redneckengineered
Trailer Park Panty Dropper
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Ok, so I've been beating the buggy in its current form for 5 years straight now and honestly there isn't a lot I'd like to change. It goes great and climbs well but I'm at the point where I'm ready to make some tweaks. I went down to b-ham recently and talked to Dan about some ideas and he's onboard with a little bit of a "rework" hopefully this summer. He built the chassis the first time around and knows it inside and out.
As for the changes, the most major thing I want to do is ditch the AMC 360/NP435 combo and go with a Chevy motor and automatic. I've been an AMC guy literally since the first day I got into this sport so all I know about the Chevy stuff is what I've read in the past couple days doing web searching. Just from what I've read I've kinda narrowed it down to LQ4 or LQ9 or LS1 or LS2....I guess. Now I'm at the point where I need some direction. I'd like to keep the motor budget under $5000, cheaper is better obviously but I'm also looking for around 400hp (more is better obviously
) I think that about covers it. All that crap being said, what do you guys recommend.
Last thing, for those of you that don't know me and the rig this is going in it's your standard buggy chassis, 40 Creepys, 60s, 4.56 gears. Thanks
As for the changes, the most major thing I want to do is ditch the AMC 360/NP435 combo and go with a Chevy motor and automatic. I've been an AMC guy literally since the first day I got into this sport so all I know about the Chevy stuff is what I've read in the past couple days doing web searching. Just from what I've read I've kinda narrowed it down to LQ4 or LQ9 or LS1 or LS2....I guess. Now I'm at the point where I need some direction. I'd like to keep the motor budget under $5000, cheaper is better obviously but I'm also looking for around 400hp (more is better obviously

Last thing, for those of you that don't know me and the rig this is going in it's your standard buggy chassis, 40 Creepys, 60s, 4.56 gears. Thanks