Bare with me. I slow at this.
http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l61 ... 1376537402 From bus torsion bar center to rear ctr sprocket is 32". Bus to bus c/v's run flat with no angle(never break).40" swampers have over 1.5ft. of travel. Buggy sits staticly about 1/2 way. (about 10" of travel either way). Very soft ride. Buggy is squatting at about 20 inches under the trans. Trailing arms are made of stacked 1"x6" hard aluminum ($11/ft). Bus torsion is shaved 1/8" down to desired thickness with a Dewalt hi speed grinder 11 years ago. Basic rancho shocks. NO un commanded wheelies you'd get from a heavy w/c. Very sturdy cornering. The frame does not roll side to side like a real chain drive. And definitely won't outdo most, but it has a mix of all buggies. Maybe I should call it the mixed breed. lol. It has vw bus , vanagon stock clutch 230 mm and 483 trans w/4 diff, beetle type 3 front end, jeep radiator and fans,ford carb , buick motor bored 30 over with flat top pistons, 8.8 c.r., and big valve heads off some sporty model 3800. Everything I build is out of the junkyard pretty much, but works. And loves 90 octane NON ethanol fuel you put in boats. It has a small noticeable difference over 93 ethanol gas.