Cost of Winning: The Monster Mav Chronicles
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megadesertdiesel
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Put your ass in overdrive and git R done! I want to hear about the 3.0 shocks.
Macguyver is my hero. There isn't anything her can't fix with a clicky pen, paperclip and bubblegum.
Macguyver is my hero. There isn't anything her can't fix with a clicky pen, paperclip and bubblegum.
badassmav
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in an effort to minimize the weight penalty of the larger diameter shocks, Fox has been working with me to provide a dimensionally perfect shock for our car. I was told they would be done on Friday. If we wanted to wait until after V2R, we could have had them made out of aluminum. All of the repair work I've done on the bottom of the frame in the last 2 months tells me I need them NOW! The 2 notable benefits the 3.0's have over the 2.5's are:
-As I said, the shocks are tailor made for the car, so there is no excessive materials used. As a result, the new 3.0's will only weigh 2 to 3 pounds more than the 2.5's.
-They are internal bypass shocks like we used prior, but the big benefit is that they will be externally adjustable, a feature which I believe is new for the internal bypass shocks.
I should see a more installer-friendly shock as well. I'll go into that later. For now, work time again.
badassmav
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Some pics of the new the shocks..........
I'm thrashing hard trying to get it ready for tuesday's test, then the race on Friday.. It's kicking my ass big time.
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megadesertdiesel
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Nice hardware!
Good luck on the clutch tunning with //Airdam, he is badass. And that little guy has one hell of a southern accent, its quite a shock when you are used to us left-coasters with no accents.
Good luck on the clutch tunning with //Airdam, he is badass. And that little guy has one hell of a southern accent, its quite a shock when you are used to us left-coasters with no accents.
PickupTrucker
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Good stuff as usual
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badassmav
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Clickers. High and low speed. Compression only.
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badassmav
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I was told by Fox that the external adjusters are more of a tool to use as a last resort before having to opening up the shock for valving changes, more than it is an adjuster used to dial in your shock set up. You still need to get the internal valving somewhat accurate, then the external adjusters can be used to nail down the setup for various conditions.
badassmav
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It's crunch time, and I'm crunching. Not sure if we will run the new shocks or not. Needing springs. 2 - 3.75" i.d. x 16" x 350 lbs., and 2 - 3.75" i.d. x 12" x 150 lbs. The old shocks are fresh and ready to go, so maybe it's in with the old and out with the new. Not a big concern. This race will be more high speed than rough. We can podium with a strong clutch.
Adam will most likely get his first look at the car today, in preparation for tomorrows test. It's hammer time again. Got a good nights sleep preparing for an all-nighter tonight. Crisis management. Gotta love it!
Adam will most likely get his first look at the car today, in preparation for tomorrows test. It's hammer time again. Got a good nights sleep preparing for an all-nighter tonight. Crisis management. Gotta love it!
badassmav
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Well guys, there's always something more challenging than the competition (to me, at least) trying to beat the Monster Mav. No matter how diligent one works. No matter how prepared one attempts to be, no matter how many hours one throws at the effort (and that is close to 400 in the last month alone for me), things are still out of your control. If the racing gods don't want you to race, you probably shouldn't fight it.
Now, I'm no fighter. No strteet fighting. I dont fight for the lord (although, I have been soul searching as of late). Don't fight for the people. I don't even fight for what's fair. But this god ?&*%3p)@": car still thinks that I love fighting. It never ends. Every time I pour my heart and soul into this heap of metal, It spits it back into my face, as though to say, "You can't make it. You cant win shit!" I get beat in life all the time. Maybe, I'm the one beating myself. But there's no F--ing way this inanimate object, with no intellect what so ever, is going to beat me.
Okay, I'll get to the point:
After working lazy 20 hour weeks, cause you all know how lazy I am, I get in the Monstrous pile of shit to bring it back to life for the first time since trailering it home from the Baja 500, broken and bruised. With a push of the button, the engine gurgles to life sounding like always, like an outboard motor on steroids, trolling the waters. Go to engage reverse and pull it out of the shop....all is good. Let;'s put 'er in drive and mash on the gas and, and, and..........
So, we still are testing with Airdam Clutches to find some speed. Sometime today it will have to be (not yesterday as planned), because we had no forward movement when in drive. It looks like the shifting cable, yeah, the one that parades through main street, around the village, past the creek, and eventually to the transmission, collapsed. You would think that with a transmission/clutch layout that is so fickle to smoothly get into all the gears the first time though, would not be designed using a cable operating in compression to do so. I have no I dea how long it will take to un-snake the cable from its pit, but I will find out right now, after I puke my guts up for the third time since midnight.
You still don't think the racing gods are against us? Ask Adam from Airdam. He arrived a day or so later than planned, because the affiliation with the Monstrous heap of shit (formerly the Monster Mav) has cursed him as well. On the trip here, his trailer./shop on wheels blew a tire and took out the whole side of the trailer. When he pulled in last night, he was towing one of the nicest shops on wheels you can get. It appears the damage from the blow out was so severe, he had to buy a new trailer on the road, to make it here. This fight aint over yet. Because after I puke, I'm getting back to work to demasculate all of those badasses in Reno!!
Now, I'm no fighter. No strteet fighting. I dont fight for the lord (although, I have been soul searching as of late). Don't fight for the people. I don't even fight for what's fair. But this god ?&*%3p)@": car still thinks that I love fighting. It never ends. Every time I pour my heart and soul into this heap of metal, It spits it back into my face, as though to say, "You can't make it. You cant win shit!" I get beat in life all the time. Maybe, I'm the one beating myself. But there's no F--ing way this inanimate object, with no intellect what so ever, is going to beat me.
Okay, I'll get to the point:
After working lazy 20 hour weeks, cause you all know how lazy I am, I get in the Monstrous pile of shit to bring it back to life for the first time since trailering it home from the Baja 500, broken and bruised. With a push of the button, the engine gurgles to life sounding like always, like an outboard motor on steroids, trolling the waters. Go to engage reverse and pull it out of the shop....all is good. Let;'s put 'er in drive and mash on the gas and, and, and..........
So, we still are testing with Airdam Clutches to find some speed. Sometime today it will have to be (not yesterday as planned), because we had no forward movement when in drive. It looks like the shifting cable, yeah, the one that parades through main street, around the village, past the creek, and eventually to the transmission, collapsed. You would think that with a transmission/clutch layout that is so fickle to smoothly get into all the gears the first time though, would not be designed using a cable operating in compression to do so. I have no I dea how long it will take to un-snake the cable from its pit, but I will find out right now, after I puke my guts up for the third time since midnight.
You still don't think the racing gods are against us? Ask Adam from Airdam. He arrived a day or so later than planned, because the affiliation with the Monstrous heap of shit (formerly the Monster Mav) has cursed him as well. On the trip here, his trailer./shop on wheels blew a tire and took out the whole side of the trailer. When he pulled in last night, he was towing one of the nicest shops on wheels you can get. It appears the damage from the blow out was so severe, he had to buy a new trailer on the road, to make it here. This fight aint over yet. Because after I puke, I'm getting back to work to demasculate all of those badasses in Reno!!
BiggJim
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LOL! Sorry Reid...but that was a good read!
....Can I ask you a serious question?HAHA...to those who know.....no not that question!!!...Inside joke....... But seriously...isnt prepping this race car your full time Job? Whats taking so long? We tore down our car to the frame, freshened up what needed freshening, powder coated everything and sent it to Minneapolis a month ago. Then built a new set of panels for our V2R race Sponsor. All this with 1 guy working on it 8 hours per day.
badassmav
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ive got your answer, but no time for it now. Packaging is a main reason. One guy, only 8 hrs./day huh? That's impressive! Tell me, hows that been working out for you guys at the finish line? Ha ha! Sorry buddy, just couldn't resist. SCOREBOARD BABY!LOL! Sorry Reid...but that was a good read!
BiggJim
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Not to bad really, Times tell the tale....1st @ SS300 with 50 miles of testing and 3rd in baja with a bunch of parking lot time. Take the trail plugs out of that equation then keep on Bark'n.
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