JoeDuner

If you get a V-8 car with a 2D tranny, you are asking for trouble. You will have to baby it.

Great camp fire starter fluid.

http://duneguide.com/ Go to this site and click on Dumont on the map and see the pic of my car going over a razorback.

i hate getting written up by the homeowners assn. for paddle tracks going across the curb.

Saturday night the kids trick or treat right?

Correction Terry, you wire them in series, not parallel. In parallel, you would have 6 volts. Series gives you 12 volts.

CV Assembly 101 CV maintenance is an important part to prevent ruining a perfectly good weekend. It's recommended you inspect your CV's every 15th trip to the dunes, or at least once every 2yrs, whichever comes first. Inspection requires disassembly of the CV and wiping off all the grease so you can see the metal surfaces for wear, pits, or cracks. If it's your first time to inspect a CV it's recommended you consult with someone "in the know" so you can learn what you're looking for. Most of the reputable parts houses who sell CV's can help you with that. After you have your CV's ready to put together you need to assemble them in a certain order. There is a wrong way to assemble them, so don't assume any order is OK. Here are some tips: 1. The cage opening is slightly larger on one side. The large side is the side you install the star gear from, it barely fits. 2. Before you put the ball bearings in, put the star in the outer case. Then insert the ball bearings in by twisting the star gear within the outer case to expose the bearing race opening. If the star doesn't move freely after you install each ball bearing, you've assembled it wrong. If this happens you likely have the star clocked one cog off. Take the balls out and reclock the star, moving the star one cog either direction. 3. When you have all the ball bearing installed in with the parts assembled like in this picture, the next step is packing it with grease. Before getting started with the grease, cut 1/2" X1/2" squares of duct tape, you'll need 24 of them for a set of 930's. Put a duct patch over each hole in the outer case. This will keep all the grease out of the holes, very important so the loc-tite isn't compromised with grease. 4. Next, put on LATEX GLOVES. This can be a messy job for the novice. Keeping the grease in the CV joint and off your hands is next to impossible, even for an experienced mechanic. Take your time, don't rush it. 5. Use a grease needle adapter, it makes the job of inserting the grease a lot easier. You can buy them for about $15 to $20 at Napa, Autozone, even Harbor Freight. If you have trouble with the zerk fitting coming out of your grease gun fitting while in use, duct tape can aid to prevent that from happening. 6. A common grease to use Swepco, costs about $8/tube. Another common grease to use is Belray, which is about $22/tube. You can usually pack 2 CV's with one tube of grease. Many of the racers use a mix of 50% to 75% Swepco and the rest Belray. Just put the Swepco in first then put in the Belray if you want to use a mix. There's no need to hand mix the two greases buy hand, the CV will mix it up on the first ride. 7. If your job is a first time assembly, make sure the CV bolts are the right length for the transaxle side. If they are too long they will carve up the transaxle case, a bad things. Sometimes using the wrong washers will let too much bolt be exposed on the back side of the CV flange. 8. If your job is a reassembly of worn CV's, make sure your bolts are clean and dry so the loc-tite will work best. Use carburetor dip to clean the used bolts, then hose them off and blow dry with air hose (if you're in a hurry). 9. Put the CV's on the axle, put on the axle clips, and remove the duct tape squares. With the CV's on the axle, carefully reinstall the axles, slowly. Be careful the CV's don't get twisted during reinstallation. If they do you could lose a ball bearing, which is not good after you remove the duct tape patches. Install one bolt at 12 o'clock on each end first without Loc-tite by fingers, this will hold the axle in place so you can take your time with each bolt with Loc-tite. Don't forget to remove the 12 o'clock bolts at the end and reinstall with Loc-tite. 10. Always use Loc-tite on each bolt. The "red" grade of Loc-tite is too strong, we don't recommend using it. The 'blue" grade of Loc-tite is best for most duning enthusiasts. "Blue" makes it easier to disassemble for inspections. 11. Torque the bolts to 45ft lbs. When you get both CV's done on the first axle, test it by spinning the axle while in neutral, just to make sure the bolts clearances for the transaxle is acceptable. How do you know if your axles are long enough, or too long? Lift your car so the rear swing-arms are at full droop. Grab the axle and move it left and right, toward the trans, then toward the wheel. If you have at least a 1/4" of movement your axles are long enough. Then raise the swing-arm so the axle stub is at the same level at the transaxle flange, which is the shortest distance (you may need to remove your shocks to do this) between the wheel stub and trans. Then grab the axle and move it left and right again. If you have at lease 1/4" of play, your axle isn't too long.

Try this out........http://www.outbackmotors.com/cv_assembly.htm

I'm always up for a group hunt, the KING Quad lives!! !!!

I drove an hour and a half to Kingman and saved $1900 dollars on the King quad.

I'm in for burgers and a side dish(tater salad).

NICE!!!!!

For those that posted for you, all own your car are affiliated with someone that owns your car. I don't own a Sandwinder and still would recommend them. I personally own a Sandcars Unlimited. You are right when you say, " you aren't comparing like vehicles", you, along with alot of other builders seem to be building desert cars that drive in the sand. I personally like the light weight of a sand car. Horsepower to weight ratio goes a long way. So, if your car weighs another 500#'s because all the custom stuff, I personally don't want it. But, I'm sure your car handles the rough terrain better. So, once again the 2 cars compared aren't the same but, it's personal preference. And like i said before, your cars are awesome, I have seen the Passline car and the Black and blue car up close and I must say, " they are b*tchin!!!!".

I got mine last trip at Charleston and Lamb at Rebel. Call them to see if they still have it.

I'll give you call around midnight to see if you are still there. If so, I'll drop by for a few.

I hope I can go, I might be looking for my dog somewhere :DDR_rocks!:

there was one in a Racer Car

Let see a pic of that baby!!!!! Is it the 402, or the 406.........this makes a huge difference......LOL

Loved it, the car will handle so good too!!!

WHere do you dump, Pete?

Very nice, I was runnin the DOHC Turbo 2.5 in my last car. Very nice motors.

Boost, What Subaru are you running?

Whew, you had me scared for a minute Nick.

I hope to pullin up to camp around sundown on Thursday

I'll go on the big huntin quad. Not to early though, you know how them 3 AM+++ DDR nights go.