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Author:  chadriley 5 [ Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:06 am ]
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does a chain drive take the stress of the cv's and tranny because it gets the cv's out of a bind?how exactly does it work.i saw on you tube where someone was installing fire bugs chain drive set up.does he sell a kit?
Author:  Rick [ Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:32 pm ]
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gasman wrote:
You really think you could baby a corvette buggy,lol.first thing your gonna do is back it out of the garage and dump the clutch :D you are gonna need to build a tranny that can handle that motor.but it does look wicked with those headers sticking out like that.good luck,post a video of that thing running.Chad :mrgreen:

I pretty much see ever body on here doing just exactly that 8)
Author:  Bubbalowe [ Mon Mar 05, 2012 1:15 pm ]
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There is only one thrill better than having absolutely more horsepower than you can use!
Author:  reno2165 [ Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:07 pm ]
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chadriley 5 wrote:
does a chain drive take the stress of the cv's and tranny because it gets the cv's out of a bind?how exactly does it work.i saw on you tube where someone was installing fire bugs chain drive set up.does he sell a kit?


the stress is spread out..instead of trans and CVs takin all the load, its spread out to the chains as well. kinda how a 4 spider diff is stronger than a 2 spider diff
Author:  jesse [ Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:20 pm ]
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yes it takes the stress off the trans and cv's with that motor you would have you a bad chaindrive
Author:  PhillipM [ Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:42 pm ]
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reno2165 wrote:
chadriley 5 wrote:
does a chain drive take the stress of the cv's and tranny because it gets the cv's out of a bind?how exactly does it work.i saw on you tube where someone was installing fire bugs chain drive set up.does he sell a kit?


the stress is spread out..instead of trans and CVs takin all the load, its spread out to the chains as well. kinda how a 4 spider diff is stronger than a 2 spider diff


It's because it effectively gears the shocks going back through the transmission up, it's just like having a larger diff with a higher ratio CW+P
Author:  chadriley 5 [ Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:01 pm ]
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headed to check out kevin thomas's chain drive setup and his ls powered buggy
Author:  rockrockets1 [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:22 pm ]
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The stress relief is from the gear reduction.So instead of the trany turning the axle and cv and a 36 in tire it now is turning a 13 tooth sprocket.think about it. Connected to the tire with a #80 chain with a 33 tooth rear sprocket.So it's just like if you put e dirt bike motor hooked to the rear tire sprocket it would turn it but it would kill the clutch.run it threw the front sprocket and it will smoke the tire
Author:  chadriley 5 [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:29 pm ]
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kevin is a really nice guy and an awesome fabricator very smart and has a damn good machinist awesome buggy.i am just a nice guy and i dont know if i can incoorporate his stuff on my buggy.i think i would like to some some of the baby chains stuff i think i could adapt it my buggy a little easier.i am not wanting to run the 44's and bolted tires.my wheelbase is aleady 115 so i dont want to lengthen it that much
Author:  ImmortalSoul219 [ Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:34 am ]
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Intersted to see how everything holds up. I was thinking of doing this before I put the ecotec in since I didnt think anything can hold up to the power.

Is this the L33 votec? (aluminum block)
Author:  chadriley 5 [ Sat Mar 10, 2012 12:12 pm ]
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no sir it is a cast iron block but everything else ie aluminum
Author:  ImmortalSoul219 [ Fri Sep 07, 2012 8:18 pm ]
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Did this thing ever run or what?!
Author:  chadriley 5 [ Sun Oct 07, 2012 9:58 am ]
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i had to to wait till racing season was over to finish everything up should be running soon
Author:  kyjr.buggy1 [ Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:17 am ]
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Keep us updated! Get videos! 8)
Author:  chadriley 5 [ Thu Nov 01, 2012 4:19 pm ]
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Author:  reno2165 [ Thu Nov 01, 2012 4:26 pm ]
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hell yea 8).. think i would weld that bottom bracket, with that much weight and torque i would worry about those bolts coming loose.. and may weld a bar down from the frame rail to help support it IMO.. keep the pics coming
Author:  chadriley 5 [ Thu Nov 01, 2012 4:52 pm ]
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Author:  chadriley 5 [ Thu Nov 01, 2012 4:57 pm ]
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Pics are too big any idea how to shrink them
Author:  chadriley 5 [ Thu Nov 01, 2012 5:06 pm ]
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Author:  chadriley 5 [ Thu Nov 01, 2012 5:12 pm ]
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Author:  chadriley 5 [ Thu Nov 01, 2012 11:39 pm ]
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reno2165 wrote:
hell yea 8).. think i would weld that bottom bracket, with that much weight and torque i would worry about those bolts coming loose.. and may weld a bar down from the frame rail to help support it IMO.. keep the pics coming

i am gonna wait to weld the bottom half of the bracket till after after i change the oil pan going from a 8.5" deep sump to a 5" deep sump.i put it on the scales the other night and it weighed 1996 lbs with no one in it.loaded with passengers it had 73% percent rear weight.gonna move the battery to the front may help a little.
Author:  fortydegnorth [ Fri Nov 02, 2012 8:47 am ]
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That's a heavy buggy but not as heavy as I expected. I wonder what an aluminum block LS engine would save for weight.
Author:  Red Barron [ Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:48 am ]
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The Chevy LS Aluminum Block Engine completely dressed weighs in at 497.2 LBS
The Chevy Vortec version of the LS with Cast Iron Block Weighs in at 580.00 LBS about 80 to 100 lbs more.
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