Chupakabras Update..

[chupakabras]

july 30 2007
:as i said before, our future plan was to swap our early 4.0 ohv for the newer 4.0 sohc engine,(as you know, almost every class 7 have that engine) well, my bro already bought a 98 4.0 sohc engine from a friend who his explorer cought fire :D:D, he's selling the engine in 250 dlls, :D:D, so, can wait to have that engine,,

our chupakabras for the next race, hopefully the 1000, will have a 98 4.0 sohc engine with a new ford c4 tranny behind, built by JUAN CO.. with that we are doing a huge jump in the performance of our chupakabras, as you know the actual engine that we have only has 150 hp , the sohc engine comes with 210 hp stock, and about 20 ft/lb of more torque,,

also we are planning on adding a bypass shock to the front suspension, actually we only have the coilovers plus the air bump stop,

as soon as we start with all the work, i will start posting the progress, see yahh all guys, and keep on working., :)

[Blanco]

The Moss Bros better look out! :cool:

[fj40]

Already working on new graphics, at your brothers request.....
previews soon.

[chupakabras]

Already working on new graphics, at your brothers request.....
previews soon.

cool, :D will love to have a new paint job, or just a paint job :D:D:D

[RelentlessPursuitRacing]

july 30 2007
our chupakabras for the next race, hopefully the 1000, will have a 98 4.0 sohc engine with a new ford c4 tranny behind, built by JUAN CO.. with that we are doing a huge jump in the performance of our chupakabras, as you know the actual engine that we have only has 150 hp , the sohc engine comes with 210 hp stock, and about 20 ft/lb of more torque,,
also we are planning on adding a bypass shock to the front suspension, actually we only have the coilovers plus the air bump stop,

Whew! Thank God, Chupa. This gives me much relief knowing you are going to the HiPo motor and auto tranny soon.......specially after seeing you get honked at, almost nerfed, and then passed by class 11, Villanos Racing.....Oh, I thought you might want to see it. They come up on you at 04:12 in the video. :D That is you, isn't it?

YouTube - Primer Aniversario de VILLANOS RACING

[RelentlessPursuitRacing]

OOPS. Actually it's at 00:50 on here. For some reason it runs the timer backwards when I click on it from here. Weird.

[fj40]

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
We need to build a class 11 killer.....

[chupakabras]

Whew! Thank God, Chupa. This gives me much relief knowing you are going to the HiPo motor and auto tranny soon.......specially after seeing you get honked at, almost nerfed, and then passed by class 11, Villanos Racing.....Oh, I thought you might want to see it. They come up on you at 04:12 in the video. :D That is you, isn't it?

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yes, actually it is us, by that time we were running without rear shocks, we were just trying to find our way out, because we didn't found a welder, that could been a great race for us, i wanna cry, haha, see yahh..:D:D:D

[Yikes]

Awesome video! What do you have to say for yourself Mr Chupakabras? :D

[RelentlessPursuitRacing]

yes, actually it is us, by that time we were running without rear shocks, we were just trying to find our way out, because we didn't found a welder, that could been a great race for us, i wanna cry, haha, see yahh..:D:D:D
:) All in good fun, but what a great find, eh? My class 11 friend sent me that yesterday just to show the cool class 11.....I was watching it, and all of the sudden, "Holy Crap, that was CHUPA!" :) ...back up, replay, back up replay.....yup, Chupa! :)

Hey, at the 2007 250, the winning class 11 was only about 25-30 minutes behind the winning class 3 (Dylan Evans FJ). Those 11's move along pretty good!

[chupakabras]

when we first start it racing, we always ran against class 11, instead of our fellows class 3 guys, haha, our b2 was way back any class 3, class 11 always pass us by, as soon as we star the race, something big happend to us, we were married with bad luck, we are in the process of getting divorce, haha, :D:D

[chupakabras]

forgot to mention, pretty nice video, :)

[chupakabras]

:Awesome video! What do you have to say for yourself Mr Chupakabras? :D


ooops!!!, they cought us, :D:D

[retroblazer]

Juanco. I remember sending you a post awhile ago about using him for you engine problem. He works out of the shop next to where my truck is prepped. He is the nicest guy and and very experienced. You couldn't find a better guy to do your C4 or help tweek that new 4.0. How did you get connected to him?

[chupakabras]

Juanco. I remember sending you a post awhile ago about using him for you engine problem. He works out of the shop next to where my truck is prepped. He is the nicest guy and and very experienced. You couldn't find a better guy to do your C4 or help tweek that new 4.0. How did you get connected to him?

a few weeks ago, an off road race was held at rosarito , there were a few class 7, and i ask them who prep or build their tranny, and there was juan, they introduce us with him, well, they introduce us with a guy who ended up to be juan, we had a nice chat with him, told him what we want it to do and there you go, hes building our tranny and soon will be helping us with our engine too, it was pure luck to find him that way, and yes , hes a pretty nice guy, i think he lives here in tijuana, and works there and here and everywhere, haha,

...:)

[fj40]

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z249/tioernesto_2007/CHPKBRSFIRSTDRAFT.jpg

Going back to colors.....

[retroblazer]

Nice work, maybe you can help add some color to the Moss Bronco as well.:D

[chupakabras]

looks great, but, we are planning on replacing the front for a newer style, well, that's the plan, altough i like it like that too,,,

[Blanco]

I like it! :)

[fj40]

Nice work, maybe you can help add some color to the Moss Bronco as well.:D

That could be a cool project.....

[chupakabras]

we almost finish the swap from manual to auto tranny, 90% finished, we took it for some test but had some problems, it looks like the shifter it's not well calibrated, the cable needs some adjustment, JUAN CO will visit us next monday to help us out with that isue, you shift into first an no problem, shift to second gear and some times it doesn't shift, it lucks up the wheels, some times, but well, that was the first test, ..

here are some pics of our oil cooler setup, we ended up buying a HYDAC oil cooler, kind of eurpean style, because of the threads, not metric or std, but well, it's big enough, we will not need two oil coolers, it holds more than a gallon of oil, here are the pics..
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j46/javiscancino/DSC_0051.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j46/javiscancino/DSC_0050.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j46/javiscancino/DSC_0049.jpg

[Blanco]

Looks good! http://www.thewebwheeler.com/forums/images/smilies/7.gif

Best of luck to ya.

[fj40]

Here are some pics from the last test, the high rpm fan really cools things down....

High speed turn slide
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z249/tioernesto_2007/DSC_0153.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z249/tioernesto_2007/DSC_0155.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z249/tioernesto_2007/DSC_0156.jpg

[chupakabras]

hey paco post some more, firsrt time for me to see those photos, :D, i like the 3rd pic.. and also love how the body rolls feels,. pretty smoth, we will add a 2nd shock absorver to the front suspension, my bro already bougth some fox shocks for the front, :D

[chupakabras]

here are other photos that were sent to my email, cool, :D

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j46/javiscancino/chpus2.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j46/javiscancino/chpus.jpg

[Blanco]

http://www.thewebwheeler.com/forums/images/smilies/kewlpics.gif I love the Air you get!

[fj40]

I like this one...

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z249/tioernesto_2007/FIX.jpg

[Yikes]

Love the pictures guys! ...and love the fact that you just have such a good time practicing, testing and playing around. If you ever get up here for a race, I would love to help out in any way I can just to be a part of your effort. Keep it up and keep the pics comin!

[pigracing]

Awesome pics. Looks like you guys really launched it!!

[fj40]

Here a video made by one off the teams biggest fans....
Note tranny failure at end off video.
YouTube - CHUPAKABRAS TEST DRIVE

apparently, all the gremlins are out of the C4, will upload some pics and details from the prep for the SFB250.

[Blanco]

http://www.thewebwheeler.com/forums/images/smilies/awesome_dude.gif I always love the Videos. http://www.thewebwheeler.com/forums/images/smilies/16.gif

[AngerIssues]

http://www.thewebwheeler.com/forums/images/smilies/awesome_dude.gif I always love the Videos. http://www.thewebwheeler.com/forums/images/smilies/16.gif

I enjoy seeing... what we call the "calvary" going out for rescue! :)

[chupakabras]

f... gremlins. haha, faulty valve body, hope this weekend to do another test drive, right now it's almost ready, well, we will need this remaining weeks to finish the chupakabras, we don't want any surprise, we did an exorcism to the chupakabras:D:D, hope it worked., see yahh at san felo.

[fj40]

We had a bummer saturday, as the tranny fail again whit out notice.......
Today we received a re-checked tranny from JuanCo, this time it seems to work fine, at least on the blocks around the shop, will post more saturday or sunday when we tested on the dirt.

[straightaxle]

What is the tranny doing when it fails? Is it overheating, or just slipping? After it sits for a while, does it work for a short time? I tried to race C4's in a circle track car years ago, and they just would not live. I have stacks of them piled up in a distant storage area. There are parts for them now that might have made them last longer, but since we were running in 1st gear all night long, there was no way they would hold up. Those little tiny planetaries were spinning at about 18,000 rpm. I hate to say that I went to a 3 speed manual to solve the problem.......

[fj40]

The first time, it was locking the wheels when changing gears, bad valve box, got fixed.
The second time, a gasket gave way and oil poured out even in parking, same valve box, was send to manufacturer, forgot to drill hole, problem fixed.
Third time, it just neutralized at low RPM´s, Juan Co. took it back to his shop, some damage was caused by earlier problems.
More testing this weekend and pictures from the prep.

[chupakabras]

pure BAD LUCK,. that explains our tranny failures, faulty valve body at first, then a blown gasket, then a little piece that holds the bands broke, etc etc, now juan co has put many aftermarket parts in the tranny, so, i have faith that it will hold, really want to believe that, ha, will see this weekend, we really wanna race at san felo, so see yahh there,.

[fj40]

Back from testing, we are happy whit the results, tranny worked fine.
Leaving to San Felipe on friday, see you guy there.

[retroblazer]

He is the best. Fear not, his trans have worked behind serious horsepower and have done the job well. Besides that, he is one of the nicest and knowledgable guys in the business. I think I said this earlier, but it's worth repeating. For you newer guys in the San Diego area, he offers great service and stands behind his work and does so at a very reasonable price.

[chupakabras]

He is the best. Fear not, his trans have worked behind serious horsepower and have done the job well. Besides that, he is one of the nicest and knowledgable guys in the business. I think I said this earlier, but it's worth repeating. For you newer guys in the San Diego area, he offers great service and stands behind his work and does so at a very reasonable price.

yes man, i have faith on him, on his work:D,. we tested our chups yesterday, we put some offroad miles on it and worked awsome, everything, tranny, engine, suspension, even the intercom that i bought on ebay, an avionics intercom, it was great to be able to talk with your co while driving, first time to be able to do that, believe it or not, well, we will be working on the small details this week until leaving to san felo ,. see yahh all there.

[straightaxle]

Back from testing, we are happy whit the results, tranny worked fine.
Leaving to San Felipe on friday, see you guy there.

That is good news! Nothing like coming down to the wire. We are looking forward to seeing you there.

[fj40]

PREVIEW!!!
For those not going to the SFB250, here are some pics of the explorer.....
New Logo
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z249/tioernesto_2007/PICT0148.jpg
New Graphics
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z249/tioernesto_2007/PICT0147.jpg
Base For The Shifter
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z249/tioernesto_2007/PICT0149.jpg
Everything is working fine..... Hope to see you guy out there!!!

[Blanco]

Looks ready to teach Moss a lesson. :D

[chupakabras]

back from san felipe, everybody is ok, too many stories to tell, wow,. will post them during the day, really don't know from where to start,

[Blanco]

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[Moss2]

Congratulations guys on a great effort! It is fun racing with you guys. I look forward to doing it again at the 500. Glad you all made it home okay that is a tough haul out of Matomi.

Ken