ECORS Race VX

[Triathlete]

Triple bypass's!

[Buffy]

Oh yea!!! Now we're talking...... Shock porn!!

[vt_maverick]

Next up is a full roll cage, for obvious reasons. I had fuel issues all day where the truck would shut down when the RPMs got high. I will be swapping out the gas tank for a much better one and maybe having some injectors cleaned and tested. Actually the tank will be from VT_Mavericks old VX and the drive shafts are from it too. So his old VX is living on in my race truck. We are trying to come up with some suspension mods to take the bumps better. It is a work in progress. As you have seen the bumper can reall take a beating!

Lol... never imagined my parts would end up in a race truck. But glad to hear she's still putting smiles on people's faces even in the afterlife.

[Buffy]

Never knew she was an organ donor did ya! And everything was in excellent low mileage shape too..... imagine that!

[SlowPro48]

looking into installing longer travel shocks

Are shocks the travel-limiting component?

You know, after I pecked out that message about changing the shims it occurred to me that since you need to increase both rebound and compression damping, you could just go with a thicker shock oil...

[Triathlete]

Scrap the tbars and set up some coilovers!

[Buffy]

I am getting ready to start my second season racing ECORS. The last race of the season beat the VX to an inch of its life! Totally destroyed the passenger side, bent the passenger side frame, almost lost the rear bumper and tore the farelead off the front bumper.

I was tired of getting lapped by Jeeps, Sammies, etc... the IFS just didn't have enough travel to take the abuse. So... out it came and in goes a Dana 44 with 5.38s and ARBs front and rear. I am still in the mock up stage but this thing is going to be a beast. I will be running RaceLine beadlocks and 35x12.50x17 tires. So here's some pictures.....

Mocking everything in place. Ths suspension is in full compression here.





Love the size of this tire/rim combo.... these are just mock up tires but the races tires will be the same size as these....





More pictures and posts to follow. I have lots of work to be done by the first race March 24th!

[Hatfield]

That is awesome!

How's the oil pan clearance with the D44?

[Buffy]

It has plenty of clearance. It actually looks like it should have come stock with the solid axle in it. I was very pleased with how everything lined up. Like I indicated ealier the pictures are of the suspension in maximum compression and I still have 4 or 5 inches of clearance for the oil pan. The steering will be the real trick.... to be determined!

[Hatfield]

I'm glad to hear that about oil pan clearance. You know there's always full hydro

What are you doing for transmission, 4l30e?

[glenngw3]

Hey Buffy, were are you racing. I live in Lexington and would like to check it out. Thanks

[Buffy]

I am going to be converting to the AR5 manual trans. Oh I've been researching full hydro but for now the cost is getting out of reach of my budget. The system I would want is 1.75 turns lock to lock but costs around 3k. But I may do a hydro assist system. Going to be mapping the steering out tonight, I hope!

This year we will be in TN, AL, Marion, NC, possibly GA or KY. Should beat interesting season. I'm interested in how the truck will handle with 5:38 gears and ARBs front and rear. Oh and 35s on beadlocks! Can't wait to try out the improvements.

[Hatfield]

Got any updates?

[ZEUS]

I knew VX builds were going to get more interesting!! Is that a wide-track Wagoneer 44? Think you might have to go for cross-over steering? Keep the updates comin!

[EVO]

You are simply AWESOME!!! Holy FLYING VEHICROSS!!!