Got the short course racing itch?...

Dylan W. said:
I think he's saying that weather it's the door trim or the door bars..it's still occupying the space that his shoulders need. In other words, I think his door needs to be wider than anyone else..which I think would be just fine if he had it fabbed up to fit him.
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Nah no custom doors here...seat position will fix it.

Now to see if I can get me big ass in and out of a Ranger window...

I was under the mis-impression that the doors could be replaced with door bars only...this changes my ideas a bit
 
Stuntman Autoworks said:
No Ron you cut the inner part of the door out so you can put the door bars "inside" the door and keep the seat in its original position.
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Thats just it.
I cant fit inside a ranger with the stock door and a Mastercraft suspension seat without in boarding the seat 4-5" inches BEFORE we add door bars.

Still plan to check other seats but had one in the garage ready to test fit so I did.
 
I cant wait to show yall my red necking skills! I bought a truck with half a tank of gas in it and we've been tooling around most of the day. Just up and down the dirt road. I've been letting anyone who would, drive it some to burn out some fuel before the tank gets dropped.

I will admit..there's not much fun to be had with an open diffed two wheel drive on a narrow dirt road. We played with the e-brake some, but it's too hard to unlock, to have much fun with.(fun factor will increase 10 fold when the diff gets welded)

So I took it up to the black top to see if I could make some black marks. Saw my buddy outside with his kids...(he's a sherrifs deputy) so I thought I'd just pull up and say hello. Actually, he's a cool guy and is crazy as the rest of us, so I told him what I was up to and pointed out that he was ,in fact, ''off duty'' and that I was ,in fact, about to do some smokey burnouts. He was cool with it as long as I bought some girl scout cookies from his kiddo. So a box of thin mints and a box of peanut butter cookies later....I had a few onlookers!

Until the video shows up...all I can say is 4 banger smoke show baby! It was so bad..err I mean good, that even the cops had to get out of there, before the cops got there!:popcorn: yeah,as my wife said...... I took it up to idiot level.
 
Ron said:
Nah no custom doors here...seat position will fix it.

Now to see if I can get me big ass in and out of a Ranger window...

I was under the mis-impression that the doors could be replaced with door bars only...this changes my ideas a bit
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All that should be between you and the fender on the truck next to you is 3 door bars a a thin pc. of sheet metal aka door skin.
 
Ron, I won't let that damn door keep you off the track. If you can't figure it out, bring it to my house one weekend after this Jeep is done.

I'll up size the 3d scale on that bitch.
 
Dynamite Design said:
Ron, I won't let that damn door keep you off the track. If you can't figure it out, bring it to my house one weekend after this Jeep is done.

I'll up size the 3d scale on that bitch.
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uhhh...bro lite bad ass build thread?
Ill buy all the parts and consumables?...wait Ive seen your love of LOOOOOOONG welds...Ill buy the parts and a reasonable amount of consumables..:flipoff2:

but like...seriously?
 
Ron said:
but like...seriously?
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I was thinking flux core, super glue and duct tape.... But yeah, hell yeah! Not gonna let something like that hold back someone that wants to race. I'm not any good at business anyway. I just want to have fun again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Dynamite Design said:
Mainly just so I can leave your ass in the dust.... :flipoff2: :beer:
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This!! except not just Ron..My list is much longer..no one is safe.

That and the fact that the races will be waay shorter than an ecors race,so no real need to ''try to save till the end'' we're gonna let the ruff sides drag and rip it up for x number of laps, then park..laugh our tails off, then repeat...hopefully every month or more!
 
The first race team I traveled with was a pro-lite short course Ranger, in the CORR series. 3 or 4 races a day with prep in between.... I'm pumped.

Ron will fit through the window.
 
Ron said:
Thats just it.
I cant fit inside a ranger with the stock door and a Mastercraft suspension seat without in boarding the seat 4-5" inches BEFORE we add door bars.

Still plan to check other seats but had one in the garage ready to test fit so I did.
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Oh i get what your saying now.
 
Ron said:
Thats just it.
I cant fit inside a ranger with the stock door and a Mastercraft suspension seat without in boarding the seat 4-5" inches BEFORE we add door bars.

Still plan to check other seats but had one in the garage ready to test fit so I did.
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Well if you need to inboard the seat why not just move the steering wheel with the seat so you stay lined up with it?
 
If I can ever get my circle track car built, and get some cash freed up, I am so building one of these! Read this whole thread today, and truly am interested. Can't wait to see some tracks and real races come together.
 
Ron said:
Thats just it.
I cant fit inside a ranger with the stock door and a Mastercraft suspension seat without in boarding the seat 4-5" inches BEFORE we add door bars.

Still plan to check other seats but had one in the garage ready to test fit so I did.
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The ones I have seen cut the skin off the door and bolted it to the cab. The door bars ended up where door innards would have been.
 
shawn said:
The ones I have seen cut the skin off the door and bolted it to the cab. The door bars ended up where door innards would have been.
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thats what I was thinking. the door tube bars should be thinner than teh stock door, plus no handles etc getting in the way.
 
RatLabGuy said:
thats what I was thinking. the door tube bars should be thinner than teh stock door, plus no handles etc getting in the way.
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Yeah, the door is about 4" thick. Push the door bars as far outboard as you can, and the cab actually gets wider.
 
Does it even require the door bars be "inside"? or even factory-looking doors?
A lot of the guys at Line Mountain run side bars that go outward from the A-pillar about 4" then curve back to meet the B-pillar in a sort of hoop. Just skin that.
 
RatLabGuy said:
Does it even require the door bars be "inside"? or even factory-looking doors?
A lot of the guys at Line Mountain run side bars that go outward from the A-pillar about 4" then curve back to meet the B-pillar in a sort of hoop. Just skin that.
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I think we're talking about the same thing.

Then you cut the skin off of a factory door and bolt/weld/etc it to the cab to give the appearance of factory sheetmetal.
 
shawn said:
I think we're talking about the same thing.

Then you cut the skin off of a factory door and bolt/weld/etc it to the cab to give the appearance of factory sheetmetal.
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I think Dave is talking about the way I originally intended. The door bars actually bowing out several inches proud of the body lines
 
Ron said:
I think Dave is talking about the way I originally intended. The door bars actually bowing out several inches proud of the body lines
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Now you're just being difficult.

The door bars bow out from the B and C pillars, just like most any dirt track/modified/nascar/etc/etc car that's ever been built.

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