I say we get back to talking about buggys... I know many of you have been working on your buggys during winter... Lets see what you have done.

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I think I finally have the bugs worked out in the new engine. I will run it for a few more weeks and then my nephew wants to challenge me on a Dyno with his Integra.

I replaced the main shaft seal and hockey stick in my new (used) six rib.

Built a skid plate out of steel plate to protect the new engine.

I will post pics later.

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Im still in the middle of my ecotec swap. Didnt touch car the whole month of dec. My adapter kit should be here in a week or two and i need to scrape up some money to get vanagon trans in next few weeks.As soon as i make some more progress i will post it on my buggy build post.

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Turbocharged Ecotec,vanogon midshift,Berrien WoodsBuggy wagon.

I defrosted it, then ordered some parts, lol. Yep, I feel pretty good about it.

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I have looked at it! I am on another project at this point in time however I have the following plans for the Buggy over the Winter:

1) Replace heavy plate style 2 x 3 arms with Chromoly Tublar style 3 x 3 arms.
2) Replace the rear 2 piston Wildwood calipers with 4 Piston Wildwood calipers
3) Convert to Coilover in the rear (Probably gonna run dual shocks in the rear)
4) Build new trans with Weddle close ratio 1st thru 4th gears
5) Replace the existing 3 stage dry sump pump with a 4 stage so the Turbo drain has its own port.
6) Rebuild the front end and convert from King pin alloy bushings to needle roller bearings.

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Water cooled Dry Sumped Subaru Powered Turbo Charged Fuel Injected 2500CC Tank. Oh Rah! He who dies with the most Toys not only wins, He also wears them out!

i cant quit riding long enough to do much to it. i'm getting ready to completely tear it down and finish it.i had just black primered it and rode it all last year and made a bunch of changes to it and im pretty pleased with it now so time to powder coat it.might start on it after we ride this weekend hahaha.chad

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NOW GAS IT!!!!!

My single seater got a new motor i went bigger to a 2387,changed my torsion bars back to stock the others were to stiff,just got me some new home plate front tires 5.90x15.and then with my 4 seater im still in the works would be alot farther but went from a 2276 to an ecotec looks bad a$$ but kind of a pain cause ive never mocked up a w/c got it figured out now. well good luck to everyone hope you get ur buggies done befor good weather.

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in addition to my post about redoing my front top beam supports...
1) switch to coilover shocks and get rid of the torsion in the rear.
2) install the peloquin diff in my tranny and see if it will work in a woods buggy with cutter brakes.
3) replace my front slicks

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**********"The problem is not the availability of guns, it is the availability of morons."
- Antonio Meloni **********

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Tony

changed the 9" air filters out for 6" foam UNI filters , have a rebuild kit for my passenger side carb and I have a set of 28mm S.A.W. torsion bars in the mail to install when they get here .

ouch!!!! are you ok?that looks like a hard hit to have done that.ive crushed my front end before and i know i hurt afterwards.now we get to see a rebuild thread.chad

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NOW GAS IT!!!!!

ive torn down to bare frame and gonna re paint. adding duel carbs and braided brake and oil lines. going to add a much needed tranny skid plate,moved my dash panel and doing a complete re wire.

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lets just ride

I am just starting on my buggy. I am fixing the things that the original owner should have such as cutting the front end out (since they welded it in) and welding on clamps and filling in the 40 million holes where the person who built it thought it was a good idea to use self tapping screws instead of tabs to install the floor.

heres another reason why i cut my top rails and replaced them. it just seems like the bend on the top rail leading down to the beam would be a weak point.

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**********"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity."
- Sigmund Freud **********
**********"The problem is not the availability of guns, it is the availability of morons."
- Antonio Meloni **********

I'm putting on 3x3's and air bags on the back, extending the front trailing arms and make new shock mounts on the front. adding a radio and working cb.
So far I took one trailing arm off, looked at it, drank some beer, (drinking some german stuff called EKU right now) talked about it, replaced some kitchen cabinet's, watched tv, practiced my guitar......... at this rate I might be done by memorial day

I also decided I am collecting parts for a suby conversion. Assuming the overtime gods keep smiling on me, the conversion will happen next winter.

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I added a new set of 2x3's on the back. In the process of putting 4 piston breaks on the rear. And hopefully in the next couple of weeks putting air shocks on the rear and having Eric Debord put a higher 1st gear and lower 2nd in the midshift. One more thing is I am going to add power steering.
And after I get all that done, and am not happy with the power in 2nd I will add a pulley, header, and injectors to help it out a little. If I have the money left.