The sand car

75K30 · 12-19-2007, 12:09 PM

I know it is not 4wd, but does apply to off-road.
As some of you know, I love to build stuff, and my latest project was ruined on my last trip. Had a good time in the Dyno room, but I blew up the LS engine that I was building over the last season. Something about way tooooooo much nitrous, and not enough fuel. All I can say, is ARP fasteners are super strong, and aluminum heads are really rather soft. Amazing how many parts were stuck in the combustion chambers.
Ran good for a while, and ran really well just before the very expensive engine turned into a grenade. Very bad noises, that I will never get out of my head. Heard that thing coming aprt through my headset. Must have been really loud.
Started off with just breaking the trans, then I stepped up the boost on the turbos, and went for broke, well broke is what she did.
Gonna need a better fuel management system.
As some of you know, I have been burning the midnight oil trying to get the car back together, and I had to go back to the Caddy engine. Not much power (compared to the stroker LS) but she gets the job done. I have to work and make a lliving during the day, so I can only find time to wrench on my own junk at night, sometimes really really late at night, but all has just about paid off.
Gonna load her up and head off for Glamis. Man I love that place.
Let me know what y'all think of the old girl.

mudseeker · 12-19-2007, 02:50 PM

i'd be glad to help you out by adopting some of your old forgotten projects. lol

75K30 · 12-19-2007, 03:16 PM

Have a few laying around, just need more time to play. Darn work keeps getting in the way, lol.

436'd skylark · 12-19-2007, 03:51 PM

wild looking ride. probably pretty fast too, can't weight much does it?

75K30 · 12-19-2007, 05:10 PM

No man it does not weigh anything at all. Has no troubles moving along.
This little engine made a bit over 630 hp's without the sauce. I hit her with three stages (about another 300) and she moves out fairly well.
The twin turbo LS engine was a real rocket, but I broke it.
Can run this one around 100 mph over fairly rough ground, but she really likes the hills. Long and steep is where she really likes to run.
Good times.

mrjohnwayne · 12-27-2007, 12:34 PM

2 Words. Action shots!!! Sweet looking rig man!

72'CaminoKid · 12-27-2007, 06:30 PM

i heard that rig was gonna be in transformers 2

75K30 · 12-27-2007, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrjohnwayne

2 Words. Action shots!!! Sweet looking rig man!

Will shoot some vids for you when it goes out for the New Year.
Trying to get a decent in car shot is tough, even the stabilization built into the camera is not enough to get a good idea of the acceleration, just gets kinda fuzzy, and the dunes are so big, that there is not much to gauge a reference for speed, other than maybe the Tach. That goes up pretty quickly, even when I am slammin gears as fast as I can.

72'CaminoKid · 12-27-2007, 08:22 PM

you're a good fabricator, make yourself upa little gizmo to hold the cam with some springs mounted that will help absorb alot of the shock and what not.

crabtruck · 12-27-2007, 08:49 PM

Or leave a friend with a camera on a nearby hill...

12-19-2007, 12:09 PM	#1
75K30 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,628	The sand car I know it is not 4wd, but does apply to off-road. As some of you know, I love to build stuff, and my latest project was ruined on my last trip. Had a good time in the Dyno room, but I blew up the LS engine that I was building over the last season. Something about way tooooooo much nitrous, and not enough fuel. All I can say, is ARP fasteners are super strong, and aluminum heads are really rather soft. Amazing how many parts were stuck in the combustion chambers. Ran good for a while, and ran really well just before the very expensive engine turned into a grenade. Very bad noises, that I will never get out of my head. Heard that thing coming aprt through my headset. Must have been really loud. Started off with just breaking the trans, then I stepped up the boost on the turbos, and went for broke, well broke is what she did. Gonna need a better fuel management system. As some of you know, I have been burning the midnight oil trying to get the car back together, and I had to go back to the Caddy engine. Not much power (compared to the stroker LS) but she gets the job done. I have to work and make a lliving during the day, so I can only find time to wrench on my own junk at night, sometimes really really late at night, but all has just about paid off. Gonna load her up and head off for Glamis. Man I love that place. Let me know what y'all think of the old girl. Attached Thumbnails

12-19-2007, 02:50 PM	#2
mudseeker mod-o-tator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: michigan Posts: 4,508	i'd be glad to help you out by adopting some of your old forgotten projects. lol __________________ member map add yourself alldatadiy why is it, when i push one for english, i still can't understand the person on the other end?

12-19-2007, 03:51 PM	#4
436'd skylark Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Buffalo Ny Posts: 620	wild looking ride. probably pretty fast too, can't weight much does it? __________________ Joe 89 K2500 Chevy, Wee-Oh-five 285K miles, completly rebuilt needs a motor, bad 1962 IHC Scout All Wheel Drive (Scout speak for locking axles) 152 ci, dana everything else

12-27-2007, 12:34 PM	#6
mrjohnwayne Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 3,220	2 Words. Action shots!!! Sweet looking rig man! __________________ John Wayne 2000 F-350 7.3L Powerstroke 4x4

12-27-2007, 06:30 PM	#7
72'CaminoKid Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,329	i heard that rig was gonna be in transformers 2 __________________ 99 suburban xlt 96 silverado 91 wrangler (my baby ) 08 Honday shadow 750 (my mistress)

12-19-2007, 03:16 PM	#3
75K30 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,628	Have a few laying around, just need more time to play. Darn work keeps getting in the way, lol.

12-19-2007, 05:10 PM	#5
75K30 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,628	No man it does not weigh anything at all. Has no troubles moving along. This little engine made a bit over 630 hp's without the sauce. I hit her with three stages (about another 300) and she moves out fairly well. The twin turbo LS engine was a real rocket, but I broke it. Can run this one around 100 mph over fairly rough ground, but she really likes the hills. Long and steep is where she really likes to run. Good times.

12-27-2007, 08:22 PM	#9
72'CaminoKid Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,329	you're a good fabricator, make yourself upa little gizmo to hold the cam with some springs mounted that will help absorb alot of the shock and what not. __________________ 99 suburban xlt 96 silverado 91 wrangler (my baby ) 08 Honday shadow 750 (my mistress)

12-27-2007, 08:49 PM	#10
crabtruck Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,474	Or leave a friend with a camera on a nearby hill...

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