Mud Duck

[Rebel64]

Howdy Doug, great to see you over here!

[Turk]

Hello Mud Duck and welcome to the Rubberdown Customs Forum.May I say it is an absolute honor to have you as a member of this forum.I'm somewhat a bit "star struck" so to say.Please feel free to move about the cabin as you wish.Again welcome aboard.

[Dirtbmw20]

Bout time I got you over here Doug. ;)

[Camo500EFI]

Welcome to Rubberdown Mud duck!!

[mudsportsman05]

Welcome

[hampster_rancher]

Hello

[PoBoy800]

Welcome Mud Duck.

[Mud Duck]

Gee, I feel all warm and fuzzy!!!

Realy, thanks for the welcome. I only found out about this forum becuse I wanted to ask Paul a question.

I'll get my avitar and signature done soon.

I just got most of what I need to rebuild my motor and will be starting that this weekend.
The head, cylenders, and new pistons are still in Ohio.

As some of you might already know, I have my 4 wheeler tore down to the frame for powdercoating, rebuild on the motor, both gearcases, new snorkles, and new, painted plastic.

I hope to have it ready for the Mud Nats. LOL

Again, Thanks for the welcome!!!

[Rubberdown]

Welcome Mud duck, sounds like quite the project you got ahead of yourself and in a fairly short time frame, good luck with everything.

[Mud Duck]

Ok, I got the avitar up.

[Mud Duck]

Here's a glimps. The trany, rear gearcase and propshafts are in now.

http://inlinethumb24.webshots.com/22935/2560484810074351869S500x500Q85.jpg

[Rebel64]

Wow!!

[PoBoy800]

That's gonna look sharp! Where in Texas you located Mud Duck?

[jonnkenworthy]

wow man ill like your 4-wheeler, can i beat mine???

[Mud Duck]

That's gonna look sharp! Where in Texas you located Mud Duck?

Dallas area.

[Mud Duck]

Wow!!

If you look at my avitar, that's a mockup of what it will look like. The snorkles on the front rack will be gone. You can't see it in the avitar but the a-arms and springs are going to be white. I even had the oil fill tube powdercoated the color of the frame.

[jonnkenworthy]

man, i wish i could see more pics of that bike !!!! thats awesome i dont know if i could beat you in a bog with that thing, congrats man it looks nice.... hope it mudds as good as i t looks!!!

[Mud Duck]

I don't know. I'm building this just to compete with the Cand Hams. LOL

[Mud Duck]

Can you say, Sonoco C14 is a must?

[jonnkenworthy]

.......idk...

[PoBoy800]

Mud Duck, looks like your takin your time and doing it right. Gonna be a real sharp hog hunter (canned hams). I hail from the Lake Dallas area. Spent 18 years in the Lewisville-Lake Dallas area. Not really sure how I ended up in N.C. But I'll get back there someday.
Very nice bike man.

[Mud Duck]

I work in Deep Elum and live 40 miles SE of there.

[small1town9kid]

you work in the party town lol..... i live close to denton texas!

[Mud Duck]

I tore down the lower end today. Prety simple.

I will pick up the 2 bearings that I had forgot next week.

Remainder of parts WILL be at the powdercoater tomorow. I hope to have them back by Friday and have a rolling chasis next weekend.

The lower end will also be back together next weekend and if my head comes back I should have the motor back in also.

I'll just keep my finger crossed.

[Rebel64]

Fingers crossed for ya here too Doug. Nothing like getting down to the wire prior to Nats, eh?

[PoBoy800]

Close shave's make it more exciting.

[jonnkenworthy]

hope to challenge you one day...

[Mud Duck]

This is all I got done today. Sleep deprivation sucks. I'll get a good nights sleep and work on it all day tomorow.

http://image52.webshots.com/652/0/10/24/2829010240074351869vYydiB_fs.jpg

[Mud Duck]

http://image63.webshots.com/663/3/59/43/2032359430074351869bHOLqz_fs.jpg

[Rebel64]

Damn red X!

[Turk]

Wow thats one hell of a paint job on the frame,liking the white a/arms to.Man your signature dont lie that thing sure is under the knife.

[mudsportsman05]

man, I cant see it either.

[Mud Duck]

It was there, now its gone. What am I doing wrong?

[Turk]

Weird you guys cant see the pictures.I can see them

[Mud Duck]

That's not paint.

[mudsportsman05]

I dunno, but I just seen it over on HL and damn very nice. Cant wait to see it completed. Looks like you got along way ahead of yea.
Did you have it powdercoated?

[Rebel64]

Dunno man, whatcha doin other than being loony and sleep deprived?

[Turk]

That's not paint.


:doh:

[mudsportsman05]

Maybe this will help.

http://rubberdowncustoms.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=240

[Mud Duck]

Yes it's powdercoated.

Rebel, Waiting for parts, and that has been killing me. The bumpers came back red and should have been white. AAARRRGH!

I still don't have the head, it will be here on Thursday or Friday.

I hope to have the steering and wireing done tomorow.

I don't have time to get it painted before Nats. (I want to get the snorkles done first), so I'll spray paint the old plastics for the Nats.

[Mud Duck]

Thanks. That will work. I have to open Photosop and resize them again. Give me a min.

[Rebel64]

Wow Doug, talk about gettin down to the wire and improvising!

[mudsportsman05]

If you dont mind me asking, what all did you have done to the motor?

[Turk]

Maybe this will help.


Thanks.

[mudsportsman05]

lol. no prob. You mods have had a long day, I needed to get one up on yea anyways. lol

[Mud Duck]

Let's try this.

[Rebel64]

That one I can see.

[mudsportsman05]

There she BE. Very nice.

[Mud Duck]

mudsportsman, Mudbuster cam, custom CP pistons, port and polised head (port matched intake and exhaust), custom oversived stainless exhaust valves w/ a unique valve job that is only done by one shop in the country, new bronze ( the 04.5 did not have bronze) guides, new lifters, new pushrods. ceramic coated pipe w/ a bung for a wideband, and then ther is the lower end that I wish not to discuse. LOL

[mudsportsman05]

Man, the list just kept going on and on.lol Very nice. :hail::rockon: Is this just a race bike or is this going to be your everyday bike as well?

[Mud Duck]

Here's 2 more.

[Mud Duck]

Just my every day race bike!!!

I'll have to run C14 ( I'll run Sonoco 114 octain, I could probably run C12 but I have C14 availible) so I can't afford to trail ride it at $8.00 per gallon.

Someday I'll get another bike so I can ride.

[Turk]

I'll have to run C14 ( I'll run Sonoco 114 octain, I could probably run C12 but I have C14 availible) so I can't afford to trail ride it at $8.00 per gallon.

With the way gas prices are soaring you might be looking at near $10.00 a gallon by summer time for the 114 octane.

[Mud Duck]

Ain't that the truth. My neighbor has several dragsters and keeps 2 or 3, 55 gallon drums of the stuff around.

[Turk]

My neighbor has several dragsters


Happen to be any big names that run the nhra circiut??...just asking because i'm a big nhra fan.

[MudQueen]

those damn red xs' suck!!!

[Mud Duck]

No. They are small time. I say small time, I was there the other day when they uncraeted a $100,000.00 bilet alluminum Hemi motor. In Houston he sut it down as he shifted into second and tore the rear end out of it in the second run. Still qualified 5th with one pass!

He also just bought one of Jegs rails last week.

They did go to Florida just a few weeks back, for a week of raceing.

Last week they were in Houston.

Hanning Racing.

[MudQueen]

Man...that looks sweet......

[Mud Duck]

MudQueen, I'll have more up tonight. I'm just taking a break.

This wiring is gonna suck!

I just got a call from the machinest, my spring spacers will be ready in about an hour. Woo hoo, sorry Pual, he was too cheep and easy (insert joke here).

[Mud Duck]

Did I say the wiring was gonna suck? It's gonna suck. What a tangled up mess. I should have taken more detailed pictures.

And oh yea, it's gonna suck!!!!

[Rebel64]

LMAO...having a fun day there Doug? ;)

[Mud Duck]

No!!! I just got home from the machinest, He has an empoyee doing my job and the guy is ....well,slow. They should be done in about 30min.

I did get the wiring harness on. It was a mess to begin with. I will make it look much better, right now it's just on there and a few things are hooked up. No wire ties yet. I will have to wait untill I have the motor in to tie it all up. As soon as he calls me I will pick up the spacers and head to my budies shop and put the strut together. Gotta love the strut machine!!! It will be a rolling chasis tonight. Well I may leave the wheels off just for more room to work.

I'll post more pics tonight.

[Mud Duck]

Here's some more from this morning. I'll clean the front hubs tonight at work. I also going to star sanding the old plastics for the temp paint job.

[Mud Duck]

Oops. That first pic was old.

[Rebel64]

Cool stuff man. I've never seen a bike stripped all the way down like that and being rebuilt.

[Mud Duck]

The stripping down was the easy part. LOL

[Rebel64]

LOL yeah true!

[mudsportsman05]

Are you planning on painted the hubs as well?
Looks good.

[Mud Duck]

Nope. The only paint will be the plastics. I do need to do something with the big washers on the lower rear a-arms.

[Mud Duck]

Got the front and rear fenders, and hood preped for the spraycan (YUK!) paint job today. I'll do the side covers and pod tomorow.

With any luck it will dry out enough to paint them this weekend.

This rain had better stop or the campgounds at Mud Nats. are going to be crowded. LOL

[Mud Duck]

Sprayed the front and rear fenders and the hood. They look like butt.

They will do for the week I guess.

Tonight I will prep the side covers and the pod.

[Rebel64]

It'll all be covered in red mud soon anyway!

[Mud Duck]

I sure hope so.

Good news, I just got a call from After Midnight Racing. Glenn is on the way to UPS with my head right now. If I can afford the overnight cost, I'll have it tomorow!!!!!

Now I have to find a new bolt for the flywheel. Polaris says they are the same, But the "new" (cough) crank has different threads!

[PoBoy800]

Is this baby gonna be a STROKER?!? Come on man, at least tell us the displacement! :rockon:

[Mud Duck]

:tape2:

[Rebel64]

875?

[Mud Duck]

Mine's a 700 and as far as I know there is no aftermarket crank for it.

Also, you can not go oversized on the pistons as there is just no room.

[Mud Duck]

Woo Hoo. My head is here. At least that's what I here. I'll pick it up on the way to work tonight.

Bad news. Pipe will be back from the ceramic coater on Tue.

I may have to call in a favor and borrow a pipe just to get it fired.

[PoBoy800]

I smell a turbo and or nitrous.

[Mud Duck]

If you can get around my rev limiter I'll bottle feed this baby 2 at a time!!! Otherwise it's no use!

[Mud Duck]

Got the head. Wow, It looks awsome. I'm out the door to pick up my clutch from Randy Miller then have a few suds. No work tonight so I'll get an early start an with any luck have it to the fab shop on Mon. morning for the snorkles. Then it's time to start packing the trailer. I can smell the red clay now!!!

[Mud Duck]

got the motor in today. Now it's all the little BS.

Where do all of these parts go? Did anyone take pictures? LOL

I'm tired and can't seem to find the right bolts when I need them.

[Rebel64]

Wow you're kickin ass there Doug!

[PoBoy800]

Doug, it sounds like you've got it licked man. Want some more pics when you get the time. It's gonna be one kick ass PoPo.

[Mud Duck]

I wish the sun would come up! I've got alot to get done today.

Maybe I'll go out there and take some pics.

[Mud Duck]

I just took these.

[Mud Duck]

2 more.

[Rebel64]

Man that's some awesome progress.
9 more days...can ya feel the pressure?!

[mudsportsman05]

Very nice/ Them colors are going to look so sharp!

[Mud Duck]

Oh yea.

I was going to try and start it today, but, Too much stuff will have to come back off to put the new gas tank on. I think I'll just get the cracked gas tank, front plastic, and rack installed so I can get it to the fabricator in the morning for the snorkles.

I'll have it back on Wed. and I'll have the gas tank then also. Then I can put the radiator and front end back on and fire it up. Prob. next weekend. I'm on vacation starting Friday.

[mudsportsman05]

So that leaves you quite a bit of time to get it all tuned. Good luck

[PoBoy800]

It's lookin great Doug! Coming down to the wire. Hope this bitch runs good from the get-go.

[Mud Duck]

You and me both.
I droped it of at the fab shop this morning for the snorkles. I have to work 12 hours a night for the next 4 days so I'll pick it up Friday morning.

[Mud Duck]

Well I just got back fron the Mud Nationals.

I loaded it up and left last Sunday. I helped HL put up some fencing and signs. Tuesday I took the carb apart and cleaned it up.

Then it cranked and cranked. Still nothing. I knew it had fuel. I had checked the spark at home when it wouldn't start.

I had taken picks and knew the timing gears were right.

I removed the spark plugs to check spark again and about died. The piston bearly hit the plugs and closed the gap!!!!!

So I whent in to Jacksonville and found some copper shims to put on the spark plugs and she fired right up! I didn't know that Dynojet was there with there dyno, so I messed with the jettin on Wednesday.

Then came the clutching. I messed with that up until about 1 hour after the Mud Bog had satrted. I got the heaviest weights I could find and raced it but they were not heavy enough.

That motor revs so fast that it pegs the limmiter at half throtle.

I'll do some more tunning on it and get her right.