Supermod for 2011

[BIG_T]

Dang lookin pretty good cant wait til the season starts, hopefully ill have a mower by then or maybe i can find someone who has an extra that they wanna lend out for me to race next season at ithica, not to sure if i wanna race at maple my first year or not.

[tractor88]

of course we will let you run it at the dirt devil track bud.we love you :Pbesides i will enjoy racing you on something that aint so tippy and you can give me a race on.dec 5 banquit

[2nstoys]

Had to work on a customers chassis, but finally got back to the supermod. Welded in the new engine plate.

Braced the 3rd bearing mount.

Trianglated the rear section.

And added another brace the length of the chassis.

Now it should be fairly stiff.

A look at the rear from underneath.

Tonight after the turkey dinner I will start on the steering if I have the energy. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

[bountyhunter]

Looking good
should be some GOOD racin at the track this next year!!!

[2nstoys]

Fabbed up steering over the holiday. Started with the steering shaft.

Front hoop for the mount.

Then the old geometry classes kicked in and nailed it the first time. Steering from the front.

Pivot point.

Full left turn.

And full right turn.

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[PitGuy]

did you use a front hub on the front bearing ?

[jerb]

Looking Great Glenn.....I like the steering setup!

[2nstoys]

The front bearing for the shaft is from Speedway Moters. Race car steering shaft mount. Thanks for the comments. Had it on the scales last night with everything in the seat that I have for it and it is at 280lbs. Still have some more parts to make but I think it is going to be lighter than my BP.

[bountyhunter]

never saw a steerin setup like that very interesting!

[Rooster]

Do you get any kind of ackerman with that set-up?

[fordman21]

Yes, that's why the tie rods are angled down to the spindles, when you are in a full turn notice that the tie rods are level and inline with each other. That makes the spread wider and gives you ackerman. This only applies to front steer set ups.

[bountyhunter]

Always more ta learn I love it!!!

[2nstoys]

Yep, What Ryan said. LOL

[Rooster]

Yes, that's why the tie rods are angled down to the spindles, when you are in a full turn notice that the tie rods are level and inline with each other. That makes the spread wider and gives you ackerman. This only applies to front steer set ups.

What if your pivot wasn't centered and the tie rods were drastically different lengths?

[2nstoys]

Mine still does it with unequal length tierods. i thought about making them equal length after I already welded the pivot point, but it seems to work ok so far. Find out when I drive it for sure.