Excursion turns 100k
October 19, 2009 – 2:01 pm | No Comment

Well it seems the my 2003 Ford Excursion Aka the Jolly Green Giant has clicked past the magical 100,000 mile mark. While I don’t want to jinx my luck the TUV (Truck Utility Vehicle) has …

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Batter Up…Rear Brakes for the Tiger
July 5, 2009 – 12:01 pm | No Comment
Batter Up…Rear Brakes for the Tiger

Well, you might think I’m done with brakes on the Ttiger, sadly no. After starting to look at what I could fit in a 15″ rim the choices were pretty limited. Toss in that I …

Tiger Gets Some Brakes
June 12, 2009 – 4:27 pm | No Comment
Tiger Gets Some Brakes

Well after a long mess of brake FAILS, I finally got something worth posting about.The second set of brackets are good and are going to work. I ended up still have some spacer problems and …

Wilwood Hubs Arrived for the Tiger
April 29, 2009 – 1:52 pm | One Comment
Wilwood Hubs Arrived for the Tiger

Well they finally arrived and out to the garage I ran! The hubs are nicely made and look strong. The weight is a couple of pounds at most. The iron ones that were basically 5 …

Wheels for the Tiger
April 2, 2009 – 10:08 am | One Comment
Wheels for the Tiger

Had to pick up a set of roller 5 lug rims for the Sunbeam in anticipation of the axle changes. I found another Tiger owner that had used the 2005 16″ Mustang Halibrand style rims …

Sunbeam Tiger Front Suspension
January 11, 2009 – 9:38 pm | One Comment
Sunbeam Tiger Front Suspension

Well I finally got into the garage and took a couple of picture of the Tiger front end. The main website Here has the start of that chapter. I also talk a bit about the …

Brake Madness
December 29, 2008 – 11:15 pm | 11 Comments
Brake Madness

Well still no picture on the custom Sunbeam Tiger front suspension. But in chatting with a fellow Tiger racer (well I’m not one yet) he was mentioning his brake set up using 12.19″ Rotors on …