After 2 years building, the new Mini Rod called ,,Pegasus Stage 2´´ of Karl Pühringer from Austria is ready. The Tractor has a 42CrMo4 tube frame with a Vreeman Iveco rear axle housing. Karl bought the old Reny´s Mission Impossible frame of Rene Geerts from the Netherlands. But, The Team modified the steering and the rear axle of the frame. The rear axle got newly homemade axle tubes and newly floating axles. The floating axles come from a Steyr Truck and were drilled hollow. The gears and the Aluminium differential were bought by the The Challenger Pulling Team in the Netherlands. The Mini Rod has a modified 3 disc Crower clutch with a Browell clutch bell housing. But, the Crower clutch was damaged after the first run in Rappolz, Austria. So, the old clutch will be replaced by a new Eagle clutch this winter. The tractor has no transmisson, because of the weight. Also the frame was newly glass bead blasted and powdercoated. The Tractor is powered by a supercharged Allison V12 aircraft engine on methanol. The team purchase the engine by the Popeye Pulling Team in Bladel, the Netherlands. After that, the Allison engine was completely revised. Because of the weight, the cylinder banks were milled down, the water jacket removed and the spark plugs exempted. The old heavier crank shaft in the engine was replaced by a lighter crank shaft from the Green Monster Team in Germany. Also, the intake manifold and the methanol injection system was rebuilt with some new parts on the engine. The fenders of the new Pegasus Stage 2 are made from Aluminium. Finally, the Mini Rod got a set of new rims with Cepek tyres from the USA.
The Pegasus Pulling Team will compete in the Austrian Championship next year.
Karl Pühringer would also like to give a big thanks to
the Green Monster Team from Füchtorf in Germany !
