GenRight's King of The Hammers Prep

GenRight Off Road · Dec 18, 2014

We're just more than 6 weeks out from KoH. We have been working on our new car for months and it's finally coming together. It's really amazing to see the level of detail that goes into an Ultra4 car. These things have to do triple digits across the desert and tackle the hardest trails Johnson Valley has to offer. I'll try to highlight some of those details in this thread going forward.

Historically, Tony's strength has been in his preparation. He's behind this year. I know he would have loved to have had the car done months ago so he could be out testing and prerunning. The decision to build a new car was made late and the whole cycle has been off.

here's some pics from the car's debut at SEMA:

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John Currie and Tony Pellegrino discussing the car:

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You can see some of the rear suspension here:

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Big TBM Brakes:

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To slow down this motor:

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So here are a few pics of where we're at now.

This is the Head Wizard Darren. I don't think anyone wants to count how many hours he has in on this new car!

Stay tuned for more updates. I know I'm ready to get out to the lakebed!

clemsonjeep · Dec 18, 2014

What is that we're looking at in the photo captioned..."to slow down this motor" ?

GenRight Off Road · Dec 18, 2014

clemsonjeep said:
What is that we're looking at in the photo captioned..."to slow down this motor" ?

The previous pic is captioned "Big TBM Barkes.."

kushKrawlin · Dec 18, 2014

clemsonjeep said:
What is that we're looking at in the photo captioned..."to slow down this motor" ?

About $1000 in AN fittings :dunno:

One things for sure, when or lose they will look really good doing it.

patooyee · Dec 18, 2014

Someone explain to me what is going on with those big belt driven pumps with all those AN fittings? Are they stacked pumps? Oil? Fuel? Hydraulic?

clemsonjeep · Dec 18, 2014

Yeah that black thing is what i was wondering about. Gotta be something special to get all that AN love thrown at it.

patooyee · Dec 18, 2014

I see it on lots of high end engines. One guy on Pirate was using something that looked similar as a combined oil cooler / hydraulic setup I think. That's what makes me think its stacked pumps. Also explains the multiple inlets and outlets so as not to mix fluids. I know you can buy industrial gear pumps that stack like that for heavy equipment but its not all bling like that. Also the cogged belt since running that many pumps on one smooth groove pulley just ain't going to happen.

outlaw yota · Dec 18, 2014

it is a drysump oil pump!looking good!!!!!!!

patooyee · Dec 18, 2014

outlaw yota said:
it is a drysump oil pump!looking good!!!!!!!

Why does it need so many fittings? And why so firggen huge if all it has to do is pump oil?

bjeep · Dec 18, 2014

The fittings on the bottom suck oil from places in the engine.
The top is the feed out. There is very little if any oil in the pan.
Circle track stuff.

patooyee · Dec 18, 2014

So is that one pump or multiple stacked pumps?

throttlejunkie · Dec 18, 2014

Found this

mdo817 · Dec 18, 2014

The amount of fittings on the pump are the same as the oil pan, so dry sump with plenty of oil supply lines is my guess.

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bjeep · Dec 18, 2014

patooyee said:
So is that one pump or multiple stacked pumps?

It is a five stage dry sump pump. Each stage sucks oil.

throttlejunkie · Dec 18, 2014

Stacked yes. Scavenging inlets, pressure outlets. Multiple pumps on a common drive.

patooyee · Dec 18, 2014

Crazy how few bends are in that chassis. You could have rented a bender for half a day to get the tubes you needed for it.

clemsonjeep · Dec 18, 2014

Thats a sweet setup...never seen one up close like that.

patooyee said:
Crazy how few bends are in that chassis. You could have rented a bender for half a day to get the tubes you needed for it.

Strength...and ease of replication in the event of damage!

patooyee · Dec 18, 2014

clemsonjeep said:
Thats a sweet setup...never seen one up close like that.

Strength...and ease of replication in the event of damage!

I know. Kind of makes me wonder WTF I waste so much time on my roller / bender.

xjpaddler · Dec 19, 2014

I really like the lower subframe on it! All link mounts laid out and burnt into the plates. Really wish i knew more about autocad- solidworks- and bend tech.