Engine Code

[madmike]

no , coil overs on the front beam?? wideass tires up front makes them handle funky, sp 1500cc maybe? running wheel adapters with cheby bolt pattern?
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'Black Ice'Drag Buggy 'Turbo'
Rail Buggy 1915 turbo
76 Drag/Street bug 2180cc 'Turbo' 11:85 @113 mph"If I go any faster I'll burn up the Hamster" ,gets 28 mpg. also 10/09/22 11.90 @115 mph
"If I'm ever on Life Support,UNPLUG Me, Then Plug me back In see if that Works"

[Q-Dog]

I'd buy that rail for the wheels. I don't think I can get a rail registered in my state.
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Brian

'69 Dune Buggy
'69 Beetle Convertible
'70 Beetle

[Cowboysunshine9]

I intend on changing the wheels anyway and the coil overs I don't have much experience with. Over all it seems to be a nice buggy for a very cheap price. Yeah the motor might not be the greatest either but I'm not looking for a speed demon. If I don't like the motor I will either rebuild it with better parts or buy a new already built engine.

[oprn]

I am not a fan of wheel adaptors either but my street Buggy has had them on it since 1976 and they have not failed yet. My sand rail had them on the rear when I bought it and I took them off, not due to failure, just because. A light sand rail should never brake them under "normal" use.

A 1500 SP again in a light sand rail will move it along quite nicely. My 1600 SP will do 70 mph if I ask it to. Depends on what the end use of the machine is.
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[Cowboysunshine9]

Just a street rail buggy to cruise around town with maybe the occasional off roading but nothing major

[Cowboysunshine9]

Which one should I get?

[oprn]

That's a tough one to advise on from pictures. Both look pretty complete and quite nice. Take them for a drive and see which one runs, handles, steers, stops and overall drives the best. Then decide if the price is justified. Don't let the eye candy sway you.

I just got back from an event where an absolutely immaculate Baha Bug took some top honors and was surrounded by a crowd all day. In contrast there was also an older gent there with a tube frame, plywood covered farm Buggy. No one gave it any more than a glance. His "Lumber-gini" he said he called it and told us stories of driving it all over Western Canada. Built it 47 years ago!

When it came time to do the usual VW parade through town the fancy Baha had a hard time starting, farted, missed and bucked like a mule. He could hardly keep it running under 2500 rpm (1641 with stock cam and Solex carb!) while the Lumber-gini started with a touch, idled and ran like a well oiled Swiss watch!
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We had the stone age, the bronze age, the industrial age and now we are in the age of mass deception and mind control for corporate profit. (The mass media age)

[Cowboysunshine9]

So I ended up getting the blue buggy. It runs perfect and drives decent. Yes it needs some work to the wiring and other odds and ends but it is a decent buggy. The things I don't like about it are the high seats and the wheels. And for some reason it's hard to find reverse but when you find it your good. Not sure if it's a linkage problem or not. Here are pictures of the motor if you can tell what year it possibly is.

[Cusser]

[mukluk]

[Cowboysunshine9]

Well it looks as if I have some work to do. I noticed the intake manifold boots being cracked but I will have to look into the cooling tins that's if I can even order them. Also the wiring is a mess and I'm currently trying to fix that. The motor was just rebuilt and has less than 250 miles on it and the guy said he put a Engle cam in it as well but with the obnoxiously loud exhaust which is another thing I'm changing I can't tell if it's cammed or not.

[mukluk]

The tins are widely available both new and used -- used tends to be better quality, though they'll typically need to be cleaned up and repainted.

The least intrusive method of determining what camshaft you have is to check the lift and duration at the rocker arm using a dial and a degree wheel. Slightly more intrusive but not too bad on a buggy would be to remove the oil pump and look for identifying marks stamped into the end of the camshaft itself.
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1960 Ragtop w/Semaphores "Inga"

[FarmerBill]

AD engine code=1972 type 1.

[Cowboysunshine9]

Thank you very much

[jeffrey8164]

[Cowboysunshine9]

Any reason why the bug will turn over but will not crank? this is the original bug in the start of the post. It spits gas out the top of the carb and just spins over. I changed the coil and no difference. I dont see any spark at the plugs but the plugs were wet with gas. Im confused as to what happened to it. I just drove it this morning and it ran fine. Also it fouls out 1 spark plug. What would be the cause of this?

[Cowboysunshine9]

Help me please I just want to drive my buggy

[mukluk]

Typically when an engine rather suddenly goes from running fine to having no spark at all (starter still works fine), either an ignition circuit wire has come loose (ones going to or coming from the coil) or the coil switching components (points/condenser or electronic module) have failed.
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1960 Ragtop w/Semaphores "Inga"

[Cowboysunshine9]

I ordered the pertronix ignitor to see if that helps as well as a new coil. But the coil works in another buggy so I assume it's not that. Also could it be the alternator/generator by any chance.

[wheel607]

Could have way overheated the generator by now. Kinda depends how long it hasnt had any air with both slots being covered.