I have a chubby for these things because I keep seeing them and they look so damn awesome! Please post pix and descriptions of these monsters here!
I have a chubby for these things because I keep seeing them and they look so damn awesome! Please post pix and descriptions of these monsters here!
In reply to Conquest351:
Can you even call that a jeep anymore...
Eh... "inspired by a novel by Jeep".
I know a couple guys who autocross with him. There's very little Jeep there. Everything under the skin is something else (I'd be making it up if I said I remembered; wanna say it was turbocharged and small displacement though).
Conquest351 wrote: I have a chubby for these things because I keep seeing them and they look so damn awesome! Please post pix and descriptions of these monsters here!
Pretty sure that's a tubeframe chassis ala Locost with a rotary under the hood.
DaveEstey wrote: It’s a Jeep Thing…You Wouldn’t UnderstandConquest351 wrote: I have a chubby for these things because I keep seeing them and they look so damn awesome! Please post pix and descriptions of these monsters here!Pretty sure that's a tubeframe chassis ala Locost with a rotary under the hood.
Yeah, that's Del Long's car. It doesn't have any jeep parts. He chose the body style because it is easy to metal shape those body panels. (They're all flat.)
http://www.sccaforums.com/home/aid/728
LINCOLN, Neb. (Sept. 1, 2011) – What has a Chevy engine, a Ford rear end, a Doug Nash transmission and a Toyota Yaris power steering unit? Easy – a Jeep! Del Long has long been running Modified classes in SCCA Solo competition for years, winning multiple championships, most recently in D Modified with the car now owned by Jeff Cashmore. He now has his newest weapon, an E Modified class 1946 Jeep Y-CJ. The “Y” stands for yellow. The decal on the hood says “It’s a Jeep Thing…You Wouldn’t Understand.” Looking at options to compete with the E Modified class-dominating turbocharged rotary powered Sprite of Jeff Kiesel, Long felt that the short 80” wheelbase was the way to go. “At 80 inches, it could have been a Sprite,” Long said. “But the Jeep body was easy to build. It has a lot of square panels.” E Modified rules specify that the wheelbase of a car match the size of the belly pan and the body shape, with the car needing to resemble that of the stock version. Beyond that, the rules are pretty much wide open. The car started life as an Allison Legacy—a scale tube-frame stock car. Long acquired the car, sans body, and began the build in October 2010. He fit a 2.0-liter Chevrolet Cobalt SS turbo motor to the right and forward of the driver’s legs, dropped a Ford 8” rear end in the back and mated the two with a two-speed Doug Nash transmission. The car initially didn’t have power steering, and driver Bob Tunnell, of Broomfield, Colo., admitted it was difficult to drive. The solution was simple—drop a power steering unit in out of a Toyota Yaris. Tunnell said that the car has around 400 hp and 400 lb-ft of torque running on E85 fuel at 1750 lbs. Despite the massive slicks off of a Formula Atlantic, Tunnell admits the car is a bit of a challenge to drive due to its short wheelbase, but has great potential. A six-time Solo National Champion, Tunnell was invited by Long to drive the car for 2011 after his own supercharged BMW M3 was not ready for the event following a blown motor in 2010. He is joined by another multi-time Champion, 3-time titlist Jeff Ellerby, of Marion, Iowa, giving Long a great pair to try to take down the mighty green rotary turbo Sprite. Bob Tunnell’s wife, 13-time National Champion Patty, will also drive the car Thursday and Friday in E Modified Ladies. Long admits that while the car may say Jeep, it’s hardly from 1946. “I told Jeep Magazine that ‘no Jeeps where hurt building this vehicle.’” A complete gallery of images is available here. Long’s 1946 Y-CJ will compete in E Modified during Heat Two on Thursday and Friday.
JohnInKansas wrote:
Archer Bros. 1987. Brainerd.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnSYj1hAPs0
Gasoline wrote:
Me likey
friedgreencorrado wrote:JohnInKansas wrote:Archer Bros. 1987. Brainerd. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnSYj1hAPs0
I was at that race. I was woking for a Trans Am team as a non-paid crew member.A very hot weekend, mid 90's all 3 days we were there. But I did enjoy it. The one video of the sport truck raceing I'd like to see would be the one that took place in Niagra Falls, NY. It was a street race and there was a big smash up early in the race. There was a train of say 7-9 trucks bump drafting down a straight when the get to a turn and the frist car doesn't make it. All the trucks behind ended up piling into the truck in front of it. The Archers were both forced to drop out of the race due to damage.
Can you tell me more about that black one? Is it a rebodied Miata? I dig it!
24 Hours of LeMons DJ-5 Mail Jeep
All I know so far is that is has a Ford 302 and a Toyota 4Runner rear axle.
Repteel wrote:Gasoline wrote:Me likey
Me likey this one too!! That's exactly what I'm talking about!
PseudoSport wrote: 24 Hours of LeMons DJ-5 Mail Jeep
That one is super badass too! Love the stretched front end!
For shame!!!! no one has posted the XJ-R?
Gasoline wrote:
The jeep riding low on big rims is a very common form of transport in the Philippines, called an 'owner-style' jeep in the sense that it is used for personal transportation instead of for-hire public transportation like a jeepney. The jeep bodies are 'coach built' locally in various materials (I like the polished stainless look) and then finished with whatever powerplant (usually Mistubishi or Toyota) is affordable and available, usually recycled from something else.
An 'owner-type' jeep is much more realistic to afford than an actual production vehicle. It is a very effective and egalitarian way to provide for personal transportation in a tropical climate. Plus they look really really cool.
I was at a NASA track day a few years ago at Pocono North (with my old Escort GT) when I chased ~This Jeep SRT8~ a few times on the infield.
Obviously, when we got to the NASCAR section of the track, he ran away from me. The thing had Gigantic Hoosiers on it.
^^ cool video
4cylndrfury wrote: For shame!!!! no one has posted the XJ-R?
I should remember, but do not; what was done on that to add camber? Wasn't the axle bent/angled in some way?
grpb wrote: The jeep riding low on big rims is a very common form of transport in the Philippines, called an 'owner-style' jeep in the sense that it is used for personal transportation instead of for-hire public transportation like a jeepney. The jeep bodies are 'coach built' locally in various materials (I like the polished stainless look) and then finished with whatever powerplant (usually Mistubishi or Toyota) is affordable and available, usually recycled from something else.
Sounds like a place where it would be easy to register a locost
JoeyM wrote: ^^ cool video4cylndrfury wrote: For shame!!!! no one has posted the XJ-R?I should remember, but do not; what was done on that to add camber? Wasn't the axle bent/angled in some way?
I thought a crossmember was flipped or something?
Solid axle sectioned and bent in the middle for pan clearance and camber.
In reply to JoeyM:
It was cut and rewelded for 2.5 degrees of camber per side. Pictures are on the first page of our build thread.
http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/2010-race-jeep-cherokee-build/27247/page1/
In reply to PseudoSport:
That avatar is amazing, BTW.
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