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:devil2: yep, make no mistake about it wild is the word! not to make excuses, but there might have been some alcohol involved w/ that text book pit maneuver. some of us double up w/ kids in these raises meaning that some parents race adult and their kids race the same machines in the kids...

:devil2: vid! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKtiLSpYILo&t=142s

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:devil2: FOLLOW UP because december is the busiest month for the shop, updating the thread from the last post til now has been impossible between assembling and selling new units and in whatever spare time there was to finish this for the dec 31st race. so here are the missing photos

Posting from my phone from the race track, machine is done but it does need some work. Actually finished it and fired it up on the trailer before practice. Here's some pics hopefully this qualifies. I'll follow up with the progress pics and some video as soon as get home and have a chance.

:devil2: oh, the paint is rustoleum ultra high heat

:devil2: yes, i sell a lot of gy6 buggy exhausts. i use a JD2 bender.

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:devil2: well i havent had a chance to post in a while, been a little busy. new units being delivered to the shop for christmas and just got back from a cruise with the wife. in the meantime been whittling away at the project. remounted the rack to get a more correct steering geometry, finished...

:devil2: well it pays to keep stuff laying around, like this partial crossfire front end clip. this helped so my father n law could grind on the frame. got the spindles done, just need to get some heims in for the tie rods and the front should be done. the spindles started out as joyner 250...

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:devil2: pulled out my crosshammer 250 project and knocked one side of the front end off along w/ the stock crossfire arms to get a point of reference and find that happy medium of where i wanted to be. today i start on the spindles

:devil2: not much to report, the shop's been busy over the weekend and i am waiting on some parts to start the front end. but i did get a few minutes and figured i'd knock the belly pan out.

:devil2: well got a few nibbles done tonight. trying to get the chassis done so i can move to the front end which i am still pondering how much fab i want to do vs using stock. i know i am using a different rack which means different tie rods so i'll have to think about it. in the meantime i...

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:devil2: finished up the pedals! i bought to sticks of 1/4" rod thinking to bake both a brake rod and throttle rod but only ended up making the throttle rod and using the original brake rod to save myself a little time. i had to center the pedals but i wanted the rods as outboard as possible so...

:devil2: got a start on the throttle set up today. hopefully both sides will be done by tomorrow.