New to the forum. Starting an off road buggy build

[2strokebuggy]

Hey everybody I'm new to the forum pretty much. I've been searching around here getting ideas for a buggy I want to build and have seen lots of good things and very good help from everybody so I decided to finally post and get this thing started. I'm in the planning phase of an off road buggy and found one picture of one I want to build something very similar to. Still trying to figure out how to post pictures but the buggy I found is green with white A-arms and trailing arms. If anybody has more pictures of this buggy i would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

The thread is on trailing arm suspension. The thread was started by cpt.skier. Thanks

 

[Poboy kartman]

Welcome to the forum and please fill out your profile so we know where you are from. ......

There is a sticky in the general gokart discussion section on how to post pictures. .....we like pictures. ....

So when you get going start a thread in the build section and include plenty of pics. .....

 

[landuse]

Welcome to the forum!! There is still no pic though

 

[2strokebuggy]

I've done the manage attachments thing and evrytime I pull it up the attach file things don't work. I am using an iPad though so that could be it.

 

[OzFab]

If the pic you want to post is attached to a post here, simply post a link to the particular post...

 

[2strokebuggy]

http://www.diygokarts.com/vb/showthread.php?t=10867
It's the green and white one.

Thanks fabroman. I didn't even think of that.

 

[OzFab]

You mean this one?

That almost looks like a Piranha but, the rear trailing arms are different so, probably not...

 

[2strokebuggy]

Yes thats the one. Are there any more pictures of it? Or maybe even a thread on the build or something?

 

[OzFab]

More than likely, that's a random pic Rusty found; as they're both still current users, I PMed both Rustydog & fowler asking if they can shed any light on the subject... now we wait...

 

[fowler]

Definitely not a piranha

Front end is all wrong as well as back end

The middle frame work is off as well

If u want trailing arms then go 3 link


They act like double a arm as far as camber
But are as strong as trailing arms

 

[2strokebuggy]

Thanks fowler. I was leaning towards dual a arms on all 4 corners because it seemed simpler than the 3 link setup. I have installed lift kits on 4 wheelers and trucks several times but putting a professional lift on something is way different than building your own suspension from scratch. Is there a difference in tubing size to use between trailing arms and dual a arms? I have experience with metal but never fabricating something quite like this.

Also, i was planning for a 450 2 stroke engine but the more i plan the bigger this thing gets and the more power i will need. Any reccomendations for power to weight? I dont need this thing doing 100mph but i would like it to get up and move fairly easy. Oh and im sure i want it 2 seater.

Thanks for all the help so far. Really appreciate it.

 

[OzFab]

At this stage, perhaps the first thing you should do is start a build log instead of turning this into one...