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Comment by Wally Meier on December 27, 2011 at 11:44am

First off I have to correct myself the Mini's are front engined not mid, Mike, went back and paused the video and was really suprised those welds look terrible I mean I'm not a welder but I can run a half assed bead and those welds look pretty sloppy. Not that I would want to, but I'd hate to go over hard in one of those rigs, that kind of work doesn't exactly build confidence. 

Comment by Mike Kenyon on December 27, 2011 at 11:20am

@Wally, did you notice the weld quality (lack of) on the mini's? The TIG work on the RGM rigs to second to none.IMO

Comment by Wally Meier on December 27, 2011 at 1:08am

Thanks Mike that was very enlightening, the mini's are definatly not a monocoque it's all tube chassied just like the Hummers and they are mid engined there is about as much Countryman there as there is Hummer on Robby's entries. I've read a number of articals linked from this site and the authors on a couple infer that the Mini's are more original structure than the Hummers, what a load of crap. They are full on race cars just like the hummers lets just hope that the time RGM has had wringing out the bugs pays off with XRaid having just 2 years working out the Mini's issues.

Comment by Mike Kenyon on December 26, 2011 at 9:59pm

@Team, looks like a tube chassis to me.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf1zsXB-N-4&feature=related

Comment by Steve Kendall on December 17, 2011 at 2:24am

It is a Redline Racing motor big cubes more torque HP same (at limit).

Comment by Mike Kenyon on December 14, 2011 at 11:25am

 Monocoque? well not really

http://wot.motortrend.com/xraid-monster-energy-build-dakar-rally-ra...

Comment by Team Maranello on December 14, 2011 at 10:05am

Can you imagine people at VW, Mini & BMW whose equipment is buit around a momocone Chassis, wondering how Robby does what he does of a tubular frame.

Comment by Mike Kenyon on December 13, 2011 at 12:31pm

An engine builder out of Indy as memory serv's. The engine package was revised for 2011.Smaller bore,longer stroke to improve performance with the restrictor, improve gas milage. (I'll try to find Robby's interview on this)

Comment by Wheaton56 on December 13, 2011 at 12:11pm

i dont think RCR builds LS Engines

Comment by TOG on December 13, 2011 at 1:08am

#303 - taken in 2010 prior to Dakar 2011 rally.

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