Et from barn to the Pod, a quest for 9 seconds

[et1170]

Got this little nugget early last year to build into a 9 second dragbike beast on a budget. A lot of progress has been made and I will endeavour to show the main parts of my simple build. 

[Gixer1460]

Nice ambition but a 9 second ET won't be 'budget' - chassis work, lose weight and use of Nitrous will help!

[et1170]

5 minutes ago, Gixer1460 said:

Nice ambition but a 9 second ET won't be 'budget' - chassis work, lose weight and use of Nitrous will help!

Got a nice 1170 engine to go in it, that will get it some of the way. 

[et1170]

Started by removing and selling all the standard bits I didn't need, 750 engine and running gear raised some cash for my first upgrades. A complete bandit 6 rear end with 2 swinging arms and a bandit 1200 front .

[et1170]

Bit of cutting and careful slotting together and the arms were ready to sneak over to my welding buddy, cheap extended arm if ever I saw one. Heavy though!

[et1170]

Beefy 1200 bandit front end , wont go faster but looks the part.

[Tinsnips]

Nice project!   Sub’d this right away.  Are you going to brace the swing arm?

Edited March 5, 2021 by Tinsnips

[et1170]

On 3/5/2021 at 11:48 AM, Tinsnips said:

Nice project!   Sub’d this right away.  Are you going to brace the swing arm?

No mate , sleeved on the inside quite substantially so should take it!

[et1170]

Chopped some unnecessary bits off the frame and made a simple seat support , not going with a standard seat. Using a fibreglass single seat because that's what the rider wanted.

[et1170]

Mocked up the bits I had so far, liking the stance . 

[TonyGee]

thats looooong 

[et1170]

Few coats of tough black and the swinger looks quite presentable. 

[eddiegsx]

7 minutes ago, et1170 said:

Few coats of tough black and the swinger looks quite presentable. 

Looks very presentable, amazing what is achievable without throwing tons of money at a project.

[et1170]

Got some tecbike rearsets, same as used on my x7. Look pretty good for the price. Just need to beef up that bracket!

[et1170]

10mm aluminium plate cut roughly to size, will make pretty later.

[R1guy]

Looks very similar to the solution I came up with 

[IceKat]

A great start to the project et

Even a "proper" sticker showing on the clutch cover 

[wraith]

Won't the gear change go the wrong way?

[Duckndive]

30 minutes ago, wraith said:

Won't the gear change go the wrong way?

i guess he will be using an air shifter so not really an issue 

only need to remember which is 1st and 2nd  

[et1170]

28 minutes ago, Duckndive said:

i guess he will be using an air shifter so not really an issue 

only need to remember which is 1st and 2nd  

Correct Duckndive 

[et1170]

Mock up with engine in , front cowl will be lower than that. 

[et1170]

Got hold of some rs36,s from facebook marketplace, main jet holder snapped off when opened up on one carb. Not a bargain after all. People do take the piss sometimes. All cleaned and rebuilt now ready to go.

[Swiss Toni]

I think RS’s are prone to that! Two of mine snapped off when I stripped them. They only need a little tweak to tighten. Got them out ok though. 

[et1170]

13 minutes ago, Swiss Toni said:

I think RS’s are prone to that! Two of mine snapped off when I stripped them. They only need a little tweak to tighten. Got them out ok though. 

this was gone as I touched it, allens to the rescue

[et1170]

Frame and wheels powdercoated a nice gloss white, old skool paint job coming up.