Homemade Mini buggy 250cc... Testing the new suspension

[fencingderek]

do the baja 1000 with this

[88plymouthvoyager]

@fencingderek It's quite far from here unfortunately but that would be awesome!

[fencingderek]

@88plymouthvoyager that sucks

[CharlieFrky]

im building a buggy just like that and have an old atc rear end for it but cant figure out how to get the chain form the axle to the engine without it getting to complicated and for it to acually work. it'd be awesome if you could do a walk around video of your buggy, that thing is sooo sick man

[cjmotorsified]

hey, how long did it take you to build and is there a way you can show me plans for the first one (blue). thanks

[88plymouthvoyager]

@cjmotorsified The blue one took me about a summer to build,(about 6 years ago) It wasn't built with plans sorry , only some rough drawings I've made on some restaurant napkins! Try to design your own it's very rewarding. And thanks for watching!

[cjmotorsified]

@88plymouthvoyager can you give me a hint, how thick was the tubeing u used and where did you get the a arms for the front suspension, or did you make them. Thanks

[88plymouthvoyager]

@cjmotorsified No problem! The A-arms on the orange one were all made by me using 1" round tubing (.125 wall thickness) The buggy itself is made from 1" and 3/4" square tubing approx .120 wall thickness. Feel free to ask more question! Good luck

[cjmotorsified]

@88plymouthvoyager ok thanks, that helps alot. if i ever get around to building a kart i will send u the vid. right now we are trying to buy a buggy so the go kart is going to wait a little. thanks again

[BuggyMasters]

Looks like a pretty fine job. How does it feel in the corners? Is it a bit soft of about right? Also, what kind of camera are you using? Fantastic quality from my perspective.

[88plymouthvoyager]

@BuggyMasters Thanks! To be honest with you it's pretty damn good in strait line but cornering is still suffering. Rear solid axle and high CoG doesn't really help, feels too soft to me. I will add an isolating valve to prevent air to go from the outside to the inside shock when turning, it should help. It was filmed with a Canon SD960 IS.

[pigswillfly123]

looks good man. Im liking where ur driving too . where is this?

[88plymouthvoyager]

@pigswillfly123 It's in a gravel pit/granite quarry near Jonquiere, Qc, Canada.

Glad You like it!