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RE: ... - 5/19/2008 11:19:00 PM   
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Man, I guess I need to wash my truck.

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RE: ... - 5/20/2008 12:37:55 AM   
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Kuss, sure I got some more here that Matt cut for me. Tiny ones, he only made 1 giant one for Batman's truck...odd

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RE: ... - 5/20/2008 1:06:20 AM   
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Just some teaser shots fellas. I took a trip to the track today to see what was happening. Good news, good news, and more good news. People hanging out, stand is nearly finished, and they were all running MT's. See what i mean? All good news! I'll have a new thread up promoting this place when its ready.











Just some specs for ya. The stand is 40 ft long. Its approximately 8ft tall (foot level). The flooring is there, i just coudlnt get high enough to get pics. Standing on the picnic table didnt help. lol.

Fantastic job on the stand Ed, and whoever else is building this MONSTER stand. Im dying to get out there and run.

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RE: ... - 5/20/2008 1:53:35 AM   
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Very nice, shouldn't run out of room on that driver's stand. Thanks for the update and pics.

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RE: ... - 5/20/2008 2:11:15 AM   
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Nope, shouldnt have any problem with finding a spot on the stand for practice. That thing is HUUUUGE! I really wasnt gonna post pics until it was all done, but there are already alot of people going out there to run. I figured i'd raise some eyebrows with that stand shot.

Anyway, i got a chance to look over my buggy. For whatever reason, it just was not as good this weekend, as the previous. My lack of off power steering, is due to the missing rear brake... Ya, i lost the collar, the washer, and the piece of fuel tubing that applies pressure to that rear brake when applied... So that explains alot right there. Other than that, my servo saver nut seems it may have backed down slightly. I dont remember it being this easy to flex. My pipe was off the hanger, but i dont think that had an effect on anything... Atleast not that i know of. The main problem though, was the lack of throttle after my pit stop. It simply wouldnt move. I had to pull to the tubes about 4 times to wait, and go...It just wasnt moving. Not sure what caused that yet. I also noticed some wear on the clutch bell, from rubbing the chassis... I know they say to use the plastic RTR chassis braces on this thing (which i am), but does it really need that much flex? lol. Well, anyway, just learning what to look for on this buggy, and get a good maintenance routine down for it. I'll get the bugs worked out.

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RE: ... - 5/20/2008 2:40:32 AM   
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LOL. Yup, i'd love to check it out. Lemme know when you are going there.

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RE: ... - 5/20/2008 2:45:04 AM   
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How's tomorrow, say around 7-7:30 pm or so?

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RE: ... - 5/20/2008 3:18:37 AM   
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Sounds good!

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RE: ... - 5/20/2008 3:19:26 AM   
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You know I noticed the weird wear on my CB but never looked too hard yet, still cleaning slowly. Hmm maybe i'll go back to the FT braces, especially since outdoor is coming. No wonder people have tank problems if you are flexing that much imagine what those tanks are going through.

Brian sounds nice that you got a free car for the week to do some testing. Now you need to meet Matt, and the Saturn-ghini for a real show down! Ha.

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RE: ... - 5/20/2008 4:21:02 AM   
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I saw Ed at Home Depot today.. He was buying screws for the track.

Where is the track? Kind of looks like its on Hines drive.....


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RE: ... - 5/20/2008 1:29:31 PM   
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It is on Hines drive. Plymouth road to haggerty, go South, turn right on Hines drive. The park will be on the right hand side, about half a mile down. You cant miss it now, with the GINORMOUS drivers stand.

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RE: ... - 5/20/2008 1:43:05 PM   
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Yes its on Hines Drive, that last pic where that little kid is standing is where I broke my left rear upper a-arm last year when the boys and I went to check the place out, cleared that triple twice, then the third pass I landed a little wonky on the downslope and the a-arm gave up, Also on that same triple one of the guys I usually run with blew one of his front shocks, popped the top right off it and blew shock oil all over the chassis, man that was a mess. The first pic with that set of triples is where my other buddy buried his engines cooling head in the dirt, he was going a bit to fast and accidently hit the brakes in the air, the truck took a fast nose dive, slammed the front bumper and then slammed lid down on the last hump crushing the lexan cab and burying the cooling head, We all cringed at the impact, luckily for him no damage to the engine, but the rollbar was wrecked and the lexan was crumpled. All in all a fun day for us :-)

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RE: ... - 5/20/2008 2:23:37 PM   
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Looks like you all have a fun place to run down that way. I'm sure you'll see a lot of people running there since theres never been a track down that way.

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RE: ... - 5/20/2008 4:11:00 PM