Dear All!!!
What a great race!!!!!!!!
We made the 650 Km journey on time. so this is a great success.
Because it was first shakedown for “Erez Raider” ( buggy’s name) had been only In Thursday’s afternoon. We had no time at all.
t ran the first time at the field near the workshop and then we rush it to the trailer and ran like hell to the “park ferme”. We where late by then and got a huge penalty....
MAF:
Because we didn’t have the time to get a new original MAF, we put a Toyota Previa MAF. Of course this is a completely different, but the engine run smooth without coughing .
Performance was a bit low as predicted. I assume we got maybe 40%, and the fuel consumption was horrible. less than 3 KM/liter.
Rather than that, the engine is perfect. We will sort the MAF issue and I will let you know.
Other troubles we had was a broken base of the power steering box (Pajero) it had to be re-welded, and some screw got loose.
The bearings of front shocks had been broken (specially made by KONI) we are working with Koni to solve it, They are great people.
The Erez Raider is one of the best machines I ever ride. the ride is so smooth you can have a beer in rough off road path without loosing a drop. It got amazing potential and we need to get the engine to 100% performance.
We consider using MOTEC system in the future. If someone have experience with 1UZ-MOTEC combination let me know.
Spare wheel strap:
The pictures had been taken on exhibition. In the race the is one strap for each wheel and the wheels also have sort of housing to keep them in place.
Other figures:
Dry weight: 1300 Kg.
Suspension:
No springs, 4 Hydrogen pistons (our design) do the job.
Travel: 40 Cm.
Shocks: Koni, specially developed. 2 front. 4 rear.