Buggy build "Indecision"

[fordcontraption01]

Re: buggy build "indecision"

That's why I put heat and air in mine it's so nice to be inside with the air on :smoke:

 

[pholmann]

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Not a whole lot to show today. Placed a few pieces of tubing to mount the seats and the radiator to. Gotta have some slugs welded to the radiator first of next week. Also gotta grab some bolts for this and that.

 

[drich394]

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Id ditch that D300 man,,, been there, done that :****:

 

[pholmann]

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What part of the d300 were you breaking. I've seen the cases crack but I think the biggest thing is the output shafts breaking. For now it's what I have. Plans for an atlas or a lomax 3:1 later but unfortunately it's just not in the finances at the time. I'm gonna go together with this and see how my gearing is first and hustle for some extra cash to buy an atlas. A stock 205 is just too damn high geared unfortunately.

 

[drich394]

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I had and AA HD output- its the case,, the gears are trying to push apart the whole time and the case gives-- Cracks and then strips the gears -- i was running a D300/231 popped it one good time up a climb and Kaaaaboooom!!!

 

[pholmann]

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What are your thoughts if the case was replaced with the billet case?

 

[al1tonyota]

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What are your thoughts if the case was replaced with the billet case?

Waste of money the gears aren't strong enough either!

 

[fltruckwash]

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Trust me man... don't get in a hurry and slap it together KNOWING you're going to go with a different case. Not with a buggy of this caliber. Take just a little more time and save the money for the case you want. It will be worth it. I've picked up used atlas's for $1800.

Nice buggy by the way...

 

[drich394]

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Waste of money the gears aren't strong enough either!

,, idk too much about the Stak built billet case- but like said above- the gears are not the best unless you slap some LOWMAX gears in,,, but now that you have around $800 in a new housing and $600 for gears,, $3-400 on rear output beef and another $300 for front output- you have the total around equal to an Atlas- or a 2 beefy ass Lowmax chevy 205s !!!

 

[kmcminn]

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These guys speak the truth. I had a 4.1 big output 300. Case would break and kill gears. I have said this before but I will say it here again. If you ever decide to sell this jewel an Atlas or Hero case will help a Dana 300 will hurt. Stak isn't the best for resale either. So a higher end case is a good investment for your buggy holding up and if you ever wanted or worse needed to sell.

 

[natedawgxj]

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X16 I broke dana 300 cases like clockwork with a stock 4.0 jeep engine I have a np205 now no more problems.

 

[pholmann]

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Trust me man... don't get in a hurry and slap it together KNOWING you're going to go with a different case. Not with a buggy of this caliber. Take just a little more time and save the money for the case you want. It will be worth it. I've picked up used atlas's for $1800.

Nice buggy by the way...

Thanks man. I hate to prolong the build that long. It may be a while before I have the funds for an atlas. And it does have the lomax 4:1 set in it. Lots of good advise. Thanks I'll have to smoke on it. Keep an eye out for a good used passenger drop atlas for me. I do struggle with the thought of putting more money into something that is apparently destined to fail.

 

[TheViking]

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Nice to see the progress!

 

[nhl_bullitt]

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Gotta have some slugs welded to the radiator first of next week.

Is that typically the way to go about mounting the rear radiators? I utilized some factory bushings underneath mine, but will probably just be buying a universal aluminum radiator for my next build and was curious about the best way to mount it.

 

[pholmann]

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It actually works out pretty good. It's clean and since there's virtually no movement in a tube chassis, cracking or stressing is not really an issue. I'm going to do my fuel cell the same way, just out of stainless.

 

[al1tonyota]

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It actually works out pretty good. It's clean and since there's virtually no movement in a tube chassis, cracking or stressing is not really an issue. I'm going to do my fuel cell the same way, just out of stainless.

I've seen radiators and fuel cells solid mounted that crack from chassis flex!

 

[pholmann]

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Anything is definitely possible. I'm thinking about putting a thin neoprene washer as an isolator.

 

[pholmann]

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Had some time to work on it today after some mowing and other obligatory bullshit. Decided to drag the plasma cutter out and make the rear axles truss. Cut it out of 3/8".

 

[kmcminn]

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That is the first rear disk brake setup I have seen where the calipers sit on the front side of the rotor. Are they weld on or bolt on? They definitely seem backwards from normal. It looks like they should be on back side of rotor and calipers moved from one side to the other to keep the bleeder screw on top.

 

[TBItoy]

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That is the first rear disk brake setup I have seen where the calipers sit on the front side of the rotor. Are they weld on or bolt on? They definitely seem backwards from normal. It looks like they should be on back side of rotor and calipers moved from one side to the other to keep the bleeder screw on top.

Stock disc brake Chevys are on the front of the rotor. As long as the bleeder screw is the highest point it'll be fine. Those look a little off unless the pinion is flat in the rig