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PostPosted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:45 pm 
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heres what i started. 6 inch wider beam,new front bumper,relocate some lights and battery. Also going to remount my control arm mounts in rear. I have aftermarket rear torsion and did,nt get the pivots on correctly when i built car. Also painted up an extra valve cover i had just because :D Also hinged my hood so i don't have to remove it every time i need access.

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:02 pm 
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Nice work,I like that color blue.looks real good.Chad :mrgreen:

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:30 pm 
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Nice stuff! I have to learn to post pics that end up bigger than the avitar.


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PostPosted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 8:11 pm 
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Curious if your plans are to add additional tube supports to the shock towers.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 9:55 pm 
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Odyknuck wrote:
Curious if your plans are to add additional tube supports to the shock towers.

I was'nt going to although i did consider it. It is .120 1 1/2 inch tubing and the shocks are not pressurized. Your an engineer right? And you have many more years experience than i do with this stuff. Do you recomend it?
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:19 pm 
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The forces exerted on that single tube will probably rip it out at the weld. Yes I recommend additional tubing. Preferable a tripod that will give it triangleation.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:12 am 
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Thanks. I'd rather be safe than sorry so i'll brace it up.


SO LETS SEE WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING :D :lol: :mrgreen:

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:44 pm 
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You could bring a tube up from the bottom beam tube. I don't know if it will interfere with your tie rods or not. Then one on the side down to were it clamps to the frame. That would help alot.

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 7:34 pm 
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Here is mine. already posted it in pics n vids tho.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:55 pm 
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I dont have any pictures yet, But have been doin a lot of work. Got it totally torn down, took the seats out moved them forward 1.5in, and leaned them back bout 2 inches. way more comfy. but in this process i had to cut out the x brace( my frame is kinda small in the cockpit area) SO now i have to come up with a fancy way to do the bracing and make new seatelts mounts for the shoulder straps. Also just got my 2x3 arms installed tonight WOW is is wide now lol ill try and get some pics soon.

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:53 pm 
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Odyknuck wrote:
Curious if your plans are to add additional tube supports to the shock towers.


With my bumper design and beam supports bracing was a little bit of a challenge but this will have to do.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:20 pm 
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Well, have to get some pictures, but so far, bigger radiator, new cowlings and airbox, new water pipes and high-flow pump, gone 30mm wider on the rear tyres.
Made some torsion bar eliminators + covers/spring plates to replace the bushes with a rose joint, but can't fit the springs on the new rear Foxes, so it'll have to wait until the next event.
Took the 30-year old Bilsteins off the back (which is where the new Foxes are going), and made an adaptor to fit the remotes off those onto the Fox emulsions on the front, along with valving changes to match.
Plenty of service parts and new bearings, and some engine mapping changes too.

Oh, and made space for an Eaton M90.


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:03 am 
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:29 pm 
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is it just me or is the back end of that buggy floating in mid air? Is that a toyota motor?


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:54 pm 
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Mazda. :wink:


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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:06 pm 
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A few more changes this off season.

Wide 5 beadlocks
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Good tach (autometer) All will be autometer eventualy. Been disappointed with the VDO gauges. Also replaced shifter with scat dragfast and added cool blue shift ball :D

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New tree bars.
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Fox air shocks.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:16 pm 
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Here were some of ours this time around:

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 4:45 pm 
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I started thread of my buggy with pics its under tranny swap and 2x3 trailing arms with air bags


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