@J Don’t be so hard on John. Everyone fills a role on the cars and cameras team. Just so happens that John is the one with the business sense. Here’s a lil food for thought…. He’s out there doing it, and we’re all watching on tv.
Great stuff as usual guys, the engine sounds healthy. A lil advise : fiberglass is a cheaper & lighter option to the sheet panels. If you're up to it, you already have the templates, why not try a few fiberglass panels (might make for good content) plus you might learn a thing or 2. Greetings from the Caribbean Trinidad & Tobago Tony #Toescustoms 🤘
Good first run guys, John is becoming a very good narrator and commentator.His editing is improving as well. Nice to see Ike and Charles working on the projects, can't wait to see this beast on the straight track
Looking forward to seeing you guys restore that Opel GT. Living in So Cal I have the opportunity to see everything from rolling wrecks to pristine restored cars on the road.
I thought that’s what it was. No one really knows about the GT. A decade ago you could still find decent ones for cheap but now they seem near impossible to find.
I can't wait for it too, it's been teasing me sitting in the background of videos for ages. I was getting worried that they'd never make a video of it.
Charles is a legend and don't let the nugget make you second guess yourself young fella. Nugget is a guy that will always know more than any person in any situation, young Chuck keep up the great work mate 👍
Thank you for caging the driver area.We want you around for a Long time.(Plus most tracks will pass you for 'tech').It sounds Mean,and looks Lean and ready to Rip!
You still need to triangulate the front with some bars or at least a vertical or two on the sides. If one of you lose it and hit in the front it's collapsing and it can crush your feet or skewer you with a folding 6ft long piece of tubing.
if they get in a crash that bad ther gonna die or get seriously injured anyway what your suggesting is a waste of time and wont look good theyve accepted the responsibility of driving this just leave it at that
@@TylerDuysen I don't think you understand how a tube chassis/roll cage works in a race car. The area you are sitting in, including your feet, needs to stay intact and the rest of the car/cage crumples/bends to absorb energy in the crash. There needs to be uprights (and a cross brace really) on the sides beyond their feet to keep the sides from smashing and bending whichever way the force takes them. There is a good 6 feet at least of tubing top and bottom with zero support and much of their legs are in that zone. In a frontal impact which will probably have some side forces as well, it's going to turn that 6 ft tube into a Z and the front is going to impale them and/or fold over possibly with an ankle or whatever in there. Look at guys walking away from top fuel dragster crashes at 300mph or any nascar, sprint car ECT that go on wild rides and walk away. This 100hp go kart isn't going to be running numbers that should make it lethal to crash in with a little forethought and design consideration. Find a pic of a Jr dragster frame online. That's how it should be built. This isn't a yard kart. "It'll be fine" doesn't apply here. Ike is a moron if you haven't figured that out. John has no experience besides following along with Ike and Charles is probably telling them the same thing I am off camera(I hope).
You would think over the years the build quality would be better? Look at the welds and the sheet metal and over all quality of this build. I would not get in and drive this abortion.
You could get a Pingel electronic shifter. Or an Electric over Air shifter. They both interrupt the ignition to allow the forced shift without using a clutch. Shift into first gear with clutch pulled in at the line and every shift after that you just push a button and it shifts one gear at a time, every time you push the button.
Nice first shakedown, lots of fire in that dragon, certainly! Hope the fix is quick & cheap. One irritating thing is the panel noise, Holy Mackerel!How about that DynaMat dampening sticky sheets & or stiffener ribs rivited underneath (or both!) Sometimes the conversation & engine were drowned out by the banga-te-bang of that panel. Great show & great crew! Thanks guys! Paul from S. Central TX.
I noticed the Opal GT sometime ago. I had a 69 GT years ago and I loved that thing, 1.9 with dual side draft Weber carbs and a four speed... Parts was an issue back then, It had transmission problems and no transmission shop would help me. Wish I had kept it because now we have the internet....
I’m sitting in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on my sailboat binge watching your episodes! Always entertaining! Thanks for breaking the boredom! s/v Carnivore
Charles don't feel bad as everyone does make mistakes, but like you said at least you got it on video. Keep up the great work you guys do and keep up the great content you guys do. Love from Albany Creek Queensland Australia 🇦🇺
Hey for that kind of center-push clutch, you can cut a hole on the outside center of the cover (exposing the pushrod end) and bolt on half of a single-piston brake caliper and use that to actuate the clutch pushrod. Easy way to convert to hydraulic clutch. Ive seen some of the taiwanese motorcycle racers convert from cable clutch that way.
Owning a Triumph 955 sprint and having ridden many miles with other Sprint, Daytons and other 955 bikes, it is fun to hear the sound coming out of your project. The 955 has a very wide torque range. But the engine really comes alive around 3500 rpm and starts to flatten out around 7 or 9 k, depending on the version you have. My Sprint loves to trot along between 70 and 120 mph. They were not the fastest things out there by any means, but very rider friendly, and a blast to ride.
I love this build i weigh 260lbs and on my stock 2000 955i with no wind screen or fairings and i went 11.01 in the 1/4 this thing is going to be wicked
It seems to have all the ‘get up and go’ needed to be dangerously fun. Perfect! The clutch has obviously been enthusiastically over-stressed in the past...which is evidence of a misspent youth...so it has the correct history and family lineage to be a great power plant. Seems you guys have all the right ingredients for excellent things to come. Best wishes from your Northern neighbours!
Good work guys! I think you should stick some noise reduction pads on those side panels so it doesn't make that rattle noise while riding. After all good project. Nice to see it finally moving under its own power. 👍🤟
You guys are still my heroes after years of TH-cam, I still love watching your videos. John, I noticed your comment on the old CB750s, a friend of mine still has an unrestored rider 69 or 70 CB750 that runs like a top. I believe he still has his CR500 as well, damned thing was and still is the baddest oil burner I’ve ever seen. I’ve had an XL350, XL200, Voyager12, Vulcan 2000 (heavy but a torque factory on wheels) CB550, a beautiful CB750A if you know about the hondamatics (Excellent machine) a later pre nighthawk CB650SC and a slew of Japanese bikes before I got into V-Twins. Anyway Soichiro Honda San’s favorite of all the early accordion 4s was the 72-74 CB350 Four. The twin actually made a couple more horses at lower rpm’s and weighed less but he felt you were more one with the machine with the Four, it had a higher powerband, smoothness like nothing else, a 10,000 rpm redline and was built as a street bike to honor the race winning 350. It was a riders bike. The man was a genius. Anyway, useless information to most but an interesting story. Always love seeing you, Ike and Charles, doing what you love to do and hopefully making a living doing it. God Bless and keep on making folks happy doing the things you do. I really want to know what the plan is for the Opel on the rack, I used to watch a guy at Bakersfield run an odd fire 4.3 based Chevy V6 in one that sounded awful but ran like 8.90s with 1 four barrel. Sorry for being long winded, Frosty…
Ya gotta make sure there's freeplay on the clutch cable. If there's constant pressure on the lever, loading the pushrod it'll heat up (bluing)and......well.... The max arm travel is 1/2-3/4" Keep up the great work guys!
Love the dragster content & I've been saying build a rear engine car for awhile now. One thing I'd do is probably set the steering up with handle bars and a hand operated cable clutch and a foot shifter as on a motorcycle. My 2 cents. Good luck with that dragster boys !
Judging from that blob of orange rtv on the side of that engine casing I wouldn't be surprised if this thing was horsed on by the original owner when it was still in bike form. When people have these big displacement bikes they drive them like they stole them. Especially if they're a fast sporty model. This thing was already damaged you guys just gave it the final KO. On another note I'm really liking the longer videos. There's more content to enjoy and you guys seem to be having more fun. Nothing worse than stressing yourselves out from being over worked. :)
The skateboard wheel will last just fine, cheap, serviceable, and I had a minibike I built out of a chopper bicycle and a rototiller as a kid, it ran for 3 years @ 7+ miles a day, it used em top and bottom to reduce chain throw, the chain stay was 28+ inches
If you put an extra link in the clutch linkage at the arm, and add a return spring to the pedal, you'll be able to adjust it so there's almost no force on the throwout mechanism when engaged just by watching for that second link to 'kink' and not be in line with the cable end. Other ways to do it are a slotted pivot hole and large washers to keep it on track (gotta keep that lubed and clean) or by fitting a threaded rod end to the cable, fitting a sleeve over that, and using a little flat stock bent up with a hole in it as the throwout lever end so the cable doesn't fasten, it just slips in the lever until you pull it far enough to take up the slack and a nut/washer on the end pulls the lever.
I am subscribed and have been for over 6 years. Love your content great progress. I haven't gotten notice of your videos nor are they coming up in my subscribed list. I only found the videos in my suggested videos. I'm not a fan of the new algorithm or what ever bs they are doing. Thank y'all for all the entertainment and great info and ideas!!
Make sure the correct "Bell" is set up in your subscription. It should have what look like parenthesis around it. If it is just a bell, then you will only get an email. If it has a line through it you won't get any notification at all. I am getting notified every time myself, so I can vouch for it working. Can pretty much count on something every Wednesday.
A Recluse clutch would be super sick in this thing. This build is my favorite so far, looks good, sounds good, and I guarentee it'll rip. Id love to see a big sand drag wing on it. Great job guys.
Paddle shifters on the steering wheel. You could build a bracket for the shifter on engine on Paddle would be used for up shifting and the other for down
Good morning I am really enjoying this build series and I know that once you guys get everything figured out then you are going to have one fast machine no doubt about it
Isaac’s question “ why is it always me that breaks things” brings a new t shirt design to mind….
I.K.E. Issac Kills Everything.
I’m dying after reading this
Brilliant!!
HA
"I break things & stuff - Professionally."
@J Don’t be so hard on John. Everyone fills a role on the cars and cameras team. Just so happens that John is the one with the business sense. Here’s a lil food for thought…. He’s out there doing it, and we’re all watching on tv.
Would love to see this beast again! One of my favourite builds of yours.
A good first test drive always ends in burnouts and broken parts!
But is that safe ?
Especially when you are still idiots 7 years into building shit.
@@Philc231 well it is entertaining so
So true
@CarsandCameras how much is the repairs going to cost?
that clutch and cover is just like the 2010 r1 big bang they are a pain to get back on right and for it to pull right for the clutch and cable
Great work guys!! That thing will HAUL at the dirt drags for sure! It also looks great without the side pods - just my opinion. Well done!
more like a traditional rail. it looks light and sleek
@@ghomerhust Yep, my thoughts as well.
Side pods would've looked a lot better if the front of the pods were angled back instead of being squared off
Great stuff as usual guys, the engine sounds healthy.
A lil advise : fiberglass is a cheaper & lighter option to the sheet panels.
If you're up to it, you already have the templates, why not try a few fiberglass panels (might make for good content) plus you might learn a thing or 2.
Greetings from the Caribbean Trinidad & Tobago
Tony #Toescustoms 🤘
And that's the last time we ever saw the rail
Stoked for the Opel GT project!
4:21 the face that says "Uh, oh, I think we just melted some metal on the lens."
Good first run guys, John is becoming a very good narrator and commentator.His editing is improving as well. Nice to see Ike and Charles working on the projects, can't wait to see this beast on the straight track
I really like the Charles time-lapse & music. 👌
When will there be another video on this thing??? It’s rad!
Looking forward to seeing you guys restore that Opel GT. Living in So Cal I have the opportunity to see everything from rolling wrecks to pristine restored cars on the road.
I thought that’s what it was. No one really knows about the GT. A decade ago you could still find decent ones for cheap but now they seem near impossible to find.
I can't wait for it too, it's been teasing me sitting in the background of videos for ages. I was getting worried that they'd never make a video of it.
Charles is a legend and don't let the nugget make you second guess yourself young fella. Nugget is a guy that will always know more than any person in any situation, young Chuck keep up the great work mate 👍
That was some quick speed on Charles part once he saw the fire😅
boy i love the sound of those triumph 3 cyl engine
Wednesday is my new favourite day, loving the progress being made.
Sounds so damn cool too. Can't wait to see this going full tilt.
Rest in peace Jeb 🌳 the seat cushion . Lol Mr Charles take it easy .
Being from a bike, clutch only needed for pulling away and dropping down gears, not needed to go up the gears, just blip the throttle
Thank you for caging the driver area.We want you around for a Long time.(Plus most tracks will pass you for 'tech').It sounds Mean,and looks Lean and ready to Rip!
I really enjoyed the segment with calm music and time lapses!!
Those welds look like you were holding a baby dragon and you told it "Sneeze Here" 🐲🐲🐲
In all seriousness, I think John should pay to send Charles to a few welding classes.
Sand, dirt and asphalt, need to call it the Triumph triple threat, love this build
You still need to triangulate the front with some bars or at least a vertical or two on the sides. If one of you lose it and hit in the front it's collapsing and it can crush your feet or skewer you with a folding 6ft long piece of tubing.
bingo!
if they get in a crash that bad ther gonna die or get seriously injured anyway what your suggesting is a waste of time and wont look good theyve accepted the responsibility of driving this just leave it at that
nevermind im assumin you mean a x or v brace underneath in the middle then that would make sense i thought ya meant off the side or something
@@TylerDuysen I don't think you understand how a tube chassis/roll cage works in a race car. The area you are sitting in, including your feet, needs to stay intact and the rest of the car/cage crumples/bends to absorb energy in the crash. There needs to be uprights (and a cross brace really) on the sides beyond their feet to keep the sides from smashing and bending whichever way the force takes them. There is a good 6 feet at least of tubing top and bottom with zero support and much of their legs are in that zone. In a frontal impact which will probably have some side forces as well, it's going to turn that 6 ft tube into a Z and the front is going to impale them and/or fold over possibly with an ankle or whatever in there. Look at guys walking away from top fuel dragster crashes at 300mph or any nascar, sprint car ECT that go on wild rides and walk away. This 100hp go kart isn't going to be running numbers that should make it lethal to crash in with a little forethought and design consideration. Find a pic of a Jr dragster frame online. That's how it should be built. This isn't a yard kart. "It'll be fine" doesn't apply here. Ike is a moron if you haven't figured that out. John has no experience besides following along with Ike and Charles is probably telling them the same thing I am off camera(I hope).
You would think over the years the build quality would be better? Look at the welds and the sheet metal and over all quality of this build. I would not get in and drive this abortion.
I am so glad that you took the big funky sides off of the rail. It looks much better. Now it needs a cars and camera wrap on it. It’s looking good.
You could get a Pingel electronic shifter. Or an Electric over Air shifter. They both interrupt the ignition to allow the forced shift without using a clutch. Shift into first gear with clutch pulled in at the line and every shift after that you just push a button and it shifts one gear at a time, every time you push the button.
Otherwise known as a recluse clutch.
Definitely the way to go I know some who had an air shifter on aa wicked fast sporty
That engine sounds really gooood! Can’t wait to see a full power pull!
The rail sounds AWESOME....
Nice first shakedown, lots of fire in that dragon, certainly! Hope the fix is quick & cheap. One irritating thing is the panel noise, Holy Mackerel!How about that DynaMat dampening sticky sheets & or stiffener ribs rivited underneath (or both!) Sometimes the conversation & engine were drowned out by the banga-te-bang of that panel. Great show & great crew! Thanks guys! Paul from S. Central TX.
Quick spritz of bedliner in a couple spots on the inside should be enough to greatly quiet those panels...
We all know those sidepods were coming off the moment John “welded” them on 😂
Thank god they was ugly
I feel a little bad, he was sooo excited...Ah, well.
Could do with some blast fenders to keep their heads from receiving rocks and mud to the back of the head.
They need to be a lot smaller
Don't eat the tide pods, but if you hungry there's plenty of cotton candy in the attic.
I noticed the Opal GT sometime ago. I had a 69 GT years ago and I loved that thing, 1.9 with dual side draft Weber carbs and a four speed... Parts was an issue back then, It had transmission problems and no transmission shop would help me. Wish I had kept it because now we have the internet....
Clutch, slicks and a drag strip is the best combo.
I’m sitting in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on my sailboat binge watching your episodes! Always entertaining! Thanks for breaking the boredom!
s/v Carnivore
Charles don't feel bad as everyone does make mistakes, but like you said at least you got it on video. Keep up the great work you guys do and keep up the great content you guys do. Love from Albany Creek Queensland Australia 🇦🇺
Consider using an idler sprocket for your tensioner instead of the roller skate wheel. Less bounce/vibration in the chain.
Hey for that kind of center-push clutch, you can cut a hole on the outside center of the cover (exposing the pushrod end) and bolt on half of a single-piston brake caliper and use that to actuate the clutch pushrod. Easy way to convert to hydraulic clutch. Ive seen some of the taiwanese motorcycle racers convert from cable clutch that way.
It's a pull type, which is one reason it got broken. But over pushing on one is bad also.
Charles wanted heated seat 😂😂 I can’t to see it rip
The extra time you have for editing with the new format really shows in this video. Very well done, good content and good edit! Keep up the good job👍
I feel like that thing would look sooo good with a top fuel looking wing on the back!!
Owning a Triumph 955 sprint and having ridden many miles with other Sprint, Daytons and other 955 bikes, it is fun to hear the sound coming out of your project. The 955 has a very wide torque range. But the engine really comes alive around 3500 rpm and starts to flatten out around 7 or 9 k, depending on the version you have.
My Sprint loves to trot along between 70 and 120 mph. They were not the fastest things out there by any means, but very rider friendly, and a blast to ride.
I love this build i weigh 260lbs and on my stock 2000 955i with no wind screen or fairings and i went 11.01 in the 1/4 this thing is going to be wicked
Good first run, Ike is the man to test drive a machine, finds any weaknesses in a project.
It seems to have all the ‘get up and go’ needed to be dangerously fun. Perfect! The clutch has obviously been enthusiastically over-stressed in the past...which is evidence of a misspent youth...so it has the correct history and family lineage to be a great power plant. Seems you guys have all the right ingredients for excellent things to come. Best wishes from your Northern neighbours!
Another wonderful addition!
I look forward to a new episode every week!!
Thank you so much!!!!
Good work guys! I think you should stick some noise reduction pads on those side panels so it doesn't make that rattle noise while riding. After all good project. Nice to see it finally moving under its own power. 👍🤟
ABSOLUTELY -----> AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!. 🙂
Holy hell some.of those welds....
Gap welding in progress....
now you guys are rippin, great test, we call that a shake down, because stuff always falls off.
You guys are still my heroes after years of TH-cam, I still love watching your videos. John, I noticed your comment on the old CB750s, a friend of mine still has an unrestored rider 69 or 70 CB750 that runs like a top. I believe he still has his CR500 as well, damned thing was and still is the baddest oil burner I’ve ever seen. I’ve had an XL350, XL200, Voyager12, Vulcan 2000 (heavy but a torque factory on wheels) CB550, a beautiful CB750A if you know about the hondamatics (Excellent machine) a later pre nighthawk CB650SC and a slew of Japanese bikes before I got into V-Twins. Anyway Soichiro Honda San’s favorite of all the early accordion 4s was the 72-74 CB350 Four. The twin actually made a couple more horses at lower rpm’s and weighed less but he felt you were more one with the machine with the Four, it had a higher powerband, smoothness like nothing else, a 10,000 rpm redline and was built as a street bike to honor the race winning 350. It was a riders bike. The man was a genius. Anyway, useless information to most but an interesting story. Always love seeing you, Ike and Charles, doing what you love to do and hopefully making a living doing it. God Bless and keep on making folks happy doing the things you do.
I really want to know what the plan is for the Opel on the rack, I used to watch a guy at Bakersfield run an odd fire 4.3 based Chevy V6 in one that sounded awful but ran like 8.90s with 1 four barrel.
Sorry for being long winded, Frosty…
Glad to see that the opal is going to be coming up soon thanks Ike
This channel used to frustrate me with all of the hack-job fab. Glad to see some improvements
Those panels are drumming like made. Need some cross folds in them to dampen. But awesome build guys. That thing is absolutely nuts
I can’t wait for the 660 ft time! I freaking love this thing!
Ya gotta make sure there's freeplay on the clutch cable. If there's constant pressure on the lever, loading the pushrod it'll heat up (bluing)and......well....
The max arm travel is 1/2-3/4"
Keep up the great work guys!
2:15 I had a 76 CB 750K that was bored to 836, ported, cammed, and rejetted; it turned some heads at Thunder Valley.
Y'all are awesome!! Can't wait to meet you guys at PATE!!
Awesome thanks 👍
Love the dragster content & I've been saying build a rear engine car for awhile now. One thing I'd do is probably set the steering up with handle bars and a hand operated cable clutch and a foot shifter as on a motorcycle. My 2 cents. Good luck with that dragster boys !
Judging from that blob of orange rtv on the side of that engine casing I wouldn't be surprised if this thing was horsed on by the original owner when it was still in bike form. When people have these big displacement bikes they drive them like they stole them. Especially if they're a fast sporty model. This thing was already damaged you guys just gave it the final KO.
On another note I'm really liking the longer videos. There's more content to enjoy and you guys seem to be having more fun. Nothing worse than stressing yourselves out from being over worked. :)
Looking great guys
The mushroom is a throw out bearing
My favorite build ❤
I see Charles must of been welding that cage together 😅
It rips! Sounds so good.
Love that Opel GT in the background
This thing is wicked! Keep up the extra long videos guys. Y’all are the best entertainment out there. Stay safe and God Bless
First test Dr = r n d ,research & development ,awesome build guys
I love the fact that Triumph fitted a clutch cover cover!
The skateboard wheel will last just fine, cheap, serviceable, and I had a minibike I built out of a chopper bicycle and a rototiller as a kid, it ran for 3 years @ 7+ miles a day, it used em top and bottom to reduce chain throw, the chain stay was 28+ inches
The look on Charles’s face when he turned to look at the camera was funny
That looks like the motor that the cross cart would also benefit from.
Well done gentleman.
Word to the wise.......Barnett clutches are bulletproof 👍
If you put an extra link in the clutch linkage at the arm, and add a return spring to the pedal, you'll be able to adjust it so there's almost no force on the throwout mechanism when engaged just by watching for that second link to 'kink' and not be in line with the cable end. Other ways to do it are a slotted pivot hole and large washers to keep it on track (gotta keep that lubed and clean) or by fitting a threaded rod end to the cable, fitting a sleeve over that, and using a little flat stock bent up with a hole in it as the throwout lever end so the cable doesn't fasten, it just slips in the lever until you pull it far enough to take up the slack and a nut/washer on the end pulls the lever.
LOL the reaction when the spark hit the lens.
I think putting some kind of Cal induction right through the top of the head dumping right down onto the top of the motor would be really cool
Please put a bigger battery on this thing as well as bigger wire gage to it.
The battery system is the most important thing in a system like this.
I am subscribed and have been for over 6 years. Love your content great progress. I haven't gotten notice of your videos nor are they coming up in my subscribed list. I only found the videos in my suggested videos. I'm not a fan of the new algorithm or what ever bs they are doing. Thank y'all for all the entertainment and great info and ideas!!
Make sure the correct "Bell" is set up in your subscription. It should have what look like parenthesis around it. If it is just a bell, then you will only get an email. If it has a line through it you won't get any notification at all. I am getting notified every time myself, so I can vouch for it working. Can pretty much count on something every Wednesday.
Keep it coming!
i have a feeling this is going to be a rocketship. similar horsepower to a modern hatchback but about 1/5 the weight. that is insanity.
That thing sounds really good!
The one I've been waiting for .
Best & fastest build yet ❤
A Recluse clutch would be super sick in this thing. This build is my favorite so far, looks good, sounds good, and I guarentee it'll rip. Id love to see a big sand drag wing on it. Great job guys.
If you've got that part, we'd love to see more of this dragster. BTW great video!
Paddle shifters on the steering wheel. You could build a bracket for the shifter on engine on Paddle would be used for up shifting and the other for down
You put the right rear tires on that thing and you've got yourself one hell of a mud dragster. Time to find some muddy bottom land for a drag strip.
Loving It!!!!
Good morning I am really enjoying this build series and I know that once you guys get everything figured out then you are going to have one fast machine no doubt about it
Man that thing sounds great!
For being in its “early stages” this thing is sick and I’m super pumped to see how far this build will go
Ike quote of the week,"I'll hit it"! Good stuff as always gents!
Looking forward to the test run on the track!!
That sounds sooo good!!
great stuff guys thanks
Holy crap,that thing sounds so good fellas!!!That engine is strong!!
I came home to the patches I ordered ( which look awesome btw) and a new video!
These videos really make me feel good. Look forward to each one 😊
6:52 thats the chain i needed for my minibike since it throw out so much power. Its in my shorts.
AWESOME BUILD..👍👍😁😁😁
Good job boys!
I think a removable steering wheel wouldn’t be a bad idea for this. I love it. Keep up the good work! 🤘🏻