Monday, April 04, 2005

IT'S ALIIIIIIIIIVE HAHAHA!!!!!!!!

Well the Beast is constructed. Friday i spent constructing it, and my processor came in right on time. Saturday was spent updating it, Sunday was spent playing on it. Now if only i could afford the GC....But it keeps a little light at the end of the tunel. Not to mentionthings worked out very well between Dave and i, and i am now minus one Bass guitar and plus $120 towards the final component. Dave actually had one of these cards (the GeForce 6800 Ultra) in his machine and it is insane!!! Between the capabilities of the card and the physics and complexity of Unreal Tournament '04, you can get a little sick apperantly. I am now more excited than ever to complete this project. In other news, Nikki and i have found a place we'd like to build our next house. Elk Ridge will hopefully be home in about 6 months. There are a lot of things which can still go wrong, but i am hoping for the best. The offroad beast project is moving again after a slight stall (i.e. my Computer) and next up is mounting the motor. Actually now that i think about it i don't know if i have mentioned specifically what i'll be doing. Well the concept is quite simple. I am building a rock crawler to cruise the Easter Jeep Safari and someday the TTC (Top Truck Challenge). Take 2 parts of Brawny axle (a corp 14 rear and a Dana 60 front), Add 2 cloves of Lockers (Detroits F&R), Mix in big block (Buick 455 plus SM465 Tranny), and sprinkle in a tangy dash of body (the complete body and innards from my old '87 Subaru GL Wagon). Kinda freaky, but it's what i have to work with and it should be very light weight. I got the Frame from an 80's Shortbed Chevy truck and have proceeded to weld up the custom rear 4 link of my own design. Now i need to mount the Motor and then it is time to start building the subframe conectivity that'll hold the Sub's body on. I'll have to keep you updated on this as we go because it seems that i figure out how i am going to do it, then change my mind. At any rate Das ist es. Tchuse!

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