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Fri Jun 10, 2011 4:22 pm

Buggy Disaster wrote: The buggy is at the shop right now getting the turnkey 1835cc motor in.

The Phil-
I went to check up on it yesterday, he had the motor sitting on the table with the exhaust installed. He started the engine up, and it sounded amazing. It wasn't too loud either. I don't think I'm going to run a baffle. But I might rig something up to quite it down just to be considerate to the neighbors late at night.

If I were you I would go ahead and buy the stinger. If you don't like the sound of it, just resale it as slightly used on ebay. You can get most of your money back.

Have you considered putting a butterfly valve in it? i think that would be cool and the cheapest to do. most current cars have active exhausts which open up the exhaust after a certain rpm.

I also just might go ahead and buy that stinger. thanks for that that.

Fri Jun 10, 2011 5:45 pm

That's a good Idea about the butterfly valve. I never thought of that. Might do that.

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I went to the shop today to deliver some parts(cables, battery wires, fuel lines). To my surprise the engine was already installed.

Its still not completely hooked up yet. But its getting there. It should be done on Monday.

Sun Jun 12, 2011 4:46 pm

ha SWEET! Ive been trying for a long time to put butterfly valves on a car for a long time haha. I work in an auto shop building race cars and ive been trying to convince my boss to put them in his cars and he wont so its been bugging me lol.

Sat Jun 18, 2011 10:21 am

Update

I got the buggy back from the shop.

Work they did

Installed Engine
Replaced all wheel bearings
Bled brakes
Welded in a plate for the brake pedal/ master cylinder
Welded shift rod
Welded steering rod

I got the Suzuki Samuari seat back from the upholstrey shop. It looks pretty good.

All I need now for the buggy to drive is a 3ft fuel line. Ill run and get
that later on this afternoon and post a vid of the engine running.

Pics

All I have left to do
Mount the tires on new wheels
Mount the rear seat
Install Windshield
Install my new center console
Paint over all the nicks and scratches

Sat Jun 18, 2011 12:08 pm

lookin good!! 8)

Sat Jun 18, 2011 12:21 pm

are you planning on going with a bigger rear end? it looks to me, personally, kinda narrow for the wider body. i suppose i just like it when its wide. :)

Its looking pretty awesome- love that red burnt orange color you got.

Sat Jun 18, 2011 1:03 pm

Thanks Dixon cass and the phil

The Phil when you say bigger rear end do you mean Wheels? If so yea. I have some wide 15x10 wheels, and I'm going to run 31x15 inch wheels in the rear. The tires should stick out alot further than the tree bars when mounted. :lol:

Sat Jun 18, 2011 1:27 pm

wow, those are wide. i meant axle though. are you going to do anything that? like 2x3s or just leave the axle and those monster wheels?

Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:32 am

I might go with 2x3's but not in the near future. 8)

Sun Jun 19, 2011 12:05 pm

i see, i see. its hard to tell, but it looks like your running a stock irs right now?

either way, it's a nice rail, and im jealous of it. sometimes i wish i had a rail just so i can take more then 1 friend out at a time.

Wed Jun 22, 2011 12:53 pm

Yeah Im running stock IRS.

And yeah, that's the whole reason for the 4 seater. My last buggy was so small you couldn't shift gears without touching the passengers leg. :shock: So you can bet that can get a little awkward.

Wed Jun 22, 2011 3:55 pm

Haha, i can see that. that happens in my baja. i know my friends well enough that as a joke, ill slowly shift my hand from the shifter to their knee.
once again, thats just a JOKE! but yeah, it does get a bit weird when you brush up against them every time and they dont move.

Tue Jul 05, 2011 8:13 pm

The phil, thats funny :lol:

Well ive made some progress, im nearly done now

I mounted the rear seat by an angle iron frame together, and bolted the seat up to it.

My center console came in, I need to drill out guage holes

Finally got front and rear wheels on. I'm running 31x10.50 in the rear. Price drove my away from the 15" wide tires. Up front i'm running 24x7.

The buggy drives and runs great! Ill try to get a walk around/drive video up soon.

Pics

Wed Jul 06, 2011 5:13 am

WOW :shock: what a difference nice tires and wheels does!!! that be one bad a** ride!!!

Wed Jul 06, 2011 11:37 am

dixon_cass wrote: WOW :shock: what a difference nice tires and wheels does!!! that be one bad a** ride!!!

i totally agree. those tires are very fitting compared to the stock ones you had on there lol. now it looks mean, and fasssst.

Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:41 pm

Thats sweet

Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:45 pm

Thanks guys for all the support the whole way through.

Here are some more pics, with mirrors and center console installed.

Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:31 pm

those mirrors are so small in the pictures that i can barely see them. they are slim and sleek. they actually look more invisible.

sweet rail though. i want a 4 seater like yours. just one that sits higher. like a sand toy, but built for desert running.

great work.

Thu Jul 28, 2011 6:08 pm

Well I towed her down to Destin FL. Its been tons of fun driving around the beach roads.

New Pics.

Windshield installed, and a couple of other small stuff.

Thu Jul 28, 2011 6:16 pm

sure is lookin good with dirt on the tires!! how does it do in the sand?