AndyORRN

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

there's a whole lot of naughtiness in those photos!!! 

3 hours ago, MWB said:

Well F1 wanted phat cash money for every visitor in any of the existing businesses along the route, weather they had any good seats or not. They lowered the per head amount to a per establishment amount, it was still a pretty penny for a owner to have his own business open . Expect that to go back up to every swinging pee pee in the house pays. 

I think the make every profit possible did nothing to bring in new fans. I wish there wasn't such a greedy mentality but with numbers ranging from $500bil to almost $1bil spent, I can see why they tried to recoup as much as they could. I was tempted to go but figured it was going to be a chit show. I've done COTA a few times as well as Montreal. I would like to spectate some races in Europe and might do a Euro Delivery AMG and coordinate it all to partake an F1 race while there. I am hoping that the powers that be in Vegas learn from this inaugural event and that next year's event is better coordinated. The times I think need to be revisited too. 

~Andy

6 minutes ago, MWB said:

10 year option but only 3 year guarantee.  The 7 year option has not been signed by F1 just yet.  It will be interesting to see what additional compensations F1 wants for the extension.  

MWB, What would you stipulate as a requirement going forward?

I am hoping Max will be challenged this weekend in Abu Dhabi. 

2 hours ago, J Alper said:

The plan for most was to pit early during the safety car. but had more safety cars than expected,  Look how McClaren waited till the end to pit and cost them 3rd to 9th.   

I noticed that. I am hoping the development of the 24 SF and Benz cars are coming along to challenge RB. I am a Hammertime fan but am also rooting for Oscar now. 

~Andy

Why did MCL have Piastri pit with back to back Hard tires??? They caused themselves precious Constructor's points. Great race nonetheless. 

~A

On 11/18/2023 at 9:23 AM, URCLEVER said:

188"

thank you

Quick question, what is the expected length of a GTU??

19 hours ago, onanysunday said:

Custom air box with a 6x11 CBM filter inside. Centri tractor industrial precleaner on top. Billet aluminum plates top and bottom. Tube is 10" .120 wall plastic drain pipe for light weight.  Took me about 50 hours to build it. 3 burp valves at the bottom to drain the sand. 

If my V6 is at 7000 rpm the 4 blade in the precleaner would be spinning at 4000 rpm spitting out sand before it can get to the filter. 

 

Different design that is plastic but shows how it works. 

 

That is simply ingenious!!!

Great photo. Looks like a beast of a sand rail. What does the Star Wars looking droid in the back do?

~A

3 hours ago, Dynamicdude said:

My buddy and I revamped his Gen 3. Pretty cool for a old Funco

that came out amazing!!!

Odd question, Why do other manufacturers place 2 King Offroad suspension implements at each corner and not Funco?  I see countless combos of coilovers, and bypasses. Yet, none of the other manufacturers can handle similar to a Funco. I've noticed this while perusing many YT vids on sand rails. 

~Andy

1 hour ago, tjZ06 said:

It's a joke... my name is TJ.  My car is a G52 that has been fully remodeled.  The body is King Adam with paint by @PainterJoe but there isn't another identical car to mine, so it's a GTJ. ;)  Thanks though! 

 

-TJ

That makes total sense. 

13 minutes ago, tjZ06 said:

Favorite Funco..?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GTJ of course:

 

-TJ

GTJ? I haven't heard of that model. Nevertheless, she's a beaut!!!

On 10/30/2023 at 11:01 AM, acefuture said:

Bringing back trip reports! I've been itching to drive my new to me car since I bought it before summer, but just about everyone in our group was out for halloween. Some of our gecko friends weren't getting in til Friday night or Saturday, and with the winds scheduled for Sunday I wanted to get in on Thursday and out on Saturday. So @Reece Pettersen and I decided to hook up the flatbeds, bring a tent, and go camp in the middle of nowhere. Keep it simple with tons of fuel, hot dogs & pb&j, and dune all day. Reece just finished the build of his new race car and threw a set of paddles on it, so we were both very eager to drive our new cars. We pulled into Gordon's Thursday afternoon and decided to go super deep. We were basically where sand highway meets the canal, and decided to call it home for the weekend. Pitched the tents and went duning. We tore up the virgin dunes from set 4 to test hill and back. Car ran well, but felt like it had some bad gas, so was popping and stuttering. I figured i'd just continue to run through it and I should be good. Had 35 fresh gallons in it and about 5 of older gas it in so thought it would run through. Watched the sunset and did a short night cruise and headed in to lead another buddy in. Deleted several adult soda pops at the fire and retreated to our Marriott accommodations around midnight. It was awesome being out that deep with no one in sight. 

Friday we woke up and went to the Diner to meet a buddy in the morning, then packed up for a full day of duning with no intentions to be back at any specific time. Full of 40 gallons of fuel, food and drinks we set out with the intentions of hanging in glamis. Hit the fast line we've done for years that flirts with the west side of the dunes and cooked our way up to the end of the closures on the Glamis side and jumped in once we were in the green zone. Crushed a good amount of great dunes up to RRE and then turned in to head to swing set. Drank a water and kept going. My car started to pop and sputter again so gave it a minute to try and blow through what seemed to be bad fuel, then continued the duning til we ended up at Olds. Once there I decided to pull fuel filters to see if I had something clogging them. Nada, looked perfect. Reece ran to Joe Fabs for me to see if he had a bosch pump, he did but was 4x the cost, and I said i'd rather drive sand highway home popping and sputtering than pay that price. I put it all back together and cruised around the Olds valley and noticed that when it was falling on it's face all of the gauges were dropping. Had to be a voltage issue. My voltmeter was still reading 14.2v so it was a bit confusing, but figured it was a ground problem. Checked all grounds and leads and everything looked great. I mentioned that I had replaced 1 of my two batteries because one of them died over summer, so we switched my battery switch to the good battery only instead of both, and it seemed to immediately solve it. Off we went to dig more trenches in the sand. The car felt like it wasn't getting all the power it wanted, but I was still blown away with the capability of the car. You can drive this thing through a brick wall and the wall would apologize. Ripped up a good section of the big dunes and ended up at the ledge. Hung there for quite some time catching up with some friends until way after sun down. Boogied back down towards RRE, bummed some gas off of @Nickc313 for my buddies car with a 12 gallon tank, and off we went back down south. Popped into the campground to say hello to some friends and ripped the open desert back to camp. Didn't get back to camp until 9:45pm. Spent over 12 hours in the dunes that day. Epic day.

Saturday we woke up and decided to find more virgin dunes in Gordon's. Reece found (knew of) a couple great lines through set 3 and 4 and we ended up at Patton with not a soul there for a good hour. My car once again was popping and sputtering, but after about 5 minutes of run time, it would wake back up and go. So now i'm thinking its a computer voltage issue. It seemed as though the computer wasn't getting the voltage it needed and was "re-learning" mapping and would all of sudden figure it out and the car would run. Frustrating the say the least. Duned a bit more and ran into some friends, so posted up and had lunch with them in one of the valleys. Tore up a handful more dunes and decided that after about 50+ gallons of fuel we had our fill and it was time to head. Drove back to camp, rolled the cars on the trailer and hit the road. Home at 7pm.

All in all it was an incredible way to start the season. Really fun going back to simple camping with the guys, no frills, no worries. Weather was warm during the day and perfect at night. Glamis was packed at the main sights and sounds, but the dunes were pretty much empty. PLENTY of virgin dunes out there. Dumped 70 gallons into the car and burned at least 2/3rds of it if not more. Although the car didn't perform the way i'd hoped, it was an absolute blast to be able to get to drive a car like this one with the capabilities it has. Truly mind blowing how well this car is built. Reeces new race car didn't have a single hiccup all weekend, and neither did our buddies Raw car. Can't wait to get the car dialed in and back in the sand box soon.

Great write up with epic photos of some gorgeous bluebird skies. Glad y'all had a good time. 

9 minutes ago, Grease Monkey said:

I've got my head a few times in this process

🤣

I've got a pretty nasty Porsche 911 and a beast of a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T and I love snapping necks when I am out just running errands in either. I know you've got to love snapping necks in this monster. Looks and a beast motor to back up the aesthetics = perfect package. 

4 hours ago, Grease Monkey said:

Here is the full write up on it.

Started out as a 2007 Funco Hustler.  I've taken it to its current build as a Mini G52 2022/2023 build.

just finished with all 20pgs and it was a fun journey to see what you went through to build that beast. The videos were definitely icing on the cake. Was heartbroken with the blown head gasket but you remedied it quickly. Thank you for the link to this build. 

~Andy

On 9/30/2023 at 3:34 PM, Grease Monkey said:

This car is full-on bonkers!!!

19 hours ago, KingGlamis said:

Saturday night me and GlamisCoyote went to the Sunset spot by Wash 22 hoping to find Cheff and the other characters. Nobody showed. But it was still a bad ass Sunset.

That's an epic photo - frameable even!!!

2 hours ago, Grease Monkey said:

By far the best one I've owned. This car in on rails.  Pulls harder than all of them and sets you back in the seat as the dunes fly by. 

 

This is a drivers car. Its not meant to be put in third gear and cruise all over.  It will lug around in 3rd but it likes the boost and performs well in the 5500-6500 rpm range with rpm to spare.  Its like my first hustler.  Like being on a banshee and staying on the pipe.  Grab a gear and run it up then bang the next gear and goooooooooo.

 

that is one seriously gorgeous car!!! What model is it? Please forgive my newness to all things Funco. It looks to be a 2-seater. 

~Andy

4 hours ago, funco4lizzle said:

Changing tires was a deal breaker for me. I sweet talked Grand into building me a GTF with 3.5's and still 98" wide

I live up in Oregon and it is a 45min drive to Florence dunes so I will just get a flatbed trailer like the 1022 Aluma trailer that is 100" wide.  I checked your profile to see your Sand Rail but I am not up to speed on locating photo galleries. 

Side note, Grant is such a chill guy. I had a great conversation with him until a Trauma came in and I had to go back to work instead of looking at all the Funco photos I could find. 

50 minutes ago, funco4lizzle said:

Gtu is a 4 seat wide trailing arm car (102") with paddles on and can except 3.5 shocks. GTX is standard trailing arm (98") with paddles and has 3.0 shocks. there is a different tail section that I believe can go either way as a option at build time. GT series cars are fiberglass body.  G6 cars are alum flat side cars.

Thank you so much for the clarification. I very much appreciate your time in responding with this useful information. I think I am leaning more towards the GTU. I am hoping to receive some correspondence via email from Funco re getting on the list and ordering a car. 

I appreciate any and all knowledge as Funco's website is kind of sparse on detailed specs. 

21 minutes ago, 1newbie said:

There's a six figure swing between a nice SxS and a Funco as you describe....

I am ok with that price difference. I will be a hospitalist here shortly and all my other toys are paid for. Do you know the difference between the GTU and the GTX.