And the day comes that this work of art comes off the table. What a fantastic little buggy you've built! I am in awe :) You have to be proud of that. Been a pleasure to be able to journey with you through the build. Look forward to more updates, whenever that happens in the coming year. Thanks!
outstanding work as usual Bill! favorite part was when you mentioned something about making the bodywork. glad you got the suspension sorted, and best of luck with the new house!
missing series no. 6 and I want to see this dog !!! watced all series, but 6, and really enjoyed your work and explaining it all !!! thanks ! I got afew more projects to finish and then i'll build one !
Matey you are amazing.if you ever need a hand for a week or more or someone to come weild things up please let me know as would be an honour working along side you.i love learning new things and with your videos i have learnt so much.i live in perth but with notice ill make the trip over to newy as been awhile since iv been there and also the amount of stuff i could learn off you would be priceless. Keep up the amazing work
Completely impressed, my hats off to you . I will be watching the rest , it looks great so far but I have a feeling you have more planed when you said body parts hanging tabs you welded on,, can't wait to see
look in the transcript of this video, it's really funny! when he said " how am i going to move it?", the trancript said "Hamlet Disco Whales" (at 8:41) BTW really good videos and great building. love it
hey bill im a 40 yo guy up in darwin, im halfway into a 1923 t bucket build [glass body] just wanna say thanks for posting your vids there all well done, and i think ive learnt something from every one of them.. good luck for all your future projects..
Yeah - I ran it on the valve bouncing limit for a year and never changed the oil or looked at the plugs. So I'm confident it'll be a reliable power source for Raptor. The sedan's standard engine mounts were not as tough - but I've addressed those weaknesses in my build.
As I said in the film, it has to wait while I've sold my house & build a new one. I reckon the next film on it will be up in about 2 months when I get my new shed up.
i believe u over think the ball joint ends... with all the plates u bought i have a couple ideas that incorporate the 4x4 ends. the plate with the 2 bolt holes on either side just build a bracket up that will hold those 4 link ends. still a great set of videos though. can't wait to see it tearing up the track.
In Aust dollars: 300 for the wreck, 150 for the old frame, 300 for steel tube, 1,000 for pro welding, 2,000 for all the fittings & accessories, 500 for tyres and still about 2,500 to pay for the suspension struts. So roughly A$8,000 give or take.
ahhh I cant wait that long haha five acres ay bit of room to practice in the buggy when it is don that rain looked nice be good to have some of that down here in south Aus its pretty dry keep up the good work the buggy looks mad
G'day Bill looks great.If you're interested in learning more about suspension an excellent book is 'Tune to Win' by Carroll Smith. All the best with the BeAsT... :)
I had to use 42mm, 38mm and 25mm tubing tee Confederation of Aust. Motors Sport regulations for an offroad vehicle. What you'd need would depend on the regs you may or may not need to comply with, and the weight of your componets & the stresses on them. Find a similar race proven vehicle coy it's size tubing.
thxs for reply i live in Puerto Rico and we are part of U.S. so i think is the same as us im goin to use a gsx 1,100 susuki engine and i don't know where to look this info my plan is to register as kit car to use on streets like RZR and rhino those can be use on road with tag on non higway streets
I tried to paste in a direct link to that cool catalogue you shared, but the RU-vid police are preventing that. Not sure why they would want to prevent.
what i found and used for mine is i was given a 300x fourwheela frame. i used the shocks and front arms and rilly cut the front of the bike in half and made it fit and welded on it. mine is still in the shop thought cuz the problem im having is i cant figure out the rear.
How did you make the threaded tubes for the spherical joints in the front end? Im looking to make adjustable radius rods for my front suspension. Where did you get the tubes/rounds and joint s for your build?
Nevermind my last comment sorry. It looks like you used steel tubing. I would like to build a buggy similar to this but using a built up turbo civic engine.
I hate to be the one to tell you but this suspension setup is still wrong. Although you took caster and the hub offset into consideration and originally the 10" distance between the ball joints on the hub (which is correct and you should not of changed). For double wishbone suspension to work properly you also need the top and bottom wishbones to be the same length. This will mean that they have the same arc as each other and therefor will keep the hub at a consistent caster angle unlike the setup you have made on here. To do this on this build it would mean moving tube that the top mounts go on to inwards allowing the mounting points to be in the correct position.
Not wholly true. What you describe is a valid suspension setup but most double-wishbone setups these days use short-long-arm setups (google it :)) where the shorter upper arm deliberately decreases camber (induces negative camber) on suspension compression to increase grip on roll caused by cornering forces.
But on a off road buggy there is no need for this as the suspension isn't used for griping around corners but to grip over bumps so needing this 'adjusting camber' to stay at a set angle. I suppose it comes down to the application of the buggy. Hill climbing would require set angles and rallying would require adjusting angles
+Jerry Anderson No shop. I'm still building both my house and this buggy, the former has got in the way of the latterr time wise & $$$$ wise - but it's still progressing.
I'm enjoying the buggy project, and I will then see things about your new house, judging how you well you do projects I'm sure the house will also be amazing I'm going to keep watching from Deer Park, Texas and hoping to someday get "down under" ,looks like you mates have lots of fun with your buggies and the land is beautiful, can't wait to see your new property, good luck and stay safe
