Carlovers Desert Beater Build

[R.J.]

no go for barstow for me. my drive shaft came apart on the freeway. rookie mistake, i need to have it lengthened. sooooo that sucks

 

[mounty71]

noooo

 

[carlover]

Good times, im thinking we might go to johnson valley and run the courses there. There is gonna be alot of people in barstow with the race going on.

 

[R.J.]

so sean, how was JV?

 

[carlover]

ended up going to barstow. got there as the sun was setting. did a lap on the course. holy crap that course was no joke lol. i wish it wasnt dark so i couldve gotten pics of what these courses look like...

 

[carlover]

Going to Barstow or JV for the day saturday if anyone local wants to tag along....

 

[carlover]

oopppppssssss

 

[FROADER]

WTF, again??!?!!!?!

 

[IZwack]

OH NOOOooooS!!!!!!

 

[carlover]

...

 

[carlover]

what is left of the snout

 

[carlover]

no harm no foul. it gave way doing like 2pmh lol. no other damage other than the snout and a wasted day. fabbed spindles with d44 snouts are in the works now.

 

[Tbars4]

...I hope you had as much help as you did the last time this happened...

 

[carlover]

it wasnt bad. i drove it out. just swapped on a stock spare spindle. weve already pressed the broken one out and new better stock one in. the fabtech snouts are weak and no where near as strong as the factory ones.

im glad it let go in the situation and timing it did

 

[cybergasm]

whoa it's like deja vu

well almost :

 

[410Fortune]

Fabtech strikes again!!

D44 knuckles and spindle = WAY BETTER, new bolt circle?

 

[IZwack]

Last night I looked at the BlitzKrieg hubs thinking it might be a viable alternative to D44s and ooooOOOOFFF! They are almost $1.6k for a pair! Thats over half the price I bought my Civic for 3-ish years ago!

http://www.blitzkriegoffroad.com/products.asp?section=hubs_front_2_5_race

 

[410Fortune]

need a sponsor before you can have those LOL

 

[carlover]

Yikes 1.6k for the pair?????? ouch. Im gonna run a 9" soon so upgrading to a fabbed spindle with the d44 snouts, hubs, brakes and the works seems to be the best option. I've never seen or heard anyone breaking a d44 snout so it should be plenty strong. Plus the fabbed spindle will allow for upper and lower uniballs so no more ball joints to wear out.

 

[carlover]

Found out that the stock snouts are heat treated chromoly. They are much much much stronger than the fabtech snouts. Even camburg uses stock snouts in thier base LT spindles.