Understand he is stripping the truck down to almost nothing. Sure we will add some weight here and there but not as much as is removed. I am thinking it is going to come in at 4500-4800lbs. Time will tell. Hell my empty fairly stock 80 comes in at 5200lbs so maybe under 4500lbs will happen.
I doubt it. I think it will be over 5k. A lot of the 4400 cars are over 4500, and that's with a tube chassis. Granted they usually have heavier axles, and bypass shocks and bigger cooling systems, but the LC frame is beef, that drivetrain is not exactly light and then there is all that sheet metal
Wayne did an interesting thread over on Pirate about the weight of last years KOH entrants.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/general-4x4-discussion/1154993-heaviest-lightest-koh-racers.html
Currie races mod class these days. Not gonna beat the $100k plus cars....
Sweet ride! Your turn to build a race rig.
Not me. The closest I come to a race car is pitting for EZ Rick. I've gone full circle from a fullsize Bronco, to the Toy pickup, to a tube car (with a FJ grill
), and now back to the fullsize in my FZJ80.
Krazytoy,
I sent you an email regarding sponsorship.
also you want to run Lexan Windows not Plexiglass Windows.
Yup, Plexiglass sucks in a dusty environment.
Anyone ever done a propane 1fze?
Get a hold of Cary over at
GotPropane.com. If you do go that route, you could run some high compression and/or more ignition timing to make up for the BTU loss. Honestly the stock class cars can't go fast enough to really make use of big power, so you want your gearing to be useful for passing and coming out of corners. My 80 is on 35's and with 5.29 gears and 3k RPM, it's still under 80mph. There will be very few, if any, places where you will see 80mph in this class
We plan to be very weight conscious throughout this build for sure. I have goal weight of between 4500-5000 pounds, I will be very happy if we can keep it under 5K. I plan to run one battery and one spare, I already did the overland build and by the time I was done my old 80 was over 7000!
Sounds like you're being realistic, get aggressive/creative and remove stuff like underbody coating, unused wire, light weight lighting, etc., it all adds up. And as others have said, try and keep the weight off the front end, it will make the steering components happier and help with the desert sections.
If you need help with radio communications let me know.
This thing is going to be cool!
