Motor Mayhem

Night run to Charleau Gap.
 
 

Description:
A moderately rough 4WD road that climbs about 1500 vertical feet to “the Gap”, a pass in San Maniego Ridge in the Santa Catalina Mountains. The road was recently “leveled” by the forest service to allow for better access to maintenance equipment. Many of the challenging obstacles have been jackhammered out. The trail continues through [...]

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Tucson Off Road run to chimney rock.
A little info about the trail:
The trail to chimney rock is easy and can be traversed by 2wd vehicles. The rocks themselves are much more challenging than the trail in and has many obstacles that require 4wd. There are spots for everyone to enjoy there and most of the [...]

Here are some images and video from the May 1st, 2010 World Extreme Rock Crawling Competition held at the Pima Motorsports complex’s course.

TOR and Rocking AZ teamed together to recover a burnt grand cherokee on the alamo springs trail. The vehicle had been there a number of years and was not being removed by the Forest Service due to the remoteness of the area. After a few hours of work the enitre wreck was recovered and much [...]

Here are some pictures from a hike we took to finger rock in the Santa Catalina Mountains. Finger rock is a local landmark that can be seen from towering above from most of Tucson. The trail is a difficult hike that gets extremely steep towards the end, but the views are great. We hiked the [...]

Here are pictures from our run to Chimney Rock to go fix a friends f350 that bent it’s drag link on one of the obstacles there and couldn’t make a right turn. We ended up packing a welder, generator, cutoff wheels, grinder, hand tools, and pipe (for sleeving the bent drag link so it could [...]

The Stanadyne DB2 rotary distributor pump has a single pumping element that feeds all injectors. The high pressure pumping action is carried out in a single barrel, which houses two opposing plungers operated by two rollers. These plungers are pushed together by a cam ring with internal lobes acting on the rollers and it is this action that pressurizes the fuel.

The trail to chimney rock is easy and can be traversed by 2wd vehicles. The rocks themselves are much more challenging than the trail in and has many obstacles that require 4wd.

Few know the story of bustling coal mining town turned ghost town. This town didn’t dry up from a lack of coal, but an abundance. Prior to 1962 Centralia was a bustling coal mining town with over 1000 residents. However in 1962 the town’s volunteer fire department set the town landfill on fire as they [...]

Chivo falls is a moderate trail system with obstacles and routes ranging from easy/moderate to moderate/challenging.

With Miles guidance,I went to the range and found some more stuff. I have 2 20mm rounds, 3 .50 cal casings, a hundred plus .50 cal bullets and at least that many links. The icing on the cake is a 80mm mortar point detonating nose cone. I will go back as I have found [...]

Here are some pictures I took at the WE Rock competitions in Tucson, Az.

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Here are some pictures of an old military oscilloscope I found at an electronics store. I believe it is off a ship as it has the characteristic “musty destroyer” smell to it. I have plugged it in and it seems to be functioning well for the most part. All of the ID tags are removed [...]

While out shooting my friend led me to an abandoned Word War Two artillery range. While out there we spend a few hours scouring the ground for pieces left from the range. Together my friend and I found about 130 .50 Caliber tracer and AP (Armor Piercing) rounds. We also found numerous .30 Caliber rounds, [...]

Here are some pictures of my “new” Blazer. It is an ‘84 M1009 CUCV which is basically a Chevrolet K5 Blazer modified for military use. Some of the changes are 3/4 ton suspension (however it still has 1/2 ton axles), 12/24V split electrical system, and a 6.2L Detroit Diesel power plant. I am currently running [...]

After using Google’s new 411 service I discovered that it makes awesome gnome sounds while it is searching. It is really funny to listen to and easy to do.

Here is how to do it:
Call Google 411(1-800-466-4411)
Say a city, such as “Denver, Colorado”
Then say a category such as “Restaurants”
Now narrow the search by saying cross streets, [...]

Willcox, AZ tractor pulls.

A video of my Savage 25 remote controlled car.

The iPod Linux installer for windows.

A stunning panoramic picture of edgertown harbor.

Here are some photos from a backpacking trip along the Appalachian trail I went on last year.

How to backup a hacked iPhone.

Here is a nice little animation that demonstrates geometric shapes. I made it for a school project with a friend. It will take a while to load the first time but after that it will load fast. It is worth it to load. If you want to download it right click here and select “save [...]

Lots of pictures of the John Deere Model B a friend and I restored.

Time lapse video of a sunset.

Different patterns for using safety wire.

Here are some background images I made from some pictures I found of cars at speed week in Bonneville.

Is the DIY community so prevelent in the 50’s making a comeback?

Here are some pictures of a friend’s oil can collection. As the collection grows I will add them here.
Complete Collection as of May 2008:
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I was working on a project that involved some pictures of a small engines, so I while I was working on that I got board and decided to play around with some fire effects. Here is what it produced.
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I recently picked up this motor from a guy who wanted to get rid of it. Not sure what I am going to do with it yet. Maybe sell it or put it in something. Anyway here are some pics of it. I believe it is an early 50’s engine and is either a 288 [...]

Some burnout videos from a cookout a while back.

How to get your tractor out of the mud.

Is hot rodding really dead? Here is a nice little video with a twist.

I just purchased an older light bulb because I thought the filament in it was very unique. When I purchased it I had no idea what it was but for the $1.00 I paid for it I thought it was worth it. I tired it in my lamp but it did not work. Then I [...]

Here is the continually updated status of my Model “A” build.