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 Post subject: Re: Buggy weight poll
PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 9:42 pm 
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I am curius to what a ky single seater's bias is. I am considering putting the ecotec in one if I can get the weight ratio close. Or is that a big secret?


I was trying to get that answer myself in another thread before I found this one. I want to know the point where the front is too heavy & is unloading the rear tires.

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 Post subject: Re: Buggy weight poll
PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:36 pm 
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I think it is a secret.


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 Post subject: Re: Buggy weight poll
PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:49 pm 
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I was told that if you jack it up high enough for the tires to be off the ground and sit the torsions housing on jack stands and get in the buggy it should be close to balanced,,,but I never tried it. I am curious too :?

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 Post subject: Re: Buggy weight poll
PostPosted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 12:13 am 
Terry fryer wrote:
I think it is a secret.





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 Post subject: Re: Buggy weight poll
PostPosted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 12:16 am 
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bruce 1 wrote:
Terry fryer wrote:
I think it is a secret.





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bout like the Colonels recipe,,dang Kentuckyuns

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 Post subject: Re: Buggy weight poll
PostPosted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 2:02 am 
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dang i just cant believe this i allways thought kentuckians were nice and helpful when it came to buggies at least :twisted: now i dont who to ask about making hp with a ac vw if they wont let this little secret out :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: Buggy weight poll
PostPosted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 12:53 pm 
ridenrace6 wrote:
dang i just cant believe this i allways thought kentuckians were nice and helpful when it came to buggies at least :twisted: now i dont who to ask about making hp with a ac vw if they wont let this little secret out :lol:


Last time I told some folks on this site how to make HP. on a VW :shock: they said I was full of Bull. :twisted: :lol: :lol: It might not work for them but it does for me. (Drilled Valves) If I told you the % yall would say B.S. so now it is a Secret. :twisted: :lol: :lol: :lol:


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 Post subject: Re: Buggy weight poll
PostPosted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:15 pm 
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There is only one KY secret I know of it's called spend a lot of CASH
Hit a hill in a 1835 buggy with a stock trany and see

Then you will see the secret is out :lol:


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 Post subject: Re: Buggy weight poll
PostPosted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 7:12 pm 
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1073lbs dry, with the Jamar beam.

F 407
R 666

RR 330
RF 202
LR 336
LF 205

Haven't weighed since installing the A-arm beam. Still missing oil, coolant, muffler, and rear-shocks.


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 Post subject: Re: Buggy weight poll
PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:13 pm 
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Man! That is one light Buggy. Better not go off any Jumps you may never Land :mrgreen: :wink:
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1073lbs dry, with the Jamar beam.

F 407
R 666

RR 330
RF 202
LR 336
LF 205

Haven't weighed since installing the A-arm beam. Still missing oil, coolant, muffler, and rear-shocks.

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 Post subject: Re: Buggy weight poll
PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:32 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: Buggy weight poll
PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 10:10 pm 
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75 % rear 25 front 1240 LBS Darrell Jones RED ,WHITE , BLUE. works rear well.

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 Post subject: Re: Buggy weight poll
PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 8:06 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: Buggy weight poll
PostPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 7:30 pm 
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75 % rear 25 front 1240 LBS Darrell Jones RED ,WHITE , BLUE. works rear well.


Seen it climb a hill or two, if I recall it did fairly well, lol.

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 Post subject: Re: Buggy weight poll
PostPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:53 pm 
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nitro_mudder wrote:
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75 % rear 25 front 1240 LBS Darrell Jones RED ,WHITE , BLUE. works rear well.


Seen it climb a hill or two, if I recall it did fairly well, lol.


yeah it does climb pretty good :D

bbbbbuuuuuuuuutttttttttttttttt it sure dont way no 1,240 lbs., more like 1,454 lbs. with 1/2 tank of fuel and a few tools (maybe 10 or 15 pounds max) and nobody in it, i think it needs to go on a diet :oops: :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: Buggy weight poll
PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:02 am 
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ive been meaning to ask chris??? how does rwb handle true southern ledges??? ya know the kind we all face, 10 to 15 feet strait up and hope you can land on top??? and they are usually half way up the hills we hit??? everyone knows im a huge cookiecutter fan but honestly curious about how they handle the ledges we all incounter???

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 Post subject: Re: Buggy weight poll
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bmoore wrote:
ive been meaning to ask chris??? how does rwb handle true southern ledges??? ya know the kind we all face, 10 to 15 feet strait up and hope you can land on top??? and they are usually half way up the hills we hit??? everyone knows im a huge cookiecutter fan but honestly curious about how they handle the ledges we all incounter???


well to be honest i havent really had it on anything that extreme yet :oops: im still getting used to it :roll: but what i have had it on, it feels better than anything else ive had so far :D

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 Post subject: Re: Buggy weight poll
PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 1:03 am 
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i know what you mean :wink: funny how much different each buggy can feel!

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 Post subject: Re: Buggy weight poll
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1985lb with 2 people + 20 litres of fuel up front - works out roughly 38% front/62% rear.

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 Post subject: Re: Buggy weight poll
PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:45 pm 
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I carried my 2 seater to the truck stop and it broke the scales. I guess thats a sign.


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 Post subject: Re: Buggy weight poll
PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:19 pm 
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Finally after all these years weighed my buggy,,,,2200 empty. :oops:

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 Post subject: Re: Buggy weight poll
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:shock: is it big boned? :lol:

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Finally after all these years weighed my buggy,,,,2200 empty. :oops:



You my friend have made the Tank Club! :mrgreen: :wink:

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 Post subject: Re: Buggy weight poll
PostPosted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:39 pm 
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Odyknuck wrote:
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Finally after all these years weighed my buggy,,,,2200 empty. :oops:



You my friend have made the Tank Club! :mrgreen: :wink:

Welcome aboard Marty,lol.man I'll never catch up on all the info I missed,was always curiuos what that beast weighed,it ways as much as mine does lol.Chad :mrgreen:

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 Post subject: Re: Buggy weight poll
PostPosted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 4:18 pm 
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I was shooting for 1300 lbs
Came in at 1250 lbs
67% rear 830 lbs
33% front 420 lbs



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