2018 - Joe-405 Mini Buggy - Grudge Racer - SCCA Solo

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Well this is what happens when you tighten everything up and still can’t get the alignment correct or within spec. Gotta shorten the upper arms a full inch to work properly. And I managed to cut and save the threaded bungs for the shortening also !
 

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Well this is what happens when you tighten everything up and still can’t get the alignment correct or within spec. Gotta shorten the upper arms a full inch to work properly. And I managed to cut and save the threaded bungs for the shortening also !

At least you don't have to use one of those pesky a-arm stretcher kits. Lol.
 

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Got the brake pedal fabrication finished. Added some metal to a stock pedal turned it upside down and welded a pivot point in. All I gotta do now is mount the master cylinder.

And oh yeah......... the correct ecu showed up today. So a wire harness and some fuel and coil packs and she might just start up and run finally !
 

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Well it’s officially in alignment and will not be coming back apart finally ! Just gotta bolt the rack and pinion back on. I also repainted the a arms. This vht chassis paint is amazing. The new coil overs are in route also. Will be here next week sometime.
 

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Sharp! Are you going to put any bling on It? Stickers and what not?

Probably not. But I will have to add some to race with the local guys for support. I have known the street outlaw guys since before the show when we were all out street racing prior to tv.

The only room I will have for stickers is gonna be on the side of the fuel cell so it will be limited for sure. And I will add a light bar and some kind of strip led taillight. Not really planning on anything else. And on the cage I was gonna weld in a sun visor to put something about being the world’s fastest Yerf dog if all works as it should.
 

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No turning back now ! I hope I didn’t cut too many wires off for the efi stuff. And I got a better pic of the front end. And oh yeah the new shocks showed up also.
 

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That looks amazing, good luck with the rest. You should see if they’d do a special with this in their show!
 

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Got the dash and supporting brackets installed and welded. This dash is perfect !
 

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Got it outside today and took some fresh pics for your enjoyment !
 

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So it seems this buggy is more of a keep the wheels on the ground buggy than a fly through the air buggy. Does it do jumps?
 

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So it seems this buggy is more of a keep the wheels on the ground buggy than a fly through the air buggy. Does it do jumps?

I don’t ever plan on jumping it.

Drag racing - SCCA solo - Sand Drags is gonna be it for this one.

And it would be cool to get a ASVE title and street legal it after everything works and the lights are installed
 
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