BeerJ's BuzzBuggy Build-o-rama!

the_white_shadow · Dec 1, 2016

Did you end up running a reverse mount wilwood pedal assembly?

Beerj · Dec 1, 2016

the_white_shadow said:
Did you end up running a reverse mount wilwood pedal assembly?

Nope. The orbital won the battle for real estate on that one.

KyTrash · Dec 5, 2016

Looks great, Keep up the good work. :dblthumb:

Beerj · Dec 5, 2016

Thanks man. I've had literally no time to work on it lately but I'm still gathering parts and am off the last week of the year so hoping to knock out a bunch of stuff.

Beerj · Dec 18, 2016

Wasn't planning on starting the cell just yet but had some free time. Couple of welds to do yet as well as the sump. Also need to see what I have for bushings to mount it. I don't see the rear portion of the chassis being able to flex much but I'd rather not take any chances.

whiskeymakin · Dec 18, 2016

Looks good man.
How much time do you have in cleaning the d60 of the old brackets? Any tricks you found along the way other than just start cutting away haha.
Did you have the hubs redone for 8x6.5 pattern

Beerj · Dec 18, 2016

whiskeymakin said:
Looks good man.
How much time do you have in cleaning the d60 of the old brackets? Any tricks you found along the way other than just start cutting away haha.
Did you have the hubs redone for 8x6.5 pattern

Thanks

I probably had a full day in it minus random breaks. I pretty much just cranked up the plasma cutter and used it like an air arc. Sometimes it was a matter of cutting 1" cubes.
For the hubs, I got a template from patooyee. Just removed 4 of the studs, the other 4 located the template which had 8 1/8" holes. I used a machinist vice under the drill press so once I had the 1st hole, it was just a matter of spinning the hub till the next lined up. They're not 10000% perfect but they'll run more than true enough for the trail.

Beerj · Dec 28, 2016

Fuel cell is done, just waiting for my stat-o-seals to show up for the bulkheads.

Just enough clearance under the sump.

Trans cooler is in and plumbed. Also the fuel lines are in and ran up to the engine bay.

I knew hooking up the intake tube was gonna be interesting. Worked out better than I expected. Still needs finish sanded and buffed but that can happen at teardown and paint.

Gonna start the headers today.

5BrothersFabrication · Dec 28, 2016

Beerj · Jan 1, 2017

drivermod · Jan 1, 2017

Great idea on the headers. Buggy is turning out really nice.

Beerj · Jan 1, 2017

Thanks man. I'll eventually build some for real but this was a decent quick option. Still need to rig up a back purge before I can finish weld them.

Beerj · Jan 1, 2017

Gonna dress up the cover panel a little but you get the idea.

5BrothersFabrication · Jan 2, 2017

Is that the flux capacitor? :dunno:

jeff150 · Jan 2, 2017

Beerj said:
Gonna dress up the cover panel a little but you get the idea.

Wonder how these fairing fasteners would work on that cover so you wouldn't have to use a screwdriver? http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/131303286729?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_noapp=true I am thinking about building me an aluminum dash and using them to hold my panels in.

Beerj · Jan 2, 2017

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jeff150 said:
Wonder how these fairing fasteners would work on that cover so you wouldn't have to use a screwdriver? http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/131303286729?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_noapp=true I am thinking about building me an aluminum dash and using them to hold my panels in.

They would probably work great. I got excited when I opened the link and saw all of them and only $5. Then I saw that was for each. Lol. Maybe down the road. I'll probably just use some cheap little thumb screws like this.

Beerj · Jan 2, 2017

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5BrothersFabrication said:
Is that the flux capacitor?

jeff150 · Jan 2, 2017

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Beerj said:
They would probably work great. I got excited when I opened the link and saw all of them and only $5. Then I saw that was for each. Lol.

Damn it and sorry. I didn't realize that either. Went back and looked at some others and found a few vendors selling a ten pack for $27.
Still not cheap but wouldn't be bad in limited numbers.

Beerj · Feb 6, 2017

Slowly making progress.
Pulled the drivetrane out to install the torque converter. Sealed up between the tcase and trans. Up to this point, knowing I had to pull everything to to the torque converter, everything was just bolted together temporarily.
Cleaned up the engine a little and put new intake and oil pan gaskets in.

Got the steering plumbed.

Fuel system is fully plumbed.

Built the driveshafts.

Just finishing up the framework for the engine skid.

Next up is to throw the spool in the rear, new ball joints in the front and pull some wires.

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