The Maliboom is getting way more than it was ever supposed to, but man is it going to be a bad ass! If you missed it, Dane Thompson’s Maliboom smacked the wall in Oklahoma during Rocky Mountain Race Week a few months ago and he’s been thrashing on it since. Despite lots of conjecture, it turns out that the real reason for the crash was nothing that anyone else guessed. It turns out that the press in plug that makes up the back of the stock LS water pump got pushed out and dumped the entire cooling system worth of water out and under the car. The crash wasn’t horrible, and nobody was hurt, but the Maliboom suffered suspension, body, and ultimately frame damage. In fact, it turns out the engine block was cracked and a few other things too. But all that can be fixed, it’s just a matter of deciding HOW it’s going to be fixed.
We’ve shared several of the rebuild videos, including all the diagnosis, frame repairs, and more. Now it’s time to finish up the front, fab up and finalize the trans mount and tunnel, as well as work on turbo mounting and more. This is going to be a pretty cool car when it is all done being rebuilt. Dane has big plans for doing this differently and uniquely and we love him for it.
