2013 BITD VEGAS to RENO

[badassmav]

Well i am glad you have a sense of humor! Beer slushies at the finish of V2R!
What happened at the Rosarito race last weekend?? And what race was it?

It was a small shindig called the Rosarito 200. Actually, it was 4-30 mile loops. No one but locals. It was more an atv course. Rocky and rough. Someone accurately posted it was like a mix between Mike's and the summit (baja lingo)! Only about 25 entrants in the 4 wheeled vehicle category. Mostly 11's, 5/1600, and 1/2-1600's. 4 utes total.

Exploded our STM clutch midway through lap 3. Replaced it, and broke something inside our electric power steering unit that caused the steering to lock up.

Learned a bit more about our ute, and are making adjustment for the V2R.

AND YES! Beer slushies are always a good thing!! I should be out of hiding by then.

 

[BiggJim]

It was a small shindig called the Rosarito 200. Actually, it was 4-30 mile loops. No one but locals. It was more an atv course. Rocky and rough. Someone accurately posted it was like a mix between Mike's and the summit (baja lingo)! Only about 25 entrants in the 4 wheeled vehicle category. Mostly 11's, 5/1600, and 1/2-1600's. 4 utes total.

Exploded our STM clutch midway through lap 3. Replaced it, and broke something inside our electric power steering unit that caused the steering to lock up.

Learned a bit more about our ute, and are making adjustment for the V2R.

AND YES! Beer slushies are always a good thing!! I should be out of hiding by then.

Hmmmmm...Interesting. That sure sounds familiar

 

[JoeyD23]

I warned Marc of that STM before the 500...

 

[shrive81]

Man I kept thinking about getting STM for our car but sounds like they are breaking on everyone... I'm just going to take a extra stock clutch haha

 

[COGNITO]

Man I kept thinking about getting STM for our car but sounds like they are breaking on everyone... I'm just going to take a extra stock clutch haha

according to your boy Mark Queen, we are not installing them correctly LOL! Funny because Queen had 1 break on Keenan Rogersons car also

http://www.utvunderground.com/forum/showthread.php?p=134053#post134053

 

[badassmav]

How much horse power does it take to pull a wheelie like that? Now THAT'S BADASS!!

 

[shrive81]

Ya not sure I'm not a motor guy but mark does know his stuff and is good at what he does. Mark has helped our team and supported us alot and trust me it is a privilege to have him helping us... I think UTV racing in general is just what it is... Things break it's just finding a way to prolong them befor they break hahaha but u would hope when u pay that much for a clutch setup it would last... I will agree on that!!!

 

[shrive81]

On another note we just lost one
Of our co-driver for V2R so I might be pulling double duty unless we can find another co-dog for V2R

 

[BiggJim]

How much horse power does it take to pull a wheelie like that? Now THAT'S BADASS!!

Stock R1 Motor is a rhino It was alot of fun and I miss that car. It also had just a bit of help VIA a roller...heres Video.
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[COGNITO]

Ya not sure I'm not a motor guy but mark does know his stuff and is good at what he does. Mark has helped our team and supported us alot and trust me it is a privilege to have him helping us... I think UTV racing in general is just what it is... Things break it's just finding a way to prolong them befor they break hahaha but u would hope when u pay that much for a clutch setup it would last... I will agree on that!!!

I just talked to STM, they are fixing up my clutches for me in good faith, and they have updated the spider that we had a problem breaking. They know there is an issue with the sxs application even tho they have been running same design on snow mobiles forever without this issue. Looks like we will be running STM clutches with the newer spider at V2R.

 

[shrive81]

That's good they stand behind their product!!!!!

 

[rappy60guy]

Man I kept thinking about getting STM for our car but sounds like they are breaking on everyone... I'm just going to take a extra stock clutch haha

Better take 2 or 3 ......Just saying

 

[shrive81]

I will just borrow one from u guys lol lol

 

[badassmav]

I just talked to STM, they are fixing up my clutches for me in good faith, and they have updated the spider that we had a problem breaking. They know there is an issue with the sxs application even tho they have been running same design on snow mobiles forever without this issue. Looks like we will be running STM clutches with the newer spider at V2R.[/QUOTE

Good for you. Did they say what they are changing (design-wise) to avoid future 'mishaps'? 'Cause you know, to enjoy an adult slushee at the finish line, we must both first finish!! HAha!

 

[badassmav]

We have a 300 mile race this weekend as a prep race for V2R, we will be crunching number on the new car as far as fuel consumption and pit times and driver changes, then back to the garage ( you know the two car garage I stole from my wife when we started our team) for a rear down and full prep... Hopefully any little gremlins will come out this weekend and we can address them and then we will be getting ready for V2R we are excited to run this race and look forward to seeing everyone out there...View attachment 10465

Hopefully, your vulnerabilities will rear their ugly head(s) sooner than later. We found 2 more areas in need of attention at our last shake-down race last weekend. These smaller loop races are awesome for a good shakedown. We've yet to race V2R in a UTV yet, but have done it in class 6 trucks. Worst case scenario is a Gremlin burps out loud shortly after leaving one of the pits at V2R. That's a position-changer for sure!

 

[COGNITO]

I just talked to STM, they are fixing up my clutches for me in good faith, and they have updated the spider that we had a problem breaking. They know there is an issue with the sxs application even tho they have been running same design on snow mobiles forever without this issue. Looks like we will be running STM clutches with the newer spider at V2R.[/QUOTE

Good for you. Did they say what they are changing (design-wise) to avoid future 'mishaps'? 'Cause you know, to enjoy an adult slushee at the finish line, we must both first finish!! HAha!

STM has been building clutches for use on snowmobiles and such for decades, and have built a great rep. Obviously that technology carries over in design to the UTV stuff, and when the spider broke on a UTV, i can see how it could have easily been analyzed as a fluke deal. There a ton of people with these clutches on UTVs and dont have issues. In desert racing, we are pushing these cars to the limit for a long period of time, hundreds of miles non stop for hours and hours in desert temperatures. This must be where the issue lies because i dont see recreation guys or drag racers having any issue on the UTV stuff. So, STM has built a new spider with some gusseting in the area of the spider that i had an issue with. We will be putting over 500 miles on it in 11 hours non stop if all goes well at Vegas to Reno in 5 weeks. Glad STM is wanting to race proof this product in the desert!

 

[Glamisfan]

What broke on the STM? Any pictures? Primary or secondary?

 

[BiggJim]

What broke on the STM? Any pictures? Primary or secondary?

The spider on the primary is what broke. Hopefully the new one is Bomb Proof.

 

[badassmav]

The spider on the primary is what broke. Hopefully the new one is Bomb Proof.

What broke on the STM? Any pictures? Primary or secondary?

The spider in the primary broke. The piece was never found. A weighted arm also broke. The pic is of that. Based on the rust in the casting break, it appears the arm was cracked prior.

 

[shrive81]

So we only have what like 3 utv's so far? Come in peeps where u at only 4 weeks till start time