New Tracy Rubio built TT photos

[Rory]

I dropped by Tracy Rubios shop in Kingman Az today to drop off my Vision X lights for a light bar he's building me and this is what I saw. The front and rear arms are a thing of beauty, very well thought out, easy to work on (lots of room), basic layout, not re-inventing the wheel. Some #'s, 125" wheelbase, approx 750hp, 26" front travel, 32" rear, possibly more. I'm use to looking at Geiser's and SPD trucks, kinda nice to see a new builder. He let me take some pictures, talked with me for a little bit then got back to work. I know he was won championships in his 3 previous built trucks (7s, 7 unlimited and stock full), it will be interesting to see how this one does after he gets the bugs worked out of it. I think it's for sale too!!!!! Give him a call if your interested....928.757.4668.

[Rory]

Couple more......

[Dezertpilot]

Extremely nice! Cant wait to see the truck run, slim fuel cell thats for sure. Do u k ow how many gallons?

[E&S Racing]

Looks nice Rory, THX for the pics

[CaptinCrash]

i love the lower a arms

[xjchaser]

That's beautiful can't wait to see it completed any idea of when and where it's going to debut

[NicksTrix]

really celan, very impressive.
thanks for the sneak peek pix rory.

[Rory]

That's beautiful can't wait to see it completed any idea of when and where it's going to debut

He's shootin' for the SNORE Midnight Special race in 2 weeks. The truck is very close to being complete. As for the fuel cell, I think it's 60 gallons.

[AzBajaman]

Thanx for posting pics Rory.....sweet looking TT

[Young&Fast]

WOW, that is beauty, seeing that makes me want to go to the fab school. How does he put that patern into the arm?

[McClintock]

Which one?


Truck looks good, nice craftsmanship

[fashionbiff]

Wow that is a really nice looking truck, I like the extra cab.

[BRINGTHERUCKUS]

MAN!! that truck looks familiar wait wtf TWO seats?!

Which pattern? the TNC is the shop name and the ripple on the a-arm is for shock clearence he also notches the the end of the shock at the bottom for more clearence.

On the front of the a-arms he can put just about any pattern you could want thanks to the water jet. Like the stars on beavers TT

Great looking truck. Itll be nice to see two TNC TTs on the course

Tracy, Chad, and RD do great work

[pappawheely]

Nice work and the pix are great too Rory.

[therail]

Thats teh first billet upper sontrol arm Ive seen. All the others use a steel weldment that bolts to the arm to locate the upper joint. But maybe I'm just not looking hard enough.

[Kritter]

Thats teh first billet upper sontrol arm Ive seen. All the others use a steel weldment that bolts to the arm to locate the upper joint. But maybe I'm just not looking hard enough.

I would hope its sleeved where the cross bolt goes through.

[trent06]

Tracy does some of the nicest work i have ever seen, last time i was up there all it needed was to be wired. I believe the fuel cell is right around 65 gallons. Cant wait to see some more TT coming out of the TNC shop!

[ErikShallbetter]

I saw the truck in person at his shop last week and the truck is a work of art.

[bcampbell04]

so who's truck is this actually? looks amazing. hope its ready for the SNORE race in 2 weeks

[Dezertpilot]

Why such a small cell? You would think it would be 80 or more.

[trent06]

so who's truck is this actually? looks amazing. hope its ready for the SNORE race in 2 weeks

The truck is for Tracy himself, he has some amazing ideas! Best of luck and hopefully ill be able to make it up there and watch the debut!

[BRINGTHERUCKUS]

I love the truck but i think it does need a larger cell it definatly has the room.

[Young&Fast]

Why such a small cell? You would think it would be 80 or more.

I dont know but my guess would be weight of the fuel, he saves atleast 400lbs when the cell is topped off.

[TeenyCar]

It looks like the lower arms have little or no room for misalignment. Seems like when the truck goes around corners or when when arm is articulated up and the other down that it would cause a great deal of stress at the shock mounts?

[sickrick]

It looks like the lower arms have little or no room for misalignment. Seems like when the truck goes around corners or when when arm is articulated up and the other down that it would cause a great deal of stress at the shock mounts?

What???

[BRINGTHERUCKUS]

have you seen the shock mounts? we run the exact same set-up and havent had any problems

[J.COLEMAN]

Thats teh first billet upper sontrol arm Ive seen. All the others use a steel weldment that bolts to the arm to locate the upper joint. But maybe I'm just not looking hard enough.

Smithbuilt (Herbst) Trucks have had billet upper arms since their beginnings..

[nhuitt]

Why such a small cell? You would think it would be 80 or more.

Most TT have cells in the 65 gallon range. Tires on a TT wont last more than 250-300 miles so if you are stoped for a tire change you might as well fill it up.

[Bulldozer]

I dont know but my guess would be weight of the fuel, he saves atleast 400lbs when the cell is topped off.

Not even close.... more like 100 lbs.

[therail]

Smithbuilt (Herbst) Trucks have had billet upper arms since their beginnings..

Ya, I know. But it also has some type of steel insert.

[tre5]

Not even close.... more like 100 lbs.

80-65=25 gallons smaller.
gas is around 7.5-8.0lbs
25X7.5=187.5lbs
25X8= 200lbs

Plus you could take away a little for the extra material used to make a larger cell.

[Bulldozer]

Gas is more like 5-6lbs. per gallon.

and lmao.... 80-65 is 15 buddy.

15x6=90+maybe 20lbs. tops of added fuel cell weight.

[TeenyCar]

It is a little hard to see, but it looks like there is little room between the outsides of the bottom shock eye and the inside plating of the arms. So I'm curious why the bottom shock mount wouldn't bind into the inner plating on flex?

[BRINGTHERUCKUS]

It is a little hard to see, but it looks like there is little room between the outsides of the bottom shock eye and the inside plating of the arms. So I'm curious why the bottom shock mount wouldn't bind into the inner plating on flex?

MAN!! that truck looks familiar wait wtf TWO seats?!

Which pattern? the TNC is the shop name and the ripple on the a-arm is for shock clearence he also notches the the end of the shock at the bottom for more clearence.



Already been covered weve never had clearence issues

[tre5]

Gas is more like 5-6lbs. per gallon.

and lmao.... 80-65 is 15 buddy.

15x6=90+maybe 20lbs. tops of added fuel cell weight.

Yeah I am a math genious. One day you too will realize that 80-65=25 also. JK.

Are you sure gas is only 5-6lbs. I am pretty sure that its more, but it is obvious that I am not always right. (judging by my math skills)

[therail]

Yeah I am a math genious. One day you too will realize that 80-65=25 also. JK.

Are you sure gas is only 5-6lbs. I am pretty sure that its more, but it is obvious that I am not always right. (judging by my math skills)

C12 has a specific gravity of .717 per VP, and water weighs 8.3454 lbs/gal. That means C12 weighs in at 5.9837 lbs/gal.

[sickrick]

It is a little hard to see, but it looks like there is little room between the outsides of the bottom shock eye and the inside plating of the arms. So I'm curious why the bottom shock mount wouldn't bind into the inner plating on flex?

What "flex"? Are you thinking that the "arms" will bend/deflect and the Shock will hit the mounts? If any part of a truck is Flexing that much, shock clearence is the least of its problems.


Are you talking about Trailing Arms or A-arms?

Do you really think that someone with Tracy Rubios experience would design a Trophy Truck that has shock clearence issues?

I have seen the truck and it is beautiful in every way.

By the way, I am only busting your balls about your post so that this site doesn't end up like desert rangers. It would suck if everytime new pics get posted people post negative little one liners without engineering merit.

[Bulldozer]

Yeah I am a math genious. One day you too will realize that 80-65=25 also. JK.

Are you sure gas is only 5-6lbs. I am pretty sure that its more, but it is obvious that I am not always right. (judging by my math skills)

Hahahha :D

When you search "weight gallon of gasoline" of google, this is the first page that comes up
http://www.santacruzpl.org/readyref/files/g-l/gasoline.shtml and it says gas is 5.8-6.5 gallons.
(It obviously can vary a lot depending on octane, additives etc.)

A couple pages from my google search say gas is around 8lbs. per gallon though.

[ACID_RAIN28]

Typical TT fuel wieght is 6.77 lbs per gallon, Late model plus that is, from VP

[TeenyCar]

It was a simple question, is that not allowed on this site? I'm talking about the lower arms in the rear.
:rolleyes:

[BRINGTHERUCKUS]

i looked at the rear again the arms wont move enough to make a difference.

[BRINGTHERUCKUS]

I just saw the truck today and it is beautiful! the body is on and looks good the truck is almost ready.

[bcampbell04]

so, when does tracy plan to race it since he couldn't make the SNORE Midnight Special???

[BRINGTHERUCKUS]

He pretty much said he was going he was going to play it by ear...

[bcampbell04]

he should bring it out to the SNORE 250 in late September. good first race for the truck

[trent06]

Through the grape vine i heard tracy WILL be at the snore 250 race this coming weekend...should be fun best of luck rubio

[bcampbell04]

Through the grape vine i heard tracy WILL be at the snore 250 race this coming weekend...should be fun best of luck rubio

he's on the entry list, so hopefully he'll be there. would be nice to see some more TTs at the snore races.

[trent06]

Yeah unless anything major happens between now and then, he'll be there. Thats why it was the grape vine haha. You never know with brand new trucks though.

[bcampbell04]

truck looked pretty nice. checked it out a little at tech while i was working. sounded and ran pretty well during the race.

[trent06]

truck looked pretty nice. checked it out a little at tech while i was working. sounded and ran pretty well during the race.

Happen to get any pictures? My brother helped them out and told me the design of the paint but i am curious and want to see some pictures....

[CaptinCrash]

i saw this truck race at the vegas 300 this weekend the truck looked killer