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Once again Poison Spyder is building a car for King of the Hammers, this time for the new "Modified" class. We've studied the rulebook and decided to build an all new car from scratch, rather than re-work last year's car or build from a bone-stock Jeep to fit within the class rules. It is being built within the "envelope" of a JK, and will be skinned as a JK.

Here are a couple of videos we put together to sort of re-cap what we did last year, racing the full-bodied Jeep JK Unlimited that we built in a mere 17 days, and hinting at what was coming (this was posted a few weeks ago on our facebook):

http://youtu.be/v9OOF_dLVkA And here Larry talks a bit more about our plans and build philosophy for the 2012 car:

http://youtu.be/BF7YJRZz1Us Here's a rough rendering of the 2012 car. It is being built on Poison Spyder's new "Venom" chassis (there will also be one more car running our Venom chassis at KOH), which was completely designed in SolidWorks:



Before we get started with the build thread and photos, we'd like to thank all of our sponsors and partners who have signed on to assist with this project:

• Poison Spyder Customs - Venom Chassis, design, fabrication, assembly, prep, crew
• Currie Enterprises - Rear axle: Currie fabricated 9" housing, Currie 9+ nodular gear case, Currie 300M 35-spline full float shafts, Currie unit bearing and housing ends, 35-spline spool, 5.37:1 gears. - Front axle: Currie RockJock 60 Front Axle Housing, Super 60 5.38:1 gears, Currie 35-spine 300M 2-piece axles, Currie aluminum steering knuckles, Unit bearings
• Fox Racing Shox - Coilover and bypass shocks, coil springs
• Trail Ready - HD Series beadlock wheels
• TurnKey Engine Supply - Turnkey LS3 525HP Engine
• Cullhane Racing Transmissions - Cullhane Turbo 400 Racing Transmission & Billet Torque Converter
• Advance Adapters - Atlas II Transfer Case
• Patton's Steel - Chromoly tubing, plate and other materials
• Rigid Industries - LED lighting
• Mastercraft Safety - Seats, belts, window nets
• PSC Motorsports - Power steering pump and all steering components
• J.E. Reel Drivelines - Driveshafts
• Griffin Thermal Products - Radiator, fluid coolers
• CTM Racing Products - U-joints
• BF Goodrich - Tires
• FK Bearings - Rod ends, threaded bungs, misalignment spacers
• Eaton - 35-Spline Detroit Locker (for front end)
• Odyssey Battery - Extreme Racing 40 Battery
• Warn Industries - Winch
• Effin Off-Road - Tool bags, limit straps
• Magnaflow - Exhaust components
• Axial Racing - RC Crawlers for entertainment of the crew!

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OK, let's get this party started...

Like all of our Poison Spyder manufactured products, the Venom chassis was 3D CAD designed in solidworks. That includes not only the parts themselves but the assembly fixtures as well:



Laying out fixtures on the table to begin assembly of the Venom chassis:



The chassis was designed to be assembled in a modular fashion. First is the upper cockpit section, these are some of the fixtures to locate those components:



Here's the upper cockpit section going together:



Like our Lazer-Fit Cage Kits, this entire chassis was CNC laser cut, laser-notched, laser etched with part numbers for each piece, and NC-bent for a precise fit right from the 3D model. More photos soon...

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Upper cockpit section done and set aside while the fixture table is set up for the main body section:



Beginning to lay out the main body section:



The front of the car is in the foreground. The triangular section at the rear is just underneath where the fuel cell will sit:



Little laser-cut bulkheads to strengthen tube joints. Note the fitment of the laser-cut notches, and the etched part numbers to simplify assembly:



The assembly fixtures were all designed in SolidWorks right along with the chassis itself:



Its so nice to be able to fit all of the pieces together without having to grind and fit notches!



The entire chassis is TIG welded. All of the tubular components are chromoly:

sringer

Gonna be a sweet thread! Subscribed for sure

RedOffRoad

excitement!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Subscribed!

Danny4652

Subscribed! Met Larry at the All Breeds Jeep Show last summer. Very nice people and their stuff is sick.

BigLar

Thanks guys... We’re very excited about this build. It’s a great test our design and manufacturing capabilities. A lot of what we hope to learn from either the successes or failures with this car will ultimately help us build better parts.

rinkishJK

Omg u killed a kitten!

Looks badass so far!!!!

BigLar

I read in the Jeep handbook, Sec. 3, paragragh a) It's OK to call a Jeep a car when it's built to race. In other words all race vehicles are race cars.

I hope this explains why I killed the kitten

superjk10

cant wait to see the finish product! its gonna be a beast!!