Richies Mud buggy

a prize to whoever guesses whats different on this intek shroud first

Oh man! You have just given me a lot of incredible inspiration! (The entire build. Not just the steering.)

Thank you!

Ima get my WHAMS going as needed for what I need it for, now. But I am definitely going to be rebuilding the beast in the future, for hobby sake!!

Also wishing I had some of those small gas struts right now, for the whams. The shocks I have are way too big for that. But it is the PERFECT idea for front steering stability! (It is that infamous instability that really led to my accident. It probably would have plowed through where I needed it to, if it hadn't been for the front end following a groove.)

Its coming along nicely

Angchor wrote:

Oh man! You have just given me a lot of incredible inspiration! (The entire build. Not just the steering.)

Thank you!

Ima get my WHAMS going as needed for what I need it for, now. But I am definitely going to be rebuilding the beast in the future, for hobby sake!!

Also wishing I had some of those small gas struts right now, for the whams. The shocks I have are way too big for that. But it is the PERFECT idea for front steering stability! (It is that infamous instability that really led to my accident. It probably would have plowed through where I needed it to, if it hadn't been for the front end following a groove.)

i must have missed where you said you wrecked, lol
i had a murray with a decent pulley swap in the woods and the fronts caught a run and rammed a pine tree, bout 3rd gear, hurt like crazy, apparently, the steering wheel is not meant to be implanted into the stomach

richie thomas wrote:

a prize to whoever guesses whats different on this intek shroud first

You cut out all the plastic where the air cleaner went? Why?

redlinemotorsportts wrote:

richie thomas wrote:

a prize to whoever guesses whats different on this intek shroud first

You cut out all the plastic where the air cleaner went? Why?

im doing a custom aircleaner, and i just didn't like the way it looked, lol

All I can say is... this is one SICK build!!!! can't wait to see it all done.

DirtyD wrote:

All I can say is... this is one SICK build!!!! can't wait to see it all done.

thanks dude, im really enjoying building this, and im soooo ready to ride it

got some sheet metal on the firewall, and extended one of my spindles
didn't get as much done today as i wanted do to unforseen complications arising, so, lol

richie thomas wrote:

What kind of HP do you get out of that welder???   

Angchor wrote:

richie thomas wrote:

What kind of HP do you get out of that welder???   

came stock with 142,465,662,462,947,629. but the eldebrock and holly stickers added another 500 each

gota pic of it with me on it for a idea of the size im 6'2 and 300 lbs

Holy crap thats huge!

I like it.

thanks guys,
i think im going to have to do like a 1" or 2" lift in the rear, to make it sit level, i should be able to get that much without extending the tranny input,

Most excellent!

The only thing I would have done different if starting from scratch like you did, is I would have moved everything forward until you were sitting just in front of the rear tires, instead of over them.

That's the one thing that I am still not liking about my WHAMS tractor. I wish that I sat farther forward. Only way to do that now, is to actually move the trans and all, backward.

Angchor wrote:

Most excellent!

The only thing I would have done different if starting from scratch like you did, is I would have moved everything forward until you were sitting just in front of the rear tires, instead of over them.

That's the one thing that I am still not liking about my WHAMS tractor. I wish that I sat farther forward. Only way to do that now, is to actually move the trans and all, backward.

the way i did this one, its going to have a truck battery, the fuel and the engine up front, should counterweight my fat ass a little bit, but the stretched wheel base is also going to help, i stretched this 1.5'

richie thomas wrote:

the way i did this one, its going to have a truck battery, the fuel and the engine up front, should counterweight my fat ass a little bit, but the stretched wheel base is also going to help, i stretched this 1.5'

True. Plus, I believe you intend to be running this on mostly level ground all the time, anyway, right? (Racing.)

I went to the bottom of the trail today, to volunteer with the food bank, and on the way up, there were a few times when I was leaned as far forward over the seering wheel as I could get... and it still felt like it was going to tip over backwards.

So I guess I tend to look at these things as if everything was a steep hill. LOL

Angchor wrote:

richie thomas wrote:

the way i did this one, its going to have a truck battery, the fuel and the engine up front, should counterweight my fat ass a little bit, but the stretched wheel base is also going to help, i stretched this 1.5'

True. Plus, I believe you intend to be running this on mostly level ground all the time, anyway, right? (Racing.)

I went to the bottom of the trail today, to volunteer with the food bank, and on the way up, there were a few times when I was leaned as far forward over the seering wheel as I could get... and it still felt like it was going to tip over backwards.

So I guess I tend to look at these things as if everything was a steep hill. LOL

yea, mostly for flattish trails and such, im inbetween the mountains and the coast, where there are a few good hills, but mostly flat lol
although, there are some killer hills on some of the trails, but if i flip, thats what the rollcage is for

   Wow!! Looks awesome so long on those huge tires.. hill climbing should be way better! Cant wait to see the cage. Motor looks great at that fire wall, can you flip the exhaust backwards?

redlinemotorsportts wrote:

   Wow!! Looks awesome so long on those huge tires.. hill climbing should be way better! Cant wait to see the cage. Motor looks great at that fire wall, can you flip the exhaust backwards?

ive already decided to lift the rear 4", it needs 2" to sit level, and i want it to lean forward, so ima do 4", the lift will also let me move the axle further back where im infront of the axle,
the exhaust will flip on one side and do fine, on the other it hits the oil filter, so im going to have to cut them down and weld em back together,
so, drivetrain will wait till after next week so i have the tubes for the fronts, which will let me get the rear lift exactly how i want, but with me doing the lift like i am, it frees me up to do suspension in the future, and yea, with them big tires it does look huge lol

woah looks good with those tires

richie thomas wrote:

the lift will also let me move the axle further back where im infront of the axle

YES!!!!

I can't wait to see the change.

And let me know how it changes the ride. I am betting it is for the better.

Angchor wrote:

richie thomas wrote:

the lift will also let me move the axle further back where im infront of the axle

YES!!!!

I can't wait to see the change.

And let me know how it changes the ride. I am betting it is for the better.

it will definatly be more stable going up hill lol