Offroad big block buggy

[Hellion]

Jackdaft and pillow blocks arrived today.

Are they any different from what you were using before?

 

[Eztrail]

Yes, I'll get some good pics soon and upload

 

[Eztrail]

Took a hiatus after that trip and got the minibike ready for the GPS 180 race. I raced it solo and completed 14 laps in 3hrs. Pretty good.
Anyway purchased all the irs parts, purchased a vangaurd 20hp vtwin, raptor 660 front suspension.....

 

[Eztrail]

And started updating the roll cage..

 

[Eztrail]

Look what showed up today20hp briggs

 

[Eztrail]

Some quick specs. The spool has a razor 1000 brake rotor and caliper, streetbike sprocket. Mazda miata axles bolt up to the spool and take mini cooper hubs (golfcart bolt pattern for wheels!)

Front suspension is yamaha raptor 660 a arms hubs and knuckles (with disk breaks)

Honda trx400 shocks front and rear

Duromax 440 mild build (for now.....)

Comet 780 driver and 90D driven

Final drive 9.4-1

22" front and rear tires.

Shooting for >575lbs

 

[Eztrail]

Ordered a briggs 23hp cam for my 20hp briggs. The 23 cam has .050 more lift and is a good mild upgrade on the 14-20hp briggs.

 

[Eztrail]

Bent up the driver hood bar today. Have a little more fitting to do before I can tack it.

 

[Hellion]

Look what showed up todayView attachment 15891820hp briggs

yeeehaw! Now that’s a big block. And it comes with a spare cylinder.

 

[Eztrail]

Started the passenger side hood bar

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Oh man. That would drive me nuts trying to make it symmetrical.

 

[Eztrail]

Well see how this one goes, may have to make the passenger side twice, hope not

 

[Master Hack]

You use a tubing bend progran? Or you manual calc guy? Or maybe a look and bemd guy? Nice work whatever method you use.

 

[Eztrail]

I mock up stuff sorta. Then build the first side and try to copy for the other side. I use a digital angle gauge and an kinda wing it.

 

[Master Hack]

mock up stuff sorta. Then build the first side and try to copy for the other side. I use a digital angle gauge and an kinda wing it.

That seems to be best way, who has the time for drawings, calculations, measurements and all that difficult stuff? Thats probably why theres so much scrap here!

 

[Eztrail]

Little more progress

 

[Hellion]

I think those 20 horses are in no way excessive for this project. You’re going to need all of them. I presume the Briggs has a lighting coil/alternator?

Just hafta say, I like your solution for manufacturer stickers. Instead of plastering them all over your workbench or tool cabinet (or your car, heaven forbid) you have them all on their own “canvas”. That’s tidy. They’re fun to collect but there’s nothing I own that would visually benefit from 50 stickers plastered all over.

 

[Eztrail]

Thanks, there actually the decorative metal signs that I no longer wanted. Turned them around and threw stickers on them

 

[Eztrail]

And yes charging coils not sure if its 12 or 20 amps yet

 

[Eztrail]

Front wheels came in today. Need to throw a coat of paint on them