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« Reply #105 on: November 17, 2018, 10:00:48 AM »
Love that tilt mechanism. Details??

I will take some pics of it dissembled tomorrow 

my transaxle engine and box is also out of the car, will start asking questions in my other thread


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« Reply #106 on: November 17, 2018, 11:42:55 AM »
very nice work!
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« Reply #107 on: November 17, 2018, 11:57:47 AM »
very nice work!

thank you

ds I saw some photos of some rear hubs you made but cant find them now, have you got any pics ?

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« Reply #108 on: November 17, 2018, 01:06:18 PM »
any idea what they looked like? i have made a few designs.
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« Reply #109 on: November 17, 2018, 01:08:07 PM »
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« Reply #111 on: March 10, 2019, 07:52:40 AM »
well hello boys
sorry about the lack of updates, things have moved on a bit

think it was a bare frame last time I posted but now its wearing a nice new coat of Kawasaki green
















I have lazer cut the engine mountings but now thinking of solid mounting the engine and box, anyone got ideas/views on doing that ?





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« Reply #112 on: March 10, 2019, 09:02:29 AM »
first off...nice job looks really good! solid mounting will send a lot of vibration but  that is how 95% of the offroad engines are mounted. i know there are a couple builders that use a poly or some kind of very slight dampening on the motor mounts then sold mount the trans. i tried this once and saw now vibration dampening compared to solid mount. so it's really up to you depending on your purpose.
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« Reply #113 on: March 10, 2019, 09:09:19 AM »
hi dsrace

well if it was a road car I wouldn't entertain the idea but as it will be bouncing around a field most of the time I came to the conclusion the vibrations wont matter or be very noticeable,   I have cut the tolerances so fine I don't really have the room for rubber bushes between the engine and the frame
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« Reply #114 on: March 10, 2019, 09:18:30 AM »
now here's the reason for the lack of progress, I got distracted as you do

I have started this buggy based on a vw for all the wrong reasons, its was free !!!

I should have done my homework better   5:

I came across a pic of a mazda mx5 with no clothes on   dam sexy I thought


 




so you get a front and rear subframe complete with double wishbone suspension all round  how difficult can it be to join these up with a tube frame


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« Reply #115 on: March 10, 2019, 09:22:44 AM »


well not that hard it seems

I got talking to a guy doing that over your side of the pond




well I couldn't resist so I hit ebay and found myself a pair of subframes to tinker with  ;D ;D ;D ;D

dident like all the bits dirty so off to the blasters they went




and so a parallel build started   at least I can pit a rear engine buggy against a front engine on lol

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« Reply #116 on: March 10, 2019, 09:58:26 AM »
hi dsrace

well if it was a road car I wouldn't entertain the idea buts as it will be bouncing around a field most of the time I came to the conclusion the vibrations wont matter or be very noticeable,   I have cut the tolerances so fine I don't really have the room for rubber bushes between the engine and the frame


nothing wrong with solid mount, all but one of mine have been.
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« Reply #117 on: March 10, 2019, 09:59:05 AM »
thanks for the pics of the mx5......very interesting.
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« Reply #118 on: March 10, 2019, 10:16:04 AM »
I thought so too when I first saw them,  if you don't learn something new every day then you haven't been listening I was told many moons ago

Damon the guy building with the mx5 axles is well ahead of me






seems they use mx5 running gear for all sort of things


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« Reply #119 on: March 10, 2019, 01:23:42 PM »
very interesting
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