Monster Truck 101

[filo]

How do you set up the mid/rear engine trucks? a V-drive, then trans, n x-fer case?

 

[chevy wrangler]

i wanna see pics of the tires,plez!!

 

[DaPlumber]

tires!!!

 

[chevy wrangler]

thanks those are sweet!!!! how much do they run new??

 

[mr.smartass]

I just watched the Vegas show on the Speed Channel, good stuff, thought I'd bump this thread to the top to check on updates. What ya got Plumber?

 

[broncoman6524]

pics of burb?

lol. looks damn good though. id love to have a job like that. get paid to wrench and make sh*t all day! hell ya!

 

[54inches]

Pinion brakes only?

 

[blazin_blazer]

what kinda reduction do you get from the planetaries? what reduction is in the school bus rearend? i've always wondered what size gear ratio monstertrucks run. should be able to multiple diff x planetaries = true axle ratio.

also the sound they make while staging,....rump-rump-rump...i understand that is not cam lope, but rather the ignition system only fireing the same cylinder every 2nd compression stroke to keep it from loading up...in theory running as a 4 cylinder engine b/c each cylinder only fires every other time that it is suppossed to, b/c if all 8 were fireing it would have to turn the engine faster than the stall speed. which is how many rpm's? and what kind and how does it work?(ignition system)

and last but not least, why do most of the trucks run 1500 hp or there about? why haven't we seen some1 put a 7000 hp top fuel or funny car type engine in one and just rip it, lay them all in waste?..... cost?

 

[thatK30guy]

Over 2 years since any updates. Did the truck phase out or what? Did anything happen to DaPlumber as he hasn't updated his Burb thread either.

 

[Greg72]

Maybe he's over at Ron Johnson's shop helping him finish his Baja truck.....

 

[imiceman44]

Maybe he's over at Ron Johnson's shop helping him finish his Baja truck.....

 

[yellowK20]

His burb build was sick!!

 

[imiceman44]

His burb build was sick!!

Maybe that's why it died.

 

[GreenieK30]

Cool... anyone ever designed smaller planetaries for like a 14bolt and D60? If not, why? And if not, I call dibs on the patent!

Yes, the bad part is 18:1 axle gears. I built some 9"/13" ZF planetary axles. Like the monstertruck stuff but smaller.

 

[yellowK20]

Maybe that's why it died.

 

[thatK30guy]

Maybe he's over at Ron Johnson's shop helping him finish his Baja truck.....

Ouch!

 

[GsxrMike]

Maybe that's why it died.

LOL, I almost fell out of my chair, Thanks for the laugh!

 

[four_by_ken]

I wonder where in Michigan they were building the two?

Jim Kohler (Avenger) is only about 45 minutes from where I live. And right down the street from a buddy of mine.

 

[blackk5350]

you gotta lose that Fram filter. those things are horrible on a level of hell that no one has yet to even imagine

 

[twoslo4five0]

this is a great thread though.

http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=768002&highlight=monster+truck+booty+fab