You know that old saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"? The team at All German Motorsports has thrown that aphorism out the window, along with any preconceptions of how a trophy truck competing in the SCORE series should be built. AGM has built the first-ever BMW X6 trophy truck. It looks like a run-of-the-mill X6 -- on steroids.
All German Motorsports, established in 1998 by Martin Christensen, has built a trophy truck that looks and feels unlike any other trophy truck currently competing. And while the concept may seem simple -- create a unique, lightweight truck -- the construction was not. The team knew it was going to create a truck with four wheels, an engine in front, two shocks per corner, and a live-axle rear end. But that's where the similarities to the traditional trophy truck ended. Since some parts didn't exist, the team had to create them. The motor-mount plate, serpentine belt pulley set, and front spindle assemblies had to be built from scratch.For this the team turned to Mike Meziere. Mike and his team at Meziere Enterprises spent hundreds of hours designing and building the custom parts. The upside to creating so many custom parts was that they were able to choose materials that would result in a lighter truck. While most trophy trucks weigh 6500 pounds, the AGM X6 is just over 4500--a 2000-pound weight advantage compared with everyone else in its class. (It also weighs about 300 pounds less than the lightest stock X6.) The chassis, built by Jimco Racing, was hundreds of pounds lighter than the normal trophy truck frame, and the body, built by McGrath Fiberglass, is carbon fiber and also lighter than traditional trophy truck bodies.To power the truck of the future, AGM chose a 725-hp V-8 Denzio-built BMW engine. And to create the signature trophy truck growl, AGM built an ultra-light exhaust with a multiflow 4-in-1 exhaust system. With all the ingenuity in this truck, you'd think it took years to build. But AGM's BMW X6 was running and driving just seven months from the time the work began.
source: trucktrend.com
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