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so only you can choose your level of difficulty. as far as what you want to build... if one had to choose from those pics, this on would be the easiest to duplicate with out plans.
i added 2 lines to that pic. the lower line needs to be added imo and he upper line is where that upper tube should come from to follow the secondary down the hood. otherwise i don't know why they bother building it like that?? you could design and build a tube chassis yourself, it's not as hard as people think. here is a pic of a pretty standard universal design. the red arrows need to be 13" apart inside of the tube then one can fit a decent long travel a arm front end on it. now if one was only going to run 16 " travel you could lower that to prob 11" apart. back on the side where your arm would sit if you were sitting in it, make that spacing, between upper and lower frame sections, 15" or 17" depending on the front.
here is a pic of an extremely easy one to build
Quote from: dsrace on November 23, 2018, 07:31:11 AMi added 2 lines to that pic. the lower line needs to be added imo and he upper line is where that upper tube should come from to follow the secondary down the hood. otherwise i don't know why they bother building it like that?? you could design and build a tube chassis yourself, it's not as hard as people think. here is a pic of a pretty standard universal design. the red arrows need to be 13" apart inside of the tube then one can fit a decent long travel a arm front end on it. now if one was only going to run 16 " travel you could lower that to prob 11" apart. back on the side where your arm would sit if you were sitting in it, make that spacing, between upper and lower frame sections, 15" or 17" depending on the front.Remember,he has no need for that much travel.His build ,suspension wise,is a piece of cake compared to LT buggy needs. THat said he will have the option of shorter arms both front and rear enabling a wider dimension between the inner pivots. That opens up some real estate. Consider the rally cars,limited travel yet they handle a LOT of stuff and handle all sorts of stuff very well .
Quote from: dsrace on November 23, 2018, 07:35:36 AMhere is a pic of an extremely easy one to build Brian,I don't think he is looking at building any type of actual off road/dune vehicle. He ,I think,needs a project Binky .
Quote from: fabr on November 23, 2018, 07:41:21 AMQuote from: dsrace on November 23, 2018, 07:31:11 AMi added 2 lines to that pic. the lower line needs to be added imo and he upper line is where that upper tube should come from to follow the secondary down the hood. otherwise i don't know why they bother building it like that?? you could design and build a tube chassis yourself, it's not as hard as people think. here is a pic of a pretty standard universal design. the red arrows need to be 13" apart inside of the tube then one can fit a decent long travel a arm front end on it. now if one was only going to run 16 " travel you could lower that to prob 11" apart. back on the side where your arm would sit if you were sitting in it, make that spacing, between upper and lower frame sections, 15" or 17" depending on the front.Remember,he has no need for that much travel.His build ,suspension wise,is a piece of cake compared to LT buggy needs. THat said he will have the option of shorter arms both front and rear enabling a wider dimension between the inner pivots. That opens up some real estate. Consider the rally cars,limited travel yet they handle a LOT of stuff and handle all sorts of stuff very well .[/color]true but he will find his way to baloo's offroad course eventually so atleast 10" wheel travel. he can use a vw torsion at point with a 3x3 trailing arm on the rear to simplify that end.
As mentioned in my intro I have a UK VW based Sandrail that I modified with a Miata Engine, Porsche 944 suspension (IRS torsion bar), Bike mufflers (see I can talk American!) and other random bits of cars. The frame is a Fugitive that is an 80's rip off of a ChenowthDespite it's looks it is mainly a road car with the odd excursion to the mud.Having done the mods on this one now I am looking to build a "Road Rail" from scratch, something along the lines of the Arial Nomad - this has about 8"-10" of travel which will probably be plenty. Shown here with our finest British weatherLooks wise I like these: (Only looks I don't need rock crawler ability!)For road registration as Baloo has mentioned there are a couple of options.Like this :Stealing this picture off Baloo you can see the Suzuki chassis could be interesting Some chassis dimensions here https://www.suzukiclubuk.co.uk/tech-specs/chassis-diagrams