I am sure there is a lot more drive line HP loss through a transfer case and a Dana 60. What tires was it dynoed on?

Ian have you decided when you are taking it out again. We are coming home from the lake tomorrow so I should be around this weekend

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If it dries up enough I'll be taking it to DTOR Saturday. If it's still a slop fest I may go to Big Rock on Sunday. Sorry, wish I could be more concrete. I'll let you know as soon as I'm sure.

I might be next weekend at the earliest.

How about Harlan the last weekend of the month?

Probably some local stuff and then Slade for the spring Fire run.

Little update...

Took the buggy to Harlan on Memorial Day weekend. Got to ride for about two hours before I had steering issues again. We did Your Turn, Crawfords Cry, Lower Damnation, The Waterfall, Rail Trail, Killin Time, Intimidator, and a few others I can't remember. Blew the front seal out of my new KRC pump below Grape Vine. Up until that point I was having a great time. We drug the buggy all the way back to camp. I ended up riding around for a few hours doing some engine tuning in Stumps turbo Huyabusa buggy. That thing is ridiculous. 300 hp and about 2500 lbs. Spent eh next two days bumming rides with a group of Jeepers that were camped next to us.

Once back home I completely disassembled the steering system. Gonna change a few things. While I had that apart I figured I'd fix some engine oil leaks and figure out why I kept getting moisture coming out of my crank case breather (never a good thing). Pulled the intake off and found out that epoxy in the lifter valley was covering up a 4" long crack that was now leaking water.:( I decided I didn't want to put any more money in this 406. Just so happens my neighbor was in the market to move from his 383 to a stroked 6.0 liter LS based engine in his Camaro drag car. The 383 is a nice little piece. 4340 crank and I-beam rods topped with Bischoff ported Canfield heads and Bischoff speced solid roller make for over 500 hp on pump gas (9.8:1 compression ratio):thumbup:.I picked up the engine today. I'm going to keep the Holley fuel injection and build a new exhaust system to get the heat out from under my feet. Can't wait to get it running again. Look forward to getting back on the dyno and seeing how this engine compares to the 406.

Everything is all back together and running. Heading to the dyno in the next week or two. Hopefully have all the bugs worked out now. New engine, all new steering, new LED lights, little more paint and fully custom exhaust. I'll paint the exhaust after the dyno session. So ready to ride after all this work and a long cold winter.

Look's good!

Can't wait to get a ride this year

Sweet!!

Thanks guys.

Kenny, any time but I will need to get a ride in your new toy in return.:smug:

Looks great it smiles when the lights are on

Dynoed it yesterday at Cincy Speed. Around 100 more hp to the tires and it was still climbing when I hit the limiter at 6000 rpm. I may raise it a bit:winking: Happy with the turnout and the tune is very conservative so I can run on any old pump gas. Gonna do some local riding this Friday.

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We also dynoed Todds buggy and found some issues that would have been hard to nail down on the trail. Much better power curve now.

Buggy looks awesome!

Can't wait to see you buggy at Rush

Rode for about 5 hours today. No major issues. One little pin hole in a weld on the gas tank that needs to be fixed. Other than that and a bit more drivability tuning everything went great. The power is substantial over the last engine.:thumbsUp:

Rush Offroad at their anniversary bash...

Well, buggy's gone. Few weeks ago I traded it for a custom Jeep Rubicon pickup plus some cash. The buggy ended up in Mississippi and the guy already parted it out:eek: Just didn't see myself getting to use it much and was really missing my TJ. Probably going to sell the Jeep as well. I really want a nicely built LJ so I can take a couple of my boys with me when I go wheeling. The oldest boy is 12 but the next one in line is 4 now and ready to get out in the woods. For now this truck is pretty cool and nicely built. The frame was stretched with the wheelbase at 117" now. Custom long arm suspension with about 3"s of lift. Poison Spider armor from front to rear. 37" Trepador radials. I plan to be at the Rush event next weekend with it but I do have a few buyers lines up. Just waiting on the title to come back from the DMV.

Looks sweet!