Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Electrical - and I still have most of my hair

While the suspension system is being designed and cut by Meyhem Metal Works, I have turned a bit of my attention to the electrical and all that is drives, no pun intended.  You may remember, Off Road Solutions has stepped up as a project sponsor and will be designing the harness to give power to The Spike.  It's like the Veins and Arteries of this rig!  So I got an email from them asking about the needed connections.  Fuel pump, ECT, etc.  But in that list was one I had not thought about, gauges!

So I started the hunt and began to ask myself; what do I want to know when I am in the driver's seat? The basic dash of the 85 4Runner came to mind, giving me 6 basics to monitor.  But them the "nice to know" items accompanies the list, like Fuel Pressure and Oil Temperature.  So after some searching I was leaning toward 9 different gauges in a cluster for a dash.

Then, enter Dakota Digital.


I was directed to look at them when I found how expensive quality gauges were.  For the same price, or a bit less, I could have a fully digital dash, slim in design, and feed any data I wanted into the display to cycle through when the "Need-to-Know" items were not enough, and I wanted some "Nice-to-know" information.

After some contact with them about the project, I am proud to announce Dakota Digital as the newest sponsor to the build of The Spike.  I will be installing a VHX-1023 Dash with a few extra modules to give me more information that is nice to know when you don't have OBDII in a vehicle.  Even this buggy will have computers to help me monitor the systems.


If you are in the market for a couple replacement gauges, a custom dash to fit your classic Jeep or car, or a full custom dash like I have installing, check these guys out!  Dash technology has come a long way from single item round gauges, this things are intense.  You need to check this stuff out.

#DakotaDigital #VHX-1023
#ROR 
#BFG 

Saturday, September 2, 2017

Shoe Math, it's like New math, but better!

So do you remember months ago, I purchased a set of Raceline Beadlock Wheels? 
And, if you remember, I had them custom powder coated to match the color scheme of this buggy.
Finally, just last month, I was able to, with the help of Reno Off-Road: Jeep, Truck, Buggy Parts & Accessories, get my hands on a set of new 37x12.50x17 BFG Red Label Crawlers.

So, Randy at Extreme Overkill Fabrication did a little project math, check this out!

Raceline Wheels Beadlocks + Custom Powder Coat by Devine Diesel & Offroad + BFGoodrich Tires Red Label Krawlers = 


That almost brings a tear to my eye it is so great looking!