Did a job over the weekend,

customer had a complain on a weird screech coming from her front brakes. First thing we checked were the wear indicators, and well.....they needed new front pads and rotors.....plain and simple

      Best tools known to man kind.....had the Ingersal Rand for about 7 years now and this puppy is still                             runnin' solid

It's the Arm's Race!

Thought i'd quickly give the news. Volvo Trucks has done it again in Europe with now the most powerful truck in the world.....To make a long story short, a couple of years ago Volvo came out with there brand new Volvo FH16. This was marked the most powerful truck in the world with 700 horse power and 3,150 Nm of torque (don't know the conversion). Recently, Scania came along and brought the new R730 to the market with 730 horse power and 3,500 Nm of torque, pretty much throwing Volvo's D16 engine out the door. Now, just recently, Volvo is back in first place yet again with 750 horse power and 3,550 Nm of torque.....So i guess it's really your preference on what you want, Volvo's inline 6 beast, or Scania's massive V8 monster...take a look for yourself.

I'll have a full in depth report on Volvo's new engine.

When it comes down to it, i'll stick to the Volvo, even though I've never touched anything V8 in heavy equipment, i know Volvo, work on Volvo, and was taught on Volvo. The only question is who will be next to conquer the arms race?

http://www.volvotrucks.com/trucks/global/en-gb/trucks/gallery/Volvo-FH16-750/Pages/volvo-fh16-750.aspx

http://www.scania.com/products-services/trucks/truck-range/v8/Engine/730-hp.aspx

Work Things....

Thought i post up some things from work. Never really went in depth with my profession, but i'm a diesel technician by day, and a metal fabricator by night!! haha!

The company (fleet) i work for just brought a hand full of fully loaded International Pro Star tractors. There a heavy spec model built for hauling some of the 60,000 pound plus loads.....i.e bricks, clay as well as propane tankers....etc. Me personally, not a big fan on these trucks. Throughout the years, never really liked the product, build quality and down time are a big no no in the trucking industry, and these things are known for there failures. Caterpillar teamed up with International when they pulled out of the heavy duty truck engine industry a couple years ago, but now CAT is bringing out there own line up of heavy vocational trucks, branded the CT660, but that's another story. Theses Pro Stars come with MaxxForce 13 engines, pretty much a CAT built bottom end, using a NaviStar head, slap it together and you have a MaxxForce engine. Navistar owns International., just like the old Ford PowerStroke's back in the day......I've personally always been a Mack, Volvo and Western Star kinda guy.....Especially with the Detroit Diesel Series 60......Almost 4 decades of using the same engine, and with minimal changes, if i had a Western Star, it would have a mean 60 in her...Once again, back on topic...They brought the new units, and i have to do a pre delivery inspection on them, as well as install a hydraulic power take off, and pump assembly.....After that, another tech looks after the rest..... Here's some pics taken with the best quality....the shitty IPhone!

    my office!

770 HP Audi Quattro S1 Group B Monster by ProSpeed Bulgaria

Thought i'd just post this up, 770 horse power of Quattro madness!
Enjoy,

                    

Some more pictures of Saturday's run

Hot Wheels & the Caddy....

Well, i thought to end a hard week with a small update. Today was a pretty legendary day, finally, after enough patience and alot of overtime, we were able to get our new machine up and running. Mitch was able to start laying down some weld, while i shoot, and i tell yea, it feels pretty dam good to be welding out of our own shop. I'll leave it at that for tonight, let the pictures do there justice. Also, i thought since I've updated the car to its present state, i'll show off how Project Hero sits as of now. And before i forget, went to Walmart today and got some Hot wheel cars....yup we still collect em'! It's amazing to see how much detail these things have, not to mention there coming out with 1970 Chevelle's and 1973 Nissan Skylines.

Will update soon
Chris

 The Esab Tig 2200i Caddy

    some aluminium

    Here she is, Project Hero

    Finally to end the night, some collectibles 

    you can even see the "skyline" lettering on the side of the car

Well, being Sunday afternoon, thought to post a big update again....This update will lead us to the current state of how the car looks. After this update, everything will be present. After the 4AG was yanked, it was time to get everything else out, rear axle and supporting suspension, front subframe along with front shocks, brake lines, reservoir, rear fuel tank, front and rear headlights, as well as the rear hatch......The list goes on!! The car now pretty much is a shell, nothing is left on it. The entire inside has be gutted including the dash, side panels and rear side windows. We managed to come up with a great idea for moving the car around while we work on it. fixture a movable stand made out of wood. The stand has those shopping cart wheels on them, obviously beefier so they can hold the weight. This makes it so much easier to work on the car....then once we finish, my POS can fit in without any hassle.....Here's the tear down of her as well as her current state....     

    Here's the stand being made. (only the base)

    Front sub frame, & power steering out!

    Toyota Tech strikes again!!

Had to throw some tires on the front cause the rear end and fuel tank still had to come out, didn't want the        car to start tipping!

Here's a little teaser....
November 8, 2011

Ron Hornaday vs Kyle Busch 2011 NASCAR Camping World Trucks Texas

                      


      Just thought i'd post this up. Here at HRF, were pretty big race fans, weather it be Nascar, the American Le Mans series, Australian V8 Super Cars, the Canadian Touring Car Championship (CTCC),  to the grass routes racing and weekend worriers, were always watching and keeping up with the latest motor sports action.

     Friday nights under the lights Nascar Camping World Truck Series was quite a shocker at Texas motor Speedway. Long time veteran to the Truck Series Ron Hornaday, and big time run your mouth Kyle Busch wrecked ending the night for both of them. What really sucks is that the number 33 of Ron Hornaday was in the running for a championship for the 2011 season. Just 15 laps in, the wreck has now made him mathematically out of the standings. The entire incident started when the number 7 of Johnny Chapman left pit lane to return to the track, only to find the number 33 and 18 coming straight for him. The 33 was running low, but managed to get out of the way just in time. But the 18 ran high and was inches away from Hornaday. Both cars got sent to the wall, and a caution came out.....

    Just following the caution, you can see Kyle getting rite behind the number 33's rear, eventually sending both the trucks into the wall ending their night. Kyle was thinking that Hornaday was purposely blocking him, and trying to push him into the wall, but that was not the case.  Whats really stupid is that these guys were just 15 laps into the race, also, Hornaday did not purposely put Busch into the wall, they both got out of the groove, which put both of them into the wall. Kyle's attitude and anger has got to him again, this isn't the first time he's done something stupid like this. following the press conference today, Busch is now parked for Saturday nights Nationwide race, as well as Sunday afternoon Sprint Cup race. This is unbelievable because Hornaday could have taken this years championship. This also puts Kyle Busch out of the Sprint Cup standings, (now that he's parked).

Kyle Busch, your a tool
Check it out

Been really busy with work and such, winters coming and i'm already getting called out to boost trucks. Ether starting fluid is now my best friend! Too bad some of our equipment is JUNK at work, the service truck we use sounds like a piston wants to shoot out from the side of the block!

Anyways, i brought a new camera for my birthday and thought to do a small shoot with my daily driver. I never mentioned my DD, nothing special but its anther Honda............Here's some shots of the minivan, tehehe

Watchu no bout dash valves?!