BrownCloud Peking To Paris 912

[Franz]

#49560

Fitting the air filter and plumbing today. I measured and cut the firewall carefully.

The filter seems best strait down the middle, but does take up a lot of room. It looked strange tipped up or sideways.

The hinges will barely clear the sides of the air boxes.

[John Jones]

#49573

I’m going with it looks strange no matter where you place it… 😎

Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

[Franz]

#49595

Fab’d a bitchn air filter mount today and tacked in place.

Thinking about rear skid while the engine is in and on the lift. I’m going to bend some tube tomorrow.

East Africa car for reference.

[John Jones]

#49621

Should be able to point it and floor it…. 😎

Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

[ColeB]

#49643

Mad scientist Franz at it again! I’m excited to see this thing in person again. Going to be so cool

[Franz]

#49697

Been thinking about starting final cage welding now that skid plates are planned.

Going over all the accessory stuff that needs to go into this car. Battery kill switch, fire suppression, and struggling with jack options.

We want to avoid a hydraulic jack for reliability. Surprisingly, the VW beetle stock jack is a good design being light weight and resilient. It would need a taller shaft, and a round insert, so that it could be “pushed over” a boulder and allow to rotate in the jack point. A bus jack is taller and uses an open threaded shaft…not so good for dirt.

I’ve been looking all over the inter webs at different jacks. I think these are the best non-hydraulic options. Guys were saying the f-o-a and King screw jacks had problems.

This can am Jack is rated at 2200lbs

https://www.vividracing.com/-p-152498868.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0om97-KU7AIVGz2tBh32bQlzEAQYBiABEgK2BfD_BwE

And this Trayco jack looks nice. They show a Baja bug on their instagram too. Must have to contact them directly as I can’t find any for sale.

https://m.facebook.com/pg/TRAYCOusa/posts/

https://www.instagram.com/trayco.usa/?hl=en

Apparently Wilkey is a fan.

[ColeB]

#49705

Those look cool and fancy. I like the idea of editing a stock jack… reliable and looks og and more vintage. But if we can save weight and get some more ease out of a new jack then that might be the way

[John Jones]

#49708

I like the stock jack idea too.  simple… Your not gonna need it anyway… 😎  😎  Have you seen them awesome tires…. 😎  😎

Cole.. we will need DAILY updates while you guys are over there racing!!!!  😎

Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

[ColeB]

#49719

I’m sure I will! As much as we have service and WiFi… I think the first couple weeks we won’t have much connectivity… Mongolia is pretty undeveloped hahaha. Mongolia is going to be dope

[Franz]

#49733

The alternator stand from Zim’s arrived.

[Franz]

#49734

I didn’t mention this All German Motorsports jack because it uses Dewalt or Milwaukee battery….but I think you guys may want to carry a battery impact driver for axle nuts and tire changes anyways… Surely it has a wrench drive on it for when the battery is dead? The older version did.

The class 11 tool kit has a snap-on driver but I don’t think the battery is the same.

The Electric Jack

[ColeB]

#49745

I’m just curious where we will charge these things. Don’t think you’d be able to get enough charge off the car. I guess when you’re at hotels… but that’s not every night. We will have a 8 day camping section when going through Mongolia. Also, lots of different electrical systems across all those countries. Needing different plugs and systems using different voltage. I think the more manual the better. But maybe having a impact and charging when possible might be fine

[John Jones]

#50343

Damn… Been three weeks since this rig got some love…    I think Franz is going to get back into it this week..

I say manual jack… your soooo unlikely to even use it..

Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

[Franz]

#50353

Left off with plans for the front skid plate. Trying to replicate factory race cars.

Fabricated front upper attachment points today. Used 1.250” x .120” tube to brace to the strut tower. Then a 1/2” bolt up front. I should be able to get a flat piece through the hood gap to mount the skid plate and tube.

[ColeB]

#50363

Love those old pics! So cool seeing all the well documented old races.

a guy who raced in a 912 last Peking to Paris said they went through 6 tires in 2 days in Mongolia… hopefully we can figure out better tires than them hahaha

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