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Yes and no, the fisheye lens makes it look a lot closer to the car than it is. It's all the way at the bottom of the dove tail, which basically traps it against the door, and it's really heavy, so it won't be moving to the open part of the trailer barring something REALLY bad happening. Like...

Oh right! Yeah, that happened too (rlaugh) Man how rad would that be? Pretty tight confines in there for actually working on stuff though. Definitely come visit. We've got a spare bed :D

The K24? Same as the plan's been since last year: It goes in after Chasing the Dragon in August. Well, last year, the plan was "It goes in after Chasing the Dragon, which has always been in May or June..." but the event got pushed back at the beginning of the year, and by that time, it was too...

That's not a bad thought, but part of my security strategy for this thing is for it to be a dumb ugly bad looking trailer from the outside. I have considered stickering it up, but you know what kinda person puts a bunch of race stickers on the side of a trailer? The kind of person who might...

After getting all the storage & E Track set up, I did another general loading. Things learned: 1. I need more E-Track D rings. I thought I had enough, but I could use another 2 or 4. 2. While I can unload the car with the splitter on, loading the car with it on results in bending mounts and...

New 6000 lb D-rings (with backing plates) are in. They're positioned where they need to be for where the car will sit, but they ended up just perfectly positioned to keep the winch cable happy (ie: straight). I was pretty sure it'd be about right from eyeballing it, but it's dead on. Got my...

They're not...it'd take quite a flood to get them actually wet though. Damp / humid, sure, but there's the A/C unit to help things dry out. They are properly grounded to the chassis though.

I lied. I got sick of walking aLl ThE wAy down to the shop to replacing / charge tool batteries. Since I have a spare charger that only traveled with the tools to big events, I figured what the hell, why not? Ok, NOW I'm done with the electrics for the time being (rlaugh)

The electrics are *DONE*. FINALLY. Between drilling holes for grommets through the frame, making cables and figuring out where I want everything mounted, waiting for parts and cleaning up the 120v wiring, it took all my free time for like 3 days. It's definitely not a professional job (because...

So clean <3

Still some tidying up to do once I make the main power cable to run from the circuit breaker to the fuse box, but the bones are there. I threw the jack on the circuit breaker as a test case to make sure everything was working as expected, and so far so good. Most of that clutter is the solar...

I don't have the recommended horizontal surface to mount the solar panel on, but the trailer faces west and is in full sun in the afternoon, so I figured it'd be worth a shot to mount it flat on the front: Looks like it's putting out plenty of juice: As soon as the fuse block & my wire...

I was absolutely wiped after putting the hours in this weekend, to the point where I didn't even unload the trailer, just left it there last night. I took a few shots this morning to give a feel for the room I have to play with, along with holy s*** how much sag the rear of the Armada has with...

I'd probably say "that looks cool!", but, no pictures, so... :p

I got the battery box and winch mounted, the loaded a BUNCH of s*** (including a couple 45 lb weight plates) into the trailer and got the weight distributing hitch setup on the truck, basically a worst-case scenario for weight. It should never be THAT much stuff (like, any event where we're...

Got a bunch done on it today. Paint went in this morning. It's kid approved :D Found a "small" issue with the tongue box. In that...it's smaller than the tongue of the trailer. I had assumed that these are a standard size but that appears not to be the case. Oh well. Regardless, it was...

Here's a good starting point (rlaugh) http://www.rotaryeng.net/Mazda_R26B_US.pdf

Rotaries are super sensitive to intake tract length. Hence the 787b's variable intake runner length. Longer, as you've discovered, will give you more pull down low, shorter gives you a lot more up top. You kinda have to decide where you want to put the peak, essentially, and get a length that...

Even with a single coat of primer and lit by one drop light, it's so much brighter in there. I'll slap on a coat of paint tomorrow and it ought to be be plenty good enough.

Prepping for paint is a massive pain in the ass, but it'll be worth it.