just drop this here - Project Binky

87manche · Dec 22, 2025

bigun said:
It will be interesting to see what they do for the body. In the comments someone suggested the cabover's cab will be used

they went to a fair amount of trouble to not destroy the original cab, or things like doors and stairs and corner extrusions.
I'm betting on use the old **** as a template, remake the box, but make it more RV like with windows and awnings and pit lights.

but who knows. They're obviously mentally unhinged.

Whatever · Dec 22, 2025

I wonder how much of the cab they have to keep to not lose the OEM vin/ gvwr they’re after.

bigun · Saturday at 1:34 PM

Redoing the alternator drive

Rerock · Saturday at 3:29 PM

That's cool and all but the whole time I watching it I'm thinking how quick that **** would die in the rust belt or after throwing a little mud/dirt at it.

Grnjp92 · Saturday at 7:55 PM

Rerock said:
That's cool and all but the whole time I watching it I'm thinking how quick that **** would die in the rust belt or after throwing a little mud/dirt at it.

This thing will never see any of that!

WaterH · Saturday at 9:06 PM

It’s very cool, but they make smaller alternators that would probably fit in the first drive location.

Rerock · Saturday at 9:08 PM

You're right, that's just what was going through my head.

Rob Dahm's turbo 1 rotor woulda been a much better option, more room, more power, and lighter weight. Haha

bigun · Saturday at 10:25 PM

Rerock said:
You're right, that's just what was going through my head.

Rob Dahm's turbo 1 rotor woulda been a much better option, more room, more power, and lighter weight. Haha

But they owned the toyota

bdkw1 · Sunday at 8:37 AM

****, that thing is packaged so tight no mud would ever get up there.

They should have done a hydraulic drive.......

[486] · Sunday at 8:40 AM

bdkw1 said:
They should have done a hydraulic drive.......

flat permanent magnet HV motor on the crank pulley
electric driven a/c compressor, voltage converter instead of an alternator, squirrelled away in the rear quarter panels or some such ****

bigun · Sunday at 9:34 AM

[486] said:
flat permanent magnet HV motor on the crank pulley
electric driven a/c compressor, voltage converter instead of an alternator, squirrelled away in the rear quarter panels or some such ****

Have you followed the build?

[486] · Sunday at 11:44 AM

bigun said:
Have you followed the build?

have not watched the most recent one yet, and it's been a couple years since they put out a video of anything all that interesting (paint and programming and instrumentation and carpet and)

I recall the power steering pump is already electric and tucked away
and iirc they're running just an a/c compressor and an alternator off that flexible shaft dingus

WaterH · Sunday at 2:46 PM

They’ve had the car running for a couple years now. Why no performance specs? I wonder if the 0-60 and 1/4 mile are just ho-hum?

MuntCuffin · Sunday at 3:11 PM

[486] said:
have not watched the most recent one yet, and it's been a couple years since they put out a video of anything all that interesting (paint and programming and instrumentation and carpet and)

Meh, better than whistlindiesel and his ***gy repetitive shenanigans.

[486] · Sunday at 3:21 PM

MuntCuffin said:
Meh, better than whistlindiesel and his ***gy repetitive shenanigans.

apples and steamed hams

speed bump · Sunday at 3:50 PM

WaterH said:
They’ve had the car running for a couple years now. Why no performance specs? I wonder if the 0-60 and 1/4 mile are just ho-hum?

Considering how they built it and the stated goals I'm not sure they care. It has every feature you can think of and they never did much trying get more engine power.

bigun · Sunday at 4:46 PM

[486] said:
have not watched the most recent one yet, and it's been a couple years since they put out a video of anything all that interesting (paint and programming and instrumentation and carpet and)

I recall the power steering pump is already electric and tucked away
and iirc they're running just an a/c compressor and an alternator off that flexible shaft dingus

There is just enough room on the front of the engine to slip the belt through

MuntCuffin · Sunday at 5:15 PM

[486] said:
apples and steamed hams

You say that like you dont like steamed ham

[486] · Sunday at 5:46 PM

bigun said:
There is just enough room on the front of the engine to slip the belt through

so without the belt at all there's just enough room for a couple inch thick magnet-and-wire dingus in place of the damper

87manche · Sunday at 6:59 PM

They kind of painted themselves into a corner needing a **** ton of amps for the electric power steering and the like.
Not sure you'd get enough jam with a row of magnets of a crank pulley.

cj3a · Sunday at 9:57 PM

Just watched it and they said they broke 4 cable drives so they must be running it.

Firstram · Monday at 4:03 AM

cj3a said:
Just watched it and they said they broke 4 cable drives so they must be running it.

Or, they only last 10 minutes!

arse_sidewards · Monday at 6:24 AM

87manche said:
Not sure you'd get enough jam with a row of magnets of a crank pulley.

Build it into the flywheel then.

Chevy_man · Monday at 7:46 AM

cj3a said:
Just watched it and they said they broke 4 cable drives so they must be running it.

I think when they had the car out to an event the drive cable broke pretty much immediately. I'd imagine 4 of them was 4 different variations that didn't work out.

woods · Monday at 8:12 AM

Chevy_man said:
I think when they had the car out to an event the drive cable broke pretty much immediately. I'd imagine 4 of them was 4 different variations that didn't work out.

Onto trailer.
Off trailer.
Back Onto trailer.
Off trailer again.
:flipoff2:

I stopped watching these. Lost interest. Something like 10 years now? Meh

bigun · Monday at 10:30 AM

arse_sidewards said:
Build it into the flywheel then.

17:50 They go through all the ideas they went through

Rerock · Monday at 11:10 AM

WaterH said:
They’ve had the car running for a couple years now. Why no performance specs? I wonder if the 0-60 and 1/4 mile are just ho-hum?

That's what bugs me; all this building and not one video of them driving it.

Are they gonna have bugs with a build as complex as that? Of course, but why not film that stuff too.

bigun · Monday at 11:13 AM

Rerock said:
That's what bugs me; all this building and not one video of them driving it.

Are they gonna have bugs with a build as complex as that? Of course, but why not film that stuff too.

In the blurb below they say something about the alternator drive going out before they could pass (MOT) pain in the ass inspection, they have to go through every so often.

Chkn · Monday at 12:47 PM

Rerock said:
That's what bugs me; all this building and not one video of them driving it.

Are they gonna have bugs with a build as complex as that? Of course, but why not film that stuff too.

You think they’re gonna actually drive it? 🤣 They love the pain of complex engineer and design. I gave up on them driving it after around 6 years. I mean the last time they drove it they broke a ton of stuff on a dirty/muddy road for the car show and that wasn’t even rally racing.

Rerock · Monday at 12:58 PM

Chkn said:
You think they’re gonna actually drive it? 🤣 They love the pain of complex engineer and design. I gave up on them driving it after around 6 years. I mean the last time they drove it they broke a ton of stuff on a dirty/muddy road for the car show and that wasn’t even rally racing.

I remember that! lol The one time it was spotted outside the shop.

I chatted with them a bit years ago, and they said they weren't going to rally it, just a street car.

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