Rustrunner

[Snowracer]

front and rear diffs swapped out and ready to kill a bus full of nuns this weekend

[Loki89t]

That is quite the find you got there

At least its looking a bit better now.

[Snowracer]

That is quite the find you got there

At least its looking a bit better now.

ya its a flaming turd

[Snowracer]

will see how this goes

[Scoobienorth]

I think I already heard an axle break

[Snowracer]

I think I already heard an axle break

oh im sure they stock drive train will hate them

[Snowracer]

went on a supply run last night before putting it on the trailer, no nuns where killed

[BEEFY]

I need a set of those for mine

[Snowracer]

I need a set of those for mine

i can keep checking for when they get stock again. when i ordered them on tuesday they had 8 now only have 2 left

[BEEFY]

So what broke

[Snowracer]

So what broke

will do a full wright up with pictures when i have a minute.

short version is we lost a rear coil springs and bent the lower rear link on the first run. bent the link sort of back and found the spring, used a ratchet strap as a limiting strap to keep the coil in. on our second run the rear upper wish bone link balljoint broke off so diff was moving around like crazy. Pointsnorth gave me a ride to his shop and we pulled a replacement off a parts rig and i swapped it in. last 2 runs with no damage that i can see but have yet to really look it over, but did drive on the trailer so call that a win

[Snowracer]

so the main reason for buying this coffin on wheels was to race the houston obstacle course. loaded up and headed out of town friday night and raced saturday and sunday. group of us all brought beaters as our real wheelers are broke or getting built ect. there was 2 grand cheorkees, a ford explorer and then the rust runner. brad in the explorer ran my baby vreads as i didnt find wheels in time. by the second day most rigs where missing bumpers and dented so it turned into bumper cars in the pits and staging area, bumpers on this thing can hand out some body damage

i told the girlfriend she could drive and she was all over it so she raced and i rode bitch and fixed it. she did great for never doing anything like this and solid middle of the pack finish. on the first run we lost the pass side rear coil spring and bent the lower control arm. found the spring and put it back in and bent the link sort of straight. put a ratchet strap where the shock is supposed to be and called it fixed. second run the rear upper wishbone link ball joint broke and let the diff move all around. still finished the run and was our fastest run of the weekend. Timber drove me into town to his shop and we pulled the upper link off the parts tracker he has. had to torch the one bolt and sleeve out, so cut the old bushing out of the damaged arm and used that sleeve. it rained all night so was super slick out on sunday and could not steer or stop and got stuck and hit some trees but finished both our passes. this little pos drove on the trailer and was a blast to beat on all weekend. it did get a few more nick names, so now its the rustrunner, nunrunner, butrunner, bumrunner

[Snowracer]

every year i have raced this event ive always taken some beauty shots before racing so couldnt skip out on that this year even if it was with this rig









love how its same size or smaller then a sxs

[Johnny5]

Small and mighty haha looks like it was fun

[Snowracer]

Small and mighty haha looks like it was fun

wasnt fast but was fun