Stock class XJ build.

So glad to hear it turned out well. Strong showing for sure.
I REEEEAALLY wanted to come out and even offer to help pit etc - this was only about 2.5 hours from the house.
Unfortunately a bunch of prior commitments got in the way.

The AOAA park really has a lot of potential, but it's been slow to really get traction among the full-size vehicle crowd. I'm hoping running this event will get the jumpstart it needed. For us it's about the same distance as Rausch.

So - 4th place, with only the one lap? Must have been a lot of failure all around.
 
RatLabGuy said:
So glad to hear it turned out well. Strong showing for sure.
I REEEEAALLY wanted to come out and even offer to help pit etc - this was only about 2.5 hours from the house.
Unfortunately a bunch of prior commitments got in the way.

The AOAA park really has a lot of potential, but it's been slow to really get traction among the full-size vehicle crowd. I'm hoping running this event will get the jumpstart it needed. For us it's about the same distance as Rausch.

So - 4th place, with only the one lap? Must have been a lot of failure all around.
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We we're supposed to do 4 laps. One guy did three, two guys did two laps and in did one. The rest did not even complete one.

Tighest trails I have been on in a long time.
 
BRUISER said:
We we're supposed to do 4 laps. One guy did three, two guys did two laps and in did one. The rest did not even complete one.

Tighest trails I have been on in a long time.
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Are the results posted somewhere> Wo were the top winners?
 
Were the tire failures bead related or slices or what? When you say toasted front what did you kill there?
 
ghost said:
Were the tire failures bead related or slices or what? When you say toasted front what did you kill there?
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Pretty sure tire issues we're due to me racing up the rocks to aggressive and I should have slowed down. Both have slices in them on sidewall. About 55 miles on each tire :(

The.front I believe is wore control arms,bushing shot, steering loose, unit bearings done, etc. Front will need a lot of work.
 
Time to upgrade more stuff

And I still need two more tires :)

Going to rebuild entire front axle. Steering etc. Then we will be adding long arms and new suspension parts.
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Did get wj knuckles on, unit bearings swapped, rotors and calipers on, and pulled off all skid plates to prep for new cross member from Andy @ironman4x4fab.

Hope to have new steering on later this week as I wait for the rest of the parts to show up.
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Well we drove 21 hrs to Oklahoma to race in Ultra4 Clash at the cross bar.

We ripped front caliper off during pre- run. Someone found it and returned it to us :)

Got everything back together but front suspension control arm bushing we're shot (wish we had time to install the new long arms sitting in my garage)

I was iron Manning this race as my co driver's brother passed so plan was to do best I could and get points. Well we started last as I did not get a chance to qualify (fixing brakes).

Since I was not doing full race speed Everytime I saw someone broke I stopped and helped them. Gave 4 quarts oil, gallon of antifreeze out, serpentine belt, and couple waters.

As made it around lap one I missed a turn and then started lap two. In lap two I hit a few trees but by driving into the trees it kept me from ending up on my lid. I can fix metal :)

1.8 miles from end of lap track bar bolt went bye bye. So I rigged it up with a screw driver, duct tape and zip ties and it held.

Since we have a 21 hr drive home we headed out. So I don't know where we ended up.

More to come later
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skyhighZJ said:
Tack weld the TB bolt next time? Maybe just a spot on the head of the bolt?
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Ya I tacked a bunch of other bolts so this one will get it also.
 
I guess I wasn’t sure with all the rules if that, being a knownweak spot on these platforms, was a no-no. Either way I hope it works out cause this rig is sweet and your ability to go race these courses makes me jealous so I really want to see you bring home a “W”! Safe travels to NC.
 
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