of crap, weld, generator, plasma, torch, bottles for it all, 2 atvs, heavy ass beast, heavy ass trailer, heavy ass truck

robertf03

06-06-2010, 11:36 PM

saw this on pirate, sounds promising.

uh oh....only 90% done this late. barring some heroic thrashing, the alternate might get in!

Also saw this on pirate regarding the dual tbi, sounds like this asshat that thinks we did crossfire on a bigblock has beat us to the gold that is dual tbi

Sounds cool. Can't wait to see it!

Been done tho. I've done 2. And it was OE on 88-91 (IIRC) Corvett's.

and what makes me a skeptic to the above asshatery, this was regarding the setup from the arfcom,pirate,what have you equivalent to TBI forums

I was just talking to someone the other day. For about 10 years people have talked about doing a dual TBI but this could be the first one I have seen actually run

jerryg79

06-07-2010, 08:47 AM

Wait, are you telling me, that someone posting on Pirate is wrong? Unpossible!

FJAggie07

06-07-2010, 09:13 AM

Wait, are you telling me, that someone posting on Pirate is wrong? Unpossible!

I think the word you are looking for is "Inconceivable!"

Reckless

06-07-2010, 06:26 PM

yes the vettes with the crossfire injection had dual tbi

06-07-2010, 06:54 PM

Anyone know if they made it? Creightons facebook status didnt sound good.

robertf03

06-07-2010, 07:15 PM

Tommy said they just got there. There was something about the highway being shut down for a goat too

RCcola55

06-07-2010, 08:34 PM

yes the vettes with the crossfire injection had dual tbi

not the same

Fredo

06-07-2010, 10:13 PM

yes the vettes with the crossfire injection had dual tbi

Did no one verbally rape you while working on Ed's truck, or did you not make this comparison while in Flem's presence?

Eckert

06-07-2010, 10:17 PM

I'll bite, i know nothing on either, but since its apparently an issue, anyone care to educate me?

robertf03

06-07-2010, 10:48 PM

Crossfire is more like taking a stock tbi, cutting it in half, then scattering the carcasses towards opposite corners of the engine. Still only 2 barrels, 2 injectors with individual drivers.

RCcola55

06-07-2010, 10:53 PM

I'll bite, i know nothing on either, but since its apparently an issue, anyone care to educate me?

The issue is, although we have seen a few pictures of a 2x4 intake set up for a dual tbi on a small block, and even found out that howell and turbo city sold a kit for it, we have been unable to find anyone that has completed a running setup. Even though there have been a few to claim they have, there is no proof. What is so special about this setup is it is the first known dual tbi setup on a big block and the icing on the cake is that it runs a stock computer. Flem knows a lot more about this then I do, so I'll let him chime in on the rest.

As for the crossfire setup, as flem explained to me it is two single barrel tb's with one injector for each, and everything i have read on them is that they suck! They are by no means comparible to what we have done for Ed's truck. Rowdy is dumb.

Now with all that being said, the setup we are running is virtually untested and we are still trying to figure out what it needs to run at maximum potential. Once Flem is able to get a bit more tune time on the truck I think it will be a whole nother animal from what it has already become. He is even working on figuring up something for cook's red truck. Viva la ****ty Fuel Injection

edit: I know this might not seem like a big deal to a lot of people, but with the complexity that has gone into it, its a pretty cool accomplishment and im pround to say i helped out. With all the crap we have had to go through with this truck and the hurdles that had to be jumped, we did the best we could!

robertf03

06-07-2010, 10:59 PM

Now with all that being said, the setup we are running is virtually untested and we are still trying to figure out what it needs to run at maximum potential.

yes, there was about a 2 hour window from the time the truck had a useable O2 sensor bungholio and the time it left, and I was passed out face down on a cooler for 1 of those hours,

RCcola55

06-07-2010, 11:04 PM

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2093569

it has been done, bummer

robertf03

06-07-2010, 11:10 PM

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2093569

it has been done, bummer

wait, theres still a chance. I think they are using this http://www.dynamicefi.com/

we're going to get this thing on a technicality one way or another

robertf03

06-08-2010, 11:05 AM

Anyone heard from them? This is the only proof I've found that they made it. I wonder where the air cleaner went.

Shaggy

06-08-2010, 12:08 PM

wow that ranger makes the beast's 44s look like street tires

RCcola55

06-08-2010, 01:28 PM

i just heard from tommy, he was trying to figure out what fitting he needed to get for the steering

agjohn02

06-08-2010, 04:00 PM

sounds like someone jack knifed a gooseneck. bet that doesn't stay in vegas.

06-08-2010, 07:36 PM

http://www.facebook.com/fourwheelermag
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=841412&page=91

But I think we need insider updates. Anyone heard anything else?

Reckless

06-08-2010, 11:44 PM

Im sorry i dont know all about the great usage of ****ty fuel injection out there clarke. im not even gonna argue the point.

RCcola55

06-09-2010, 01:22 AM

rowdy shut up. go quit another job or something

Talked to sharpe a few times today; ed didnt get last in the hill climb, something like 7th or 8th but the climate change iis causeing problems with the motor, after a timing advance sharpe said it started to run better. He didnt get to do the frame twister due to the fact of so many dnf's, and he got half way through the mud pit, and finished mid pack in the event beating out "fat girl". Thats all i got for now im sure i will get an update tomorrow, sounds like the beast is holding together and keeping close pace to the much better built rigs

KrazyKarl02

06-09-2010, 07:10 AM

keeping close pace to the much better built rigs

Better built rigs? Impossible!

DRAGOONRANCH

06-09-2010, 09:19 AM

DRAGOONRANCH

06-09-2010, 09:19 AM

davido

06-09-2010, 09:26 AM

Sweet! I'm glad to hear he's making a good show of it with all of that last minute work.

agjohn02

06-09-2010, 09:48 AM

Shut yo mouth karl....

I am sitting outside napa waiting on them to open up. Collector flange bolts came loose on pass side, giving a nice flame show evidently in the mud pit. The announcer said the headers were glowing, and it was still daylight. :D

Sounds like she may be a little rich. Unplug one of those TBIs and she'll run like a top!

I'm glad its working out and glad you didnt get to do frame twister. Thats the event thats always made me cringe for the rigs in TTC. Nice to see the sheetmetal on there too.

Good job getting this thing done in time for the event guys, except for you clarke, you still suck.

RCcola55

06-09-2010, 10:28 AM

a littlte rich maybe, needs smaller injectors, but still within range on the wide band.

and john, atleast im not a interweb **** talking piece of ****

uglyota

06-09-2010, 10:33 AM

so are you guys competing or still running as an alternate?

FJAggie07

06-09-2010, 10:33 AM

a littlte rich maybe, needs smaller injectors, but still within range on the wide band.

and john, atleast im not a interweb **** talking piece of ****

**** = ****?

agjohn02

06-09-2010, 10:34 AM

muahahaha. dont get me started on the stupidity of donks and motorized bicycles.

RCcola55

06-09-2010, 10:40 AM

Donks= what i do at a job
Happytimes= what i do for fun just as you waste all your money on guns

and dont you own a bright ass yellow scout that doesnt run? just as retarded as a donk imo

pot meet kettle

RCcola55

06-09-2010, 10:44 AM

so are you guys competing or still running as an alternate?

still as alternate

Eckert

06-09-2010, 10:47 AM

muahahaha. dont get me started on the stupidity of donks and motorized bicycles.

STFU and take your petty **** somewhere else.

What did y'all end up running for injectors? last i heard y'all were using 4.3L injectors with the standard small block throttle bodies?

Or is everything still hush hush till its all dialed in?

Glad to hear it made it and atleast running around.

RCcola55

06-09-2010, 10:54 AM

STFU and take your petty **** somewhere else.

What did y'all end up running for injectors? last i heard y'all were using 4.3L injectors with the standard small block throttle bodies?

Or is everything still hush hush till its all dialed in?

Glad to hear it made it and atleast running around.

we tried 350 injectors because after calculating the BSFC for a 380hp motor it needed 64lb injectors, but they were too much. So we left what was in the throttle bodies to begin with alone, but wen it gets back we will try 4.3's or 305's

Sparling

06-10-2010, 01:28 AM

Anybody have any updates? I swear i've seen the same pictures on the TTC facebook page and on pirate 20 times today looking for pictures of ed's truck on the course but no dice.

agjohn02

06-10-2010, 08:13 AM

and dont you own a bright ass yellow scout that doesnt run? just as retarded as a donk imo

pot meet kettle

Scout runs fine.

STFU and take your petty **** somewhere else.

I've got no beef with Clarke other than the fact that he's a giant vajayjay and deserves to be jacked with for getting his panties in a wad over nothing and suddenly hating me because of a comment I made on the internet. I eat pieces of **** like you for breakfast.

Where's the pics and tech for this magical dual TBI? What kind of intake did y'all use?

RCcola55

06-10-2010, 09:50 AM

i heard from sharpe last night, they didnt get to run any events yesterday due to everyone else breakin and taking forever. The big ranger busted a tranny as well.

John, the engine setup is a mark V block, partiot heads with big valves, and a edelbrock performer rpm 2x4 intake. The problem with this setup is it was all based around ed eventually switching to a mark IV block, stroking it to 496 of 511, and raising the CR to around 11:1. As it sits right now the heads are way to big for the cam and low CR, which is causeing some of the tuning issues. I think once the motor is built like ed wants then we can really start making power. I read up on a similar build where a guy useed dual 650's and made almost 700hp with a slighty larger cam but with the LSA of 112* which is still tbi friendly

no time for pics during the build, ill get some when they get back.

sasquatch

06-10-2010, 10:08 AM

I eat pieces of **** like you for breakfast.

you eat pieces of **** for breakfast? :laughing::flipoff2:

agjohn02

06-10-2010, 11:47 AM

The big ranger busted a tranny as well.

Ed said, "That ranger is sick. They cracked a transfer case, then ran the mud pit w/ the hole siliconed up an blew out the C6 pump seals. They were pullin the tranny last night to try and fix it."

So I don't know if he meant sick good or sick bad.:flipoff2:

Looking forward to the build details. Ed will be dangerous with that kind of power.

Sparling

06-10-2010, 11:50 AM

Leo got dq'd frpm ttc for. Having a beer after the event yesterday

looks like the ttc officials are being little bitches. that sucks especially after he spent so much money on fat girl...

http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showpost.php?p=11514284&postcount=2310

too bad it wasn't a truck so ed could be a competitor.

RCcola55

06-10-2010, 01:26 PM

both carwash and fatgirl are dq'd looks like the guys from guam will walk away from it

tommy53002

06-10-2010, 05:52 PM

both carwash and fatgirl are dq'd looks like the guys from guam will walk away from it

Where did you see that carwash was dq'd also? What did he get dq'd for?

robertf03

06-10-2010, 05:57 PM

our inside man told us

bcolman

06-10-2010, 06:08 PM

our inside man told us

and its all over pirate

jerryg79

06-10-2010, 06:09 PM

goto the 4 wheeler facebook page, lots of drama, no pics of ED. Looks like the dq'd guy got to run it after the other people threatened to walk, but not for points.

tommy53002

06-10-2010, 08:54 PM

and its all over pirate

link? I cant find anything saying carwash was dq'd...

jerryg79

06-10-2010, 09:13 PM

link? I cant find anything saying carwash was dq'd...

look in gen 4x4

tommy53002

06-10-2010, 09:40 PM

I dont know where yall are finding information on "Carwash" being dq'd. Leo (fatgirl) was dq'd but no one else as far as i can find.

TdmayfieldIV

06-10-2010, 10:14 PM

Carwash wasn't dq'd. He will win I'm pretty sure.

TexTJ209

06-10-2010, 10:40 PM

Carwash wasn't dq'd. He will win I'm pretty sure.

Hope so. Mike worked on that buggy for a long damn time.

DRAGOONRANCH

06-10-2010, 10:48 PM

Been an interestin week. The power wagon guys are cool as ****. The fat girl guys(and other crews that were drinking) were stupid for drinking after they made a big deal of it (and crystal clear about the no alchol in the park) at the welcome meeting. Some of the vendors were drinking, so there was a bit of a double standard. I am pretty sure it will be hid by trhe sponsors in the future.

When we ran tank trap, the headers boiled the fluid in the clutch slave leaving us with no clutch for the last half of our run. It started working unce we winched out though, but the clutch has a big slip in it now. The starter is also acting up after ha ing to be started in gear after the clutch went south. The motor sounded good until it started to get pushed in the canyon where it souned like it was backfiring. Everyone thinks it is running lean, but I am sure flem/clarke can get it running right with some time with it.

DRAGOONRANCH

06-10-2010, 10:48 PM

Sparling

06-10-2010, 11:32 PM

Did y'all ever break anything or did the beast hold up to all the abuse?

DRAGOONRANCH

06-11-2010, 06:38 PM

Nope, no carnage to speak of.

bcolman

06-11-2010, 07:35 PM

Nope, no carnage to speak of.

so you didnt do it right?:flipoff2:

DRAGOONRANCH

06-11-2010, 11:43 PM

****, we bounced off the rev limiter in every event we were able to run! (you should know better than that :flipoff2: )

The starter is acting up at times and the clutch seems to be slipping also. The starter got worked hard when the headers boiled the fluid out of the slave cylinder on the clutch, and I think there may just be mud in the clutch with the dust cover missing.

Here is the link to my photobucket I have been sending the pics from the droid. There are very few from the comp though. Sharpe has some that we will try to get uploaded to utoob tomorrow.
http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f192/DRAGOONRANCH/Droid/