Paul S
NAXJA Member #103
- Location
- Woodland Hills, CA
Lincoln said:
For the record, I'll work for beer or wine, but thanks for looking out for me.
Fishboy
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NOT a budget buggy build
- Thread starter Goatman
- Start date
For the record, I'll work for beer or wine, but thanks for looking out for me.
Fishboy
- Location
- Thornton, CO
NXJ said:
I doubt it, look at the air shocks. Just about no uptravel from there.........
Paul S
NAXJA Member #103
- Location
- Woodland Hills, CA
I ran Backdoor/Resolution with this guy:
No swaybar & noticeably stable, especially for airshocks.
Also a nice way to add a 'back' behind the trackbar.
Paul
No swaybar & noticeably stable, especially for airshocks.
Also a nice way to add a 'back' behind the trackbar.
Paul
- Location
- Foresthill, CA
NXJ said:
You run it this way to raise your roll center, ideally moving your roll center above your COG. The axle travels in the same arc as the Panhard no matter what the static angle of the Panhard, so I don't understand your second sentence.
Jeff 98XJ WI
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Butternut, WI
Looks very intersting, but seems kind of a shame to trash so much of the current work. This thing could be a very nice complete xj with just a small amount of work. You should start with something in much worse shape! Keep us posted on your progress though. Jeff
BTW, what's the story behind it's sale to you? Guy needed to unload it or something?
BTW, what's the story behind it's sale to you? Guy needed to unload it or something?
FarmerMatt
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Down on the Farm
cracker said:
Although what you say is true, saying it will no doubt garantee that the crap fling from Goat to you will certainly not end in the near future. I'm seeing a Goat Buggy planted firmly on the hood of the Cracker Wagon over Thanksgiving Weekend...:twak:
Matt.
Richard,
Is this going to be a complete tube chasis or are you going to use the bulk head / firewall from an XJ?
Matt
BrettM
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- michifornia
Paul, what did you think of the sticky 37" trxus? I watched the buildup on that buggy and I really like it, they kept it all Toyota.Paul S said:I ran Backdoor/Resolution with this guy:
No swaybar & noticeably stable, especially for airshocks.
Also a nice way to add a 'back' behind the trackbar.
Paul
Paul S
NAXJA Member #103
- Location
- Woodland Hills, CA
BrettM said:
Other than the waterfall on BD that had a good quart of oil spilled on it right before Dave hit it, they did good. I'd buy 'um.
They're REALLY soft, they feel much softer than Red Krawlers.
Paul
- Location
- Bakersfield, CA
Jeff 98XJ WI said:
Jeff, the body is pretty rough, and the rig could never do justice to the running gear with the suspension it has or the mongo rock rails or the nice bumpers. It could make a very reliable trail rig, and drives nicely on the street, but those 60's and Atlas are crying for some real challenges. The stuff that's on it that's usable will be sold....bumpers, rock rails, RE rear springs, beadlocks and tires, and eventually the cage......so it won't get wasted. I don't know what I'll do with the 8" front and 6" rear ProComp shocks. The rig is assembled with some great parts, but it's far from being tuned and setup for even good trail performance.
The previous owner has decided that this sport is not for him. He's farmed out most of the work, and so isn't familiar enough to handle the inevitable problems. He thought he built a bullet proof rig, but we all know that there isn't such a thing. Even with mega stout parts, something simple can still go wrong. He had very bad luck, and just doesn't want to be out on a trail broken down ever again. I'm very sorry to see him in this situation, but it allowed me to move ahead on a project that I've been debating for many months how to pull it off.
- Location
- Bakersfield, CA
FarmerMatt said:
I'm going to do like you, use the dash and cowl, and frame forward and a few feet back. I have ideas about how I'd like to do it, but I may back off from some ideas for the sake of time. As much as I'd like to take the time to do it exactly the way I want right out of the chute, I may end up doing it in a few stages just so I can use it. It could end up showing up in JV as a beater with no doors, no roof, and a cage.
Cracker better keep that thing of his moving, if he sits still for too long.......
I seem to remember a certain ledge on Wrecking Ball that I drove right up but this funny yellow colored buggy couldn't even flog itself up.
- Location
- Thornton, CO
cracker said:
Not up on airshocks I guess, just used to seeing Led's junk.
BrettM
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- michifornia
most 14-16" airshocks are setup with 4-5" uptravel on the comp buggies. this is partially due to the desire to keep the COG real low and rely on down-travel, and partly because of the exponential spring-rate of the airshocks.cracker said:
David Taylor
NAXJA Member #570
- Location
- San Marcos, Ca
Richard, you might need to rethink the direction of this whole build.
Word has it that there is a new rig heading are way. One the owner thinks will hand us all are collective asses.We might think it's right off the prairie but the new owner thinks he has finally seen the light on suspension design.
This has me a little worried. He might be old and a little slow. But word is he "Gets it "
Word has it that there is a new rig heading are way. One the owner thinks will hand us all are collective asses.We might think it's right off the prairie but the new owner thinks he has finally seen the light on suspension design.
This has me a little worried. He might be old and a little slow. But word is he "Gets it "
Matt S.
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Fresno, CA
oh no... mr. hall back in the seat?!
