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Posted by: yamaha4life
ive got a buggy 2 seater in really good shape for sale it has a 1600 dual port VW motor in it
just painted it royal blue with metallic in it runs good
Posted by: Slacker1bob
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Ive got (3) 2.5 pontiac 4 bangers with automatic trannys all FWD
I think he meant Front wheel drive, not Four wheel drive
Posted by: bigben
Most buggys use VW power, and most VW's have manual trannys. VW's are the easiest to setup and the lightest. (no water weight) My first sandrail had a VW bus engine and tranny. Frame cost me $450 used.
I am building another buggy using a Honda engine and drivetrain out of a '87 Accord. I built the frame myself, so it only cost about $150 in materials. Biggest problem with FWD car parts is lacking suspension travel. Building a shift linkage can be tricky, but may be easier with an auto.
Anything is possible with buggys. Decide what you can afford, build it, then have a blast!
Posted by: Sm0k3d
we bought a bugpack bigboy frame for $800, put an 1835cc vw air cooled motor, 3-rib bus tranny, irs, it's nice.. fun to drive.
Posted by: blastermandan
Im just wonderin what motor everyone is running in there dune buggy and how its set up. If the motor was out of a front wheel drive or rear wheel drive car? Is it automatic or manual? What the chassis your useing and how much it cost or if you made is your self? Im wonderin all this because im wanting to start building one and want to get some ideas for what i should use. Ive got (3) 2.5 pontiac 4 bangers with automatic trannys all FWD. I think one could make a nice buggy to get around on and play in the feilds and with when its muddy.
thanks in advance for all the advice.
(sorry for all the mispelling)
Posted by: blastermandan
yeah i think a 4wd would be sweet to but im on a really tight budget and dont have any 4wd's sitting around. Does anyone any one know a place to get a chassis real cheap?
thanks for the help CroBiker
Posted by: green700
My uncle has a 2 seater with a snowmobile engine and it's soo much fun you dont know weather to pee your pants or cry. It's like the frekin space shuttle when you go up a hill.
Posted by: HA2
i like the air cooled VW (most buggies run) and subaru motors.
Posted by: CroBiker
i don't know how u will make a 4WD buggy, but it would definately be awesome, especially in the mud and dunes. me, my friend, and my friend's dad rebuilt a used buggy that his dad bought. we completely re-made the frame, roll cage, and made it a 4 seater. it's a 1700cc volkswagon Beetle engine with manual VW bus tranny. it seemed to do fine the first time we took it out, we blew out both rear shocks on our first jump tho. u will definately wanna go with somethin more powerful than 1700cc tho, my 400EX beats that buggy in a drag race. the auto tranny will be nice if u get the shift timing right. u might want to look into buying a used buggy and fixin it and changin it. try www.cycletrader.com i have their latest issue of mag and their r some awesome buggy's in there. good luck, and have fun!
Posted by: CroBiker
o ya, my friend's dad builds sets for movies so we got all the metal free and machined it ourselves. he bought the buggy for 3500 bucks, and we put a grand into it. we bough a new oil pressure gauge, a new volt gauge, and new tachometer, paint, a lot of oil, seals and gaskets, wiring, and a battery. for 4500 bucks we rebuilt everything but the tranny (we made a new shifter) and the engine.
Posted by: CroBiker
the best combo i've seen is a souped up subaru motor with a porshe 911 tranny. or a beefed up auto tranny. of course the buggies that run this cost 50 grand +
Posted by: rh1n08d9
One of my friends dad's running a long travel 4 seater, with a toyota trd motor with nitrous, and I think it's got a turbo charger. it's about a 40k setup. He is also building one of those lil' 2 seaters with a 1300cc suz hyabusa motor. I think the buggies with the caddy motors are sweet!
Posted by: BlasterFang
most of them run a pinto motor
