Buggy building questions.

I am gona build a gay buggy then lol. Is your brothers buggy gay?

I think the first thing you need to do is determine how much you plan to spend on the build from start to finish. Then determine how much searching for parts vs buying new you will do. Then build the best rig you can within your budget and resources.

Build the rig around the suspension. (preferably a link setup) Make it as light as you can, and as strong as you can. Most importantly read up on Pirate as much as you can and learn from other peoples experience, mistakes, and success'.

If you were smart you would look at someone who has a successful well built rig and copy it.

Here's some examples, why do you want a D300? Becasue it's cheap? well once you buy one, and you upgrade to a twin stick, then upgrade the inputs and outputs, and change the gears, and polish it all up, you'll realize for the same price you could have bought an atlas and and saved the labor of building the case.

How about that SBC, you going to run a carb? pane? FI? How much you plan to dump into that engine? You can get GEN III gm engines for under a grand and they will be more reliable, more powerful, and about the same price as a SBC.

Leaf springs? are you sure? Why even waste your time on a buggy if you're going to use leafs?

If you want to go cheap, build a buggy with toy drivetrain, v8's and tons get expensive quick!

Atleast thats my $.02 but what do i know?

Clark I dont think you could have said that any better....x2 :awesomework:

and clarks buggy still isn't done :haha:

put air shocks or coil over on the dam thing. dont mess around with spring. . do it right:looser:

Youve never had anything but leafs and youve never wheeled a linked rig before so you opinion is not valid sucka:looser:

I am on a low budget so coilovers arnt happening. I like leaf springs because their reliable easy and with the right ones they will flex all i need to flex. I am going to use leafs so that settles that now i need to know exactly what springs to use.

Here is an old school pic of my brothers rig way back @ the fear me challenge. If I remember right it was stock wrangler leafs.

jonyjeeper said:

Here is an old school pic of my brothers rig way back @ the fear me challenge. If I remember right it was stock wrangler leafs.

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Wasn't that rig blue?....I'll have to go back and watch the video.

Binder said:

Wasn't that rig blue?....I'll have to go back and watch the video.

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I just looked at some pictures. It was a different rig that was blue.

My rig was the baby blue one, it was more of a jeep framed thing, this rig eventually was blue but a darker blue. Its still around and has done some impressive sh$t.:awesomework:

why did you ask any questions if you already have your mind made up.

I have a leaf sprung buggy that i built from half a cj5. Im just down in Orting and ur welcome to swing bye n check out how it turned out.

I asked about frames and peaple helped me with that question i asked about where to get a good notcher and i had one reply on that As far as the suspension goes i never asked which one i should run i already knew what i was gona run.

Your Gay :looser: :fawkdancesmiley:

Nate i have only one thing to say to you.












HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA YOUR JEEP FELL OFF THE TRAILER.

If your going to ask for advice from other board members then stop being so narrow minded and take the advice they are giving you and use it to make a well built rig. They are not going to put their $.02 for no reason, most who are giving you info prob have had much experience and ran into similar problems.

There are many cool people on here, make friends and learn from them!:awesomework:

Sounds like you got it all figured out then, good luck!:fighting:

Im on here all the time and have no problem takeing advice from most of them. I havnt turned any advice down except for linking it. I like leaf springs for where i wheel thats all.

nutter said:

Nate i have only one thing to say to you.











HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA YOUR JEEP FELL OFF THE TRAILER.

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NO it didnt. It slid about two inches from the middle of the trailer. Deffinetly did not fall off.