Dune Buggy Thread

[Joseph1082]

how much HP do we want/need?

[FormulaLT1]

Come on with the right parts and no emissions we can build a buggy with balls, Also are all buggy's manual or Auto

[ridge_runner]

a vw engines are moslty sticks, 4 sp, but they do have these auto stick pieces of junk

[FormulaLT1]

what we want is 300 + Goal horse which is easy cause you figure we are working with shorter exhaust and induction ports and no emissions

[Joseph1082]

But we need a strong engine to start with... I don't know VW's so i don't know anything about those, I was just saying, will they cut it

[Joseph1082]

Will we rip out systems such as PCV?

[FormulaLT1]

Stick is cool, one bonus of going with 350 is low end torque this combined with the drivetrain of one of the 4 wheel drive trucks like the blazer customized to work with the buggy length would jump off the line

[ridge_runner]

well, you gotta decide which engine you wanna go with, the porshe engine would be badass but really expensive, now the vw motors are cheap and the mods are cheap, me and my dad just built an 1835cc motor for our bug, with a hot cam, its pretty damn quick

[FormulaLT1]

Also a bonus of going with a 4 wheel drive set up is that we don't has to worry as much about the take off

[ridge_runner]

but those 4x4 axles and tranfer case is gonna add alot more weight, i say stick to rear wheel drive

[Joseph1082]

you think you can custom fit the 4x4 system

[FormulaLT1]

Still porshe engine would be cool , I don't know its up to you guys , the only thing for sure is no VW engine cause almost all of them use them

[Joseph1082]

We could always weigh down the front just a little for counter balance... wheelie bars sound good too

[Joseph1082]

350 sounds good to me

[FormulaLT1]

Oh yeah its not that hard its just 2 differentials instead of one and a transfer case, you can pick these parts up from a junk yard but ridge is right rear wheel drive is better for performance wise and wheelie bars will look awesome