Another Attex Racer Built

[Mike]

Looking great Jeff!

[LarryW]

Wow Jeff, you are really moving along!!! Looks great. Those arent the wheels your running though right? I though you where running some aluminum bling bling wheels?

Im still working on my body. I hate sanding so badly. Once thats done the mechanical stuff is a breeze.

[jpswift1]

Wow Jeff, you are really moving along!!! Looks great. Those arent the wheels your running though right? I though you where running some aluminum bling bling wheels?

Im still working on my body. I hate sanding so badly. Once thats done the mechanical stuff is a breeze.

Thanks for the kind words everyone. And Brian, you're right, I feel like I'm certainly pushing forward much more than last year. Its still going to be close though.

Larry, I have a set of 6 polished aluminum wheels, but I still have to switch the tires over to them and make some adapter plates. I might not have time, but if I do I'll certainly run the aluminum bling rims. If you want to save yourself TONS of time, use acetone. I did my entire lower body in less than half a day. Just take a clean white rag and get a part of it wet. Then rub it in circles like you're waxing the body. The oxidation comes right off! Make sure you keep flipping the rag over so you have a clean white part of it, and make sure you do it in the shade. Then I take some 500 grit sand paper and wet sand it. Then wet sand it with 1000 grit, wax it, and it will shine so bright!

And Don, I was just waiting for someone to make the 4 wheeler comment.

[LarryW]

If you want to save yourself TONS of time, use acetone. I did my entire lower body in less than half a day. Just take a clean white rag and get a part of it wet. Then rub it in circles like you're waxing the body. The oxidation comes right off! Make sure you keep flipping the rag over so you have a clean white part of it, and make sure you do it in the shade. Then I take some 500 grit sand paper and wet sand it. Then wet sand it with 1000 grit, wax it, and it will shine so bright!

That is what I did on my lil little truck but it was painted so I put a sanding disk in the drill. Smaller sized cant remember exactly but something like 2.5-3". I rigged the garden hose to run like a coolant line on the drill by putting an adapter on it cutting it down to 1/4" line then tapped it to the drill with it running down to the chuck. The water wasnt for a wet sand but to keep the abs from melting onto the sand paper. Then I acetoned it. I believe the acetone melts the abs and then it filles in all the scratches. I never messed with sanding afterwards. The headlight, inner seat area and the rear inner part where the ribs are, are the hard part for sanding. I found the best way to get the hard to reach spots(corners) is to scratch away with the leatherman blade. The Gerber blade isnt arced and dont work as well. I hate gerber. That method works real good if you have paint on the machine. My 208tt is so oxidized Im doing the same thing with the drill. Acetone is awesome. I told amphiman about it and he used it on the hawk hi torq. I will try the lower body without sanding. Thanks for tip!

Sorry to hack you thread. I started to ramble.

[George]

"Looks like you have a problem with your 4 wheeler........you're missin' two wheels there"

It's looking great so far, JP!

Now that's funny!

Looking sweet there Jeff. Looks like you moving along at a pretty good pace too.

[jpswift1]

I fired up the 440 JLO/Rockwell in my racer today with the new 36mm Mikuni carburetor that I put on. Right now the carb has a 300 jet in it, which I thought might have been a little much, but it reacts very well from idle all the way up to red line. It pulls strong through all RPMs without hesitation or any fouling of the plugs, and it revs very fast. The 34mm Mikuni that I had on there before just wasn't enough for this engine. This thing is scary now!

Next weekend Hydromike and I are going to be having a test and tune session so we can get our machines dialed in. Don kindly let us borrow his Mikuni jet set for this task. I still have to run chains, get the body secured together, tighten and mount a few small things, and do some small fabrication work for my lateral control rods, but now I'm really beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Sorry, but the video quality isn't the greatest and its a bit shaky, but you still can hear the engine roar.

[lewis]

Go JP!!!!! Looking Goood!!!!!!

[Model Citizen]

Excellent

Bridget

[whipper-ag]

Excellent

Bridget

Just like she said.

Whipper

[Mike]

Sounds great!

[George]

Sounds great Jeff!

[jpswift1]

Hydromike was nice enough to help me out all day Saturday and get the last of the fab work done on my racer. I owe him a huge thanks for all the work he did for me, and it was all worth it when we were able to take it for a spin at dusk. The only problem was a fuel delivery issue....the gas tank had some crap in it that got caught in the pickup. Today I got it cleaned out and now its running great. More pictures and video to come.

[Don]

Looks great, JP. Let's see it go!

[lewis]

Got any videos of it yet? Zooom, Zoooom, Zoooom..

[LarryW]

That is awesome!!! You sure did move along fast this year with your progress!!