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Buggy boy Samba Member
Joined: November 16, 2009 Posts: 55 Location: Vancouver Canada
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 7:09 pm Post subject: Narrowed Beam questions |
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Ok I've seen lots of narrowed beams on bugs just wondering how many people are running narrowed beams in buggys? If so is 4 inch to much? Post pics of your set up and any issues you have. Also let me know if your running shocks or not. Thanks in advance |
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kustoms Samba Member
Joined: November 20, 2003 Posts: 1313
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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Not a good idea. The shorter you make the springs the harder the ride will be. Dune buggies have an issue with this. _________________ Google this.
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CoryN Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2008 Posts: 403 Location: DFW
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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I narrowed mine two inches. The ride is no different than it was before I narrowed it. |
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joescoolcustoms Samba Member
Joined: August 08, 2006 Posts: 9054 Location: West By God Virginia
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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Almost all the FG bodies have "pockets" that the top of the shock tower fits into to keep the buggy front profile low. When narrowing the front, the shock tower on a Link and Pin will have to either be done away with or drastically shortened.
The ride can be adjusted by either removing torsion leaves (several ways to do this and keep the spring pack together) or staggering the pre-load on the upper and lower beam with adjusters. _________________ Bad News Racing 2018 NORRA 1000 3rd in Class
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