Mini rail buildup...

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Well this is my next project. It is a mini rail, for sand and dirt. The specs-- 100" wheelbase, 76" front track width, 84" rear track width (both with paddles on) Paddles will be 26" tall in the rear and 25" tall in the front all on 12" Douglas beadlocks. The front is a-arm, 23" of travel, 6* rake built into the front with 5* of camber change and less than 1/32" of bumpsteer. It will use a 11.35" stroke Fox coilover air shock, ATV racing's front hub assembly with my upright and dual 2" CNC calipers. The rear is a trailing arm setup with 20" travel with 2.0 12" stroke Fox coilovers with piggybacks and a 2.0 14" stroke Fox bypass, microstubs etc. The motor is a 01 Yamaha R1 motor that will have a stock IHI subaru turbo mated to it. The power will be driven to a Sand Bullet rear drive carrier with a 4 piston CNC caliper. CNC reverse hanging pedals, Gear-One rack and billet steering housing, FOZ radiator with all AN fittings, spal fan etc, PRP lowbacks with adjustable headrest and removable cushion, Crow harnesses and some HID's. We have only been working on it for about a week now on our free time so little by little it is getting there. It is all mild steel mainly all 1.25" .095.

[amergin]

You could create a project log.... Can't wait to see this buggy get off the ground.

[xqwzit]

what mini diff are you waiting for?

Ryan

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The jig...This was all finished within 2 days.

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More pictures; these are from this weekend. Got the A-pillars hung basically where they are going to go. We like to run the A pillar bars all the way to the floor, have seen enough rails that have flipped and sheered the top of the cage off. Our truggy is done the same way as well as a few TT. It is definately a pain in the A$$ to bend up those two tubes but worth it in the end. We use a digital angle finder; which is within 1/10 of a degree....pretty damn close to perfect, also everything is level; my camera skills just arent up to par. More pics...

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Excuse the messy garage; we have a lot going on between now and Thanksgiving. More pics from yesterday and today.... Got the dash bar on basically where it is going to go, set the middle bars, have some of the braces done and started tacking everything. You can see the picture of how the front bumper is going to look and we should have the front winshield V set tomorrow.

edited *we didnt cut the jig apart until it was all tacked/welded in place*

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Few updates. Front bumper is mocked up-finished that last night. Only worked for a few hours today and got the front bumper welded on, the "V" in the window mocked up and the rear bumper on. Will finish it all later this afternoon.

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Updates for tonight. Everything is basically either welded or tacked. We started cutting apart the jig so we could continue on the triangulation. Also ran out of gas so the welding is put off until monday. Enjoy

*damn garage lights make the pictures look like the tubes are rusted*

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Well I finally got back into the garage. The Thanksgiving trip and packing killed me. We finished up the back of the car, and starting to brace the roof tomorrow. All the laser pieces should be here sometime this week for the seat mounts, radiator mounts, trailing arm tabs, a few gussets, upper arm mounts, rack mount and maybe the rear shock mounts if I get those drawn up in time. Well here is the rear, decided to do something different than the other mini rails out there. Also, the red arrows in one of the pictures shows 2 tubes that are just set there...not in place yet.

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A few updates for tonight. I got the frontend mocked up. I am changing out a few laser cut pieces and adding in the shock mounts before it gets tacked up. We finished the back end until the rear sprocket shows up so I can figure out the tube layout for the rear. The "B" pillars and the sides are all tacked; the car can come off the jig but we want to tack the front since it is just sitting here. I will start on the A-arm jig and trailing arm jig when the rest of my laser parts are done. Should have a lot more "progress" now that christmas is over. Santa was nice and brought me some new harnesses, CNC calipers and a few other parts so there should be a lot of parts being bolted on as soon as we flip her over. Well here are a few pics from today to keep your anticipation awaiting....

Also the bushings are in there for spacing, and the rear plate is in there just to hold the two tubes at that rake; they will be removed after everything is tacked.