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Re: AR-51 build
« Reply #300 on: August 03, 2019, 06:48:09 AM »
 Very well executed for sure!!
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Re: AR-51 build
« Reply #301 on: August 03, 2019, 11:07:41 AM »
very nice.
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Re: AR-51 build
« Reply #302 on: August 05, 2019, 06:07:37 AM »
Vary nice work!  Love the panels, bead work, even bypasses, wow.  In the last picture with the rear arms, will it reinforced where the cutout is in the middle?


Hell I couldn't shake you off my rear bumper last time down, this is going Scream.

GOOD POINT!  I actually have to get the 2" over stock  ear for the shock as I have 3" of shaft showing at full bump.  So I will actually use an overlay plate to cover that area up and get the strength back.  It was clearenced for the lower spring cup. 
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Re: AR-51 build
« Reply #303 on: August 05, 2019, 10:32:37 AM »
Vary nice work!  Love the panels, bead work, even bypasses, wow.  In the last picture with the rear arms, will it reinforced where the cutout is in the middle?


Hell I couldn't shake you off my rear bumper last time down, this is going Scream.

GOOD POINT!  I actually have to get the 2" over stock  ear for the shock as I have 3" of shaft showing at full bump.  So I will actually use an overlay plate to cover that area up and get the strength back.  It was clearenced for the lower spring cup.
Spring cup? On a bypass??
"There can be no divided allegiance here.  Any man who says he is an American,
but something else also, isn't an American at all.  We have room for but one
flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is
the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a
loyalty to the American people."
Theodore Roosevelt 1907

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Re: AR-51 build
« Reply #304 on: August 05, 2019, 10:50:56 AM »
Vary nice work!  Love the panels, bead work, even bypasses, wow.  In the last picture with the rear arms, will it reinforced where the cutout is in the middle?


Hell I couldn't shake you off my rear bumper last time down, this is going Scream.

GOOD POINT!  I actually have to get the 2" over stock  ear for the shock as I have 3" of shaft showing at full bump.  So I will actually use an overlay plate to cover that area up and get the strength back.  It was clearenced for the lower spring cup.
Spring cup? On a bypass??

Yep,it's the cool new fad!  HAA.  So, When I made those plates I wasn't thinking so I made them all the same. 
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Re: AR-51 build
« Reply #305 on: August 05, 2019, 11:07:03 AM »
 8) 8) :m
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but something else also, isn't an American at all.  We have room for but one
flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is
the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a
loyalty to the American people."
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Re: AR-51 build
« Reply #306 on: August 06, 2019, 06:40:48 AM »
looking good. i hope to see some video of the maiden run since your not going to make the Ls fall trip. it is a whole diff rail now!!
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Re: AR-51 build
« Reply #307 on: October 08, 2019, 08:33:57 AM »
Damn,
work just gets in the way of everything....HAA!!  In the past month or so, I have actually made progress.  I stripped everything down, rattle canned the chassis and suspension and is currently back together. 

Heck, last weekend I plugged everything in and fired it up!  She lit right up with no issues at all.  The exhaust tone has one hell of a bark to it too. 
I am taking some days off this week to extend the harness and finish up some of the details like axles, CV's and chain so that I can get it to the dunes this Sunday. 





And for the heck of it, an engine from an F-22

And an engine from an SR-71 Blackbird!!
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Re: AR-51 build
« Reply #308 on: October 08, 2019, 07:19:31 PM »
so how do you like the change in the overall look? i ask because you have made some large changes. i personally like it myself. i know hyou will enjoy the busa engine. it will be interesting to hear your thoughts on the differences between the 2 powerplants. you have made good progress! i hope you have a great day on the sand sun. on a side note, if you do choose to put a jet engine in something please post pics  rofl
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Re: AR-51 build
« Reply #309 on: October 09, 2019, 07:11:00 AM »
You are gonna love the busa.
"There can be no divided allegiance here.  Any man who says he is an American,
but something else also, isn't an American at all.  We have room for but one
flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is
the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a
loyalty to the American people."
Theodore Roosevelt 1907

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Re: AR-51 build
« Reply #310 on: October 09, 2019, 09:15:43 AM »
Got some nice bead work and relief work on some of the panels also!
"There can be no divided allegiance here.  Any man who says he is an American,
but something else also, isn't an American at all.  We have room for but one
flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is
the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a
loyalty to the American people."
Theodore Roosevelt 1907

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Re: AR-51 build
« Reply #311 on: October 22, 2019, 10:59:05 AM »
So after a couple of busy weeks, I can say that I had 2 very sucessful runs in the dunes!!  It is awesome living an hour away from Silver Lake, yeah, yeah, it's small, but it works....Sounds like conversations with the wife... rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl

Well, the only issue I had was the small bolt that holds the 930 drive flanges to the center spool keep backing out.  The first trip it backed out within 10 min.  I tightened it on the dunes and was good.  I got home to pull it apart and I couldn't get it loose..LOL  So I ran it again.  This time I ran for about an hour, flawlessly until it backed out enough to throw the chain.  No biggie, It's back home, loose so that I can now red loc tite the crap out of it.

Now onto the test run.  WOW!!  What a beast!!  It moves the car through the dunes with ease.  From a sensory standpoint it felt slow.  Not having to keep the engine up at 9 to 14K  all the time is one thing.  The low end grunt is amazing!  I can roll into the throttle and it just pulls!  And now onto the suspension......WOW.  The car is so plush and planted over the whoops!  The rear doesn't buck at all like it used to.  This is the other part of the sensory thing, it is so smooth, it feels slower.  But like they say, smooth is fast!  Just amazed that the longer wheelbase and the addition of bypasses just changed the ride.

One area, I hit a roller and the nose just lifted and wheelied the crap out of it!  Without rear brakes yet, that made me poop a little.  HAA!

I think I will get it out one more time this season before tearing it apart for paint. 
Ill post up pictures and videos later, as ive got to get to a meeting. 

Justin
 
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Re: AR-51 build
« Reply #312 on: October 22, 2019, 11:56:26 AM »
While I was there, another AR-51 was there.  Here are some really cool comparisons between the 2, from what it was to what it is.



Wheelie!!


Hitting some whoops



And some video.


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Re: AR-51 build
« Reply #313 on: October 22, 2019, 12:53:57 PM »
ear to ear grins!!!
"There can be no divided allegiance here.  Any man who says he is an American,
but something else also, isn't an American at all.  We have room for but one
flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is
the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a
loyalty to the American people."
Theodore Roosevelt 1907

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Re: AR-51 build
« Reply #314 on: October 22, 2019, 02:10:55 PM »
i am sure the ar-51 guy really liked yours. did he run with you and see the wheelies?
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