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Pete, you and group did a really nice job on this.. Glad I was able to make it. Will make it for sure next year. Thanks for all you did. 

First one for me. Usually working on the car after turkey day carnage.  This year, no carnage so coming out to play with the group.  Pete, we will probably have one other buggy with us that is not a member. No family this trip....just the drivers. 

On 12/14/2017 at 8:10 AM, FE135 said:

Yea I got it. Still working on all the pics I took.

Holy Sh*t John.  I'm surprised the rim was the only casualty.  Impressive as hell.  

Buddy of mine is selling this stacker. Trailer is in Apple Valley. Call Doug Hamilton 760-559-2280

2006 Pace American GT Glamis Addition

26' enclosed, 31' overall length

3 axle 18k GVWR

30 gallon fuel station, 50 gallon water

Measurements:

Rear Door 96" wide opening x 86.5" tall

Inside height-11' 1"

Overall height=13'6"

Hydraulic tongue jack

cabinets

belly lift

rear door remote cable lift winch

Trailer will be detailed this week. Dirty from sitting around in barn last few months.

Hauls 2 full size rails, sxs and 2 quads

$25K.

Fastony, your welcome to join us and our group!

Bummer for anyone who can't make it out on such a great weekend!

And we will be at Vender row for sure. Need venders who sell VW Parts! LOL While Doghouse saved us last trip, we were lucky he had parts in stock as they are not stocking parts anymore, so we will have to find another source in Vegas or somewhere to get these must need parts UGH!

Last trip we did major damage to our engine, we floated our valves, dented a piston, cracked our head between the intake and exhaust, Valve seat came out, Lost a valve lash cap, rotor broke, cap cracked and lost our entire pulley system for our alternator and we forgot to put our gas cap on and lost it!

We bought brand new heads, brand new pistons and barrels, plugs, cap, rev limiter rotor (so we don't do this again), New lash caps, and everything else to put it back together for Thanksgiving! including all the performance machining for porting and polishing the heads etc.. We have everything back together and just found our rocker assembly is broke on one side, so we are on our way to replace those. total 1800.00 in engine damage, the experience, Priceless! it was the most fun we were having when all the damage occurred!

Can't wait for Thanksgiving!

Tom, Bunny, glad you got things worked out from Halloween Trip. (I'm the guy with the vice), sorry to here about all the damage. I have one of those trips every year or so... We will be in same spot on T-day...pulling in on Mon or Tues.

Two trips on disc and pressure plate. I've upgraded engine and tranny going to a double disc set up.
KEP stage 4 pressure plate
S4 or S4D clutch disc (KEP) You would have to switch disc if using on a 2D.
LS Fly wheel machined for ARP bolts.
228MM clutch. Includes ARP flywheel bolts. ($30.00)
LS Flywheel originally pinned for R&H pressure plate. Pins were removed prior to switching to KEP pressure plate. Package was over $700.00 new. Sell for $300.00

Big weekends seems to bring the rif raf. Buddy had his BFD sandrail stolen by hill next to vendors row on Presidents Day weekend. No locks just parked it by the mh. We have had gas cans, gas caps, coolers stolen but several years back on big weekends also. Alarms, and locks seem to be the smart thing to do......just remember to unlock the cables before trying to pull out of camp. I've some pretty funny things happen with the disc locks.

Thanks for all the replies. Look like I'm going to invest in a signal booster......

Last few season Verizon worked well around crapper 8 & 9....this year, seems like service is horrible. On and off during the day and over t-day really couldn't find any area that had stable signal. Everyone in group was saying the same thing. Anyone having good luck with Verizon service in other areas? I know we are out there to play but makes for more trips if I can work a few hours a day when out there.

http://www.ricksmedealer.com/press/2007-03-06High_Output_Hayabusa_Kit.pdf

Link is for a higher output stator and regulatory/rectifier for the busa.

Seems like never enough light...I have a rigid 42" and 2 bullet star HID's, When dusty the rigid top mount makes it look like a white out...visibilty near zero. Out in the sand, they seem to light up the area ahead well enough but can outdrive the lights pretty easily. Thinking about a double 42" set up now. Still nothing like a fast night ride to shrink the old nads.

If you could add a couple more $k to your budget, the Busa rail for sail here on the forum is a pretty good deal. Long travel, reliable, and can dune with any group. Had one for a couple of years and really a huge step up from the beam or mid travel cars. Not having reverse is a pain once in a while. Just need to remember that when parking.

We're in............better bring your A J game Jalper....Johnny in the Air will be there also. Is Jeffy and Slow Joe going?

Last year was colder than hell. Froze the pipes on the MH when I passed out.....er I meant fell asleep and forgot to turn the heater on. 22 degrees if I remember right and sometime between xmas and new year day.

If you have never been out to Dumont, take heed in what others tell you on this site, Dumont is not like any other set of dunes you'll play in. They get downright nasty and bite hard. I have been going there for years and I'm still caught by suprise. Usually one careful run when you first get there is the way to go. I know there is a lot of preaching but we see experienced duners but first time Dumont visitors get hurt all the time. Be safe out and have a blast. We'll be there.

That was just frickin cool. Loved the music also.

Was there a big crowd out there?

Rangers were by our camp on Sat and said their count was 12 thousand peeps rolled in from Thursday afternoon through Sat morning. Not sure how many were in earlier/later than that.

If you can find a way to mount in Jeannie's Rhino, I'll take it. It would only be half the cost of what I spent to upgrade the dammmmmm thing and would be a hell of a lot more fun.

BTW: You could probably get a few hundred more if you took the blue off the oil pan....

Rough one for the start of the season.....We found out who really spent time on their ride in the off season-

Rail Issues with group:

Broken Reverse in 2 different cars (both 2D's)

Blown Engine (subie)

Smoked a turbo (oil line broken)

Fried Altenator

broken front A-arm

Still all had an effin blast. Good peeps this trip so no real trouble at all compared to last Haloween. Can't wait to go back.

Effin blows. Can you post pics of inside cab mods? Might help identify once the effin thieves yank the plastics and roll bar. Really one of a kind the way it sits. I'll keep my eyes peeled and spread the word.

Some mini buggy builders have build some horrible designed tensioners where there is too much pressure on the roller causing premature wear. I know Sonic sandcars were horrible for that, but not sure about Sandbullet.

I usually get many many years out of one roller on my car. Shiat, now that I think of it...I go through frames quicker than chain rollers.

How about some pics of your set up?

I have a nylon roller setup on my sandbullet right now just trying to switch it to something else. I am tired of changing these rollers out every three trips. I am looking to see if anyone has anything different out there that they have better luck with. I was thinking of useing a sprocket tensioner instead but I believe it will heat the chain more than I want. If not where can I get these nylon rollers at in vegas, I am getting them from a builder in cali but want a place in vegas. thanx for the help. i will get pics of my setup as soon as I put it back together

My son and I used Delrin on our tentioners. Machined the holes to the bearing size we were running. Sons lasted two seasons. Mine was a season. I experimented with impregnated nylons but a real pain to machine.

These were on sick sand rails.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#delrin-af-rods/=3rrv0r

I have mine insured through State Farm. I know Allstate only covers to $20,000. I found this link to another possible option... http://stratuminsurance.blogspot.com/2009/...e-sand-car.html

I have my sandrail insured through Allstate here in Vegas. $65k for value plus comp and collision. 1300/year.

From Glamis Dunes:

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I fly a Saints flag on my rail and wifey flies a Colts flag. Sunday's are friggin loud out our house.

Mine is in the hospital right now. Little issue in Idaho with metal and lava rocks. Should be out by the end of August though and looking brand new again.

Really not a picture taker... The only pics I have are of some buggy carnage and I dont know the guy well enough to post them... Ill try to figure out how to get a Talladega video off of my phone...

Definately a change on the south side of comp. Looked like a different place. No doubt some of the best and nastiest runs of the season.

Hey, the buggy carnage was probably my buddies green buggy works. He did his best impression of a lawn dart off a 14' razor into a witches eye. Knocked the left front end off the car. If you have pics go ahead and post them. He won't mind. Spoke with him this morning and looks like sore ribs for a couple of days but all else is well. Lower and upper A-arms, few heims and he'll be back in business. I know someone in our group got a few pics....just haven't seen them yet.