PatK’s Class 5/1600

[Rustabus]

#54405

Jesus Kendall!!! You planning on launching that rig?!?!??  Uh, oh yeah… guess you are!!!!!😂😂😂👍

[Pat K]

#54407

^^^^^

Dave-co wrote:

throwing it down

I wanna go fast!!!!

We will build it if it comes.

[JasonS]

#54410

Wow! this thing is built for some jumping. Nice job Team Pat!

[Pat K]

#54412

Dave…  what torsion bars do you suggest? Short, long, MM size?  Also do you use hook & rod stops on the front beam for stops?

We will build it if it comes.

[Wayner]

#54432

Gonna have to keep a close eye on this one, sounds like the direction I am gonna be going on mine. 😎 nice work Pat

[Dave-co]

#54437

Well done Pat just what I described you did it well.. 23MM or 24 Sway away 300M long torsion bars 26 and what ever long get sway away 4130 spring plates for a swing axle to cut down. The IRS plates are a different size and do not come in 4130, they are about the size of the vw irs single plate just thicker.

[Pat K]

#54449

Thanks Dave! Thanks Wayne!

Made a little more progress yesterday. Gusseted trans straps so the ends don’t bend down.

Also chopped the pivots off  the rear torsion. 

We will build it if it comes.

[ColeB]

#54456

Riley and Pat back at it!

[ColeB]

#54466

I saw a little of this going on earlier this evening! Team work makes the dream work! 

[Dave-co]

#54472

No on the hook stops pat, On mine I welded a 3/4 x 120  bar that the arm falls on the top stop is pretty involved and that I dont have a picture to show what I did but I tell ya it was SUPER controversial when I first did it and took nearly a year to finally get the ok because I had to take my car to Score at the time take the leefs out and cycle the suspension and they had to determine if it was hitting to much and it was the 1st time I took it there and got the ok the 2nd time we did the whole exercise again. Shock teck has come a long way since the mid 80s and bump is built into the shocks most use todat. Mine just has 2 inch shocks with Nissan Pathfinder bump stops. Trust me its a shit load of work to get it right

 

[John Jones]

#54478

Pats kicking ass on his rig… steady progress!!!

All work and no play makes JJ a dull boy🤣
Keeping a lid on it😎
Attitude is everything 🤔

[Pat K]

#54490

After getting the transmission in the correct way, THANKS DAVE!!!!,  i realized I had no way to get my shift rod in with the pan head conversion. 

Trimmed the front opening until we were able slide the rod through the guide. Riley fabed a new cover plate. 

We slid the body onto the pan and started trimming around tubes. 

We will build it if it comes.

[Dave-co]

#54494

For several decades the frame head on your car now would have been a instant Dq as it was a very very large sticking part in the rules. My personal feeling its not the way it should be or be done for 51600 but in reality most wont give it a 2nd look these days. You will need to shorten the stock shift rod if that is what you are going to use Pat, I recomend a pro am shifter as they are very easy to adjust.

[ColeB]

#54506

True love is staring at your race car and planning your life together 💕

[Audrey]

#54516

Pat is getting in tune with his Baja 😎👌🏻 Inspecting and planning so he can go fast AND beat shit out of it 👊🏻😅🏁

Kill em with Kindness 😎

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