Thanks for the welcome, the terrain in the "off road riding areas" is mostly sand and packed dirt with only a few wooded areas to drive.
Fontana is about 25 miles East of me, I know it very well, lots of new houses have been built recently.
The weather here is still beautiful all year which is not always a good thing, because you can`t drive your buggy in the desert when it`s 100 - 130 degrees, thats when we drive at night which is much more exciting.
I`m building a new 2.3 turbo motor for my buggie, from a `88 Ford Turbocoupe and I will be keeping my carb (rather than going fi) for simplicity. I have ported the head, fitted a roller cam and am building a custom header for it also.
Painted in my favorite color, obnoxious grabber green.
Out with the old and in with the new.

The compression was low in my old motor and it was begining to smoke, it was just worn out from me having too much fun blasting around.

A shot of my rear end, next project increase the suspension travel.

This is my favorite place to drive at Blythe, which is situated on the border of California and Arizonia. A mix of sand at the "sandbowl" and dirt, lots of nice long runs as well as hills to blast around.

A beer stop at the top of the sandbowl 150ft up.

My friends and I (girls too) posing for a picture before we set out on a huge game of chase around the desert, this is soo much fun. Karen (blonde, purple shorts and tanktop) usually wins because she has a fast VW motor and her buggy handles really well, plus she can drive that thing also....
