Best of luck to ya. :thumbsup:

Didn't happen with out pics

 

Sounds very exciting, wish you the best, please keep posting.

 

Wishing you the best of luck...Make sure you hit up all the local vendors and EU vendors for support money!

How many fabbers do you need?

 

Would you not be better aiming for 2012 with the right mog rather than rush to get the wrong mog built, as IMO you would do better with a MWB mog which are inherently more stable at speed due to there slightly slower reaction to inputs and arguably better off road than SWB mogs due to the extra axel articulation due to chassis flex and better grade-ability, also given the amount of other vehicles of different sizes you stand more of a chance of having at lest 1 axel out of any small/deep mud holes/ruts etc.

Also a MWB mog gives more room to distribute load evenly and lower so you can get the best weight distribution.

As for engine HP, yes its nice to have power but maximum power is far from everything required when arguably engine flexibility is far more important, after all do you really want to arrive at a corner/drop-off/river crossing/deep ruts/sand dune/etc/etc at a speed that outstrips the mogs ability along with your own driving ability because the engine is inflexible at lower RPM’s which means hundreds of extra gear changes each day because you have a narrow usable RPM band, after all there wont be many places you will need 450hp for top speed but there will be meny meny miles ware medium and lower RPM will be needed.

 

i think the U1700 they picked probably has 3.25m wheelbase.

 

Start with an Ex-Rally truck, probably cheaper than you could build the same thing, then add what you need:

Expedition Imports Corporation U1300 Custom

That things damn near ready to race...

 

What's that axe/showel clamp holder ? Is that an off-the-shelf product ?

I need one of those badly.

I was leaning toward QuickFists but this seems better

 

I'm with Trev- either grab the Blue Truck, which was converted from a RW-1 by the Hellgeths, or maybe try and track down this 416, which has also gone through the Hellgeth shop, and has run the raid previously. I thought I saw it for sale at one point, not too long ago, but in any event, if it is sitting, maybe you could work out a lease deal for the event.

You'd still be an American Team, the Red 416 is already in Europe, and the experience you gain would set you right to build your own Truck for Next Year's event, and give you time to execute it without so much of a rush.

Who knows, maybe the Hellgeth's would work a lease out for the Rag-Top silver one.
And There have been a number of Raid-Prepped SBU's for sale over the last year...you
might be able to rent one for the price of shipping a SBU over and back...

Just a thought

 

Who knows, maybe the Hellgeth's would work a lease out for the Rag-Top silver one.

Looks like the Hellgeths wont be racing this year and the Paco Paco and the grey one are already leased for the rally to people in Europe.

There are few rally trucks in europe for sale but the least expensive at the moment is 18.000 euros to the one bellow that is going for 66k so not a very good option.

MERCEDES-BENZ Unimog U 1300 L "Rallye" in Baden-Württemberg - Leonberg | Anhänger & Nutzfahrzeuge | eBay Kleinanzeigen

 

:bowdown::bowdown: Hellgeth..........mmmmmmmmmmm !!!
:bowdown:

 

The one in the blue mog is a standard US Army set. Once in a while on eBay. I fancy one myself.

 

How would you call that ? Official nomenclatura ?

 

I think they call it "pioneer shovel kit" it's installed on lots of Humvees.

 

The Cummins adapter should be finished wed. night, the OM352 will be coming out Wed. day. Wish we had the time to try and do a OM366, but in the long run the 6BT will be a better option.

Using some other guys truck would be like wearing another dudes dirty underwear...

 

Yeah, I understand that-forget I ever mentioned it.
Best of luck with the build.
Rigid makes some very nice LED's, as I expect you already know...

 

Jason, check with Bill A in New York for some of those parts.
Bob

 

We've got the 24 valve Cummins sitting in the chassis and the adapter showing up in the afternoon so it can be bolted up.
Having a bit of a dilemma on the ability of de tuning computer controlled engine in case of any issues during the race,but the possibility of computer failure is a nagging one.

pictures coming

 

Jason Im sure you will cover this but, can you shed some light on the Donor engine, year, adapter, ETC

 

Hey Dave, we are machining the adapter for pretty much any 6bt-4bt cummins up to 2002.

The motor we'll be using is a 99 24 valve or a 97 12 valve.

 

Jason, if you decide that that the electrically injected Cummins isn't going to work for you, would you might be interested in my 250+hp OM-366?

 

I like it!!!----Remember MJ---you know where I live!!!!

 

Michael.....is that Doka going to be ready for Reno/Tahoe Mogfest? That 366 would make it scream.....Mog-scream at least.
Chas

 

"Mog-Scream." Made me laugh, well put.

C.

 

I recognize that 366LA engine... it has been sitting in my shop before! It's a shame that it has that giant air/water intercooler hanging off the side in such a way that it really doesn't fit under a SBU cab. With the correct manifolds and a different intercooler, it would really be nice in a mog.

Jay,

I shipped out those parts on Friday, I will call you with the particulars tomorrow.

On the '99 24 valve cummins, it isn't in the series of the first 24v's that had problems with cracking blocks, is it? I've swapped out cracked blocks on 3 '99's that cracked due to faulty castings, and I would hate to be in a competition and have one fail. The casting number is 53 fwiw.

Cheers,
Ben

 

Chas, someday I'll have it running but definitely not for Tahoe Mogfest. Maybe by the time my eldest gets to college ;-)

 

Thanks Ben. I checked it out before I bought it and it is not in that cracking line up.
I did read up on a cool way to stitch up those cracked blocks though.

Here are a couple of pics w/ the motor in the Chassis of the U1700.

Crap! says it's exceeded the size allowed???

 

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Crap! says it's exceeded the size allowed???

just means total pixals too large for that one pic. Use a simple photo editor to crop and/or shrink the size. A good size for internet is 800x600 pixel. Most pic. programs will auto adjust for you. type in 800 for the width or height (which ever is bigger) and program will auto adjust the other to keep the proportions of the pic correct.

 

Like this:

Free Online Picture Resizer - Crop and Resize photos, images, or pictures online for FREE!

 

Microsoft paint which is on virtually every computer known to man will downsize photos. Or, e-mail them to me or someone else to have them post the pics.

 

Microsoft paint which is on virtually every computer known to man will downsize photos.....

Think paint defaults to bmp file format at the save screen; which is a large file and will put you right back into the same problem. Make sure to save as a jpg file and not the bmp.

 

Since I really want to see the pictures here's another free picture resizer from Microsoft.
Resize digital pictures quickly

The download link is on this page on the right side.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx