Dune Buggy Revival Thread

[fryerfighter94]

Updates, but no pics yet. Got everything sand blasted, most pieces painted, cage and frame still need to be painted. Body needs to be sanded and painted. Transmission case is polished. Motor almost back from rebuild, soon to start putting everything back together!

[fryerfighter94]

Makes sense. Ill try to get pictures next time im there, which is probably going to be a few weeks away :(

[quikveedb2]

keep in mind putting the motor in there is gonna bring the back down a lot. i bet it'll be damn near 0 degrees when it's all said & done. add 2 people and it'll come down even more.

[Rodoni]

pics or it didnt happen.

And Rodoni, did you guys make yours IRS? Our Rear suspension is straight out of a vw van, only u joints on the transaxle. IMO, way too much positive camber, and when we turn i would think that with the insane positive camber its going to be liable to flip. But they keep telling me that people run it successfully that way...

We didnt build it. It's not IRS. People do run sucessful positive camber all day long. Ever seeen a sand rail? They have + camber up the ying yang.

[whatt18yahoo]

it's also listed for liberty city stories and san andreas

[fryerfighter94]

pics or it didnt happen.

And Rodoni, did you guys make yours IRS? Our Rear suspension is straight out of a vw van, only u joints on the transaxle. IMO, way too much positive camber, and when we turn i would think that with the insane positive camber its going to be liable to flip. But they keep telling me that people run it successfully that way...

[whatt18yahoo]

it also made an appearance in grand theft auto vice city

[Rodoni]

that looks like the bf injection

pahahahahahahah probably the best fucking thing youve ever contributed to this forum. Bravo.

OP, ^ that crazy kid is referring to the BF Injection buggy in grand theft auto III

edit: Here's my family buggy

[fryerfighter94]

the wha

[whatt18yahoo]

that looks like the bf injection

[fryerfighter94]

ya, were getting the motor back soon. Theyre boring it and cleaning it, I think rebuilding it. My grandpa got the cage and some other stuff sand blasted, were going to finish cleaning, painting, etc. and then reassemble it when I get out of school (staying there for two weeks ftw)

[quikveedb2]

do want! i helped a buddy build a sand rail shortly after i got out of high school and it was a blast. you've got options in the air-cooled vw boxer motors, something that light doesn't really need much to be a good time. i had a '66 bug with a 1776cc motor, stock was 1300, an that was a great little car, the 'rail we built had a single port 1300, iirc and it had enough power to lift the front end off the ground with 2 people it it.

they produced the boxer motor in a lot of configurations from 1200cc to 2 liters or better, and companies like www.cbperformance.com sell lots of aftermarket stuff to increase displacement, flow, and so on. my 1776 had cb performance 044 heads with kadron carbs, which i liked a lot.

in the same of simplicity, and cost, the aircooled dub motor rocks.

and there's always this:


oh, and let me say, i'm lucky to have survived being a part of that sand rail build at 18 years old, that little rocket was an accident waiting to happen.

[fryerfighter94]

the flat-4 engine? Awesome. Thats a perfect engine for this thing.

From what I heard, it should have the same bolt pattern. However, it'd be much heavier and we would have to fab a mount for it. The stock vw motor just hangs by those 4 bolts, but its very lighter.

Stock subaru impreza 2.2 boxer makes ~ 130 hp, stock vw makes ~ 90 but I might have to double check that. But I think with the subaru it'd take more wiring,etc. making it much less simple, but I think it would be totally worth it

[Be30mer]

Just a simple motor. My uncle literally has like 3 in his backyard, and I think we just need to clean one and shouldnt (hopefully) have to rebuild it.

S14 has a different bolt pattern :( but i told them to get a subaru motor, Ive been told they have same bolt pattern and can make way more power stock. :p
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the flat-4 engine? Awesome. Thats a perfect engine for this thing.

[fryerfighter94]

Thats gonna be fun. So I guess some simple Vdub motor...nothing fancy? What do you have planned?

Just a simple motor. My uncle literally has like 3 in his backyard, and I think we just need to clean one and shouldnt (hopefully) have to rebuild it.

S14 has a different bolt pattern :( but i told them to get a subaru motor, Ive been told they have same bolt pattern and can make way more power stock. :p
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