Thread: 700 Dan Chamlee

The Factory Racing
Vehicle Specifications
DRIVER: Dan Chamlee

ALTERNATE Thomas Chamlee and Daniel Chamlee, Jr.
& CO-DRIVERS: Whitney Chamlee, Stacy Chamlee-Jacobsen, Laurie Chamlee, Ryan Gomez, Amy Tate, David Owens

CLASS: Score International – Class 7 unlimited Mini or midsize pick-up
VEHICLE: 2003 Ford Ranger Standard Cab, long bed,
2-wheel drive

ENGINE: Ford 4.3 V6, fuel injected,
Aluminum heads & intake ported & polished, forged pistons,
H-Beam rods, racing cam,
Roller rockers, high flow injectors, and
Throttle body


FUEL:
Capacity: 32 Gallon fuel cell
Type CL Bryant Sunoco Fuel - 112 Octane race gas


TRANSMISSION: Tremec TK0600 5 speed manual

Clutch Mustang Cobra
Flywheel Billet Steel


REAR AXLE: Tubeworks Ford 9” full floater chromoly housing & axle tubes
Differential: 40 splined Spool 5.78-1 Richmond gears





SUSPENSION:
Front Modified and reinforced F150 I-beams, equal length,
King 2.5” Coilover shocks,
King 3”By-pass shocks and hydraulic bump stops,
25” wheel travel
Rear Four-link trailing arms
King 2.5” coil over shocks,
King 3” By-pass shocks and hydraulic bump stops,
30” wheel travel


BRAKES: C.N.C. pedal assemblies with Outlaw four piston race calipers and
12.2” vented disc brakes


WHEELS and TIRES:
Wheels: KMC 17” x 8”
Tires: BF Goodrich – Baja T/A KM 35-12.5-17



DIMENSIONS:
Wheel Base 117 inches
Overall Length 18 feet
Overall Width 78 inches
Race Weight 4300 pounds



LIGHTS: Acro Off Road Lights 3 front and 4 light bar


INSTRUMENTATION: Autometer liquid filled gauges


TELEMETRY SYSTEM: Lowrance GPS
Kenwood Race Radio

By PCI Race Radio

Daniel Chamlee has racing in his blood. His grandfather, Thomas Newton loved to design, fabricate and race boats. Tom has many championship titles and still holds many records. Dan loves to go speed, but mostly he loves the challenge of designing and fabricating parts & proving that they work. His father just happened to be a welder so building parts was 2nd nature growing up in a steel shop. Dan’s first car at 15 was a Baja bug he built from the pan up. He has designed and built many unusual street legal 4x4’s and custom cars.
Dan has spent years going to races studying the many different classes and styles. He read the SCORE rulebook from cover to cover until he had nearly memorized it in order to understand the advantages and disadvantages in each class before he began his own truck. Dan has a gift for understanding how things work. By trade he is an appliance repairman and knows the inside and out of every domestic appliance made. He often has technicians from competing businesses call him when they are stuck on a problem. Because they know he’ll know the answer.
Dan spent many hours sketching different options for suspension before beginning his work. Once he had decided he took an old service truck with 350,000 miles on it and a blown engine and began the transformation. He would spend a long day repairing appliances then come home in the evening and work all night on the truck. And then go to work again the next day. Each step brought new and exciting challenges. Often he would spend hours just thinking through the next process. His biggest thrill is seeing his ideas implemented. Now that he has a few seasons under his belt he loves knowing that the suspension he has designed and built is very competitive.
Dan has enjoyed the time he has spent with his sons and daughters, each learning and contributing with their own strengths and many sleepless nights.

Current Sponsors

The Factory Appliance, Inc BF Goodrich Tires

P.O. Box 488
Summerland, CA 93067
805-566-2222

Contributors

Super Six Motorsports Acro Off Road Lights

Simple Digital Systems Pure-Power

King Shocks Tubeworks


Contingency Sponsors



BF Goodrich Tires Beard Seats Trackside Photo

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DeNunzio Racing Products Dusty Times KMC Wheels

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Just got back from winning the baja 500 (3rd year in a row) had a blast truck ran great all day...no major problems. The motor started blowing oil at contingency so we did a quick run over to ojos, blew out 2 quarts in 45miles.. durring the race we were putting in 4 quarts of oil in at every pit stop and had to stop a couple times in between to top off as well, should have some on board cam footage up soon. .. cant wait for primm!

As the team headed to compete in the 40th annual Baja 500 they wondered if they could win it a third time in a row. Due to a family wedding Dan was unable to pre-run. On Friday most of the group was able to run the first section to Oso's. This section was a concern since the gps downloads don't have this section and usually the course markers are gone coming back into town at the end of the race. We have gotten lost a few times and we didn't want to waste any time. On race morning Laurie hopped in the truck to start warming it up and the starter stuck, horrible grinding noises came from the starter. We couldn't believe it last year we had starter problems on race morning and were almost late to the start. We were able to fix the problem and head to the start on time.
Dan went off the line first and never saw another class 7 all day long. The chase crew only saw 2 class 7's at Osos road crossing. At race mile 80 Dan pulled over to see why he had no oil pressure. It was three quarts low. We radioed ahead to the BFG pits to request that they check oil at each pit. We were putting 4-5 quarts in at each pit, we'll be tearing the engine down now to see what's causing the oil burning. But fortunately the engine never missed a beat. The truck ran beautifully all day long. The crew was impressed at how much smoother the truck ran after they spent a day a few months ago in Barstow with King Shocks testing and adjusting the shocks and spring rates. Dan was able amazed how fast he was able to drive the truck, our suspension has always been good, he couldn't believe how much more control he had in the rough stuff, and it was able to absorb the bigger bumps and not pound the suspension even though he was going considerably faster.
We were hoping to get some footage of the truck on the course along the stretch parrelling the freeway before Valle de Trinidad. But unfortunately the chase truck on the freeway was unable to keep up with the race truck in the whoop to do's parrelling the freeway.
Dan had no problem through the nasty silt near Urapan. Driving there through day light really helped. The truck ran out of gas only a few miles from the finish line. The crew was scrabbling trying to get to him, when he radioed that he was able to prime it and get it started. We found the wash so if he ran out again we could get to him, fortunately he made it the rest of the way on fumes. We figure it cost us about a 1/2 hour of time. We ran the course in 12:43:33 with an average mph of 34.67. The second place class 7 was 6 hours, 7 minutes and 2 seconds behind us. What an amazing race! Some challenging sections, some fast sections, but as always many beautiful sections of Baja. Baja at it's finest!
This win puts the factory racing back in first place toward the season championship, two more events to go.
The Factory Racing would like to thank the following for there help: Dan Chamlee, Thomas Chamlee, Laurie Chamlee, Amy Tate, Jessy Van Hoy, Ian Graham, Jake Spear, David Owen, AJ Denunzio, Jeremy Priestman.
Stay tuned: Primm 300 in September and Baja 1000 in November.

since the cat is out of the bag anyways we mine as well post the pics..

who built the new truck?

Originally Posted by 115KTM

who built the new truck?

ME

there a reason why the rear coil over is at such a different angle then the bypass?

Originally Posted by GFORacing1404DJF

there a reason why the rear coil over is at such a different angle then the bypass?

because that allows both coilover and bypass to top and bottom at the exact same point using all stroke of both shocks.

Are those 37's? Also what are the specs on the front are they your own beams or what? Looks nice man damn good job.

Originally Posted by mcyota7200

Are those 37's? Also what are the specs on the front are they your own beams or what? Looks nice man damn good job.

yes 37s

they are our own custom built 1in king pin beams with E250 van spindles with cone hubs and 14in rotors.
truck is 78in wide 25in of front travel with 4.0 16 stroke 5 tube bypasses 2.5 coilover and 2.5 bump.

Is it a 5x5.5 lug pattern? Almost looks like a 5x4.5

Originally Posted by Travisfab

Is it a 5x5.5 lug pattern? Almost looks like a 5x4.5

it looks small cause the tires are so big.. they are 5on 5.5

So how did testing go? What gear ratio are you guys running and whats the top speed? What are you guys doing with the old truck?

Originally Posted by mcyota7200

So how did testing go? What gear ratio are you guys running and whats the top speed? What are you guys doing with the old truck?

truck is back on the trailer and headed to tech. top speed on the radar gun was 77mph(at that point we ran out of motor, not suspension) we didn't have the gps on the truck yet.

re radared scotty stineburger in his tt at 85mph but his gps said 90..


so now we are not sure how accurate that 77 is.. it could be a little higher will have to see once we have the correct rearend gear ratio and have the motor re dynoed.

New truck looks bitchin. Good luck to you guys in Baja.

Originally Posted by John_Bitting

New truck looks bitchin. Good luck to you guys in Baja.

thanks. if your at the 500 come check it out in person, with the body on it should be even more impressive.
truck is getting painted and stickered up this weekend.

is there anyway we can move this thread into the racer profiles instead of just being in the 7open discussion? or are u not a mod on here as well?

Originally Posted by mcyota7200

What gear ratio are you guys running

missed this question.. sorry

we currently have 5.89s in the truck (same as we had on the old truck) but will be switching to 6.20s by primm.

New truck looks damn good! Good luck in Baja! Can't wait to see it run in person.

Originally Posted by FCORR

New truck looks damn good! Good luck in Baja! Can't wait to see it run in person.

thanks.. make sure and introduce yourself at contingecy..




more pics

are both the shocks the same length? i just dont understand why you did make both the shocks with the same angles for better geometry!

Originally Posted by GFORacing1404DJF

are both the shocks the same length? i just dont understand why you did make both the shocks with the same angles for better geometry!

14in coilover and 18in bypass and both shocks top and bottom at the EXACT same time allowing for maximum travel. if we were to run both shocks at the same angle we would have lost 3-4in of travel. This is the exact same way our old truck was set up and it has not caused any issues over the last 7 years of racing so we have continued to use the same geometry in our new truck. i know that a lot of people are caught up in the idea of not past 90* at bump, but with a 4.0 6 tube bypass shock it makes NO difference on the way the truck drives, the coil is just there to establish ride height there is almost no valving in that shock anyways.

just was curious! why didnt you run a 16in coilover?

Originally Posted by GFORacing1404DJF

just was curious! why didnt you run a 16in coilover?

that way we can run the same coilvover front and rear and if needed we could steal shocks off the old truck and run them.

What body style are you doing? 1997?

Originally Posted by baja619

What body style are you doing? 1997?

yes we are using the pre 98 doors (the regular cab with the short cab section behind the door)

Rad 4 Sure! You guys gonna rock it down south. Heres' to long nights ahead.

Originally Posted by baja619

Rad 4 Sure! You guys gonna rock it down south. Heres' to long nights ahead.

long nights will be expected. we had to change the trans lastnight before todays testing. and will be working on paint and body work till the race. we got some cool ideas for the body and paint.

if your at the 500 stop by and check it out.

so what was goin on with the angle grinder there?

Originally Posted by matt_helton

so what was goin on with the angle grinder there?

a ressy tab we didnt like where it went after we had run it for a while and decided to change the ressy tab.

some more pics..

Whos sway bar are you using it looks really basic and I like it.

Originally Posted by mcyota7200

Whos sway bar are you using it looks really basic and I like it.

we got it from Mckensies and i am totaly blanking on the name of it right now but its VERY reasonably priced and it was easy to mount and works amazing the truck handles so flat its almost scary. we were in barstow yesterday pitching the truck sideways threw 2-3 ft whoops at 70mph and it still felt flat.