wurzell":2thx07nz said:When I built my Frame (to use in Classic Trialling), decided to follow normal Race/Rally practice, and build it as light as possible....
Found that having that great ugly 'A' Series lump hanging in the back actually was of great benefit, as all the weight was right where you needed it, over the driven wheels.....
However, cos it's so light on the steering front end, it does tend to "push on"/understeer on the really tight stuff, usually just at the wrong moment!
So I would say, consider the 'A' Series option if you want to get up the really steep stuff, as its weight/position HELPS you succeed.
Also, 100 bhp from this unit is easily achievable, though not neccessarily cheap...
Agree with Phaeton, that you do NOT need huge power or state of the art engine and gearbox combinations to have a lot of fun, even a Mini 998 is a big laff..........
hi wurzell
l am not expecting to use this up any really steep stuff, l have a particular use in mind for this buggy, l cant imagine how much it must cost to get 100bhp out of the A series, but however it much it is it cant be as cheap as you can buy a modern front wheel drive car of ebay for there's loads on ther for under £100 ;D
for the steep stuff l will have my justy 4x4 buggy, l am lucky enough to have a track at the bottom of my garden, its just a track that l have mowed out between the trees and bushes, its pretty smooth on purpose as l used to have a blitz 2 with a 1380cc A series which had very little in the way of suspension and it was almost impossible to drive at speed off road due to it bouncing and pitching about if the field wasent as flat as a pancake, further more the state of tune of the 1380 was such that the throttle was more of a switch you were either in the power band or you wernt and with all the bouncing about you couldent keep control of the pedal, l am sure it would have been fine around a racing circuit on tarmac with smooth flow bends but offroad it wasent a sucess for me hence my desire to use a modern production engine were the power delivery is more controlable
as l have a suzuki baleno sat on the drive thats run out of tax and test l might as well use that as it fits the bill of being front wheel drive all alloy engine and box, 1600cc 16v giving 105 bhp, it also usefull in the spares dept to as l have several vitara 16v engines ( same) left over from playing with suzuki sj's
so what l want to biuld is a very lightwieght 2 seat buggy for ripping round a grass track that has lots of sweeping corners and is pretty smooth as l roll it after use :
heres a couple of vids, one showing a pal playing with a 13hp corperate day type buggy he bought of ebay and the second showing the layout of the track from the front bumper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRKekc-qob8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfdhqupLvnI
if any one local wants to test there freestlye type buggy road legal or not around the track l can arrange that on a sat morning
cheers Andy