The Briggsbuilt Generation IV Cars

[K-fab]

Well, it's official, I'm shelving the WSORR Super Buggy for the time being - may get back to it later, may not. *It all depends on how well the Stadium Lites Class takes off and if it hangs around.

As much as I enjoy desert racing, I really do miss Short Course Racing. *It's a lot less travel, a lot less logistics and one hell of a good time. *Show up at the track on Friday night, spend the weekend playing at a closed course track, gather up and go home on Sunday.

As many of you guys know, I raced in the Pace Off Road Series in 1998 & 1999. *It was a national series that ran races all over the country, racing in venues like the Astro-Dome, Seattle's King Dome and such. *I raced in a very heavily modified Honda Pilot and took second place overall both years. *During those two years I watch the back end of a particular car kick my butt every time we lined up. *This car was the Briggsbuilt Gen IV car. *They were light years ahead of anything else on the track and I wanted one badly. * Well, a 9 year wait has paid off. *I found three of the original units a little while back and was able to purchase them - along with a ton of stuff that went with them.

Today they arrived.

Three Cars
One is turn key - I need to charge the battery, add race fuel and coolant.
One is about 80% complete - the engine needs to be rebuilt, there are a couple panels that need to be re-installed.
One is about 40% complete - the chassis was being redone by the guy I purchased them from. *It needs some TLC and I'm more than willing to oblige. *It has no front end and is missing quite a few of the frame tubes.

The truck arrived about 10:15 this morning - a refer truck of all things *. *Fortunately for me, my neighbor has a loading dock and a fork lift. *Ken was VERY helpful and unloaded the stuff for me. *THANK YOU KEN!!!

Six pallets of stuff:
One has rims and a box with suspension parts and axles
One has rims, tires and some jigs
One has rims, tires, an axle or two and some other stuff that I've not been able to get a good look at yet.
One has 16 containers stuffed with things. *I can see hoses, a top end or two, gaskets, stickers, fuel tanks (teeny tiny!) and lots of other stuff
One has a tool box that's stuffed with things - from heims and suspension parts to shock bodies to clutch parts, to engine stuff
One has a pneumatic tire changer! - the seller threw this in "just because it was taking up space in his shop"!! *SCORE!!!

The amount of things is amazing. *I've only scratched the surface today. *A quick count looks like 30+ tires, at least a dozen, if not more, rims, enough suspension parts for a couple more cars and who knows what else.

I pretty much spent the afternoon wandering around the cars drooling. *9 years of wanting and waiting and now here they sit in my shop!!!

The plan for the cars is to get them back up and running and ready to race. *Two of them will receive the new Yamaha 500 Phazer sled engines - 500cc, efi twins that make 80 hp. *One will remain as is for now (I want a runner to go play in).

They will all have to get new fuel tanks. *The tanks in them are about 1 gallon and amazingly small - the guy I bought them from said that they ran right at 10 minutes at Glen Helen - that was it. *There is a larger tank that came with the stuff - guessing 3.5 - 4 gallons. That will work great w/the sled engines.

The craftsmanship of the vehicles is impressive. *Dan Roberto (RPM Trannies) made the rear carriers, the front spindles, I believe the front and rear hubs, the billet, quick change (two gear ratios available) transmissions, the steering racks and who knows what else.

The engines that came with them are very highly modified FL350 powerplants. *They all have water cooling jackets around the jugs and the heads, the exhaust outlet is HUGE, and the engines appear to run PWC style carbs - pumpers.

The battery boxes are up front in the nose
The brakes are two master cylinders mounted in a killer bracket - all very sano and very well thought out.

I have yet to climb into one. *Maybe tomorrow... *I need to get some race fuel and pre-mix oil before I head to the shop!

To satisfy everyone's curiosity, here are the pix I took today:

[hero_saku39]

I'm gonna need much more detailed pictures please thanks.

[ultraman]

AWESOME!!!!
Is the angle iron i see welded to the rear tubes, used instead of a bumper?
I wonder what possessed the guy to camo the orange car He should of left it original.

[hummerman]

cool man!!!

ok

can u please send me some seeds to these 100$ bill *trees?

[rowycoracing]

Looks like Christmas came early ... pretty cool presents * *

[bajaBrothers]

You lucky Bastard
That is such a good score. So much stuff to play with. Those cars look like they will be a blast. Congratulations, it is such a rewarding thing to have get something you have wanted forever and then forgot about. If someone told you before you broke your leg that you would be in a *cast and unloading *not one, not two, *BUT THREE of these cars into your shop you would of laughed in there face. Life sure is funny sometimes.
Enjoy

[bdkw1]

Out freaking standing!

[Pacman]

Wow....you're going to be busy! Just sorting thru everything and making a list of what you have will take a week! Now comes the fun part.......figuring out how to make more of them with more off the shelf parts so they will be less expensive to build but will retain the handling and race ability of the originals! Sounds like a great project! When can we buy one??

[ultraman]

Kfab, take the turnkey to bobs for sundays final race.Dan (protodie2)can run the carcam and we can all see it in action.Come on! You still got one good leg.

[K-fab]

Originally Posted by Pacman\";p=\&quot

Wow....you're going to be busy! Just sorting thru everything and making a list of what you have will take a week! Now comes the fun part.......figuring out how to make more of them with more off the shelf parts so they will be less expensive to build but will retain the handling and race ability of the originals! Sounds like a great project! When can we buy one??

I possibly already know how to make more... *The seller gave me some really interesting info yesterday when I called him to tell him I got the stuff. * I'm not going to elaborate right now, though, as I have to make a few phone calls here in the near future.

Originally Posted by ultraman\";p=\&quot

Kfab, take the turnkey to bobs for sundays final race.Dan (protodie2)can run the carcam and we can all see it in action.Come on! You still got one good leg.

Would be fun, but I'll be in Maryland at the Motocross Des Nations race. *Gotta go watch Ricky race his last time on a bike and hand the world a nice truck load of whoopass.

I have an in car camera that will be riding in what ever vehicle I'm running - there will be videos!!!


I'll be happy to take pix of what ever anyone wants - just let me know.