Atom Smasher

[CoraC143]

I made a logo for you and your donations to the 4x4-101 event. You can use it if you like. It\'s kinda small and would only be good for letterhead or business cards.

[ollllllo]

looks cool!
thanks for the donations to the raffle Ryan!

[Ryan_25]

Happy to help out.

[smichaelR22]

Atom did very well this weekend.  whats next on it?  :)

[Ryan_25]

Atom has been doing very well the last couple months. I upgraded the front drive shaft to a custom build one from HAD. I changed the rear output of the t-case to accept a 1310 joint, and got rid of the very very small Samurai joint. ALso made a double wall mid shaft to eliminate all the parts that kept breaking.


This happened after a pretty hard roll.


After watching Smike in the last RcRocs race I decided that it would be a good idea to spend a bunch of money and try racing.

I ordered a t3/t4 turbo for the little 1.6l motor and plan to put it on and go really really fast. :-)

The next couple weeks will be late nights and long weekends getting it legal for racing. Firewalls and window nets are a requirement. The turbo swap will take the longest, so anyone that wants to help let me know.

I will be running alone, no co-driver. I dont have enough room in the buggy to have another person and tools.

My goal is to have it done by October 12 for the race on the 16th.

[smichaelR22]

awesome- let me know if you need any help.  i have time until needed parts come in....

[etk300ex]

Go or it!  Hopefully sling comes off 10-4 so I should be around.

[MrMindless]

I\'m in for work nights too.

The week before the race will be really bad for me but the rest of this week, and the week after, should be pretty normal.  you know how to reach me :)

[carchameleon]

i\'m in when i\'m not working

[Ryan_25]

Looks like tomorrow (Sunday) will be a good day to do some work on Atom. Anyone want to help out?

[Ryan_25]

Now that winter is coming I am planning some upgrades to this machine.

I am swapping in a 2.0 Suzuki motor out of a wrecked 1999 Chevy tracker. I bout the whole truck for less than I could find a good motor for. Thanks to Mindless for picking up for me.

I will keep the turbo and us it on the new motor.

I am going to use a stand alone engine managment system called MegaSquirt. http://ms3efi.com/

I have found a local guy that is a MS guru and has a chassis Dyno (in Honeyoe). He will help me in tuning the MS and motor when i get it all installed.

I am hoping for around 160 hp with the new set-up.

Ditching propane and going to gas.

Also planning on doing some shock tuning and air bumps this winter. And some new axle shafts, if I have any money left. :-)

[Ryan_25]

Datalogging on a SD card is the coolest part. I think anyway.

[smichaelR22]

go atom.  9\"s and 39\'s yet?

[Ryan_25]

I would swap in a rear 9\" out of an early Bronco. But custom 9s are too much for this winter. Some chromo shaft in the front like Cora has would be great.

I really really like my tires so I am going to run them for a while. BFG Krawlers have too many sidewall failures and KRTs are too much coin.

[Ryan_25]

It was a great season of wheeling, I learned a lot about driving and what my buggy could do. And a lot about what it could not do. I am lacking power, hill climbs are not possible with this thing. If its wet and I need wheel speed then it just wont do it.

SO I started the tear down yesterday. I cut out all the tube I welded in for the propane tank and cage around it.



Then tonight I started to get the motor ready to come out.



All I have left to do is unbolt it and pull it out.