Edge Barracuda Sand Lake 09

Vids from Sand Lake from the summer of 09. My uncle is driving in the first part, and I take over on the beach.

Not much has changed since the last videos. The rear axles were replaced with non plunging units, so they run at 30 degrees at full droop and give me 16+ inches of rear travel. The front travel is up to 17 inches. It has metallic green and black paint, the steering rack has been moved in front of the a arms, and the suspension was tuned a little bit, but not finished, but it was finished after the video was taken.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• mini
• buggy
• sand
• lake
• go
• kart
• cart
• edge
• barracuda
• jump
• stunt
• wheelie
• glamis
• rail
• sandrail
• gokart
• gocart

[johnbrakingground]

You did a great job on this. Very nice. How do you like the Air shocks. Do they build up alot of heat after a while of riding? Please respond as I want to use these type of shocks on a current project. Thanks

[plkracer]

@johnbrakingground The air shocks work well. They don't get too hot. After a half hour run around the whoops they got warm, maybe 105 or so?? Not hot, but definitely warm, and it was about 60 outside, and I was running pretty fast so they had cooling. I know they can get real hot on larger buggies around 1500 lbs, but they hold up to it. They get stiffer as they get really hot due to the nitrogen trying to expand, increasing the pressure in the shock.

[calholli]

Make sure you are accelerating hard just as you are going up and off of a jump and it should keep your front end up better (like a wheelie effect)... I would throw on some 16-18 inch wide paddles on the rear in the sand.. it would prob even stand up!!.... I understand how you built the cv's but where did you get the rear hub that has the sprocket and disc??? Btw. that thing looks totally sick with it painted and suspension set up right!!. WOW!... how much would you sell it for??

[plkracer]

@calholli I was accelerating hard off the jump. It was too short and the front end came off before the back was fully loaded, so it bucked it forward. I couldn't get enough traction to counteract it. The rear hub was custom machined for a 1-3/8 21T spline. The buggy differs from edge's by quite a bit. Don't know how much I'd sell it for, but I have a few who have dibs on it.

[okracing06]

are there any difficult problems with converting a street bike engine in to a chassis such as this one, im building one simular to this and need tips on the fab, im using a cbr 600rr engine, with full mods. were do i find an IRS axle?

[plkracer]

@okracing06 There isn't any converting besides lengthening the wiring harness, which is pretty simple. I used car joints and welded the axles together using a piece of 1/4 inch wall DOM tubing.

[cotequadsport]

austin mcleod is gay

[adecker119]

Hey man nice ride!!! I just see one issue myself, it might not even bother you tho. It seems that your suspension up front is a we bit to soft! That A LOT of the time is what causes the dreaded front end drop when you jump. From personal experience bumping up on compression and rebound can make that thing a DREAM when flying thru the air! But like I said great vid great build great job!

[68knative]

No more vids of this vehicle in 2010?

[krzyhoo2]

why u fucked up this vid by music? :(

[johnbrakingground]

@plkracer Cool I am using just one to replace and late 70's Yamaha monoshock to see how it works. Fox use to make an air shock for those bikes so this should work. Thanks for you input.

[ARCEYE78]

great vid, shame they dont do a 2 seater :/