Hera revisited

[johnnyh66]

I had Mayhem Engineering wheels on but like the extra wide Axials better.
I think Melons' new GripFab wheels will go on Hera and the old black Steelies back on Melons.

 

[johnnyh66]

Hera's New wheels: GripFab Hoopty Pros with Rogue Elements knock offs... I doubt I'll comp with the knock offs, they do look good on these wheels.
The wheels have a wide and narrow offset, I used the narrow.

 

[johnnyh66]

Hera is is feeling dialed in!
She did great on the snowy rocks today, the Pitbull's are incredible.

Either my front locker came loose or I broke an axle because I ended up with 3.5wheel drive!

 

[doublej]

Looking good as always. She looks right at home in the snow.

 

[johnnyh66]

thanks doublej. "thumbsup"

yup, a loose felsenfest.

 

[Die-Laughing]

That'll happen.. I use red loctite on one side and blue on the other 2 set screws.. I've still had the blue side loosen up.. Not so bad with removable diff cover axles though.

Looks good man!

 

[VP Dan]

or just put VP lockers in and be done

 

[doublej]

And sell me your felsen at a discounted price!

 

[johnnyh66]

Hera competed in the North West Indiana Tough Truck Competition yesterday... they had no idea what hit them! :twisted:

Hera placed first in 2.2 with a total of +16 for 5 courses!
They said that was the best score of the day for both 2.2 and 1,9 "thumbsup"

Hera is dialed in, she's balanced has loads of power and has been bulletproof.

 

[thzero]

Pretty bad ass for an indoor course...

 

[johnnyh66]

Yeah, it was a lot of fun and really challenging!

 

[sally1800]

was there a sled pull?

 

[Die-Laughing]

Woo! Yeah! Oooo!

 

[johnnyh66]

was there a sled pull?

not this time, they are splitting the TTC up over several comps, this was the first.

 

[johnnyh66]

One of the obstacles

 

[Mighty1]

Right next Guido, my favorite!!!!

 

[Mighty1]

So what WB you running now?

 

[johnnyh66]

Right next Guido, my favorite!!!!

Yeah, me too... I still love Hera's design. "thumbsup"
Ryan did a great job with building a rig to live up to the name... Hera was the most beautiful of the goddesses... and the most ruthless. :twisted:

So what WB you running now?

After trying several lengths, I'm runnin 13" exactly.

 

[johnnyh66]

Well... I lost the Class 2.2 lead in the North West Indiana TTC.
I'm not sure where I place yet but I know it wasn't in the top 3... although overall I felt I had a great comp day. Hera is still in it though, as long as I can make it to the rest of the comps.

Here's my worse decision of the day, to cross this bridge in 2nd gear.
I had already done it in 1.9 with Melons and thought it'd be easy in 2nd where my drag brake isn't as strong... wrong.

It was actually much more difficult because I didn't have the low end control that I was used to.

You might be able to see as I tried to feather the throttle, it kept stuttering... which led to my front flip... which led to my demise.

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[doublej]

Nice try at a recovery! gave it one hell of a try!