IrnBear Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 That was freaking Sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joblo Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 Thanks. I thought so too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunefreak Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Congrats!! Sorry you couldn't make it out last weekend. But there will be many more trips to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joblo Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share Posted January 8, 2018 A few more updates transmission cooler in. Got a different pulley from cbm for the tensioner. Helped to put a shorter belt on and now the belt doesn’t rub itself. Radiator mounted and lines hooked up. I had to make a short hose for suction on the quick change oil line. The fitting I had in there hit the skid pan so it had to go. Got fluids all in. Limit straps done done in the rear. Seats all in. Panels on. All shocks on and charged with nitrogen. With these headers the spark plug wires no longer hit. So that’s something I didn’t have to change in the end. I had to fight like crazy to get the air bled out of the cooling system. Got it though. The car uses 5/8” studs instead of 1/2”. So I had to drill out the pro comp wheels. Man was that a job. I don’t have a mill, so I had to rig up a way to do it in the drill press. Finally got it. Took the better part of the day just to do that. Got in a little seat time around the yard. Feels good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joblo Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share Posted January 8, 2018 I did get out to the sand. We went to Gordon’s for New Years. I had some issues though. Car was overheating real bad. Got stuck 3 times. Throttle was sticking and while trying to get that sorted broke the gas pedal in half. Front wheel bearings were to tight. I think that may have been a big contributor to the overheating. Fan shroud was to tight to the radiator not allowing the fans to pull air across the whole thing. I made a cardboard spacer that helped a lot but ultimately I think the radiator is to small. I ordered a new one to replace it. After getting all that corrected I got to take a short cruise around in the dark the night before we left. It felt like a new car but still hard to tell. So hopefully I can get some decent dune time on it now. I only burned 5 gallons of gas the whole trip. I can’t wait to run more through it. On on the way home I dropped the car at cbm. They are going to put a color screen AEM dash in it. I was thinking of switching to throttle by wire but that required a new computer and a few other things pushing the cost way up. So I will have to get the cable working better. They are going to add O-2 sensors and give a new tune on the dyno. It might have been slightly lean adding to the overheating issue. We shall see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunefreak Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 It's all part of building a new car. You'll get the bugs worked out. It had to feel good to at least get out and drive it though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joblo Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 Oh yeah definitely. I was impressed with how the car worked. Suspension cycling was good for out of the box. I never even grabbed a wrench for the bypasses. It can use some tuning on that but for the seat time I got it was working nice. The thing didn't slide as good as I expected. The red car I drove slid the rear much easier. It was running a wider paddle. I'm sure that had a lot to do with it. I might change them out, but for now I just want to get some more seat time before doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunefreak Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Yep, tire has pretty much everything to do with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susans leopard Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 is anyone interested in a v 8 rail I have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joblo Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Thought I would update this. I’ve been toying with some aluminum tins for the car. Here’s a couple pictures of what I came up with. Still working on the (hood) still trying to envision it. I am open to thoughts or ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunefreak Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 I would say no hood. Just do the sides or corners like you have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joblo Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Hhmmm. Do you not like the shape or? Or just like to see the motor in the open? For me I want to cut it back so it’s not so far forward. It’s just sitting on there. I was going to put some tape on for different cut lines to shape it some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunefreak Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 The shape is cool, but looks odd from some angles. I'd prefer to see more of the motor. Maybe just smaller and back farther so the opening is bigger. I tried finding a pic of my buddy Ryan's V8Rail to see what his hood looks like and these are all I could find. Just gives you ideas. I can get more pics if you'd like. He's just down the street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joblo Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 I put the hood on side burner for now. Hindsight is 20/20 though and I should have just finished it instead of jumping to the dash. I really wanted to take care of the dash first but I got distracted with the hood. Anyway here’s a couple pictures. Still more to do but I like how it’s coming along. Just a lot of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunefreak Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Awesome. I like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANDRUNNER Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 joblo nice talking to you this President's weekend. Small world after watching you build this V8 rail online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joblo Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 Absolutely!! Nice to meet you as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joblo Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 Back to work on this thing. I made a bunch of trips last season and had a ton of fun. However this year I haven’t been out. Hopefully soon. I’m having to deal with this first. This is the better side. The other side is worse. Both front lower a-arms are bending. I thought maybe it’s not .120 wall tubing or maybe it’s not chromoly? Upon cutting its .120 wall, at least it looks like it but I didn’t actually measure. I have no way to verify material. So away they go. I simply don’t want to risk it. Here’s the replacement You can see a piece of the old arm. The bend was where the small plate stopped. Hopefully this will fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joblo Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 Oh and I also put a limited slip diff in the quick change. So far in the hardpack it’s 100% better. I need to get it into the sand to see how well it will work there. I think I’ve finally got the right ratio/gear set in there too. Should be a lot of fun. Swapped the torque converter too. I had a basically stock converter at 1800 stall. I switched it with a 2300 stall and it seems to help also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunefreak Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Looks good. Nice work. My front arms started to bend too. I added lower gussets to both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joblo Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 (edited) The car ran good. New gear set in the diff was pretty good. Maybe another set might be better but its pretty close for now. I am thinking I may like this ratio a lot for Dumont. I am excited to find out. The new arms held up fine so far. I felt like I gave them a pretty good beating, but maybe more time will tell. The new torque converter was much better than the old one. I played with bypass adjustment that made quite a bit of difference. I still have to much rebound in the rear but I still have more adjustability in the shock. Overall it was a good trip. My 2nd oldest got to rip around in his Grandma's car. It was fun having him out learning to dune a buggy. Edited January 7, 2020 by joblo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lamb Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 that was a fun trip the v8 slides much better with the diff😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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