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Re: car derived sxs
« Reply #60 on: October 14, 2018, 04:04:31 PM »
here are a couple decent Arial video's of the little sahara state park sand dune.

at 11 seconds, that is cowboy camp ground where most of us camp while at the dunes. fabr has his own compound in town  ;D rofl





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« Reply #61 on: October 14, 2018, 04:32:39 PM »
Baloo,you really need to make the trip to our dunes. Talking about Sand rail design and LIVING sand rail design is completely different. You gotta experience it to understand the why's of what we do.

 I understand the why you are choosing an autobox . Many here don't even have a clue anymore how to drive a manual anything. Every sxs made for our market (other than the Yamaha YXZ) is a CVT trans. Personally I refuse to do a CVT. Manual sequentials are much more fun. Ya,it's just my opinion. Haven't regretted the decision.

The turning brakes are a great idea for your use on your track for sure. Sand cars use hand operated levers here for turning brakes. I don't use one .
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Re: car derived sxs
« Reply #62 on: October 14, 2018, 05:47:42 PM »
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs10VIHwuPA&feature=youtu.be  Play on youtube . Set settings to 1080 and the dunes detail shows much better.
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but something else also, isn't an American at all.  We have room for but one
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loyalty to the American people."
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Re: car derived sxs
« Reply #63 on: October 14, 2018, 06:27:54 PM »
after that little ride in dougs rail i can see the attraction to an auto trans.  ;) ;)

here you go fabr
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Re: car derived sxs
« Reply #64 on: October 14, 2018, 06:40:04 PM »
and nots forget the great people in our little group!

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Re: car derived sxs
« Reply #65 on: October 15, 2018, 05:44:47 AM »
it appears you own a large section of ground!

looked like you were running some really good ground speeds through that trail including the swampy area. 30 to 40 mph? maybe 50 mph for a stregch or two. seemed to handle very well as i didnt see any fishtailing when you hit the marsh. i assume bonnet translates to hood lol.
 it would also appear that even all terrain vehicles have the steering wheel on the right side too lol i like the small detours from the track like slow moving lanes. the trail definately gets tight in spots. how wide was that buggy?

i have to ask, what is that pipe lating on the ground?

hi

buggy can get up to sixty plus given enough space its a chineese cheap as chips type and pretty weak in some areas BUT it was cheap it is road legal and i have never broken  down in it,   its always been  contact with something solid like a tree that has ended playtime, people over here and probably over there dissmiss them as crap ! but it starts it goes and i think it handels well
the orginal 250cc engine was removed and a nissan micra 1000cc engine with 5 speed box dropped in  so it will do what ever a nissan micra will do speed wise
BUT you would not want to roll it the cage would collapse  or at least severly deform,  who ever designed it got lucky with the handling or maybe they knew what they were doing,  you can get the thing so far side ways and recover it its untrue

vid below is a guy called Dave from america over here on holiday having a go, see how far the back can be brought round and then recovered


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnPg8-2BmuE&index=6&list=UUtmPoDhI1LvQO9O5MXg_mqw

i have kept it because it always works its just a touch to small for me to fit in easily but would make a good buggy to copy made 10% bigger with a  bigger engine

and as for ending playtime this is one of the times l ripped the front corner off but it always comes back for more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb_5r8FTgg8&index=3&list=UUtmPoDhI1LvQO9O5MXg_mqw

that was me chasing charles round his wood he was driving a bog stanadard micra save for some grippy tyres, he was testing the cvt gearbox in it to see if would be good in a buggy,   cant say i like that track to much very  very rough with 6' drops here and there with tree stumps lining the edge but hey hoe it was fun till i ripped the wheel off lol


heres my chineese buggy




 
back of that truck is 7' wide so buggy must be around 6' wide

pipe you can see by side of track just runs from one pond up to another further up so i can pump water up to keep it full if need be






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Re: car derived sxs
« Reply #66 on: October 15, 2018, 05:51:03 AM »
just watched the vids of little sahara  you guys are so lucky we don't have anything like that over here, just mud and more mud

I will try and get over there, but I might get addicted to the sand lol

if i was over there I would live sand rails too, probably a V8 up front  and independent rear  , lexus maybe

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Re: car derived sxs
« Reply #67 on: October 15, 2018, 05:52:34 AM »
and nots forget the great people in our little group!



why did Scott need rescuing  what had happened to his rail ?

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Re: car derived sxs
« Reply #68 on: October 15, 2018, 11:16:04 AM »
scott didnt maintain his suspension as he should've and it bit him in the a$$!  he had 2 heims break and it let go of is carrier then that rolled over and broke the head of the shock. thats why his drivers side is damn near on the ground. the heims were steel on steel low carbon and were 11 years old. too small to begin with really but lasted 11 years none the less. he knew they were worn pretty bad before the trip but never found time to replace them.
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« Reply #69 on: October 15, 2018, 11:17:24 AM »
i didnt even know lexus had v8's in them. there used to be a company called sand rocket that built front engine sand rails. not sure if there around anymore. not a popular configuration over here.
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« Reply #70 on: October 15, 2018, 12:24:29 PM »
even mid engine is rare with v-8's or v- anything.  . I like mid though.
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Re: car derived sxs
« Reply #71 on: October 15, 2018, 02:59:52 PM »
baloo look in the video section labeled sandracer1 trip     

the drone they use gives the landscape a unique view imo.
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Re: car derived sxs
« Reply #72 on: October 15, 2018, 03:19:51 PM »
well watched the video's you posted......your bud did swap end for end but did recover it!   nice video's and have a couple questions.
a. what kind of other buggy was that with what looked like bicycle wheels on it?
b. did your buddy make his new jersey trip?  ;D
c. what is the wheel base of your buggy in the video?

and the 2nd video....ya that took a shot lol
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Re: car derived sxs
« Reply #73 on: October 15, 2018, 05:11:50 PM »
baloo look in the video section labeled sandracer1 trip     

the drone they use gives the landscape a unique view imo.
  Perfect perspective! Great vids!
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but something else also, isn't an American at all.  We have room for but one
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Re: car derived sxs
« Reply #74 on: October 15, 2018, 05:13:35 PM »
well watched the video's you posted......your bud did swap end for end but did recover it!   nice video's and have a couple questions.
a. what kind of other buggy was that with what looked like bicycle wheels on it?
b. did your buddy make his new jersey trip?  ;D
c. what is the wheel base of your buggy in the video?

and the 2nd video....ya that took a shot lol
Baloo posted a topic on it a while back. Maybe he can remember the title . Cool little buggy he built.
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but something else also, isn't an American at all.  We have room for but one
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