Project "Secret Squirrel"

SUPAFLY · Dec 12, 2007

Looks like that tailpipe is about to arc that battery!

crash2 · Dec 12, 2007

SUPAFLY said:
Looks like that tailpipe is about to arc that battery!

Its funny how pics can throw a perspective off. Kinda like that crazzy hill you climb--look at the pics and everybody goes--that looked easy,lol...

Jeepless · Dec 13, 2007

I will be the first one to admit the deception, it clears everything...almost but I believe we have that remeded or will have shortly It is pretty surprising how many things will fit under a sami....:awesomework:

hwcurtice · Dec 13, 2007

Name for this rig:

I mean besides 'Secret Squirrel'.

Suzuki main body. Tacoma Motor. Frame by Crash.

Should be something to combine here that makes sense....

Or maybe I should just go back to basketweaving....

Not Jobless · Dec 13, 2007

hwcurtice said:
Or maybe I should just go back to basketweaving....

:awesomework:

crash2 · Dec 14, 2007

Ok so I got all the shifters popped into place for good and figured I would bleed the clutch again and adjust the rod since the clutch had gotten worse and you almost had to bend the floor pushing it to try and release it..

Well this is where I found the very first problem with the rig--and thank goodness it was now.. And apon looking at it I can see why.

You can see how the arm twisted/bent and I went and looked at a toy arm and yup--the zook is just too thin since the clutch pressure felt very normal so I know it was not due to anything binding up..

So I went ahead and re-worked it back into place..

I looked at a couple different options for fixing the problem--the first being just adding some flatbar/strap it to add thickness. Well I decided to just gusset it down to the platform I made to go over to the clutch rod. Once I did that I put some force against it and it wouldn't bend unlike when I re-worked it back into place--that was quite easy..

So I threw some paint on it and will toss it back into the rig tommorow.

crash2 · Dec 14, 2007

And whipped out some shock hoops---so once I get some shocks I will be all set to finish the front....

Jeepless · Dec 14, 2007

Good save on the Clutch peddle! Is that Light I see?:awesomework:

skrause · Dec 14, 2007

Jeepless said:
Good save on the Clutch peddle! Is that Light I see?:awesomework:

Freight train. :awesomework: :haha:

crash2 · Dec 14, 2007

tick tock tick tock---that day draws closer :awesomework:

tj40ounce · Dec 14, 2007

As many have said... Great work Crash!

Time to make the jump and do your own thing full time mang!!!

Eric · Dec 16, 2007

So where are the pics of it on a trail?

I wish it was mine :awesomework:

crash2 · Dec 17, 2007

So it has been onme heck of a week--totaly nuts with alot of late nights..

So--I finally got thje shocks all done on the front..

And these are skyjacker nitros which I have used on a # of rigs--including mine back when I had leafs....

crash2 · Dec 17, 2007

The winch rope finally came in so I had jack throw that on while he was at the shop---He was like a kid who just got 5lbs of candy,lol..

So at this point it was time to clean up the small stuff. One thing I never did was finish hooking the tach wire from the ecm to the cluster. I can't tell if the tack is whacky or I need to do some reading on the signal difference from the toy to the zook tach signal. The tack is bouncy and doesn't seem to go above 2500 when I know it really is...

I also got the brakes fully bled and went out and did some hot laps--well wholy CRAP---this thing stops like you wouldn't belive--I was fully impressed..

I also had to tweek the clutch pedal assy one more time. I ended up having to cut off the tab that the clutch rod hooks too--it was too short and when the clutch was fully compressed the rod was at a VERY bad angle..