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On 9/30/2023 at 9:23 AM, Grease Monkey said:
Here's the vehicle weight. A few panels short and light on fuel.
Really interesting to see, and it makes me feel better about what my car came in at. Awesome build, and glad you finally got it in the sand... now it's my turn. ;)
-TJ
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3 hours ago, Justdirt said:
I took my new to me Funco out for new year’s now making a few changes push to talk button needs moved wheels getting powder coated . Also installing new wheels on the GN
Nice, both are awesome cars and both look way better with the little changes!
-TJ
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No human babies for us either, just our two turds...
I went for recent pics, and they're all in different houses/places. Man, I can't wait for our home in Vegas to be done and finally actually be settled.
-TJ
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In the office.
-TJ
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9 hours ago, cek said:
Does anyone know if the Pro R uses the same cage as the Rzr pro turbo? Are the fabricators going to have to build something new for the new Pro R?
Based on what I've seen of the frames, the XP Pro (current 64" width, turbo 2cyl model) cage should fit a Turbo R (new 74" width, turbo 2ycl model). However, XP Pro cages won't be a direct fit for the Pro R (new 74" width, 4cyl model).
40 minutes ago, Intro2Rhino said:Kevin at TFBB was telling me his current pro xp cage would not fit the new pro r. Nothing was confirmed as he has yet to put his hands on one. Hoping it’s minor like the canam x3’s
Good to see some confirmation. Hopefully Kevin will figure it out soon, maybe he'll have to take my Pro R as the guinea pig! 😉
-TJ
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Gorgeous!
-TJ
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14 hours ago, Dockmaster said:
When do we get to hear how your first outing with it was?
I heard @URCLEVER just stayed in camp all trip and waxed it. 😉
-TJ
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6 minutes ago, Rockwood said:
LOL, didn't really look at that.
Mini split is still awesome though
Yeah, I'd definitely still go mini-split for the use-case, but probably only one head unit (unless he wants to do the 2nd one in his master bedroom as you suggested above).
-TJ
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4 hours ago, Grease Monkey said:
Block has been o ringed. Copper wire inlay into the block at the top of each cylinder. Block look good. Heads appear good and will be checked. Hoping for just head gaskets.
Well, at least that's pretty good news.
-TJ
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1 hour ago, ANGRYBUTTCRACK said:
Man I LOVE to hate on Crypto.. so again.. US decides to 'outlaw it' ... Crypto guys, 'they can't, it's not government controlled' .. OK.. point taken.. they outlaw the exchanges that convert to USD.. what are you gonna do...?... Hop on a plane to Ghana and convert it into their currency?.... by the time you land your private jet, your $ Millions (measured in USD) will be worthless..
.. just saying.. if you've crushed it.. pair some off now.. pay your taxes and buy.. I dunno .. like 10 $250k Funcos..
You're welcome.
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Why would you have to fly somewhere to convert it to a non-USD fiat currency? It'd be pretty straightforward to do it all while you're still sitting on the crapper takin' the morning deuce.
That said, if the US "outlawed" crypto it would tank the market for it. It wouldn't go to 0, but it would massively impact the current pricing.
-TJ
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Glad they could figure it out... and paid for it!
-TJ
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1 hour ago, Rockwood said:
We were stuck in camp fixing...
Well everything. LOL. Lots of wrenching, not much riding this trip. Burned almost 10 gallons in the ATC 250R leading a bunch of bike rides though.
Still rockin' the ATC... our hero! 😉 But the rest of the trip sounds like a pretty standard weekend, unfortunately.
-TJ
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8 minutes ago, Squatcher said:
guys he is talking about a extra 6 ft space. I would put a 18k btu mini on there and just heat and cool the whole darn thing. Make it easy.
This... plus does the storage area even need to be cooled to the same level as the work area? What is going in the storage?
-TJ
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39 minutes ago, Sand Shark said:
It is a single seat Polaris with a XP1000 motor. The wheelbase is shorter than a 2 seater, but suspension is the same as the 64" XP1000. Bonus is the RS1 has the stronger Turbo Polaris drive train, but weighs much less. 110hp with a smaller wheelbase and less weight = a fun time.
The are super stable, drift in the turns in 2wd and are super nimble.
The RS1 with about 130hp would be perfect. That car with a turbo motor would be a handful.
The SxS Blog boys have already done that, and then some:
-TJ
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53 minutes ago, Sand Shark said:
They all were running covers. Not sure running without a cover would make a difference.
The clutch cover 110% makes a difference on XPTs.
The only belt I've ever blown on any of my RZRs (other than the 40psi of boost ~300 WHP, 2400+ lbs Z1 car) was one in our '16 XPT with the cover on. I ran an infrared belt temp sensor on that car, and after that I pulled the cover I saw 80-100 degree belt temp reduction. Again, it was an IR sensor so I was measuring actual belt temp, not just air temp in the housing like the bullshit garbage from Alba (which obviously would do nothing with the cover off).
Without the cover I have now run in 90+ ambient temps up in Idaho chasing all sand cars, as well as longs of runs in G where I was the only RZR with big-dog cars without any failures. That said, I do change my belts more often than most, and maintenance my clutches after every G season. I'd rather change a belt in my clean, AC'ed garage with all the right tools than in the bottom of a bowl in G. Also, another benefit of swapping the belt while it's still good is that you now have a good spare. IF I do lose a belt out in G I'd rather put on a used spare, than a brand new belt. You're never going to clean your clutches properly/thoroughly in G in the middle of a ride and you're also not going to be able to take it easy for a few heat cycles to break it in, so you're just going to ruin that new belt you throw on.
Generally when I talk about running no cover people say "yeah but that'll wear out the clutches faster." Sure, that's probably true - but I'd rather replace sliders and buttons a little more often than change belts in the dunes all the time. Somewhere on here before "the crash" I had a long thread about clutch removal, maintenance and inspection. I showed pics in that thread, after ~1k Glamis miles with the cover off on our '18 XPT the only wear that you might be able to say was accelerated were the 3 plastic sliders inside the secondary. They're ridiculously over-priced at $15 each for little pieces of plastic... but for $45 to have my clutches be good as new I'll take it. So, I certainly wouldn't say running no-cover will "ruin" your clutches, will it even accelerate wear? Probably not as I bet those sliders would have worn either way... but let's call it "maybe". Still, not blowing belts is worth accelerating wear on some replaceable parts to me.
Also, a big thing here that seems generally overlooked is what happens when a belt breaks. I've seen more clutches damaged/ruined by a belt break, than by anything else. The belt breaking and flying around can do all sorts of damage. How many people do you know that went thousands of miles on their first belt, but after the first belt blew they started going through belts like water? Often blwoing a belt scars the sheaves which means every subsequent belt will be ruined quickly. I've seen belt material wrap up on the weight pins and slightly bend them, binding the weights, which then causes all sorts of other damage as well as causing the primary to stay engaged even at idle. I've seen belt material inside a secondary (in the tower between the sheaves, where the sliders I mentioned had worn on my '18 XPT live) that were preventing the sheaves from opening and closing causing all sorts of issues that the owner couldn't figure out.
And of course we've all seen belt material wrap up behind the clutches on either the crank or the trans input shaft and ruin those seals. IIRC Polaris changed the design, but until recently on a RZR motor the only *correct* way to change the front main seal was to separate the case (there are aftermarket solutions to replace it without doing this, but I'm not sure how much I trust them).
Also, I've seen many belts go in the same scenario: long fast runs up/down sand highway when we made Duner's Diner runs. There's no doubt about it, sustained high speed running in sand just puts tons of heat in these belts/clutches and they will blow with the cover on.
-TJ
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35 minutes ago, Sand Shark said:
Got back yesterday from Glamis. Got there Christmas day and the place was pretty empty. The washes had scatterings of camps. Gecko had some space from what I could see. I was the first in the group to arrive and was able to get a nice spot in Wash 15. With the rain hitting it made everything nice and compact. No dust issues the entire time. The wind made everything nice and smooth in the dunes. There were some of those weird wind whip bumps on the top of some of the bigger dunes. Otherwise the dunes were great.
Overall a great trip with no issues for my X3. We had several in our group that made the trip from Texas. A great group of guys and they like to dune. We call them the Texas turtles after the very first time we met them in Glamis. A few decided to turtle there cars that trip. LOL! No Texas turtles this trip. We did have a newbie turtle though. LOL!
Took the Texas crew down to Buttercup so they could check out the border wall and enjoy the fun of the Buttercup dunes. Gordon's was almost a ghost town. I think Buttercup had more people camping.
Carnage for the week was 3 Polaris belts, one polaris power steering unit (Coyne in El Centro took care of that and I can not say enough how great the service and parts department at the dealership are when you need something. They try to save your trip.), and one Polaris Turbo motor after the oil drain plug somehow fell out. Also some cosmetic damage and a radiator for the car that end up on the lid. Oh and one broken axle on the RS1.
My buddy @megadesertdiesel drives the crap out of that RS1. Drifting the turns and jumping the where he can. They look like an absolute blast to drive.
Lots of fuel was burned and lots of dune miles covered. I think I was around 400 miles for the 5 days.
Sounds like a good time, nice report! On the p00-p00s blowing belts, were they running clutch covers? Super bummer on the drain plug on the Turbo, was maintenance just done on it?
33 minutes ago, Sand Shark said:
29 minutes ago, Sand Shark said:Learned the RS1 does not make the 89 mile ride from Wash 15 to Buttercup and back. He ran out of gas with about 8 miles to go. His gas warning light never came on.
Weird the light never came on, I've found with my RZRs the light is super conservative and I still have 2-3 gallons left when it comes on (which is a good 20-30% of the capacity of the system).
16 minutes ago, John@Outfront said:Cool. What is an RS1 for those who don’t know
Single seat Polaris. The only pic I left in my quote of the OP's post is the RS1...
-TJ
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I'll add Pismo is the only place I've actually been hit in my sandrails...
-TJ
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45 minutes ago, Azdunerat said:
So we are planning on doing a trip with the new hauler the week of January 24th and was thinking of changing it up and going to Pismo. Have never been but the wife wants the beach and I want to take the can am.
any info on the beach and camping would be greatly appreciated.
I grew up going there, and once I had a 5'er and stuff have gone in many, many times. But, it's been nearly a decade since I went. Is beach camping even open right now (I can't keep up with the closures)? If it is, are there even reservations available (they've limited it so much that when it is open resis sell-out quickly, AFAIK)?
Anyway, if you do get to camp on the beach air down the truck, AND the trailer. Don't even try without airing down, you'll regret it. Don't go in alone, make sure you're with another truck and try the soft stuff one at a time (so if the one in the soft stuff gets stuck, the other can un-hitch and rescue). Make sure you have a good kinetic tow rope (must be kinetic, not a tow strap) and the right shackles etc. to utilize it. Time your arrival to get in at low-tide, but set up in off the hard pack a bit to make sure you're not that guy scrambling to dig moats and move camp as the tide comes in.
When riding, remember everything drops off SHARPLY as you ride away from the water. I've seen so many first-timers (or even seasoned folks) get into terrible crashes cuz they're hauling ass away from the water and totally don't see a big drop. Pismo has big, sharp drops you just don't see somewhere like G.
-TJ
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9 hours ago, TheBiz said:
TJ-if you don’t mind me asking, who do you go through for your policy?
State Farm.
-TJ
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7 minutes ago, John@Outfront said:
yep i hear you. this motor had no internal work done to it from us. it was all cosmetic and prepping for a new ecu, etc
a single cam was replaced because our ecu requires factory sensors and this was a motor and ecu from another builder and they made their own sensor and trigger on the factory cam. oil pan was removed for inspection inside and the timing cover and that's it. heads, head studs and all of the lower end are from the motor build in 2019. it got here and we are working on it
To be clear, I wasn't trying to put it on you. I was just saying I can relate to GM's situation, not that my situation was identical (in my case, internal work *was* done before I got the motor back both times).
-TJ
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Once upon a time I got a motor back from a fresh rebuild. We had upped the compression and a few other things, and it made great power. But, within a day I got a ticking/knocking and back to the builder it went. Cracked sleeve. I can't really blame the builder, because I had brought them that block (sleeved LS2 block out at like 4.185") which had already been through hell. That said, the cylinder walls were supposedly sonic checked for thickness and of course also checked for cracking. It's hard to even remember all the rebuilds, but I believe it was directly after that when I sprung for that builder's new fancy block (rebranded RHS) and had them rebuild it once again that it started huffing white smoke within one trip. Back it went, and supposedly everything checked out... no blown head gaskets, cylinder walls all good, I thought maybe it was a crack in a head since the head castings themselves had lived through a good half a dozen iterations of that motor. But in the end, I was told one of the decks wasn't square. Still not sure how much I believe that, since a) it was a brand new block, wouldn't it have gone out for machine work including ensuring the decks were square b) if that was the cause, why did they say there were no signs of a blown head gasket or coolant making it from water jack to combustion chamber? Of course, I have no better theory, other than maybe somebody forgot to make the last pass torqueing one of the heads or something.
Anyway, been there, done that, bought the t-shirt. I'm sure John will get it worked out, but total bummer when it ruins a trip you've been waiting for so long.
-TJ
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Ffffuuuuuu that's a bummer man. Can't say I haven't been in a very similar situation.
-TJ
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6 hours ago, Grease Monkey said:
My G52 was upshift fwd. Only car I ever had with a sequential. Then I picked up this car. Was the same fwd upshift. Figured that was the norm. Really liked the 3rd to 2nd power shift. Just like the H pattern. Pull back and mash the gas.
Its going to take me a few trips to get used to the car and the shift sequence but I'm told it will be natural after a while.
You'll definitely find it more natural once you adjust. As you're accelerating being pushed back pulling the shifter back just feels right. Similarly when you're slowing down and being forced forward it just seems natural to push the shifter forward.
-TJ
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12 hours ago, Grease Monkey said:
So I've been told.
That's what feels most natural and every car I've had has been this way, as well as every one I've driven but one. In that one that was forward to upshift it was very difficult not to get it wrong and blow the thing up.
-TJ
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Lol, TBH I sort of forgot about the forum 'til a buddy sent me a link to a car for sale to look at, then I got to pokin' around again. I don't think I was making one of my sanctimonious protests last time I left the forum, but who knows...
-TJ