First Burn Out on this - Mini Baja Bug Project - Part 17 

shout out to this guy for repeatedly trying to pull down his shed from the inside out

That black wire over the CV joint had me very anxious!

words can not say how much i love your videos . i used to do all kinds of things like welding, home improvement , enduro/figure 8 racing , etc . i have a long story but i cant walk anymore . watching brings happiness to my life so thank you .

I think i'd be sending Caleb a couple cases of beer! Really enjoy your content.

You’re gonna play hell getting that thing to wheelie with the rear being that soft. You need MUCH stiffer spring in the rear, to the point it doesn’t squat even when you’re in the seat. Front needs less ride height (you need some extension so it can transfer weight) but it looks good as is honestly. Just remember you want all your travel in the front and you’ll want rebound loose and compression on the tighter side. You need weight transfer to wheelie easy, you think having the rear squatted already would make it better but it’s worse. A CVT can do it easily but it’s hard on belts so you might wanna pack a spare.

Here is one I hope you listen to comments make sure you turn off the gas everything it will save you a lot of trouble have a good one buddy I am glad you got it you are still my favorite builder bar none the best happy building

That thing is so sick you are a genius bro . This is my favorite build out of all of your badass builds . I love Baja Bugs .

buggy needs to have a butt lift;))

Man, Thanks to Caleb for that idea. I didn't even think to check the crank case for flooding. For the lights, those motors put out AC from the magneto, so in addition to the voltage regulator, you need something called a full bridge rectifier, matched with a high value Capacitor to get the voltage to 12 VDC. I actually did this to my own build on a snowmobile engine like yours to power my fan and lights and it works perfect. I'm thinking that in addition to being AC, you voltage regulator is bad.

Round yellow lights would be cool on the front when ou get the voltage figured out. Love this build man, great work!

I love the style you gave it! Gives it a mad max look. Awesome job Chris ❤

8:45 a wire is on the cv shaft and there something drripping behind the seat. Also love what youre doing, keep it up!

Aaah, the ceremonial thrashing of the shed ! Don't ever change Chris !

That squat is crazy 😂 loving the build though, your creative mind is genius 👌

you said it will be insanely fun to drive but for me it was insanely fun to watch this episode!

The dirt shop kills me too, that thing is gonna rip!!! You're an amazing fabricator!!

Sounded like she really cleaned out at the end of that burnout 👌

This is the coolest toy ever. The only thing that I would change is I’d put round headlights on it to keep with true bug fashion 🤷🏻 You sir have built a masterpiece. Would it be possible to make long fuel tanks where the running boards are? Down both sides would keep the weight down lower and with that capacity you could probably do an endurance race. Yet again I am amazed at what you have created!!!

That little shed/shop is actually pretty bad ass. Good amount of space, I assume no permits to build it, and very well organized, and super simple layout. Absolutely love it.

You've outgrown the shed shop. It's time to start looking for a real shop, my man. Also, snowmobiles are designed for long distance travel on national, and state trail systems many hundreds of miles long in some cases. That's why the tanks are so large. Born and raised Michigander here. Snowmobiles are everywhere, in my state. As a kid, my parents had Rupp 440, and 340 Nitro's. I first rode a sled at about 2 years of age, in front of my dad, and mom, both, on both sleds. A few years later, I learned to ride alone, on both sleds, and rode most winters on both, until I was about 17 yrs old. the 340 wasn't much slower than the 440. Both were quick, for their time.

That's one happy guy getting it running.I know it's a bug but it looks much better without the body and you can see all your work

Good work sticking with it! Good for you.

Love it !!! Wider and taller tires for the rear and a stiffer rear spring rate as well !!! Butt I’m sure you will address all that !!! 👍👍

OUTSTANDING CHRIS!!! Love Your Channel and Your BaAss Builds! ☮️

Love the burnouts! Great to watch video again.

really need to beef up those rear shocks and tighten that CVT belt

This thing I so Badass, clean well done fabrication! Can’t wait to see it rip!

Carburetor: the main reason to have a fuel shutoff on the tank and always shut it off at night. Theres 2 types of needles and seats in them, one designed for a pump and one designed for gravity fed fuel. Make sure you have the correct needle and seat in there so it doesnt happen all the time.

This channel is one of my favorites.and the most honest personalities on RU-vid. Mustie1 sent me.

Man i cant wait to see this thing all painted up!! You need to do a heavy flake graphic on that shell like those crazy paddle buggies lol

You have to raise the back side. Stifer or longer springs on the rear. Very nice project

Looks at least on camera as if it pulls a lot better without the air box. I already was happy that he added a second intake tube.

It is a joy to watch you fabricate off road cars .. I’m sure you know this already , but I think you really need longer shocks and probably should move the mounting points on the rear arms closer to the wheels .. I think the leverage on those springs being at the pivot point is off the charts ….. Keep up the great work!!!

Looks good! You can move the gas can monts forward and lower to lay the cans on there side to lower the profile..It may work!

Capacitive Discharge Ignition CDI, is electronic ignition. meaning there are no points. whenever an engine is flooded, you will want to have the choke off and the throttle wide open. because the engine needs all the air it can get. pod filters could be a solution to the air box situation. UNI FILTER makes good pod filters with pre cleaners. I have one on my quad and it's better than the stock air box.

What would be cool is if you could plumb the roto-pax into the main fuel tank. I know it can be done by having 2 of the 3 tanks sealed. So the pax on the left side is vented with a fitting on the bottom that would then it feeds the vent on the right side pax, then the right side would then feed the vent on the fuel tank in the dash. I found that set up on the old Honda trail 90 if you wanted more range on them. This has to be my favorite build to date, great job.

Either raise the rear end or lower the front end it looks ridiculous with the front end up high like that

spray the inside of the fiberglass with rubberized bedliner too. it'll help with vibrations and strength. PPL do it a lot on flares and bedsides to protect those.

Heck yeah it’s going to rip! I love the stance on it. Looks awesome 👌🏻

Rise the back or lower the front...........

Lift it from back little more and you good to go

Insane amount of time spent on this thing and you have top notch skills !! Put shut off fuel valve to stop flooding the engine...Be careful to not flip this crazy thing over ! 😀

The bug came out sweet! I do think it needs longer shocks in the back. Or something too raise it a bit

The portion of the video that begins at 8:07 (more or less) immediately reminded me of the scene toward the end of a rather good 1965 movie called "The Flight of the Phoenix" where the stranded group finally managed to get the engine on their cobbled together aircraft running. The movie stars James Stewart, Richard Attenborough and Peter Finch. (I highly recommend that movie, by the way, and I'm sure it must be available for streaming somewhere or other.)

Looks like a mad science shack with the smoke.

The 90s early 2000s polaris 2 stroke atvs are the same way. If the bottom end gets fuel in it, won’t start till it’s drained. Now you got the last spare CDI!

Looks awesome cat wait to see you take it out and rip it

My favorite build yet

When I once modified the ignition system in an Audi, I replaced the ignition coil with one from another model. Originally it had 3 pins and this replacement had 4 pins plug. The difference was that the 4th pin was actually ground, and in the previous coil the ground was screwed in a different place. After modifying and connecting this pin to the old grounding, everything worked. So it's possible that other CDIs would work, you just need to analyze it and connect it correctly - probably change the plug.

Stands in front of rear wheel with the car pulling on a leg of the shelf hahaha. Imagine if the shelf leg broke! Hahaha this guys cracks me up… got a little smoky.. wire about to rub through on the cv joint haha! I love it.. constant anxiety for me on each camera shot lol

It just keeps getting better

That’s my favorite thing you have built so far. Looks amazing and like so much fun.

You should paint it like the Hoonigan bug! That would be cool. And maybe they would let you race against it! Thatd be dope

Tires look great. Best tires ever . Put them on all my buggy’s

Allsome work buddy from cruzermans inventions 😁👍🦇🌟

great job!!! please get round headlights to replace the burnt out ones. will highlight the original "Bug" look!!

Dude...what an awesome build....and love the squat. I don't care what anyone says it kinda adds to the buggy look. Yeah, it could be lifted a bit, but leave the squat some at least, if your suspension is good enough. Looks amazing though...sooo badass!! And you look so funny in it...almost like the Mason parade go karts. Too funny...and the clip photo for the video listing looks soo funny.

Hey young man, nice work, love seeing the joy that comes with success.

Take the pull start cord out cut open the end of housing for a starter moter or leave cord in run a pulley system into the cockpit

I think that it's looking pretty good 👍 top job

Atip that works sometimes to fix a bad cdi box is to put the cdi box in the oven at around 350 400 for 10 or so minutes to remove any moisture and possibly bad solder connection .

Someone needs to make a tyre smoke flavour vape ! That thing rips dude 👍

Favorite build so far.

You burned em up for sure hahah I did the same on my three wheeler but figured out if I use a 2 diode and a rectifier in a little harness at the lights they work great ! Let me no if you want pics on how I did it !

Not sure if you plan on painting the fiberglass, but you could paint it a base (white/black, etc) then use red as an accent color (racing stripes, etc) to incorporate the red in the roto-packs. Might clean up the aesthetic and bring it all together

I would have turned them sideways and put them in the middle of the door, I really like the look of them.... I can't wait to see it painted, it's going to look so good. I'm hoping he paints the frame red, the suspension parts black and the body in matte black.... The red frame popping out of the top would look awesome, especially if he grinds down the frame behind his head for helmet clearance. Great job.... Keep up the great work. 😁👍❤️

Atta way to persevere brother. Respect.

u need to put a starter on that machine. the extra fuel on the side do make the bug look busy can you make a removable rack over the engine and mount Jerry cans. bug look dope

Pretty cool ride 😊

Yes!!! Epoxy. Now. Not later when it's too late. Lol!

I love this build!!!!

Looks great. Still expecting a build using a legends car body someday.

Chris, been watching you for a while now and I'm amazed at your fab skills. You need to consider buying a piece of property where you don't drive your neighbors and parents nutso.

If you weld a rack above the engine, it will support the roll cage and you can attach a larger canister to it without ruining the appearance. So, pipes from the rear frame to the roll cage, as the cage is currently too weak if the vehicle rolls over at high speed.

Man i want those Black 5 spoke Motegis ! lol the black with the red stripe r my dream rim! lol

Careful, the "Carolina Squat" has been banned by a couple of different states now! Love your videos, I can't wait for your next video!

That things sick. Especially since you said you let it warm up, im sure it's just loading up on oil.

You could always add a spun aluminum tanks to the front bumper.

This should be a rc car, your nuts for getting in that seat

Might be a cool visual mod.. Get round headlights and mount them so they hover around the same location headlights would be on a real punch bug. ✌

I love how your shed full of dirt is your Dino

Probably it is because the stator puts out ac voltage. That's why they were flickering. Even if it's has a regulator, it still doesn't have an ac-dc rectifier

I like it.. video after video waiting for this moment and now I am sure you fill satisfied.. Little by little you will correct anyhing that needs adjustment.. GrEaT JoB

liquid rubber is often a good sealant on wiring or conductor wire insolation.. cdi box weather proofing.

Bro was hotboxin'

Lower gear/bigger tires wheelie for hours 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

It's not epoxy you wanna use on electrical mate! Its called "Potting Compound" it's used on circuit boards and does the job of waterproofing as it's non conductive. It's what we use on eBike controllers to keep them sealed and water tight! 👌🏻

damn that thing absolutely rips, gonna be a scary top speed ahahaha also why not just hang up a sheet at the back of the shop to save your poor boxes from getting dirt in them lmao !! just a suggestion tho ahaha keen to see more 😁

You need a 4'x8' splatter board to put behind it to restrict the dirty chucked in the shed. lol, Save the sweeping.

This rubber was sensational 😂

Great job, everything is functioning pretty well, just a little more tinkering and it'll be awesome! BTW try to get your hands on a piece of land man, we're throwin the money at ya!

To peg leg or not peg leg! That is the question!! Now, you get to buy headlights and tires. Damn... Is there a good snowmobile shop in the area? If so, the clutches need reworked for the application. Quad angle helix for the drive clutch, along with the correct weights. Then, that thing will haul ass!! With efficiency. This would lower the engagement RPM and the helix will improve the ratio change through the RPM range. Greatly!! Consider that a Polaris equipped with that engine was equipped with 10+ gallon fuel supply. This machine should get better fuel economy since it has better traction than a sled on snow. The sled had a range of ~80 miles. On 10 gallons! Exquisite job, so far!!!

Best burnout ever.

That coating over the CDI wires is "potting compound" and/or "conformal coating" and if you were to dig out the CDI to patch the wires, you could re pot it easily enough.

I think the jerry cans would look better look better further forward by the front arches. The rest is just 👌🏻

Have to re jet these for warmer weather

I think it looks perfect with the extra bars and cans sticking out on the side. Makes it looks more mean and ready to rip. For the air filter issue on the back. You could try those nylon water guard sleeves they make for them. Might be a Band-Aid solution, but would help prevent them sucking up water/mud.

I was going to comment on you keep forgetting to shut the shed doors, but if u like slinging mud in there as tbh it does look cool 😎 you should keep a big board on hand to put in front of the shelves.... it would do my head in keep getting the mud of the shelves especially 👍🏼

Nicee am late to the party but so happy you've uploaded 😂sounds like it's got a lil turbo

U can use small pumps to feed the main gas tank from the gas canisters that way u fill 1 of the canisteres and it can fill alll tanks Using check valves and a pumps 1 gas canister feeds the other 2 tanks and it doesnt get over filled in case its lower than the " main " tank