gotta say i love this site !!! i am in the process of converting my vw powered rail in to a water bug. i picked up this rail for like 500$, i cant tell what kind it is but it looks a lot like a berrian. to the good part i am removing my 1641 dp and dropping in a volvo b230ft, the donor car is an 89 volvo 740gle. we dynoed the car and it put 135hp and 155tq down at the wheels. the car only has 54000 mils on the motor so every thing is real nice. i am mating this up to a bus trans axle with 930 conversion. I debating on tires !!! i want some tractor tred tires but i am having trouble finding them, so i think i wll buy some boggers. what do u guys think ??? any advise i cant get going into this would be great !! ,,, also i wanna load the torsion bars and lift the rear end , any help or advise here ??

You ever rode at the sand pit in Albany

Lots of folks like the sound of the VW but like there are a few motors that sound good in there own right that ain't VW . I like the fact that folks are trying different stuff. I like ,,,no love the power that my motor has now . And I had a very well tuned 2387 it is like night and day .By being able to put the two motors in the same buggy realy told the story.

the sand pit ?? i dont know i have rode at blalock , i know there is a place that every body calls thedunes , but blalock has a sand pit and a lot of trails. do you live close to albany ??????

No I live in Griffin Ga .We used to ride buggys in Albany .We would stay at a motel and drive across the street to the sand

Dude no wayyy i grew up in griffin !! my name is chris gloss wow i just got a set of denman 31/15.50/15 ditch witch tires 8 ply

I used to buy parts from a guy named Chris Gloss

thats my dad !!!!

pics with out volvo motor i am waiting on kennedy kit ,, my new denman 8ply 31/15.50/15 tires

no shit I have been bying parts off him for years .....Small world ain't it

very small i havent been home since my mom died last month ,, but yea it is well if you ever wanna come ride down here let me know lets get something together

i got my kit for christmas !!! my wife got it for me she kept putting me off in buysing it !! and she suprised the hell out of me and all. i was kinda down i thought it was never going to happen !! lol but project volvo buggy will be under way very soon i will post pics of the rail before i start tearing it apart i have been riding it with the vw motor . but the world is right now !!

i have the wiring break down and the work around fo rthe volvo engine if anybody wants it

Man sorry to hear about your mom. its cool that you still have high spirits about life. When my dad died in 2003 I thought my world was over for about two years. Then I found some true friends and they got me to snap out of it

yea its life it happens , i learned this over the years being in the army and on constant combat tours !! i spent 4 out of 6 years over there and it happens, if you let your self be all down and dont go on you miss out on life !! and nothing i can do will change anything!!!

it took me a while to learn that but i did