Friend's new 4-Seater Buggy
- Thread starter Herzog
- Start date
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
Gentle ribbing.Crinco said:
Tacoma
Et incurventur ante non
- Location
- far enough away
Hickey said:Gentle ribbing.
for her pleasure of course.
OHHHHH no. Alright now.
DIMICK
I HATE MYSPACE
- Location
- Springville
Hey what happened to i'll probably be down there helping him out tomarrow?? oh and the local shake down is going to be at little moab probably 2 weeks before easter(fingers crossed) i live in springville so its just a hop skip and a jump away
Hickey said:Gentle ribbing.
I guess I am too easily offended. Some people like that "look" you know. I personally think it could be a little shorter too, but that's the way they make it. I am thinking of naming my buggy the Rhino, its grey and always dirty!
What do you think Hickey?
Hey what happened to i'll probably be down there helping him out tomarrow?? oh and the local shake down is going to be at little moab probably 2 weeks before easter(fingers crossed) i live in springville so its just a hop skip and a jump away
Cool, I guess for some reason I thought you were in Price, Little Moab should be a great place to test it out. Nice work.
ps If you could teach that buggy to swim you would get there even quicker, straight across.
Cool, I guess for some reason I thought you were in Price, Little Moab should be a great place to test it out. Nice work.
ps If you could teach that buggy to swim you would get there even quicker, straight across.
Update:
Lot's of down time. Need to order in some special electronics for the engine to get it running (still waiting on parts).
Today, we finally took the time to finish placing all the tube... so the chassis is done. Just needs to be tore apart and fully welded. We also made the winch plate and placed it in.
Other things pending: Flooring / firewall, roof, and many odds & ends.
A lot of rust... small working space... hot days... good times.
Upper cage, above the bench seat.
Lot's of down time. Need to order in some special electronics for the engine to get it running (still waiting on parts).
Today, we finally took the time to finish placing all the tube... so the chassis is done. Just needs to be tore apart and fully welded. We also made the winch plate and placed it in.
Other things pending: Flooring / firewall, roof, and many odds & ends.
A lot of rust... small working space... hot days... good times.
Upper cage, above the bench seat.
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Tacoma
Et incurventur ante non
- Location
- far enough away
looks pretty good! Rust sucks but that'll clean up. Thanks for the update!
Well, it's been about 8 months since the last progress post and guess what... no progress!
Mostly because he's been super busy with his business and they moved into a new home, which mean bigger garage and more space to work.
The motor has had some problems. He has it setup with an Accel EFI that needs to be tuned with a laptop. We have figured most of that out (neither of us are engine config nerds) and have been able to start it. Problem is that it was running sporadic and just didn't seem right. While I was down there last weekend he was saying that there might be water in the oil. (Crap...)
I pull the dipstick... it looked somewhat normal, but once you smelled it the problem was obvious. Gas in the oil.
He and some other guys pulled it part the other night. Apparently something must have fell into or got caught in cylinder #4, blew a piston apart and bent the rod among other damage. Too much damage to machine (the 5.0 cylinder walls would get to thin.) He's currently looking for a new block....
I'll be down there this weekend to finish up some more stuff. I will take pics.
Mostly because he's been super busy with his business and they moved into a new home, which mean bigger garage and more space to work.
The motor has had some problems. He has it setup with an Accel EFI that needs to be tuned with a laptop. We have figured most of that out (neither of us are engine config nerds) and have been able to start it. Problem is that it was running sporadic and just didn't seem right. While I was down there last weekend he was saying that there might be water in the oil. (Crap...)
I pull the dipstick... it looked somewhat normal, but once you smelled it the problem was obvious. Gas in the oil.
He and some other guys pulled it part the other night. Apparently something must have fell into or got caught in cylinder #4, blew a piston apart and bent the rod among other damage. Too much damage to machine (the 5.0 cylinder walls would get to thin.) He's currently looking for a new block....
I'll be down there this weekend to finish up some more stuff. I will take pics.
Milner
formerly "rckcrlr"
- Location
- Hiding behind a camera
Hey, Just noticed your name....adding that to know where Zog grew up, I was wondering if you are related to Mike Dimick?
Well, it's been about 8 months since the last progress post and guess what... no progress!
Mostly because he's been super busy with his business and they moved into a new home, which mean bigger garage and more space to work.
The motor has had some problems. He has it setup with an Accel EFI that needs to be tuned with a laptop. We have figured most of that out (neither of us are engine config nerds) and have been able to start it. Problem is that it was running sporadic and just didn't seem right. While I was down there last weekend he was saying that there might be water in the oil. (Crap...)
I pull the dipstick... it looked somewhat normal, but once you smelled it the problem was obvious. Gas in the oil.
He and some other guys pulled it part the other night. Apparently something must have fell into or got caught in cylinder #4, blew a piston apart and bent the rod among other damage. Too much damage to machine (the 5.0 cylinder walls would get to thin.) He's currently looking for a new block....
I'll be down there this weekend to finish up some more stuff. I will take pics.
Bummer, there was a 5.0 block on KSL the other day, all machined and everything.
Update:
We had a 3 man welding / fab party over the weekend. We were able to finish up all the welds on the chassis and spend some extra time making nice brackets & braces for the axles and misc areas on the chassis.
His brother (also a very good friend of mine) is a welder by trade, and so he showed up with his truck equipped with more welding power than I would ever know what to do with. Also a handy 5 ton crane (yeah...) as well as all sorts of extra things that made life good over the weekend.
The "toy" truck:
Getting started:
We had a 3 man welding / fab party over the weekend. We were able to finish up all the welds on the chassis and spend some extra time making nice brackets & braces for the axles and misc areas on the chassis.
His brother (also a very good friend of mine) is a welder by trade, and so he showed up with his truck equipped with more welding power than I would ever know what to do with.
Also a handy 5 ton crane (yeah...) as well as all sorts of extra things that made life good over the weekend.The "toy" truck:
Getting started:
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Kiel
Formerly WJ ZUK
Question on the rear housing? What strength advantage does the tube/ truss add to the upper link brackets the way of have it mounted? Other then just aiding in preventing side load. Also on 9's aren't the tubes and center of the housing the same material? If so wouldn't it be better to just make a solid truss down the pumpkin? Just thinking, don't worry I don't know what I'm talkin about
waynehartwig
www.jeeperman.com
- Location
- Mead, WA
Question on the rear housing? What strength advantage does the tube/ truss add to the upper link brackets the way of have it mounted? Other then just aiding in preventing side load. Also on 9's aren't the tubes and center of the housing the same material? If so wouldn't it be better to just make a solid truss down the pumpkin? Just thinking, don't worry I don't know what I'm talkin about
The 9's are several pieces with the tubes welded in... Like this...
