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We should probably start working on Monica for the next race 
PS, great race report Dave!
PS, great race report Dave!
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Dang...we're going to be up in Bozeman otherwise we'd be there with our 200! Bummer!
Wish you were closer…would LOVE to see Monica up close.
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Thank you for braving the cold and joining us for the @canguroracing meet & greet last night. It was fun seeing all the friends and family! #cruiseroutfitters #landcruiser #canguro
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Great point. There were a bunch of people in and out of it too so who knows what's flipped on or off.
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So a customer stops by last week and mentions he found a Canguro matchbox car for sell on eBay and figured we were behind it.
Sure enough, it’s being made, oddly enough on an 80 Series body and it’s also available in the Overland trim complete
You don’t even want to know how much our team members spent on these things
Sure enough, it’s being made, oddly enough on an 80 Series body and it’s also available in the Overland trim complete
You don’t even want to know how much our team members spent on these things
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I guess I should provide an update on our recent Canguro endeavors.
After a successful yet exhausting Baja 1000 last November, we really didn’t do much on the car for months. We did race earlier this month and that required a few nights in the shop doing a post-race Baja 1000 inspection and a tiny bit of prep. It should have been more prep, my Vernal Dino Dash report will explain:
We spent this last weekend in Vernal for the @bor_racing Dinosaur Dash. What was supposed to be a fun 8 laps went sideways for us after just two laps. Ryan and Bub brought the Cruiser into the pits for a planned driver swap, Dave and Paul quickly belted in as the crew did a quick once over. We typically put a torque wrench on all the lugs during a pit and this was no different. Unfortunately we found that several passenger front lug studs were extremely loose and the tapers in the wheel itself were wallowed out, likely as result of stretched studs which just happens as the front end gets beat on the race course and tires come on and off during prep, testing and racing.
We had spare studs, lugnuts and a fresh wheel/tire however one stud refused to cooperate, it just spun with the lugnut seized to its threads. We tried vice-grips from the back side, we tried welding the stud to the hub in an attempt to get the nut to back off, all to no avail. Between the knuckle, rotor and brake components, there just wasn’t enough room on the inside to get the stud retained. Finally we decided to get western with it and rely on brute force to snap the stud in half. We used Darrens Land Cruiser and a short static strap rigged to the wheel to simply pull it off, snapping the stubborn stud and removing the wheel.
To the shock of many onlookers, it worked and in just a few minutes we had new studs in the wheel hub, a fresh wheel and tire installed and the Cruiser back on the racecourse. Paul and George swapped out the co-driving duties on their next run thru the pit and they were able to squeeze in another full lap before we timed out and the race was over. The time repairing the stud has cost us the laps we needed for an official finish and any chance of placing. Side note, those studs are generally something we replace during each major race prep but we admittedly did very little prep outside of an oil change since our finish at the Baja 1000 last November.
While it wasn’t the desired outcome, we returned home with a running/driving race car and has a fantastic time in the process. Chalk it up as a lesson learned and a we hope to never encounter again. #landcruiser
After a successful yet exhausting Baja 1000 last November, we really didn’t do much on the car for months. We did race earlier this month and that required a few nights in the shop doing a post-race Baja 1000 inspection and a tiny bit of prep. It should have been more prep, my Vernal Dino Dash report will explain:
We spent this last weekend in Vernal for the @bor_racing Dinosaur Dash. What was supposed to be a fun 8 laps went sideways for us after just two laps. Ryan and Bub brought the Cruiser into the pits for a planned driver swap, Dave and Paul quickly belted in as the crew did a quick once over. We typically put a torque wrench on all the lugs during a pit and this was no different. Unfortunately we found that several passenger front lug studs were extremely loose and the tapers in the wheel itself were wallowed out, likely as result of stretched studs which just happens as the front end gets beat on the race course and tires come on and off during prep, testing and racing.
We had spare studs, lugnuts and a fresh wheel/tire however one stud refused to cooperate, it just spun with the lugnut seized to its threads. We tried vice-grips from the back side, we tried welding the stud to the hub in an attempt to get the nut to back off, all to no avail. Between the knuckle, rotor and brake components, there just wasn’t enough room on the inside to get the stud retained. Finally we decided to get western with it and rely on brute force to snap the stud in half. We used Darrens Land Cruiser and a short static strap rigged to the wheel to simply pull it off, snapping the stubborn stud and removing the wheel.
To the shock of many onlookers, it worked and in just a few minutes we had new studs in the wheel hub, a fresh wheel and tire installed and the Cruiser back on the racecourse. Paul and George swapped out the co-driving duties on their next run thru the pit and they were able to squeeze in another full lap before we timed out and the race was over. The time repairing the stud has cost us the laps we needed for an official finish and any chance of placing. Side note, those studs are generally something we replace during each major race prep but we admittedly did very little prep outside of an oil change since our finish at the Baja 1000 last November.
While it wasn’t the desired outcome, we returned home with a running/driving race car and has a fantastic time in the process. Chalk it up as a lesson learned and a we hope to never encounter again. #landcruiser
Good learning experience! I bet lug bolt replacement never gets left off the checklist again... Nice teamwork figuring out how to get it off, too. That's the stuff you will always remember and tell stories about over the campfire. It'd be boring if every race went well, nothing broke, and you always won.
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I love reading these. So cool to see a 200 in the mix and to know somebody's living the dream we all have!
I guess I should provide an update on our recent Canguro endeavors.
After a successful yet exhausting Baja 1000 last November, we really didn’t do much on the car for months. We did race earlier this month and that required a few nights in the shop doing a post-race Baja 1000 inspection and a tiny bit of prep. It should have been more prep, my Vernal Dino Dash report will explain:
We spent this last weekend in Vernal for the @bor_racing Dinosaur Dash. What was supposed to be a fun 8 laps went sideways for us after just two laps. Ryan and Bub brought the Cruiser into the pits for a planned driver swap, Dave and Paul quickly belted in as the crew did a quick once over. We typically put a torque wrench on all the lugs during a pit and this was no different. Unfortunately we found that several passenger front lug studs were extremely loose and the tapers in the wheel itself were wallowed out, likely as result of stretched studs which just happens as the front end gets beat on the race course and tires come on and off during prep, testing and racing.
We had spare studs, lugnuts and a fresh wheel/tire however one stud refused to cooperate, it just spun with the lugnut seized to its threads. We tried vice-grips from the back side, we tried welding the stud to the hub in an attempt to get the nut to back off, all to no avail. Between the knuckle, rotor and brake components, there just wasn’t enough room on the inside to get the stud retained. Finally we decided to get western with it and rely on brute force to snap the stud in half. We used Darrens Land Cruiser and a short static strap rigged to the wheel to simply pull it off, snapping the stubborn stud and removing the wheel.
To the shock of many onlookers, it worked and in just a few minutes we had new studs in the wheel hub, a fresh wheel and tire installed and the Cruiser back on the racecourse. Paul and George swapped out the co-driving duties on their next run thru the pit and they were able to squeeze in another full lap before we timed out and the race was over. The time repairing the stud has cost us the laps we needed for an official finish and any chance of placing. Side note, those studs are generally something we replace during each major race prep but we admittedly did very little prep outside of an oil change since our finish at the Baja 1000 last November.
While it wasn’t the desired outcome, we returned home with a running/driving race car and has a fantastic time in the process. Chalk it up as a lesson learned and a we hope to never encounter again. #landcruiser
Remind me not to ask you for help if I need a tooth pulled........
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Manual brake master cylinder, factory Toyota calipers. Remmen pads and rotors. They are the best brakes we've had since we've been racing!
Are the rotors bolt-on replacements for stock? And are they the 08-15 or 16+ size?
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Yes, the are the 08-15.
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It has a CNC Manual Master cylinder with a bias-able pushrod to control input to the front or rear with the turn of a knob in the cab. It offers mega simplicity over the electric pump ABS unit of the factory 200 setup and as it's a 'safety' item, we are allowed to use it. It brakes amazingly well without any vacuum or electric assist. Not something I would use in my dd 200's but it is perfect for racing.
Basically a pair of these:
Hahaha, oh man. Reviving a very old post in this thread, but I initially skimmed over the video. Then I read "rent a racers" getting nerfed so I had to scroll back up and watch. As soon as you got up on that "truck" (it's really a buggy with a truck body) and I saw the spare tire rack, I immediately recognized that was one of the trucks being fielded by a company I was working for at that time. I just about died laughing. I'm surprised the truck made it far enough for you to get stuck behind it. They usually blew up in the first 50 miles.