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Matt O's Ultra4 Buggy - EOR Racing #4462
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<blockquote data-quote="BamaTJ" data-source="post: 146043" data-attributes="member: 2"><p><strong>Re: Matt O's Ultra4 Buggy & EOR Upgrades</strong></p><p></p><p>I am sure not many care, but for those that do here is where we are. I was off this past week and it was race prep week. Thanks a lot to my co-driver, Jamie Marsh, for all his help this week and sacrificing his week off to do race prep. We got everything done that we had planned. All we lack is getting my knuckle back from the machine shop (broken hi steer bolt extraction), rear semi-float brake brackets from BTF to put the rear end back together, new front driveshaft, bolt on pumper/hoses, mount/wire HID's, wire GPS and mount a few spares on the rig. </p><p></p><p>The big project this past week was the TC install in the tranny. The tranny is a pain to get to and even sliding it back a few inches proved to be a very hard job. PTC had problems getting us the right converter to match our flywheel pattern. After the 2nd TC didn't work, we gave up a half day and drove up to Muscle Shoals to make sure we got one that worked. Luckily they had what we needed in stock they had just not seen a wide pattern TH400 working with a 6.0.</p><p></p><p>Here are a few pics of how it sits currently. I was really impressed with the quality of the Griffin Fluid Cooler for the trans. Also I had never worked with steel braided hose before, but I had to use it for my oil filter lines as the push lock was melting due to exhaust heat. After working with steel braided I will never mess with push lock again. Jamie and I are looking forward to KOH in a little over a month. </p><p></p><p>[attachment deleted by admin]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BamaTJ, post: 146043, member: 2"] [b]Re: Matt O's Ultra4 Buggy & EOR Upgrades[/b] I am sure not many care, but for those that do here is where we are. I was off this past week and it was race prep week. Thanks a lot to my co-driver, Jamie Marsh, for all his help this week and sacrificing his week off to do race prep. We got everything done that we had planned. All we lack is getting my knuckle back from the machine shop (broken hi steer bolt extraction), rear semi-float brake brackets from BTF to put the rear end back together, new front driveshaft, bolt on pumper/hoses, mount/wire HID's, wire GPS and mount a few spares on the rig. The big project this past week was the TC install in the tranny. The tranny is a pain to get to and even sliding it back a few inches proved to be a very hard job. PTC had problems getting us the right converter to match our flywheel pattern. After the 2nd TC didn't work, we gave up a half day and drove up to Muscle Shoals to make sure we got one that worked. Luckily they had what we needed in stock they had just not seen a wide pattern TH400 working with a 6.0. Here are a few pics of how it sits currently. I was really impressed with the quality of the Griffin Fluid Cooler for the trans. Also I had never worked with steel braided hose before, but I had to use it for my oil filter lines as the push lock was melting due to exhaust heat. After working with steel braided I will never mess with push lock again. Jamie and I are looking forward to KOH in a little over a month. [attachment deleted by admin] [/QUOTE]
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