Re: Matt O's S&N Fab Buggy Updates & KOH Prep/Rebuild
Well, today was majestic. P and myself met up with John G at Gray Rock for some high speed testing. John set it up with Tony and we really appreciate it! The goal was to drive at some speed and check out how fast we can go. I really wanted to run the car HARD for several hours to check cooiling and all the other stuff. It was a success, actually 1000 times better than I thought it would be. We ran a loop from the wishing well to bents and dents about 50 times. Then we ran a lot of the XRRA course and a good bit of trails and roads at speed, but not hauling ass. John ran in front some and kicked up dust, WOW talk about hard to see!
We never had any true straight aways on flat land, but we were running around about 60 mph but had more gear and pedal to use. Rig felt great and the suspension really works for what it is. We ran in 4HI mostly 1st and 2nd gear. Did try out 4LO and find that I have a whopping top speed of 24 mph in 3rd! My co-pilot can't stomach the bumps or he drank too much. Let me out man, I gotta puke was said more than once. P drove some at speed at on the rocks to learn the rig some also. John brought the radar gun and clocked us, it was cool. Very minimal issues and no overheating for the 3 solid hours we ran the rig without shutting it off! The front sway bar came off the splines twice and we found a leaky brake line, but that was all. We are going to move the steering cooler to help airflow, new t-stat and new sender just for good measure. Overall we were very happy with how it went, and are looking forward to more testing. You teams that are not out there testing are missing out! Driving under control at speed is a lot damn harder than you might think!