Our Build thread

bigsilly · Nov 21, 2008

blacksheep10 said:
he has WAY too much. hard for me to say because acceleration is like cocaine to me. I feel you'll be tickled with what you will have.

Yeah, too much horsepower for that rig. I think what you will have Doug will be a good balance.

doug38s · Nov 22, 2008

we got a lot done today.

Mounted the tranny/tcase
flipped the intake--way easy to do. 5 minutes.
finished off the front end and got the coilovers mounted

didnt take any pics.

I'll get some when I go back over Monday.

POPS58 · Nov 24, 2008

Alright its Monday,Come Awn

doug38s · Nov 25, 2008

Just keeping ya'lls in suspense ;D

Speeding · Nov 25, 2008

I love the lines in the back...

blacksheep10 · Nov 25, 2008

chrome pan on the tranny. unstoppable :woody:

doug38s · Nov 25, 2008

you know it. just like the powerglide.

its whatever Hughes put on there.

doug38s · Dec 13, 2008

Been a couple of weeks. Had Turkey day in there , a death in the extended family and trying to get ready with Xmas as well as trying to keep the funny going on in the HILLCLIMBING thread on the PBB. Here's some updates.

Have a couple of interior bars to put in and to make the rear panhard and mount the rad and coolers in the rear.

This is the new Radiator from Custom Aluminum Radiators in Kingman, AZ. It has an oil cooler in the bottom of the rad. Has two pegs off the the bottom and we'll clamp it in on top.

Dual SPAL fan setup with shroud. This thing is beefy. You can see how well it goes together with the pairs of mount locations at each corner.

New buggy will be getting another new 12voltguy.com panel with the circuit breakers built in. I had one of his first panels and it lasted the 5 years we had our last buggy and I do have to say the quality of the units are badass.

New Reverse shifted 3.0 shorty Atlas.

Interior cockpit area. We tied the upper link mount into the center bar for strength.

We love to welcome SOLTEK LIGHTING on as one of our new sponsors for the 2009 season. Their 4" FUEGO lights are going to be killer in the dark. Keep an eye for a lot of testing soon on their new Rock Lights that are coming out. Bigelow Motorsports will be testing these and giving some serious real world feedback.

Speeding · Dec 13, 2008

Man, that thing is really coming together. Looks good... I think I've said it before but I really like the lines of the back of the chassis.

doug38s · Dec 14, 2008

thanks ricky. we have a couple of days to wrap up some small stuff next week if all the last parts get in and then break it down for final welding

blacksheep10 · Dec 14, 2008

doug38s said:
thanks ricky. we have a couple of days to wrap up some small stuff next week if all the last parts get in and then break it down for final welding

looks go'er fast'er every time I see it. I like it, and am anxious to see it on the lake bed :woody:

POPS58 · Dec 14, 2008

Lookin real good,I guess it's the brackets..................... laughing1

doug38s · Dec 14, 2008

I have had a bunch of people comment in them. Says they look real purty.

Bones · Dec 14, 2008

Looking very nice Doug, keep at it!

doug38s · Dec 28, 2008

Got a lot done here over the Christmas break. Mike and I are thinking about another good day and we'll have all the fabricating done on it. Its a roller now and sitting on its own. Its about 4 inches lower than ride height.

Bones · Dec 29, 2008

Looking good Doug. I need an update on where Team 555 is. :fish:

blacksheep10 · Dec 29, 2008

Bones said:
Looking good Doug. I need an update on where Team 555 is.

who?

Doug, you planning on going so fast that one of the smart asses doesn't ram you in the ass? that powertank just for mockup and there's really something else going there? I'd hate to see a stinger ram that thing off your rear tube.

POPS58 · Dec 29, 2008

Looking goooood,where's the horn button? :popcorn:

doug38s · Dec 30, 2008

yeah the powertank wont end up there. I just wanted to see it on there. It'll actually go on the bar directly in front of the rad. Plan is not to go fast. Plan is to keep it together to finish the race and let the cards fall where they fall.

Got some more done today and yesterday.

Mounted the tranny cooler, power steering cooler, overflow for rad, power steer res, one of the window nets. Also got the inner B pillar bars in, gussetted the front hoops, A and B pillars.

Hopefully we dont have any problems with cooling this year.

I think we are on the down hill slide now. Basically gotta mount the seat, 5 points, exhaust, GPS, Fire Estinguishers, Carrier Bearing and we can break it down for welding.