Leading up to the Vorra 300
We were off to our first debut race in style. I decided to rent a 30 ft RV motorhome for our first race in Yerington. Jeff and I had been talking about 5 times a day, discussing progress updates on Lil Hussy. The last week before the race, unbelievable progress had been made. We were all unsure if we the rig was going to be ready, but the crew’s determination was fierce. In the days leading up the event, the following hurdles had to be jumped:
Electrical- The entire back end of the bronco was re wired by the heavy machinery mechanic, Daryl. With a new fuse panel, and a trick wiring loom made up of steel fuel lines, the electrical was top notch.
Daryl on the wiring
Front bumper- Our new front bumper, fabricated by LoCoFoMoCo racing was powder coated by Jeff, and mounted.
Jeff's powdercoating. Sweeeet
Bumper mounted
Headlights- Custom headlight mounts were welded to the front engine roll cage, and the stock headlight openings were cut back to accept our new light force lights.
Power Steering pump- Our power steering pump was howling something fierce, so we installed a new power steering pump and bracket.
Fender flares- Jeff installed our new Bushwacker fender flares on all four fenders.
Rear disc brake calipers- We had no idea where our rear disc brake calipers came from. A custom bracket was welded to the rear end housing, and the calipers were unidentifiable. We removed an old caliper, and brought it down to Reno Napa. The front desk clerk flipped through two entire catalogs of brake shoes, trying to match up our show with a catalog photo. Finally, we had a match. Come to find, we had calipers from an early 70’s Plymouth Road Runner. The caliper was on back order, but it came the next day. The fit wasn’t exact, and we had to grind down one of the caliper bolts nearly in half, in order for it to clear the brake line inlet. After wrestling with it for nearly 3 hours, Gio and Jeff successfully mounted the new calipers.
Fuel lines- The fuel lines were finalized and mounted. A super trick vent hose also made of braided steel and fuel line, wrapped up around the roll bar, and back down to the fuel cell. It must be mounted in this manor so if the bronco ever flips over onto it’s lid, fuel will not leak out of the vent tube.
Front clip fastening- The front clip had to be secured by custom tabs that were welded to the engine roll cage.
High lift Jack- When we went to open our high lift jack box, we realized… oops! Wrong part! We got some sort of high lift post popper. 
Good thing Jeff had a spare on his Landcruser that we could use.
When the bay area crew rolled up Friday evening about 10 PM, the pit crew was just putting the finishing touches on the bronco. Actually, we still needed to perform a few last minute tweaks once we got to the race pits.
I was not there for this weeks’ worth of events, but if you know anything about working on cars, you will know that this is an extremely impressive amount of work that was finished in 5 days, considering this is their hobby, and not their day job.
GREAT WORK GUYS. Next morning….. Off to the races.