Dune Buggy Thread

[mike123]

take pictures when you do it!

[FormulaLT1]

Yeah the engine will be behind you and you will need to build a radiator into the front frame of the buggy because the 350 isn't air cooled like the porshe and VW

[ridge_runner]

i like the 350 idea that thing would f*cking scat!!

[ridge_runner]

well for the front end, all you would need it a doner vw, jus take the front end off of the vw and weld it directly to the frame of the buggy

[FormulaLT1]

Oh this thing is going to be awesome

[ridge_runner]

yea you could sit the rad . on top of the steering colum, kinda at an angle, and jus weld up some brackets, i think thatd be the best place

[Joseph1082]

coolant hoses running along both sides back to the engine?

[Joseph1082]

I have so many people I want to Whoop with this thing!

[ridge_runner]

and if you do mid engine, we need to think of a way to control the engine/ trans, we could mount the carb on backwards, the hook the linkage up to the pedals, now the trans will be interesting...

[FormulaLT1]

now that we are going with the 350 though what induction system do we use, there is the good old 4 barrel great power but not reliable as say FI and then there is TPI awesome torque but flat top end or TBI which I don't want

[Joseph1082]

what's wrong with a Carb?

[ridge_runner]

yea we could drop a stock 350 on this thing and still be really fast, for the axle, i say a 10 bolt posi, maybe 4.10 gears? we might not need to go that high tho, maybe 3.42s

[ridge_runner]

4 brl might be the easiest unless you could come up with a cheap tpi and wiring harness, and where are we gonna put all this shit on this little buggy!!! lol

[Joseph1082]

we won't need all that torque, it weighs nothing, shorter gears mean more top end, but what ever you guys like

[FormulaLT1]

Carb is OK with me