Del Monte's Double Agent

[Robbob]

Originally Posted by Del Monte

Updates are lagging behind a little bit. Who would have thought that running a business, working a full time job, and teaching a few days a week would be time consuming

...... Jeremy leave that page out of the play book LOL.

[Del Monte]

Originally Posted by Robbob

...... Jeremy leave that page out of the play book LOL.

It's all good... My rigs will just probably be last to get all the good stuff

[Curcal]

Teaching? What are you teaching?

[cboggs]

Originally Posted by Curcal

Teaching? What are you teaching?

Driving lessons?

[Del Monte]

Originally Posted by cboggs

Driving lessons?

That's only once a month... twice if I make it to a U4 race

I'm teaching machining at a local makerspace called Vocademy. It's a pretty neat gig actually. I have access to their CNC mill and lathe and other toys in my free time.

[Robbob]

Originally Posted by Del Monte

I have access to their CNC mill and lathe and other toys in my free time.

/my napoleon dynamite voice/ ...... Lucky

[Del Monte]

I've been pretty busy with Y-Town skunkworks lately, but I got finally got the production Double Agent 2.0 wrapped up. Over .250" more belly clearance than the original, and significantly more rigid with the carbon bracing.



The truck has been killing all of my local test lines in testing. A stripped tie rod bolt and funky brush failure cost me a chance at the podium in the BYB/BLC shootout over the weekend, but I'm really happy with how it handled in the comp debut.

[Curcal]

That thing looked crazy stable this weekend. Great job Jake!

[SkaldidDog]

Oh she's rigid alright. Flexes as much as the rock it's on.

J

[mrG]

How does the bracing mount?I can't tell from the pic.

[travis c.]

I like the horizontal CF plate, seems it would eliminate some chassis spacers too.

[Del Monte]

Originally Posted by travis c.

I like the horizontal CF plate, seems it would eliminate some chassis spacers too.

The only spacers left are the two in the cab. They can be made lighter and smaller now too, since they aren't doing much work.

Originally Posted by mrG

How does the bracing mount?I can't tell from the pic.

The braces are just sandwiched between the chassis rails and a semi-captured nut. I'll grab a better pic tonight

[Robbob]

cough pictures?


Did you tweak the geometery on version 2?

And would ya mind sharing some foam setup info? My biggest handicap right now is foams and remembering how soft was too soft for the featherlights.

[blandon]

X2 on the pics. I used toothpicks on my eyelids and stayed up all night waiting for those pics and they never came!!!
Rig looks SWEEEEEEEET!!!!!!

[The Crawl Space]

Definitely hyped on the new chassis. Diggin the lines and the CF spacers plates

[Del Monte]

I didn't have a chance to grab a good picture last night, but here's one I had on my phone.



Ignore the crooked brace. It's a result of rebuilding a truck after hanging out with the BYB all night

You can see that the braces are just sandwiched to the chassis. The whole package is considerably stiffer. Since the shock braces are separate pieces, you can still adjust the shock arms.

[travis c.]

It'd be a lot cooler with a SMW sticker on it!

[blandon]

Thanks for the close up of the braces. I was racking my brain trying to figure out how they mounted, very cool concept and must be super rigid!!

[Del Monte]

Originally Posted by blandon

Thanks for the close up of the braces. I was racking my brain trying to figure out how they mounted, very cool concept and must be super rigid!!

No problem. There are a few chassis using a similar concept these days, but I think this is the first to run braces through the entire chassis. It's amazing how much stiffer it is now, even when using just 1/16" side plates. The shock arms are still 1/8", but they could probably be reduced too.

[EddieO]

Originally Posted by Del Monte

No problem. There are a few chassis using a similar concept these days, but I think this is the first to run braces through the entire chassis. It's amazing how much stiffer it is now, even when using just 1/16" side plates. The shock arms are still 1/8", but they could probably be reduced too.

Looks pretty unique...are you using notches in the braces to locate and lock them in before the screws/nuts are tighten down. Would think that would stiffen it up even more and prevent them from sliding up or down.

Later EddieO