BCB Racer ready

[scsm76]

The front end is a 9-44

Sounds like the way to go for Baja, can't ask for a stronger housing (for the weight). Do you truss it all?

 

[74BroncoCO]

Can someone in the know post the link to keep track of the racers?

I have some of the video that I downloaded from last years race. If I can find it, I will upload and post a link. Nothing real exciting, but gives you an idea what these guys have to drive thru...makes me want to give a shot one day...

Chuck - I can't believe that fuel line. It must have been getting fuel thru osmosis. You're right, amazing it ran at all.

J.D.

PS Coach - you gunna post a pic of your rig??

 

[gddyap]

If it works it will become another BAJA proven BCB product. If it doen't work out I will have a better one next year.

Is it similar to Lars P's new design where it mounts between the passenger side inner knuckle and radius arm?

 

[toddz69]

Can someone in the know post the link to keep track of the racers?

On race day, there will be a link on www.race-dezert.com to the Weatherman so everyone can listen.

Todd Z.

 

[toddz69]

Is it similar to Lars P's new design where it mounts between the passenger side inner knuckle and radius arm?

Which, BTW, we are officially calling the "Gary Yorston trac bar mount" since he's the one we borrowed the idea from.....

Todd Z.

 

[toddz69]

Maybe a little more HP. We went to EFI to fix the miss/power loss because we couldn't figure out what was causing the problem. When I pulled the fuel pick up tube there was a big knot in it. I am surprised it got any fuel at all. The picture below is looking into the tank at the pickup hose.

Chuck: Is that regular fuel line inside the cell that we're looking at? Is the line itself broken down, now allowing fuel to flow through it? Or just the knot? The reason I'm asking is because some friends of mine racing a Class 1 buggy had a similar problem last year with their car. They traced it down to a rubber fuel line submerged in fuel that was breaking down, apparently, due to contact with the fuel.

Todd Z.

 

[chuck]

It is a fuel line and it was softer than I expected but still no holes just flat around the corners. Mustang in tank pumps come with a little piece of hose that is in intended to be in gas. Is that a diff. kind of hose?
Also all fuel hose is made to be in contect with fuel for years. At least the inside is, maybe the outside of the hose is not?

 

[2Broncos2Go]

YOU GO CHUCK!!!!! GOOD LUCK!!!

and we 2nd the 'keep the rubber side down'

 

[toddz69]

Also all fuel hose is made to be in contect with fuel for years. At least the inside is, maybe the outside of the hose is not?

yeah, that's the million dollar question I don't know the answer to. Obviously the inside is, but the outside? Well.....I don't know.

Todd Z.

 

[relm4x4]

There was a dicussion about this on dieselstop.com a year or two ago about types of fuel hose and the outside of some hose not being able to take being submerged in diesel, I don't remember the outcome of the discussion.

 

[coachbarnes]

On race day, there will be a link on www.race-dezert.com to the Weatherman so everyone can listen.

Todd Z.

OHR is going High Tech this year, Todd. They are going to have tracking devices on our racers. This will let folks actually see icons of the racers (349 and 302) as we make the trek down to LaPaz. We'll post the link before we leave for Ensenada. I told my wife that if she checks the site during the race and she doesn't see the "blip" of my racer, then she might be a very wealthy woman! She didn't find the humor in that! ;D

 

[broncow72]

OHR is going High Tech this year, Todd. They are going to have tracking devices on our racers. This will let folks actually see icons of the racers (349 and 302) as we make the trek down to LaPaz. We'll post the link before we leave for Ensenada. I told my wife that if she checks the site during the race and she doesn't see the "blip" of my racer, then she might be a very wealthy woman! She didn't find the humor in that! ;D

Girls have no sense of humor.

How do we find the "weatherman" link?
Nevermind....My dumbass just looked up and saw the link%) :-[

 

[toddz69]

OHR is going High Tech this year, Todd. They are going to have tracking devices on our racers. This will let folks actually see icons of the racers (349 and 302) as we make the trek down to LaPaz. We'll post the link before we leave for Ensenada. I told my wife that if she checks the site during the race and she doesn't see the "blip" of my racer, then she might be a very wealthy woman! She didn't find the humor in that! ;D

Are you using Iritrack or something similar? We have one of those things in our Ranger race truck for the BITD races. At the race last weekend we couldn't figure out which mile we were broken down at (the guys were out of the truck and not listening to the radio) so one of our pit guys called his wife at home and had her look on line......worked like a charm. Ain't technology amazing...

Todd Z.

 

[coachbarnes]

Are you using Iritrack or something similar? We have one of those things in our Ranger race truck for the BITD races. At the race last weekend we couldn't figure out which mile we were broken down at (the guys were out of the truck and not listening to the radio) so one of our pit guys called his wife at home and had her look on line......worked like a charm. Ain't technology amazing...

Todd Z.

Yep -- Iritrack -- That's exactly the way Dan was talking about using it..if they don't hear from a racer, or can't find them, he can phone home (or somewhere in the states) and have them locate via the Internet. Pretty cool. Why aren't you our SanFelipe guy?? ;D

 

[Cactus killer]

It is about time, you have been working on that thing for almost 4 years now.

If it works it will become another BAJA proven BCB product. If it doen't work out I will have a better one next year.

 

[coachbarnes]

It is about time, you have been working on that thing for almost 4 years now.

Dang kids get pretty tough when they are 3k miles away, huh Chuck??

 

[lars]

yeah, that's the million dollar question I don't know the answer to. Obviously the inside is, but the outside? Well.....I don't know.

Todd Z.

Unscientific observation: I was messing with my fuel system last week. Left a piece of fuel line immersed in gas for an hour or so. This was a piece of hose that had been serving as the feed line from the rear tank to selector valve going on four years now. After an hour the jacket was soft and smeared a little with finger pressure. The inside was fine. Hose was fuel-rated (marked as such) product from Napa. No way I'd want that in my fuel tank. Apparently there is fuel line that is immersion-rated, but I'd research and verify before installing. Or use metal.

 

[NicksTrix]

lars, i've seen the light blue line used in press on fittings used inside fuel cells.
you might want to look into some of that should you don't want to hard line something.

 

[coachbarnes]

Here is the link where you will be able to track the racer during the Baja 1000.

http://www.irctracking.com/

Race begins on Thursday, November 16th. Class 3 should leave out of Ensenada at about noon, and arrive in LaPaz about 32+ hrs later.

 

[broncow72]

cool. bookmarked it.