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The buggy thread

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Postby Rippthrough » Wed Sep 16, 2009 5:07 pm

Yeah, we've got fiddles, trying to see if we can find a 1 or 1.5 way plate diff. and set it fairly light, shouldn't affect them too much then, but at the minute traction is dire on wet grass (Doesn't help that our tyres are fooked either, but hey)

The thing with the GSR setup is it's designed for 4wd, where really we could have a lot more travel and geometery control with longer wishbones than they use, but it'll do.
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Re: The buggy thread

Postby Rippthrough » Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:52 pm

It's alive!

And back winning it's class again :mrgreen:
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Re: The buggy thread

Postby Rippthrough » Sun Nov 01, 2009 3:28 am

And the next, not so cheap, not very practical, performance car:

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Postby Scoobyzuk » Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:28 am

v8? still 2wd? :?:
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Postby Rippthrough » Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:56 am

V10, 4wd...
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Postby Scoobyzuk » Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:07 pm

You going to Walters on sunday?
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Re: The buggy thread

Postby Rippthrough » Fri Nov 06, 2009 2:36 pm

Should be, just sorting out some new brakepads (as the new set we put in are down to the backing plate already :lol: )
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Re: The buggy thread

Postby Rippthrough » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:01 am

You meet all sorts of dodgy people at these events you know :lol:
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Postby Scoobyzuk » Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:20 pm

Aye, in all sorts of wacky contraptions! :lol: . some on 3 wheels and using brakes to drive! :lol:

Aside from that you were going well!, just get better tyres! :lol:
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Re: The buggy thread

Postby Rippthrough » Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:37 pm

:lol:

We shall be nicking a pair of those Fedima's we loaded onto the trailer to take home for Guy, their sidewalls are 8 ply with steel outers, whereas what we had on were 3-ply with nylon - we kept spinning them on the rims in second gear, so obviously they're not up to the job.


We also got noise tested - again - I didn't think we were that loud to be honest, especially compared to that 3M with the M3 engine.
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Postby Rippthrough » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:53 pm

Oh, and I got a nice video from Ebbw Vale of the car lifting the front off the deck under power in 2nd gear... :lol:
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Re: The buggy thread

Postby bmw_bob » Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:26 am

Any more pics of the new "not so cheap, not very practical, performance car"???

Sounds very interesting!
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Re: The buggy thread

Postby Rippthrough » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:51 am

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Postby Rippthrough » Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:55 pm

Didn't manage to get any decent photo's did you scooby?
Doesn't look like anyone there is sharing 'em!
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Re: The buggy thread

Postby Rippthrough » Sun Nov 29, 2009 5:12 pm

I've had to take photo's of photo's to get these, so the quality is pretty dire, but once I get my scanner back I'll reupload them:

2nd gear + full throttle = wheee

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