Off Road SHO
Moderator
I was just kidding about Rob asking how strong the tranny was. Both guys that own Scottsdale Vehicle Concepts have buggys with Mendeola trannies in them. One with a mid engined 3.8 Super Coupe motor and the other with a 4.6 Cobra motor. I think both of them have broken their trannies.
Mr. King, funny YOU should ask about suspension. I'm using King coilovers, two at each of the back corners and one at each front. It's set up as a "plus 40" buggy, meaning that in the rough stuff, it doesn't feel very smooth until you hit about 40 mph. At 60-75 she's very smooth. When you get to about 80 and higher though, you get this "disconnected" feeling. Like the tires are only hitting the crests of the whoops; and they aren't in contact with ground long enough to give you steering stability. It's downright scary how fast this thing goes. I usually chicken out about halfway through third gear at about 80-90 mph.
I am planning on running larger tires and rims up front to add some weight. I'll also put a larger ice chest up in the nose. I could soften up the rear suspension to keep from doin wheelies, but that would **** me in the rough whoops at the bottom of all the Competition Hills.
Everybody keeps saying that I'll have to learn how to steer with the rear steering brakes, because the front end will be in the air most of the time. I bet that won't be fun.
Tom
Mr. King, funny YOU should ask about suspension. I'm using King coilovers, two at each of the back corners and one at each front. It's set up as a "plus 40" buggy, meaning that in the rough stuff, it doesn't feel very smooth until you hit about 40 mph. At 60-75 she's very smooth. When you get to about 80 and higher though, you get this "disconnected" feeling. Like the tires are only hitting the crests of the whoops; and they aren't in contact with ground long enough to give you steering stability. It's downright scary how fast this thing goes. I usually chicken out about halfway through third gear at about 80-90 mph.
I am planning on running larger tires and rims up front to add some weight. I'll also put a larger ice chest up in the nose. I could soften up the rear suspension to keep from doin wheelies, but that would **** me in the rough whoops at the bottom of all the Competition Hills.
Everybody keeps saying that I'll have to learn how to steer with the rear steering brakes, because the front end will be in the air most of the time. I bet that won't be fun.
Tom
