Sandrail-Chain to belt convesion

[dabeechman]

Couple pictures.

 

[db1405]

holy sheeee that thing is badd

 

[dabeechman]

Thanks

The belt whine is nearly 100dB! Haha.

 

[pashnit]

Daniel, that is a thing of beauty!

 

[dabeechman]

Thanks, I appreciate it.

I finished fiberglassing some belt covers for the car last night. Just need to clean them up and paint them now. Hopefully I can have a video for your guys in the near future.

 

[dabeechman]

Everything is finished and done. Had a few set backs with all the running gear. Regardless, it successfully handled a 100mph run down the beach even without the pulleys being hard anodized or the steel shafts hardened. The reverse box also worked out flawlessly.

I just got the aluminum back from the anodizer and the steel back from the heat treaters. Last thing that I need to do is to make a couple skid plates to protect the pulleys since they sit lower than the frame by a half inch.

Pics to follow next week.

 

[dabeechman]

Couple pictures of the aluminum pieces after coming back from the anodizer.

 

[dabeechman]

One of the assembled drives.

 

[dabeechman]

Finally took it out yesterday (tough to head to the cold beach when the warm lake is calling your name). Ripped the skid plate off of it after about 3 minutes..lol, so next Monday I'll take it back out with a new and improved skid plate mount

I plan on having a gopro front and back to watch the suspension and the belts in action. Next week should be fun.

 

[saary]

any news videos?

 

[saary]

please i need to see a video of your setup in action

 

[ogre]

vids or it didn't happen, lol

 

[PaceMaster]

Those Sand Rails are SO!!! Cool...

 

[dabeechman]

Yeah, I have some gopro videos but I am dealing with some weird distortion due to the vibration I am assuming. I bought a bar clamp that I plan on using. Initially I had it affixed to the panel via the suction cup mount.

I took it apart last weekend due to a bearing noise and it indeed ate a drive bearing. I may have had the belts too tight, so I am going to try a little less belt tension this next time.

If anybody is in the Pismo Beach area, let me know and I'll take you for a ride. I am running out of people who voluntarily get into the passenger seat...lol

 

[ogre]

Makes me wish I was back in cali

 

[RussellJ]

This is so awesome... I would want a ride but i leave cali thurs and broke leg

 

[dabeechman]

Geez, time flies. Got the drives back together and look forward to taking it out soon. All this California rain though has kept me parked indoors. In the next two weeks I hope to have some video up.

 

[I Love My Wife]

Let's see some pics and vid's of the entire car.

 

[dabeechman]

I lost my gopro camera to the depths of the lake, so video is out of the question until I buy (another) one. Apparently they don't float (who'da thought) lol.

Here is a picture from yesterday.

I am really liking my drive system. So far it has handled the horsepower very well, and hasn't shown too many signs of wear.

 

[red1100cc]

thats awesome. thanks for sharing.