Mastercraft Off road project

Love that dash too, where do you guys get those diamond plate sheets and do they ship

Thunderdivine wrote:

Love that dash too, where do you guys get those diamond plate sheets and do they ship

I buy them as off cuts, from metal supermarkets.

for small off cut leftovers, they are reasonable. If you want custom order stuff, expect to pay dearly.

www.metalsupermarkets.com

Looks good Chopperhead.
Keep up the good work.

Painted and installed the exhaust. I'll run it like this for a while. if its too loud, i'll add a dirtbike silencer I have kicking around.





Added the Main power switch to the dash.

From the left, Toggle switch -Lights, pull switch - Main power, voltmeter, ignition key, and pop up circuit breaker.
Ignition operates the starter and engine kill only, main power switch controls everything else. Circuit breaker protects start system, main power switch has a fuse built on it. Red light is low oil warning light.

Sharp lookin, and nice exhaust with the flexible pipe and clamps. ( Luckily I can also get that flexible pipe here, all tho in rather large sizes ).

Looks nice and sturdy

Looks good.
I like the exhaust.

Progress,

Its been too chilly and dry to get paint to work right and thats slowing me up a bit. Spring is here so other issues are impeding progress.

Got some work done though

Tail light is in and wired.



Blue Led driving lights under the hood for the glow. Sorry about the focus, I had to force the autofocus to skip the flash.



Homemade intake, uses stock Honda air filters.

Cool taillight!

Looks good as always.

Going to be held up for a bit. Broke the blade on my bandsaw, won't be able to get a new one till after payday. Which means I can't cut out the ends for my fuel tanks.

So, sanding, sanding, and more sanding.

that sucks, im the same way with wire right now

Chopperhed wrote:

Going to be held up for a bit. Broke the blade on my bandsaw, won't be able to get a new one till after payday. Which means I can't cut out the ends for my fuel tanks.

So, sanding, sanding, and more sanding.

Oh thats sucks.
I hate when somthing like that happens.

Due to space constrictions, I have to build a custom fuel system. I decided to go with twin 5" dia, x 10" tanks. They will fit under the hood, be filled from the same filler, and be connected by a 1" tube across the lower ends. The tanks will be run to a single shut off, with a line from each tank at the top end to allow for fuel slosh under accelaration to prevent starvation.



Fitted a polished aluminum checker (tread)plate tunnel cover.



And a spring loaded twist latch so I don't land on my arse

I like those fuel tanks.
Where did you get them?

truckin42 wrote:

I like those fuel tanks.
Where did you get them?

im pretty sure he made them

richie thomas wrote:

truckin42 wrote:

I like those fuel tanks.
Where did you get them?

im pretty sure he made them

Well they look great.
Chopperhead got some skills then.

truckin42 wrote:

richie thomas wrote:

truckin42 wrote:

I like those fuel tanks.
Where did you get them?

im pretty sure he made them

Well they look great.
Chopperhead got some skills then.

yea, this is prolly the cleanest build on here, or it is to me

richie thomas wrote:

truckin42 wrote:

richie thomas wrote:

truckin42 wrote:

I like those fuel tanks.
Where did you get them?

im pretty sure he made them

Well they look great.
Chopperhead got some skills then.

yea, this is prolly the cleanest build on here, or it is to me

Yeah its very clean.

Now this is an awesome build!!! Can't wait to see how it turns out, and I'm sure you won't disappoint!

What's this about these engines only capping out around 3200RPM?

The tanks are just pieces of 5" exhaust tubing cut to 10" long I haven't cut all the ends and fittings yet. still trying to figure out the mounting brackets.

It's close gentlemen, with the fuel tanks, it's a rideable machine, even without hte bodywork.

Pulled my hernia this morning. took the afternoon off.

spent it sanding the nose piece, and drinking beer

Chopperhed wrote:

The tanks are just pieces of 5" exhaust tubing cut to 10" long I haven't cut all the ends and fittings yet. still trying to figure out the mounting brackets.

It's close gentlemen, with the fuel tanks, it's a rideable machine, even without hte bodywork.

Pulled my hernia this morning. took the afternoon off.

spent it sanding the nose piece, and drinking beer

lol ell hernia sucks but it got you a day off

Doc Sprocket wrote:

Now this is an awesome build!!! Can't wait to see how it turns out, and I'm sure you won't disappoint!

What's this about these engines only capping out around 3200RPM?

I think thats just a matter of tweaking the governer. Its a gx390 clone, a 99% match for all the aftermarket stuff.

If it starts coming up lean, I'll have to play with the ports. there is a lot of room ifor port work.

I would be VERY surprised if it wasn't already governed to 3600. Even still, as you know, GX's and clones have a VERY user-friendly governor setpoint adjustment. Should be no problem at all.

OK so now I'm Pi**ed.

Got to this point.



Went to put the clear on in prep for the candy red, and the black started lifting.

Now I'll have to strip it and start again.

very nice build i like the spider webs