Well now, that sucks. You are not have good luck with tow rigs...

 

To add onto this...The trans just went out on my plow truck this weekend while moving. I am now truck-less...Less than ideal moving situation.

I had a bed full of scap loaded up too, so I borrowed a truck yesterday to make a trip with my new "dump trailer" to empty it...

 

Ouch that’s gonna hurt the wallet. Good luck finding one

 

Finally got everything moved from my old house to new. I'm now a resident in Cedar Springs, got a little over 5.5 acres with a 1,750 sqft heated and cooled barn to go with the house.

Sounds like the first project in the barn is going to be a motor swap in my Powerstroke. I found a 139k mile motor for $7k plus tax and core, and I'm probably going to put a No Limit Fabrication turbo on while I'm in there since the 2011-12 Powerstroke's have ceramic bearings in the turbo that are prone to failure.

 

Welcome to the Hood.

 

^^^^ It will probably be sold before you see this, but Momber sales llc just listed a 2015 6.7 4x4 with 250k on it for 9k. complete truck....

 

From what I can find, a 2015 motor isn't bolt in compatible with my 2011. I can't find anything super reliable for info though

 

Anyone around here a dealer for No Limit Fabrication or River City Diesel? I need one of their CPX pumps for my new motor. I've got a Dieselr dealer account but they only carry the No Limit turbos. With the bigger turbo I need bigger fuel.

 

Vehicle update...Took the RZR for a rip this weekend to verify it still parties; everything was good to go. I still need to hardwire the power cords for my Milwaukee heated vests, both other than that we were comfy. Rajski is picking up my Powerstroke tomorrow I believe to do the motor swap and install all the go fast parts. After our "pregger kegger" this weekend, I have to do a trans in my plow truck.

Biggest RZR projects are installing a bunch of lights and parts I have laying around that just haven't made it onto the list yet. I also need to convert my radio over to VHF from UHF, we're joining Northshore next year and will be operating on their comms. No crazy updates.

 

Anyone know of any shops in West Michigan that can quickly machine the center bores of a set of wheels? I bought wheels and snow tires for my wife's ST on marketplace, but they have the wrong diameter center bore.

 

I've walked into JJ Engineering and Machine on 68th in GR and dropped of random projects a couple times, they happily took them on and turned them around in a week or two. Cost was good too.

 

I vote you use spacers on the lug nuts to set the wheel far enough away from the wheel hub that you can hit it with a carbide bit while spinning it till she slides right on.

 

I'm not going to say that I haven't done some sketchy shit...But that would probably be top 3.

 

Thanks!

 

Anyone planning on going to Reject Run this year? I might make a day trip up with my RZR just to tool around, as long as the roads aren't complete shit. Without an enclosed I'm not dragging it thru salty slush.

 

I'm selling the steering 14 bolt from the U4 car. Comes with calipers, dual drilled rotors, AR pinion guard, high steer, 40 spl spool, and ball joint eliminators. This thing has been ran ran hard and put away wet.

$950

 

Well that was quick...She gone!

 

I've got a pile of Dirty Life race wheels for sale. Varying conditions, 8x6.5. Black with yellow rock rings, dual valve stems for running liners. You can just plug the second valve stem hole for normal use. They're at the shop right now up in the Soo but I can have down here to Cedar Springs in about a week.

I might also have some used 37" Mickeys for sale.

 

Looking at new tires for my rzr. I'm between MRT Desert Storm's and MRT X Rox. Has anyone ran either of them around Michigan?

 

Anyone have a good insurance agent around West MI? I'm looking to start shopping around. House, garage, barn, trucks, cars, boat, jetskis, RZR, dirt bikes, etc. I'm interested in moving it all. Since moving to my new house this past fall, my insurance has almost doubled. My agent tells me it's because I'm in Kent county now, but I'd like to check that against a few other places.

 

I need to do the same thing, if your not shopping for insurance every couple of years you are going to be robbed. Insurance companies are a racket.

 

I keep looking to switch away from Progressive, then I get a quote for someone else.

My YJ is full coverage for $52/6 months and my JK is $93/6 months as "pleasure vehicles". Our DDs are each like $100/month though, but I do carry the most expensive options for insurance that they offer.

 

Does anyone here have special ear buds for racing? I'm looking at getting some for wearing under my helmet, but not sure what will be best. I came across a brand called "Snugs" and I'm actually liking them the best; not just because they're one of the cheapest options, but because you can buy replacement ear buds that snap into the molded ear plugs. Any feedback is appreciated.

 

I have a lot of different ear protection, I've probably tried literally everything. I'm easily bothered by things in my ears, my wife says I treat my ears like a lot of people treat their feet/shoes.

It's difficult to beat a 3M TEP-300 but then you need a separate adapter to run comms easily. There are plenty of others out there that are native bluetooth but none of them beat a TEP-300 for size and comfort. When frolicking I use them with a pair of dual downlead Comtac VII. They are the best for naturally talking and naturally dealing with outside noise. It's easy to forget you have them in.

If you want to go cheaper, I have a few sets of Walker Silencer BT 2.0 I like. They're kind of bulky and don't do a great job of figuring out what to cut out. The Restrictor BT does a way better job, but I feel like the stereo hearing is a bit off. My beef with Walker stuff is that it is definitely designed for people who already have hearing loss. When I put them on their lowest setting, it's still louder than what I would hear naturally.

 

Thank you for the feedback, but neither of those options is practical for racing with how far they stick out of the ear. I wouldn't be able to put a helmet on

 

It was more of a mention that you start high and the lower you go the poorer the performance dependent upon wants. If you don't care about picking up ambient noise, I used to use EARinc custom wired ones in my brain bucket. Just plug it in directly to your radio.

 

I forgot to take any pics, but we had a great weekend with some friends up north. Went to the dunes Friday afternoon, left from there for Rocks n Valleys for Great American Crawl on Saturday, back to SLSD for boating Saturday afternoon, then spent Sunday on the dunes.

I added a Razorback infrared belt temp gage to my RZR a couple weeks ago. Some people think they are a waste of money, but I thought it was awesome to be able to see belt temps in real time and monitor what was going on. I'm ready to change some clutching and see what it does to the temps