The Brumbyrunner Project

brumbyrunner · Post by **brumbyrunner** » Sat May 10, 2008 10:01 pm

Oh and there is so much more to do!
And only 24 days left to do it.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sun May 11, 2008 1:58 am

Farking hell comes to mind about now.

Looking good, even though i'm not entirely sure what's going on with all the front suspension except that you have long travel struts that would push the CV's too far down.

Good job, really wish I could see it in Alice, might grab a tatts ticket to "dream"

Keep up the good work, I hope someone videos this thing in action!

Cheers

Bennie

brumbyrunner · Post by **brumbyrunner** » Mon May 12, 2008 12:45 am

We got the strut towers finished and in primer today. Thankfully thats the biggest job out of the way. Pics to follow soon.

El_Freddo wrote:Looking good, even though i'm not entirely sure what's going on with all the front suspension except that you have long travel struts that would push the CV's too far down

It only drops down about an inch further than stock and the inner DOJ is still well within its limits. The balljoint maxes out first on full rebound but I have changed the angle on the end of the lower control arm to prevent this.
The only way to get more travel than stock without changing to better joints, is to go up. Naturally with stock tyres you would run out of clearence hence the need for taller tyres.

muttnAlice · Post by **muttnAlice** » Mon May 12, 2008 7:22 pm

[quote="El_Freddo"]

Keep up the good work, I hope someone videos this thing in action!

no problems with the video, the only thing is it will only be about three seconds long!!! as brumbyrunner flash's past!! unless someone has a helicopter to hire??:rolleyes:

hope to see you going through Deep Well check point, brumbyrunner
There and Back.

brumbyrunner · Post by **brumbyrunner** » Mon May 12, 2008 7:59 pm

G'day muttnAlice, you must be a centre local? Are you crewing for anyone?
Don't be offended if I don't wave as I go through Deep Well!
I heard last night that the fast road section between Deep Well and Rodinga has been replaced with more of the old railway line service track so that's going to slow everyones times this year.

seagull · Post by **seagull** » Mon May 12, 2008 8:19 pm

if you are chasing HP be sure to remove the black air box with the rag stuffed into it , you can buy an after market unit with out the pressure dop internals

brumbyrunner · Post by **brumbyrunner** » Mon May 12, 2008 8:55 pm

Ah, you again.
Are you going to Finke? I'm looking forward to meeting you.

muttnAlice · Post by **muttnAlice** » Mon May 12, 2008 10:14 pm

brumbyrunner wrote:G'day muttnAlice, you must be a centre local? Are you crewing for anyone?
Don't be offended if I don't wave as I go through Deep Well!
I heard last night that the fast road section between Deep Well and Rodinga has been replaced with more of the old railway line service track so that's going to slow everyones times this year.

yeap couple of friends on bikes - first fuel down, last fuel back

news to me re track change, however the last couple of years with the higher number of vehicles and massive bike entries(already Maxed at 400, more than likely to see 450 actual), the track is getting very cut up. no big rains in last 4-6 years in the area causing it to get very dusty and degrading the surface your travelling on. you will probably hear it before me being a competitor. i'll keep an ear out for it though and let you know.

Even coming into the deep well area the whoops are 4-5 foot deep and only 5-6 metres apart crest to crest, not too much fun

in an ordinary brumby LOL.

probably see your ride at scrutineering, i may even be helping them this year?

brumbyrunner · Post by **brumbyrunner** » Mon May 12, 2008 10:22 pm

According to the website, bike entries had to be stopped at 500 and they're putting everyone else on a waiting list. It's gonna be huge! Scruitenning's going to take all night. I don't know how many car entries there are but I think they're stopping at 110.
I hope I'm wrong about the road section. It's a good place to break up the field.

brumbyrunner · Post by **brumbyrunner** » Mon May 12, 2008 10:24 pm

Painted the strut towers today.

muttnAlice · Post by **muttnAlice** » Mon May 12, 2008 10:26 pm

yea too true about that plenty of room to overtake, the trouble is everyone is doing 180+ as well

Wilbur · Post by **Wilbur** » Tue May 13, 2008 9:58 am

That's alot of competitors. It'd be good to see 110 vehicles. Dunno about 500 bikes though.

seagull · Post by **seagull** » Tue May 13, 2008 12:23 pm

brumbyrunner wrote:Ah, you again.
Are you going to Finke? I'd looking forward to meeting you.

no mate , not this year

Max will be getting a new car from south africa if he does this event again

I can send you a photo on how to mod the air intake.
best of luck

brumbyrunner · Post by **brumbyrunner** » Tue May 13, 2008 1:09 pm

seagull wrote:no mate , not this year

Max will be getting a new car from south africa if he does this event again

I can send you a photo on how to mod the air intake.
best of luck

No worries.

Who's Max? or whats his competition number?

Pic would be great. In all seriousness though, as you probably know, horsepower is not a high priority in an offroad racecar.

brumbyrunner · Post by **brumbyrunner** » Wed May 21, 2008 10:26 pm

Time for an update and a few pics.
The front struts are in and working great. Still got a lot of testing & tuning to do but initial impressions are hampered by the now inferior rear suspension. Can't wait to get the coilovers back under the rear end and see how it handles the rough stuff. I've ended up running all the available caster that we built into the adjustable strut tops because the handling improves enormously.

One of the new front struts.

Making it fit

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Wed May 21, 2008 10:31 pm

those look nice

can i ask why there is an Ochy?? (spelling) Strap attached to ur bonnet? im guessing its not there for any real reason

BlackMale · Post by **BlackMale** » Wed May 21, 2008 10:33 pm

Oh dam, very nice BR (there is no doubting that this thing is an absolute weapon).

Bumpty · Post by **Bumpty** » Wed May 21, 2008 10:56 pm

Spiffy Wiffy!
I'd love to see ya wheels on now! Pics to come?

brumbyrunner · Post by **brumbyrunner** » Thu May 22, 2008 7:12 am

Matatak wrote:can i ask why there is an Ochy?? (spelling) Strap attached to ur bonnet? im guessing its not there for any real reason

It was holding up some matting to the bonnet to protect the paint while we were welding and grinding on the strut towers.

Bumpty wrote:Spiffy Wiffy!
I'd love to see ya wheels on now! Pics to come?

It looks the this.

Wilbur · Post by **Wilbur** » Thu May 22, 2008 9:07 am

Nice. Coming together well now.