Opinion: 9,500 dollar buggy, advertised sbc,th350,203/205 doubler , coilovers, 60 front , 14 bolt rear. 513 gears, detroit lockers. First buggy excited buyer (me). Drive 4 hours informed buggy only needs tuned and seats mounted. Initial first look: awesome something to work with. Not expecting perfect but good parts to work with. I stated i can tune and mount seats no problem!!
Seller drives on trailer for me, running very rich (holley proinjection way out of wack "no biggy")
Bought drug home and begun the nightmare. After closer inspection in the shop lights realized the tube work had been chopped and raised with piece work welding ( no slugs) on the roll cage. Very dangerous. All link mounts twisted out of wack and bushings completely gone. Again no biggie not a perfect buggy i get it what i paid for. Rear truss was bubble gum welded like one good bump of throttle and this thing is flying off. After attempting tuning realized the fuel cell was steel and rusting from the inside all fuel lines and filters full of rust and causing issues with the way it ran. No big deal new fuel cell,filters, plugs, oil change. Followed tune instructions with no avail. Missing idle air control it was there just push rod gone. Problem!! Fixed, checked fuel pressure it is good, however the "new" injectors are over dumping something up. Again, i own all of the above this is my fault for the excitement of my first buggy not allowing me to clearly check these things out.
Stopped on motor scheduling for a pro shop to help with adjustment (reality i purchased a Fitech injection self tune should be here soon hopefully the motor is good enough to deserve it)
Show stopper, axles with 5.13 gears and detroits heck of a setup and worth some coin to make me feel better about my purchase. NOPE- drained the quart of water out of the front diff to find locker,,,,NO a welded front end and 4.10 gears. Seller/buyer trade exchange messages. Asking for some help with the axle parts to make this deal right. Seller shared original ad he purchased buggy from and it was for cheaper than what was sold to me. Seller stated working on the gears and lockers for me. Week goes by with text messages from me and no responses. Cold shoulder approached. Today's youth has no dignity towards what they are selling. I will mention this seller is still selling things today, and i know of another buggy in these very forums. Just thoughts, am i over reacting and i should've pulled the diffs from the sell ??
Seller drives on trailer for me, running very rich (holley proinjection way out of wack "no biggy")
Bought drug home and begun the nightmare. After closer inspection in the shop lights realized the tube work had been chopped and raised with piece work welding ( no slugs) on the roll cage. Very dangerous. All link mounts twisted out of wack and bushings completely gone. Again no biggie not a perfect buggy i get it what i paid for. Rear truss was bubble gum welded like one good bump of throttle and this thing is flying off. After attempting tuning realized the fuel cell was steel and rusting from the inside all fuel lines and filters full of rust and causing issues with the way it ran. No big deal new fuel cell,filters, plugs, oil change. Followed tune instructions with no avail. Missing idle air control it was there just push rod gone. Problem!! Fixed, checked fuel pressure it is good, however the "new" injectors are over dumping something up. Again, i own all of the above this is my fault for the excitement of my first buggy not allowing me to clearly check these things out.
Stopped on motor scheduling for a pro shop to help with adjustment (reality i purchased a Fitech injection self tune should be here soon hopefully the motor is good enough to deserve it)
Show stopper, axles with 5.13 gears and detroits heck of a setup and worth some coin to make me feel better about my purchase. NOPE- drained the quart of water out of the front diff to find locker,,,,NO a welded front end and 4.10 gears. Seller/buyer trade exchange messages. Asking for some help with the axle parts to make this deal right. Seller shared original ad he purchased buggy from and it was for cheaper than what was sold to me. Seller stated working on the gears and lockers for me. Week goes by with text messages from me and no responses. Cold shoulder approached. Today's youth has no dignity towards what they are selling. I will mention this seller is still selling things today, and i know of another buggy in these very forums. Just thoughts, am i over reacting and i should've pulled the diffs from the sell ??
