Vandalizing Cleetus's Car was a "BAD IDEA" (Cost us BIG TIME)

I don't believe what that thing says. What does it say? We got to send it back in for calibrations. Everyone welcome back to CJ Race Cars YouTube channel and today as you can see we have Lumberjack in the shop and we're gonna put this thing on the lift. We're gonna see if we can find any issues on why this thing has four-wheel steering when Cleus leaves the line. I'm gonna say probably just because everything's factory and it's not meant to go nines so that's probably the biggest reason. We're gonna see if we can find anything else that needs to be taken care of for safety reasons because that doesn't go towards the budget. If it's safety, nothing towards the budget. So we're gonna take a look at that. We're gonna put a 10-point cage in here. It'll certify to 8.50s which if this thing goes eights, I'm burning cream puff and we're starting over with a El Camino like this here. So we're gonna get this thing on the lift and maybe for six summer we'll be able to join Cleat and the guys over there on the budget race car deal because it was a blast. I mean just seeing them guys going up and down the road with couches and whatever else, spare motors and all kinds of stuff in this thing, just having a good time. I'd really like to be a part of that so maybe we can join them. Let's see. I'll have to give a Cleat and see what he says on that. Let's get this thing on a lift, see if we can find any issues and at the end we're gonna weigh this thing because I think it's heavy and Josh thinks it's not as heavy. So we're gonna take a look and see what this thing actually weighs. Today's video is sponsored by HelloFresh. I love race season but with as busy as it is, I'm always looking for a way to stress less. HelloFresh helps make mealtime manageable, saving me a ton of time I don't have searching for recipes or all that grocery store shop. 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Thanks again HelloFresh for sponsoring today's video. We got this thing in to do a cage so it's safe. If you guys watched Sick Week you know he went way too fast for not having a cage. So it's in here to do a cage and anything else safety related that it needs does not go against their budget. So he said to take a look at it because the last time they uh drove this thing when they launched hard all the wheels were all turning different directions. So we got to see if we can figure that out which here in a minute we're gonna lift it up look underneath and kind of scared to see what we find but we're gonna see if we can find anything that that stands out something we might be able to fix and then when we set it back down we're gonna weigh this thing because I've never been around this year El Camino but uh when you shut that door I think that door is at least five or six hundred pounds. So we looked up it does not have an engine or transmission in it but the engine and transmission weighs about 660 to 670 pounds. So we're gonna weigh it we'll add the weight of the transmission and we should have a pretty good idea on what the total weight of this thing is. Go ahead and guess in the comments what you guys think this thing will weigh. I'm guessing this thing with engine and transmission in it weighs probably if it doesn't weigh at least 4,500 pounds I'll be surprised. You guys can see I don't know who did this but whoever put our logo on a on a hood here is the ones that cost us a free cage so we're doing a sponsorship deal for this this year logo that they were nice enough not to wipe off at least it would it would honestly mess up the look of lumberjack if they if Mr. Sam got a hold of it so I'm glad they left it but this thing uh it's gonna be at least 20 pounds lighter though with that part of the quarter panel back there rusted off so that's that's a good thing it definitely has some rust weight reduction pretty clean one owner deal here for sure but I can't believe how good this thing worked again this thing was insane how fast Cletus went in this car during sick week I saw him I saw him in the staging lanes and I walked behind the car and I was scared for him I'm gonna be honest this thing's actually not too terrible on the inside and I sat in it steered it inside it's comfy too man it is comfy this budget race car deal that they did for dragon drive is super cool honestly these guys had a ton of fun the whole group of them and I would love to get into it to see if maybe uh maybe Cletus will let me into this deal and let us get something cheap and really have an actual budget and see what we could do with the budget because these guys went super fast with the budget I'm not so sure we can stick to a budget that good but we would have to if we got into this so maybe we'll try to get into this and uh see how it goes let's see what we got going on sheesh it's actually cleaner under the hood than I was than I was expecting for sure I got the motor and tranny out of this thing and they must have found some of that stuff around the shop because I know cleat and squirrel didn't weld that up there that must have been left over off off the el camino off a mullet or something because I know the fab worked now I did see Cleetus put some of this stuff in here notched that hole in the fender right there so he did do some of it but I'm gonna say that's a that's probably Ty's piece there but man this thing is actually cleaner under the hood than I thought it was pretty good look at that there a little more rust weight reduction on the front fender here it's got the small lightweight front wheels I don't know where they found those but they're uh lightweight the bed pretty similar to the quarter panels it's got got a little weight reduction in it you got a terminator x in it I think it does doesn't it got a holly terminator x all right let's let's put this thing in there and let's see if we can find anything wrong with what's going on but I'm just gonna say it wasn't built for that much power and that's that's probably the that's probably the main problem the rust well unless the frame's rusty the body's just you know just there for looks I like that I like the wood panel look too that's that's pretty slick I might have to do that on cream puff what do you think that is pretty nice there I don't think the car would have been the same without the wood paneling no it just wouldn't have done it's done a job without the wood paneling for sure that marker right there might fall out yeah that's all right it's been nine something nine somethings in a quarter mile be all right how fast you think Nick these guys get a I think a little more budget they get a cage so it's safe you think we could see one of these budget operations dip into the eights I think so and I don't know I didn't watch the update video but I know he started with 7,500 I think now they get an extra 3,000 maybe yeah so for 10-5 to go eights that and adding the cage and stiffening it up I think it you go eights for sure yeah the eights for sure that's crazy that's great well what they did they went they went nine so I think at the end they couldn't run quarter because it wasn't safe but I think obviously they could have went a little faster but they went nines I think James was close I think higher eights is definitely possible yeah high eights is and this didn't work good it didn't it just went uh it worked I wouldn't say it worked good all right let's see let's see what we got going on underneath this thing is it safe I don't know you got a tetanus shot no no well then be careful you don't scratch oh yay yay sheesh it's a little rusty under here a little rusty under here it's amazing oh it's crazy it is I'm surprised they didn't hurt nothing it's got drum brakes on the back man this is how did it how like even this right here like this is this is probably not safe we're probably gonna have to address something here just a gusset or something right like that's that's not gonna cost much but last thing I can be honest when it's when it started acting like it had rear steer I bet you what happened is moving these mounts around that's number one I almost bet it's moving those mounts around and for two these things probably have a little tiny axle right so the axles got room past where it has a bearing and uh it's probably flexing it's probably trying to drive that wheel all kinds of directions that's one and then all this stuff's probably moving and then the fact that it's probably got half the uh half the thickness of the material rusted away let's look up front a little bit farther we know we got some issues in the back hey at least it's got a safety loop that's safe that helps yeah look at the weight here this isn't heavy but at least this is safe I like this I like this safety loop here that's that's a good feature because you don't want the driveshaft coming apart again the front was cleaner than I thought I don't know maybe they pressure washed it or something in here and clean it up a little bit definitely don't look too bad they had to clear some stuff maybe here for transmission or somebody did it at one point see that there for sure but and it's got plenty of room for activity this is a perfect car honestly to do this and I don't know this turbo kit looks pretty nice I'm gonna have to ask Khalid if he did that or not but I'm gonna after the welds on mullet I'm gonna say tie it to death I'm gonna say tie to that one there Nick you know I said this in his video but I think it's best if we try to get into this budget deal because we put a cage in here yep he goes eights yep we're out there with cream puff that we spent eight times more money in and only going a few tenths fast and we get busted up by lumberjack I just have to shut the youtube down yeah I won't be able to post anymore so I think it's best if we just jump in this deal with him if he'll let us in there for sure and see if we can uh do that so I think what we do then we put the cage in it and obviously with this deal because we got a full frame the cage will go straight to the frame so that'll definitely stiffen it up some maybe even a rear cross member give it a little give it a loop in the back back here across the across the frame rails and we'll probably do that and then we'll what we'll do is off this rear cross member here we'll tie into the front of the lower control arm out just because that's not good that's not safe for what they're trying to do especially with a slick really with any tire but yeah with that slick I don't like it so we'll tie that in give them a little strength there and the top's pretty stout though I think the top I think the top will be okay honestly I think the top's good yeah ties in there I mean rubber bushings like this stop it's impressive stop impressive nines with a 75 really it's a $7,500 car it's got stock axles I'm surprised oh it's stock didn't break yeah it's stock anybody that thinks this thing's more than what it's supposed to be it's not it's a pretty minimal deal it's it's got uh got everything all the factory stuff on it it does have some uh some AC Delco air shocks now so they did they did upgrade the suspension a little bit there no men's cars now they got no men's cars but they got some uh upgraded rear suspension here and that that fits the budget those AC Delco deals there all this money we spend to go fast we gotta do better we gotta do better for sure definitely yeah I'm doing it I'm getting one of these I don't know what I'm getting but I'm finding something for cheap and I'm gonna do it it's fun it is there's a blast yeah I had fun just watching it they had a blast we're over there all kinds of problems with cream puff and they just rolling by us with a couch on the back and then going nines going nines got the scooters a spare motor and a star link on a roof we know what we're gonna do underneath we know we're gonna put a cage in it we got a little bit of a plan now as we're doing that maybe we'll see some other stuff maybe we won't I don't know but what do you think we put this thing down see what it weighs see who's closest I think it's gonna be 4500 with engine transmission so if that's the case it's got to be about uh what's that 4830 or 3830 if it's 3830 that's 4500 I would be surprised if this thing is lighter than that Nick I don't know it's got a lot of rust it's got some weight well it's got some it's got it's definitely got 20 pounds we're gonna add 20 pounds for rust yeah we got all scales plugged in let's turn this thing on we're gonna set it down but remember whatever the weight is that this says we have to add 670 pounds what do you think look how much rust is missing it's not that much so right now what's going to show on the scale yep plus with it plus you got to add the six seven it's going to be 3350 he's probably close and then I'm saying 3800 plus what's on there I'm going have you shut the door on this thing I have not go open the door and shut the door and then tell me what you think see if that changes anything you you think about this car that was that's what's giving me a a funky reading you don't I'm gonna say that door is three or four hundred pounds dang it shook the whole lift I'll retract my previous statement I did I'll retract it though I'll retract it I'll say what do you think realistically well we don't know how much fuel is in this turd we gotta we gotta take fuel is minimal 3300 3350 I'm gonna go 35 35 with with your calculations yes I'm right here and then right here 29 80 35 29 80 29 80 he's got to wait one of these before something all right let's see here we go what we're looking like roger we're still going right still going might be lighter than we think I don't know we'll see is it off of it it's no way I don't believe what that thing says right now what does it say we got to send it back in for calibrations what's it say is it not down no it's down what's it say 2900 and oh this thing's the same way look at that look at that 29 19 there's no way I would have guessed that I would have lost a few bets trying to get close to that that's for sure I should have bet a whole dollar on that that's light lighter than I thought for sure this thing's at least twice the size of your average car I mean it's huge length and width it's everything it's massive all right so 29 19 that's I mean probably closer to 3000 if it wasn't missing half the body if it wasn't rusty I think you definitely would be at least 29 50 yeah 29 50 so and it's got a turbo kit though you got a turbo up there is the turbo yeah you got a turbo everything close to 2800 how much that turbo weigh yeah it's gotta be I don't know 60 pounds 50 60 pounds yeah that's crazy all right well lighter than I thought Josh won that one Josh got us because you won you gotta buy us dinner that's a horrible bet all right that's pretty much how to do it for today's video keep an eye out for more lumberjack content as we're getting ready to do the cage and a few other little things in this thing thanks again for watching make sure you like share subscribe and we'll see you on the next one