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Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:52 pm

:D

Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:06 pm

Drove the MANX out to our OC/SoCal Buggy Breakfast.......... :D :D

Sun Jan 29, 2012 2:30 pm

took the gas tank out last week to eyeball the front steering. found all kinds of green acres engineering in the wiring in the process.

cleaned all that nasty wiring up yesterday and put the tank back in today

Sun Jan 29, 2012 2:37 pm

took my baja out to Speedworld Raceway in Surprise, AZ to run their new stadium style short course track. was a muddy mess at first but turned out to be a lot of fun!

http://youtu.be/wQaCHqsPCzY?hd=1

Sun Jan 29, 2012 4:58 pm

Got this:
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To look like this:
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First one I've ever done. Had a few trials but all in all, not too bad. Can't wait to finish and hear it run! :lol:

Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:14 pm

I'm getting nothin' but boxes with photo deleted ^^^

I haven't touched mine in quite awhile. I bought a DRZ400s back in Aug and have sunk all my time and money playing with that. i do plan on getting back to the baja very soon though.

Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:47 pm

Need to fix the photobucket!!!!!!!!!!!! Please.... :wink:
I want to see the pix..

Mike

Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:50 pm

Walked past the race car probably 6 times today..
Taking out the trash and recycle stuff..
Waiting for good weather to play..

Mike

Sat Feb 04, 2012 7:36 pm

Fixed pics. Sorry for the bad post. Still learning.

Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:28 pm

Larry, do you have pics of how you carry your boards? I use a soft top roof rack, but i cant carry my 10'6" b/c the roof rack pads can only be about 3 feet apart and that makes the surfboard move around too much.

Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:37 pm

I went through and adjusted all my brakes, pulled one side apart and replaces a leaking pushrod tube seal(springloaded alum tubes), and built a new ashtray cover, then installed a few additional custom touches. When I put heat back in my car the ashtray liner, ashtray, and ashtray cover were MIA. I had the opening in the dash covered with black duct tape, and hated it. The thing I started to do was make a cover for the hole, but was not happy with the way things were going so I sourced an ashtray housing/liner and ashtray, then custom built this cover, and decided to follow the theme somewhat.

Horn button

Shift knob

Aircleaner cover

Sun Feb 05, 2012 3:01 pm

No actual work done to it today. However, I contacted tweeds about a shipping quote for some lift spindles...time to raise the front.

Sun Feb 05, 2012 4:29 pm

Rebuilt carb and trimmed decklid :)

Sun Feb 05, 2012 6:07 pm

Finally installed the heat box sleds, ceramic coated heater boxes, one CV boot, and mock up of Baja stinger Sat & Sun. Gotta weld the exhaust together yet then paint it. Also drilled engine cage and skid plate for stainless carriage bolts. I was using U bolts which got to be a pain to remove for engine work.

Thu Mar 08, 2012 10:50 pm

Wow, no one has cracked this thread in days. Well, I'll do it.

I added a few more bars to my 3/4" conduit roof rack. im impressed with its strength. Before the extra bars it held all 190lbs of me.
So, since i am going on a camping trip and need a place to carry my spare tire, i added some more bars. i figured that since the 40lbs tire (thats a guess) would be on the car, which is bouncing around, it would need a bit more support. I also need to make a top hoop before i leave, but that means i need to rent a conduit bender again...lame.

Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:30 am

larryvance66 wrote: Fixed pics. Sorry for the bad post. Still learning.
I have yet to figure out how to post photos... :cry:

Mike

Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:35 am

No rain or snow so I pushed the car out of hibernation, pulled the plugs, hooked up the battery and double checked my work on the electrical I did thru winter, ran the starter, got good oil pressure, screwed plugs back in and fired it up. Short drive down the driveway and back and ran out of fuel. The put it back to bed.

Mike

Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:56 pm

New discs on front with 2 reservoir m/c. Man I love the stopping power. Plugs, valves set, and changed the oil. Ready for summertime.
Forgot, both new outside door handles. I like being able to lock it now and know I can get back in it. Also, 2 new 30 inch rear tires. Gave it a perfect stance, in my opinion. And, I am the one that counts. Had 28.5 and those were too short.
Dan

Fri Mar 09, 2012 2:12 pm

Few more boxes of parts. Haven't done anything to it yet. But it looks like the cutting starts tomorrow

Fri Mar 09, 2012 4:51 pm

FINALLY finished the stinger exhaust. 8) :roll: Also installed new ceramic coated heat exchangers and lower tins (sleds).
Boys she sure sounds damn good!