Can we fit Cleetus in "Eagle"??? Titanium vs Chromoly

Quick update on what we got done this week also a visit from ‪@CleetusM‬ to do a test fit to make sure there is enough headroom in "Eagle". Plus some clarity on what is and isn't titanium on the build!!!
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[@CJRaceCars]

Never had to fit someone this big in a race car 😅. Thanks everyone for following along. Merch is live on the site. Cjracecars.com

[@bigswingin6316]

Shoving a giraffe in a 69 camaro lol

[@bigswingin6316]

Great work yall are killing it! Hope this build makes your channel boom!!

[@V0S1N0]

It is frustrating that this project cannot afford the cost of him putting on a suit/helmet + a layer of temporary foam so there is no wondering how high it will be later.

[@CJRaceCars]

@@V0S1N0 he has more than enough room now. If it was close we would 100 percent check before moving forward.

[@Scootermagoo]

Being a gentleman of considerable height *I'm 6ft5 and a long upper body* I can appreciate the problems you guys are having, it would probably be worse with me fitting the seat.

[@joshcollins103]

Came here because of the cleetus video, subscribed because you guys are top notch! Can't wait to watch the Eagle run 5's!! Great video keep it up

[@CJRaceCars]

Thanks for the sub!

[@tenman7242]

Same here. Now I have a new channel to watch. These guys are the best. Instant sub.

[@mckrackin5324]

Gonna be odd watching it run slow runs in the 6s while the boys dial it in. lol... You wanna bet they hit the .00 wall for a while? It was fun seeing them stuck at 10.0 and 9.0 and 8.0 and 7.0. Looks like a 6.0 wall is inevitable ;)

[@bmokez]

Same

[@eianmoretz]

Same! One of the best parts is the blatant honesty, transparency and “it is what it is” tone from ya boi with the clean cut

[@FarmerFpv]

Cleetus has left the building and all business Garret in deep thought. Safety is the main priority. That man knows what he wants. CJ Race Cars deals with the first Floridian Swamp Giraffe in history. 😂😂

[@WowCreativeUsername]

I like how you answer people's questions. Understanding they don't know all you do so answering respectfully. Also nice seeing the detail work on the chassis.

[@CJRaceCars]

Love what I do and it’s cool seeing other people interested in it also.

[@ArchAngel-FJB]

CJ race cars are widely known for making some of the nicest chassis cars out there. That didn't happen by accident. Y'all put in the work to earn that reputation. Glad to see y'all getting more exposure with this Eagle project.

[@TheRyanCape]

I work for a top fuel team. Our seat is held in with dzus fasteners. Good enough for a 300+ mph car, good enough for Eagle

[@mckrackin5324]

It would probably be fine with no fasteners. The harness does all the work. The seat is just a little cushion between the driver and the cage.

[@wobblysauce]

@@mckrackin5324 They hold it in while you try and get out.

[@russellharper3027]

@@mckrackin5324 Harnesses don't do all the work. They contain certain parts of the driver in certain directions, but the seat does much more. In a car like this, where the seat is a tub contained by tubing, it works. In the case of traditional "upright" seats that aren't contained by the chassis, a few .080" (maybe less? I don't recall the wire diameter of dzus springs) and a few little buttons are not enough. They just aren't. I see people apply this "dzus logic" to seats where it doesn't apply (even some very talented racecar fabricators that we may be watching) and put drivers in harms way. Enough sprint car drivers ended up outside their cars in the 80s that people realized the obvious. One way or another, the seat has to be contained. If you need a source, I've crashed the f* out of a lot of racecars in a former 18 year career as a driver, and spent my over the hill lifetime around career racers (not just drag racers, whom aren't in the habit of crashing very often). I've also been a racecar fabricator in USAC, NASCAR, Indycar, SCCA, NASA, NHRA, and several others for the last two + decades. Harness do what they do, seats do what they do.

[@lawhornracing6921]

@@russellharper3027keep in mind this will be a carbon bucket with a form mold seat like formula and nascar cup now runs. Not a run of the mill kirkey. I don’t know what difference this makes ?

[@mckrackin5324]

@@russellharper3027 We're talking about this type of car specifically.

[@mcmillan1963]

I was waiting for you to tell him amputation with titanium prosthetics was the next step. Nice work 💪

[@CJRaceCars]

😂

[@orb8176]

There is a reason cleetus trusted y'all to build this car, quality is second to none and it shows.

[@dtw322]

Thank you for including us on this journey. Very good video.

[@banginracing]

I like how CJ keeps referring to ride height in reference to crank centerline Dude knows what works, it’s all in the angle of the dangle

[@SwiftSlots]

Mr Seat Man does NOT look happy 🤣

[@SWF734]

Exactly what I thought 😂😂

[@camjones1106]

I reckon

[@MrIke303]

Cleetus is paying for this lol. Gotta be able to fit. Still… I’m sure it can be frustrating.

[@user-wf2bs2nj8v]

I can look unhappy when I'm in deep thought... Lol. That was the case at that time. Sorry , I'll work on it 😂

[@JonHop1]

@@user-wf2bs2nj8v Even if you felt a little frustrated, thats okay man, that is the nature of the business. And Garrett is an anomaly in how tall he is, and also how much head clearance he wants. In my opinion, I feel like the current setup was more than enough and Cleetus had plenty of room, but its Cleetus car, and if he wants it lower, and it can go lower, thats what has to happen. 😆... I cant lie, I would have probably been a TAD annoyed, but at the end of the day, it is what it is. I know you have put a lot of work into it.

[@mopar6manbrad390]

I think CJRC has built the best looking drag car of all time. When they built Monza’s Chevelle. That has to be one of the best looking cars he has ever built. Cleetus is going to have a badass race car when Cameron and his crew is done.

[@RUSERIOUS76]

yeah that is a sexy car. I have a screen shot saved in my phone of it Lol

[@JonathonDelumyea]

Monzas car is probably the best chassis car in the world just beautiful and functional

[@baby-sharkgto4902]

I’m already looking forward to the next seat height measurement video 👍

[@CJRaceCars]

💪🏻

[@aegixxer1]

You guys are killing it. Eagle might be done before LeRoy's body!

[@BzraHax]

Cleet is a good sport about asking for what he wants/needs. CJR are good dudes for making it happen!

[@Edizzle15]

He’s definitely not like Duckstrom. Garrett has a lot more class and respect for others.

[@douglasprostock7086]

Sir you explain everything to your audience with patience to educate us in the build process.. Not too many folk do that.. Im sold on your channel !!!

[@CJRaceCars]

🙏🏻💪🏻

[@steve45]

Gotta echo the Cleetus crew, Its his influence that brought me here. However, I'm here for this channel. The detail and knowledge on display is crazy! I',m excited!!! Dont Rush it! Do it right!!!

[@Powershift]

It's so cool to see the process. It's awesome to document the build, because once she's a full time race car most of this won't be known to new viewers.

[@davexander4142]

Cleetus has a very loyal following - you either build everything on point, or someone is guaranteed to call you out... only the best!

[@danhammond8406]

Yup

[@sjv6598]

CJ is always ‘on point’ regardless of who the customer is. He builds some of if not probably the nicest and safest cars out there. Anyone who has the audacity to ‘call him out’ better know what the F they’re talking about 😊

[@kevincharles1983]

And they probably have no idea how to build a car. Let the professional do what he does people

[@kariannestudeman1909]

Cleetus has been fitting himself into cars for most of his driving life, now a car that's fit to him, {do you guys do airplanes? no, too bad} I look forward to when the Eagle is done and someone else sits in the Eagles seat and can't see over the dash. your crew is killing it keep up the good work!

[@jesscneal]

Really liking your videos Cameron. Concise and to the point, no fluff and great explanations. Just grabbed a shirt thank you for sharing the build!!

[@petekobraoutdoors7324]

Luv the welds,nice'n' clean! Cleatus is a tall bugger,eh? 😆 Nice to see how these race cars are put together... Lookin great guys....

[@CJRaceCars]

Thank you

[@markdavid4773]

It’s gonna be hard to squeeze a giraffe in there, but I’m sure y’all can do it🤣🤣🤣🤣🇺🇸👍

[@nickmendez5546]

Sticking a Giraffe inside an Eagle is a straight-up magic trick. You guys seem up to the task! Also, I'm blown away by the speed at which you guys work.

[@kevinthomas8025]

Clicked fast on this one, I've been watching old videos of y'alls all day lol

[@johnqpublic2718]

For a lot of guys, "Illegal and Expensive" is part of the fun!

[@CJRaceCars]

True lol

[@Doncan0823]

Smokey Yunik said it best, if you’re not cheating, you’re not trying…

[@TimMiller-bs8ou]

Can't wait to see this absolute unit running 5s cleetus could not have chose a better company and team to build him an absolute ripper yall got a subscriber for life

[@CJRaceCars]

Thanks for the sub 💪🏻

[@lightning9279]

Don't know what impresses me more, the skills to build that beast or your haircut. Someone does a wicked good cut. 💪💯

[@obsessioniskey]

The work you guys put out is top notch. Thank you for sharing this with us

[@iLLuZioNz518]

I've been here since day one of your channel and I'm happy to see you're finally getting the eyes on you that you deserve keep killing it bro

[@CJRaceCars]

Thanks for following 💪🏻

[@Phillyracingsource]

I’m so glad cleetus came to guys to get this car built

[@MrIke303]

Damn, it’s pretty incredible to see the welds you guys lay down. There’s zero discoloration from the heat fluctuating. Freaking badass.

[@davidzimmer2694]

Cleet has two new children. I think he's finally thinking ahead about safety and getting home from a race. Nothing wrong with that.

[@TheLastTater]

Thanks for sharing with us. Very exciting!

[@stephenlea5765]

Thanks for the build details & the explanation.

[@randomfpv22]

Man those tube fit ups are “chefs kiss” perfect. I used to help make roll cages here in Australia. Beautiful work guys, absolutely world class

[@shawngansert1973]

Hell yeah!!!! I can't wait to see it done.

[@joshshelton796]

Awesome video guys!

[@vehdynam]

Great information ! Keep the updates coming. Thanks.

[@burgboy2459]

Hell yeah brother!

[@dereklancaster2303]

Yall do some fantastic work guys.

[@pilbaraman1755]

Thanks for the updates... going to be EPIC

[@Zach-ku6eu]

As a military veteran with a former three second life expectancy - I love the 'No Nonsense, Straight Forward, Master of Craft' attention to detail! These aspects really come through in the video.

[@Zach-ku6eu]

Before anyone asks. Frontline Demolitions etcetera. These guys know what they make could get someone killed in three seconds. They're serious. Just who you'd trust with yer life.

[@shawnwalsh5430]

Nice equipment and Quality Work!

[@shred_zed1]

I love how you guys are safety prioritized. Making the fastest and SAFEST stuff out there. Incredible

[@dbus08]

Can't wait to see the final product.

[@mckrackin5324]

When Cleetus's channel was first starting out, it was him, James and Cooper. I always thought Cooper was short. When I found out Coop was over 6 feet tall in real life, I thought, just how tall is Cleet? I can imagine stuffing him in something that's not an El Camino can get tricky. Also, titanium. When I was young, my friend was big into 410 Sprint cars. I remember him buying a bolt pack for his car and it was $13,000. That was with bare minimum spares. A lot of the bolts were even hollow. This was in 1991 or 92. I can't imagine what you guys spend on hardware nowadays. Funny thing, this friend is the same height as Cleet. 6'6". Stuffing him in a Sprint car was tough. Lots of custom stuff.

[@brandosti8809]

James came a bit later. It was basically just Cleet and Coop. He bought Leroy and worked alot with Fasterproms, which is where George came from

[@mckrackin5324]

@@brandosti8809 Yeah, I know. It all happened fast back then though. I subscribed for the turbo whistles in the C7 exhaust btw. lol

[@54raceman]

Damn am i glad that most series finally outlawed the drilled out bolts they were a pain to keep a eye on making sure they didn’t crack especially the titanium ones they were damn near hit a good rut or make any type of contact and you just automatically replaced every bolt in that corner of the car

[@mckrackin5324]

@@54raceman Not to mention that it cost about $2500 to lose a pound. The safety concerns weren't worth the tiny gains (or losses).

[@YOLO891]

Sprint cars and late models are where its at. I live in PA very close to many of the great tracks in this state.

[@markpayne1223]

Y'all guys do awesome work !!

[@michaelwynne4346]

Some of Yall making comments really need to think before you hit send, these guy's didn't start building race Car's last week, do you really think they would build a Car that isn't safe, if they needed Garrett to have his suit and Helmet at that fitting they would have told him, there is another Process for fitting the seat that goes inside the tin seat, its in a bag and they pour a substance in the Bag and he has to sit in it with his suit and Helmet on it forms around him, some of these statements you might think they never did this before, they build some of the safest and nicest Car's in the Country, stop talking like you know more than they do.

[@sjv6598]

Right? They’re talking like it’s his first build. He’s the best in the business and cuts no corners nor takes any chances.

[@censored1360]

Good collab they went from barely 10k views to over 200k with the cleeter crew. Great job team.

[@v4yt126]

Thanks for the time you take to explain everything, what a superb shop

[@bobwarner9952]

Sure is looking good, can't wait for the next vid...

[@chryracer9918]

Glad to see you uploading again. I do appreciate the info and tech on the moly and titanium stuff.

[@MyCatW3ll]

Fine looking operation you're running there. I'll keep watching

[@leesanders8824]

I can't wait to see it done. I know if Garrett picked you guys to build the car it's gonna be awesome. Subscribed👍

[@CJRaceCars]

Thanks for the sub.

[@Living_EDventures]

Excellent work man

[@cleric670]

I love how your videos are short and sweet with no outro, I never realized how much I miss low production videos.

[@raiden9250]

The onboard from the into looks fun and violent all at the same time!

[@ThomasJoseph315]

God bless yea all! Good luck with the build!

[@chrisfarr5909]

WOW you people do an incredible amount of work. WOW! good work!

[@chadsherman8851]

Challenging!! Cameron and the guys eat it up💪🏻 CJRC#1

[@JustinSwanstrom69]

i like it, looks good! cant wait to see it done

[@Peg_Leg9n]

Kinda shocked that you didn’t give him 💩 about it taking too long 😂

[@syx3s]

respect to the guys building that thing and making it look easy.

[@chasprice2260]

Man i can't wait to see this thing as the build continues. Yall do some fine work for sure!

[@jeffduncan2547]

Thanks for the explanation! I like the way you describe things, it flows very well!!

[@robcollins7951]

I can't WAIT to see this beast done.....

[@whosaidthat5236]

Damn man you guys are killing it! Great work.

[@garrybaugher8617]

I love the raw videos. Watched every minute

[@CJRaceCars]

💪🏻

[@scottbobcat8450]

This video is a great balance of technical really nice race car stuff

[@ojscustoms9251]

I hope some of the new viewers cruised this channel and watched some of the other builds from previous years. Nothing but top shelf stuff.

[@jasonblack8639]

This is gonna be sweet!!!

[@carspotting_ike]

I swear the level of detail is amazing

[@Rebelx251]

This is so badass. Thanks for the update 🇺🇸💚🏁

[@CJRaceCars]

Thanks for following along.

[@chrisobrien9334]

Great looking work lads. Your attention to detail is amazing.

[@Humborg1]

Great looking work, gentleman. Hell ya Brother.

[@CJRaceCars]

Thank you 🙏🏻💪🏻

[@andycocchia4202]

Man, these are some great videos. Great insight. Keep them coming pls! I’ll watch every one.

[@Jvcomet]

Looking good guys. ❤️

[@BenjySparky]

CJR,y'all rock! Peace

[@stevenallen4123]

I could learn all day from you big dawg!!! I knew Tye had an awesome background and seeing the quality you guys produce, I can definitely see where he learned it from!!! Keep it up!

[@JakeobLamping-epici4z1]

New favorite channel!! I gotta watch more of your videos!

[@CJRaceCars]

Thanks for following 💪🏻

[@jamesnoonan2242]

Love these videos

[@TheKevinhaeb]

Love the work and attention to detail! Always wanted to get into fab and now I can see why Tye works to such a high standard. Keep the vids coming!

[@davidjohnson8474]

Geeze it's amazing how the body is mounted!

[@robertbannon6361]

Good for all of you guys ! I love seeing your subscriber count go up! Keep it up fellas!

[@jonathantillman842]

Loved the sound of the new microhone

[@Hodge3425]

I can’t wait to see the finished product! I know I will enjoy watching the build, you guys must be the Best if Cleetus picked you!!!!!!

[@Nfamus_Kiwi]

I can't wait to see how this thing turns out.

[@jerrybaldwin7543]

HELL YEAH BROTHER LET'S GO keep the great content coming 👌

[@CJRaceCars]

💪🏻

[@kevinsimmons2815]

I really can’t wait to see this car finished and y’all do an amazing job

[@RingTuned]

I've been following for a long time but this is the most update I've ever seen on a car keep it up

[@CJRaceCars]

Thanks for following 💪🏻

[@dakazon2249]

So glad cleetus is working with yall on this!!! New to your channel and im loving the vids

[@CJRaceCars]

Thanks for coming to the channel!

[@jont8707]

Not only top notch audio but the editing has gone up those picture inserts were awesome so we can see what stuffs gonna look like came from cleetus stayed for the top notch builds y'all do 👍🏻

[@CJRaceCars]

Let’s go 💪🏻

[@scottbutler2761]

Quality of workmanship is amazing

[@totalyep]

The fab quality is amazing.

[@josiahpoirier5449]

So nice to see a chassis builder upfront honest and respectful. Well done.

[@dylanwest4335]

It’s amazing seeing all these new people because of the Cleet but the og among us know you’ve been building these insane chassis for a while and this is just another on the long list of (soon to) win cars.

[@budddove6480]

Nice to see two adults figuring things out and treating eachother with respect. Ive seen CJ have to put up with some big babies who demanded special treatment 😉. Nice to see mutual respect.

[@Edizzle15]

I know exactly who you’re referring to and couldn’t agree more 😉…classless vs. class act.

[@Vindoublediesel]

Loving the content so far guys good to see the creativity that goes into racing, Came here from cleet you earned your self a subscriber!

[@CJRaceCars]

Thanks for the sub.

[@gwick358]

Man, you guys have all the cool tools.

[@joelmullikin1250]

Good ol Cletus gave these guys almost 30k in new subscribers

[@randyterwilliger7457]

I noticed the same thing . The page is worth the time though very well presented . Now I see why Tye is so damn good coming from this shop prior to joining Cletus .