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Having a navigator/copilot/wrench turner would be a big plus. This race is going to be longer than this year, meaning there is a lot more that can/will happen. Just having someone in the car for motivation would seem to be a good thing too. You know from racing, you do not have to be the fastest to win, you have to be a survivor.
 
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Caddy. That thing can be made to peel out. I would get that SOB dialed in with some bypass air shocks or coilovers with bypass shocks and get it where you can mat it and drive. That moonbuggy will need to be changed to go fast in the whoops.

I would spend some cash on it and make it a desert racer. No reason to spend all of that money on the XRRA car when the $$ you spend on it won't help it in XXRA.

If you are going to keep the Caddy, make it a bad ass desert racer.

With a 50 mile race, maybe you would not have time to stop and change a tire, but in a race closer to 100 miles, if you don't have the spares and the tools, you are just not playing smart if you ask me. This year is a different ballgame in my opinion.
 
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As of tonite I'm leaning toward the Campbell rig. Its a simpler rig, stick with my lighter is better plan. Figured out the radiator thing today. need to build a fuel tank. Im gonna wait to get serious till after SEMA. I might get some really cool ideas there.
 
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Caddishack18 said:
As of tonite I'm leaning toward the Campbell rig. Its a simpler rig, stick with my lighter is better plan. Figured out the radiator thing today. need to build a fuel tank. Im gonna wait to get serious till after SEMA. I might get some really cool ideas there.
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Get you some pimpin bypass air shocks if you are going to run that rig. Being in the back will favor the single seat. Lots of tracks to follow.

I still think the caddy with a suspension redo for a desert bomber, maybe a 700R4 would be killer.
 
So, back to this topic.

If you are starting in the rear and there are 80 vehicles in front of you making dust, how will you drive fast and still stay on course without a co-driver?
 
I think staying on course will be fine. that wont be a problem. it'll be the endless amounts of traffice in the rocks that will brutal. going to have to pass whenever you get the chance not just laying back waiting for someone to make a mistake and then pass.
 
Well, it is hard to argue with your experience and for all of our sake, I hope it rains.

If it is normal JV conditions (dry and dusty) with a wind in your face or back in the desert it will be an issue. A big issue in my opinion.
 
wngrog said:
So, back to this topic.

If you are starting in the rear and there are 80 vehicles in front of you making dust, how will you drive fast and still stay on course without a co-driver?
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Im a pilot, I'm used to not seeing where I'm going sometimes, I use a GPS all the time. The faster I get through the dust the quicker I get in clean air!
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I see the parallels and I am surprised you dont want a set of eyes on the GPS while you concentrate on fast driving.

Dust will play into this thing huge IF it is dusty.

Oh well, my opinin and $3 will get you a cup of coffee.
 
I'm not saying that it'll be a problem if you want to sit right behind the guy and suck his ass the whole day. Move the hell over 20 ft and your out of the Dust. Most of the dust will blow either one direction not necessarily right behind the vehicle. If you cant run and track a cloud of dust and pick a line through the desert lake bed at speed then more than likely wont be in the race for long. Those dust clouds like in Randy's vid might be like that on the lake bed but for the whoops section no one will be traveling at that speed, well not least for very long, and kicking up that much dust. I hope its dusty as a muther to slow everyone down so the race will definately be in the rocks.
 
Granted, I have never seen silt at the Hammers, but with 91 rigs leaving in front of you if could happen.

Take a look at this video at the 47 second mark, and tell me how you would drive that without a co-driver.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBt0YsiUQXU
 
my gut feeling would be to say that there isnt anything like that there. with being said most guys will be running in 4wd high not kicking up that much dust/silt liek they are in 2wd but if it did happen and we were that close together racing hard i would be hauling butt right to the left closest to the screen where the people are standing. that small portion of a race you'd just have to deal with it.
 
Doug you posted while I was watching the vid! I was thinking the same thing, why would I follow anyone. Its a huge desert do something different! Circle track racing I always did the opposite of the guy I was racing when in lap traffic. Im guessing the powder was an exception to the rule on the vid, I was saying to myself that I would not drive there, thats bad. It hard to pass when you are following! I dont know what a spotter would do for me in that crap anyway, unless he has a braille GPS! It all good, keep the ideas rolling!
 
It is a huge desert, but you have to stay on track to stay on course.


Caddishack18 said:
Doug you posted while I was watching the vid! I was thinking the same thing, why would I follow anyone. Its a huge desert do something different! Circle track racing I always did the opposite of the guy I was racing when in lap traffic. Im guessing the powder was an exception to the rule on the vid, I was saying to myself that I would not drive there, thats bad. It hard to pass when you are following! I dont know what a spotter would do for me in that crap anyway, unless he has a braille GPS! It all good, keep the ideas rolling!
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best evidence of following the course but not follwing the traffic is the beginning of the KOH movie watchin shannon track the guys in front of him going across the lakebed. somewhat on course but making the best time.
 

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