Busted knuckle Gold rush

TBItoy · Feb 1, 2019

Zjman said:
First off it's a amazing piece of art that will undoubtedly turn heads and perform but damn Luke ya post another mans build that's their best work to date then ya critique it, I'd say ur lucky he didn't get pissed but I got his passive aggressive response. Again bad ass build

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Several of us on here have known Burkey for a long time, I'd assume he was just busting balls...

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The Luke · Feb 1, 2019

Since when are we not allowed to critique things? How many times did mcutler get told that his drivers cockpit/ pedal assembly look incredibly tight or uncomfortable? He didn't get pissed or passive aggressive about it. He explained himself, both sides were seen and we moved on to continue drooling over his rig.

I stand by it. I thought it looked one way, turned out I was wrong. I thought a weld might have been missed or was left unfinished for whatever reason. Mistakes happen. I'm man enough to admit that I was wrong and cannot fabricate to even a 1/10th of the level most of y'all can on here.
That is still one of the baddest rigs I've ever seen. And absolutely cannot wait to see what it can do.

Hopefully Jake/Matt/the bk crew dont have any hard feelings. I have an enormous amount of respect for those guys and their level of hustle.

The Luke · Feb 1, 2019

TBItoy said:
Several of us on here have known Burkey for a long time, I'd assume he was just busting balls...

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X2. That's how I took it. I wouldn't say I was close with burkey by any means. Sadly never wheeled with him. But I've known him since 2007 when I was just a mall crawler and he would give me Jeep advice from behind the parts counter at advance/O'Reillys or while making his date wait when he was welding up my shifter on Valentine's Day(in a suit).

jeeptj99 · Feb 1, 2019

Zjman said:
First off it's a amazing piece of art that will undoubtedly turn heads and perform but damn Luke ya post another mans build that's their best work to date then ya critique it, I'd say ur lucky he didn't get pissed but I got his passive aggressive response. Again bad ass build

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BustedKnucklefilms · Feb 1, 2019

I never expected things to get this crazy this fast but I am proud to be working with people who share the same passion I have for this sport.
I wouldn't trust anyone else with the Busted Knuckle Brand and am Proud to be in business with Jake and have the guys at the shop pushing the envelope.
We all went over this build and couldn't find a thing we would change, everything is methodically laid out and engineered to near perfection.

Stay tuned for the full build video and test and tune, :dblthumb:

sledneck · Feb 2, 2019

jsburkey21 said:
Way more than i bid...

I could add up timesheets but i would say 80-90 man hours. Stainless headers are tough. Magnets dont work and everything has to be back purged.

@jsburkey21 Unless you really like giving money to your local weld gas supplier check into using a product called Solar Flux. Total time and money saver for stainless exhaust work. https://solarflux.wordpress.com/ 1 can will last you years.

Bebop · Feb 2, 2019

sledneck said:
@jsburkey21 Unless you really like giving money to your local weld gas supplier check into using a product called Solar Flux. Total time and money saver for stainless exhaust work. https://solarflux.wordpress.com/ 1 can will last you years.

That's badass

jsburkey21 · Feb 2, 2019

sledneck said:
@jsburkey21 Unless you really like giving money to your local weld gas supplier check into using a product called Solar Flux. Total time and money saver for stainless exhaust work. https://solarflux.wordpress.com/ 1 can will last you years.

Man thank you. I have never heard of such a thing. Ill give it a shot and let you know how it goes. Thanks for the info!

Bumpers · Feb 2, 2019

Thats just insane amount of power in a buggy.. should be interesting :driving:

creepycrawly · Feb 3, 2019

sledneck said:
@jsburkey21 Unless you really like giving money to your local weld gas supplier check into using a product called Solar Flux. Total time and money saver for stainless exhaust work. https://solarflux.wordpress.com/ 1 can will last you years.

Quoted because this dude has some of the best looking welds I've ever seen. :****:

sledneck · Feb 4, 2019

creepycrawly said:
Quoted because this dude has some of the best looking welds I've ever seen. :****:

Thanks, you must know alot of really bad welders. ;D

money_pit_yj · Feb 4, 2019

the Instagram post about the Single piece drive shaft is classic. Even I knew what he meant and I can't build nothing. He won't get much fabricating done today cause he is going to be to busy correcting all the experts.

ridered3 · Feb 19, 2019

Progress pics?

Will this be ready for the first race in a few weeks?

Elliott · Feb 20, 2019

What was the deal about the driveshaft?

mcutler · Feb 22, 2019

To reiterate what @money_pit_yj and @1TONTJ stated; there are double the hours of actual labor spent on brain power in ways of planning, measuring, and such. Holding this here... moving that component there... standing back, sleepless nights, drinking coffee, in my case- many pall malls...

Looks great Jake and BK crew.

Hats off!

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87_bigbadzuk · Feb 27, 2019

I cant wait to see this buggy in person. For a newbie, he showed out at Texas in the attitude buggy. I was shocked he had that heavy of a foot for a noob.

BustedKnucklefilms · Mar 10, 2019

Here is the full build video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoObCK2SZS0

kmcminn · Mar 10, 2019

Heard this thing running last week. She is a bad girl.

BustedKnucklefilms · Mar 11, 2019

kmcminn said:
Heard this thing running last week. She is a bad girl.
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Despite a lot of motor issues it still finished Top 10 in it's first race.