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Old 02-24-2009, 08:38 PM   #1
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Default New video: Team NFA Snowbashing at the dunes

I've been sitting on this footage for a year now but since I find myself with lots of spare time during the day I threw this video together.

This is from Jan 2008 and our annual trip to the North Sand Hills. The snow was particularly deep that year and we couldn't bust through at the main entrance, so we went around to the second entrance. Friggin bitter cold and windy but a fun trip as always.

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Team NFA: Walden Snow Wheeling


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Nice Grizz. I'm going to have to sit shot gun with you some time.
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Old 02-24-2009, 09:03 PM   #3
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Nice Grizz. I'm going to have to sit shot gun with you some time.
When I get Guido up and running again I'm gonna get all you guys a ride. Hopefully next winter.
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I love snow wheeling!!!

Thanks for the vid!
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Old 02-24-2009, 09:56 PM   #5
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I love snow wheeling!!!

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Me too.
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Awesome vid Griz. That CJ was sick! Any specs on that thing?

Sorry, the Bronco was cool too.
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Old 02-24-2009, 10:43 PM   #7
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Awesome vid Griz. That CJ was sick! Any specs on that thing?

Sorry, the Bronco was cool too.
Yeah, Marlon's CJ kinda overshadows the Broncs. Thanks though.

Rather than me retyping all the specs you can read them on our club site. But to get you interested.....
113" wheelbase
630hp Turnkey Engine Supply 427 LS7
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What line of work are you guys in?!
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What line of work are you guys in?!
Marlon (White CJ) owns an automobile glass shop. John (Red Bronco) runs his own heating and air company. Steve (maroon CJ/rock buggy) owns an excavating company.
I'm unemployed right now.......but I used to be an mechanical engineer in the hard drive industry.

The broncs are built on somewhat of a budget, , you could duplicate them for around $50k. But the CJ's.........yeah, there's some money in them.
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Jeeze... Well best of luck to you Griz.
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Jeeze... Well best of luck to you Griz.
Thanks man, I'm sure sumthin will come up before too long.
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Grizz... do you ever have any cooling issues? What setup do you have under hood to keep her cool?
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Very nice, we don't get much snow here. Snow wheeling look fuuuuuuunnnn !!!!!
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Grizz... do you ever have any cooling issues? What setup do you have under hood to keep her cool?
I can make it overheat if I push it hard enough for a long time. But it'll run for about 5 minutes at full throttle, churning through snow, before it starts to overheat. With the same motor/supercharger and the stock radiator, it would literally overheat in 20 seconds of full throttle.

I've got a Summit 2 core Aluminum radiator, 31" wide x 19" tall, that I built a custom radiator support for. In front of it I have 2x 14" pusher fans in a custom fan shroud sealed to the radiator. I had to go with pushers because of the supercharger drive pulley/belt and I had to go with 14er's because of space restrictions. I use a 190 degree thermostat and an Edelbrock aluminum water pump. One fan is on a thermal switch that kicks on at 180 degrees, the other is on a manual switch that I leave on all the time on the trails. Having the inner fenderwells removed does wonders for cooling as well.

On the driver's side by the radiator I have two 11" fin and plate transmission coolers stacked together with their own 10" puller fan. This keeps the radiator clear and gives better airflow than putting the tranny coolers in front of or behind the radiator. The pictures only show one tranny cooler.

When the big motor goes in I will add one more tranny cooler somewhere and an engine oil cooler behind the radiator.

The red Bronc runs a custom 6 row copper brass radiator, 38" wide x 16" tall, with two 16" Spal puller fans. He runs 3 tranny coolers, two in front of the radiator and one under the radiator with it's own 10" fan. He can basically run it so long that the exhaust melts the rhino lining on the floorboards.
In fact, we can both run long enough that the engine overheating isn't the limiting factor anymore, it's getting the diffs and t-case so hot they burn you to the touch.
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Very nice, we don't get much snow here. Snow wheeling look fuuuuuuunnnn !!!!!
That's why I left Houston after a couple years, I missed the snow and mountains. Thanks Chip, it's a freakin riot and an adrenaline rush.
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damn, i miss snow wheeling... that was some of the best wheeling i remembered back in the days...

good luck on the job search griz!
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Damn Marlins Jeep and Johns Bronco are impressive in person.

Had a blast on the snow run. Mines more of a make love, not war rig!
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Old 03-01-2009, 12:18 AM   #19
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Had a blast on the snow run. Mines more of a make love, not war rig!
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After much prodding Ace took his Sidekick powered Sami on a run with us and it kicks ass.
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