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"A GARAGE BUILT BUGGY" |
| Buggy Photo Album Over 100 pictures!! updated 9/6/04 | |
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 10/30/06
This winter will be a target goal for finishing the buggy project. With so
many projects, I have had very little time and money to complete it.
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| 3/11/06 Slow going but getting there. A couple new pictures added to the photo album. | |
| 1/19/06 Continuing to assemble the buggy as time allows. Got a hood built from 1/16 steel with a small cowl scoop, and starting on the rear fenders. | |
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11/04/05
Finally got the frame painted with 24 cans of roll bar paint.
Proceeding to reassemble the beast.
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3/25/05 Added Toyota Tacoma headlights, constructing the transmission hump, and stripping the buggy down for paint. |
| Chassis Design: The inspiration for this buggy came from one of Campbell Enterprises creations. I have tried to duplicate the general design of their frame and cage detail. | |
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I did get the opportunity
to take a considerable number of digital pictures of the Campbell buggy at a
"Summit Truck Fest" here in Reno NV. These pictures have helped me to build
most of my buggy chassis thus far. This Campbell buggy has a "retro" 2"x3" .120 rectangular tube main frame and they used 1.5" .120 DOM tubing for most of the cage. |
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| What's left??? | ENGINE AND FUEL INJECTION: |
| Thanks for visiting..... Trailhed.com | The engine is a GM "Universal" 350 ci. crate engine. The fuel injection system was put together from many different parts from different folks around the internet. I used a complete electrical harness and chip from Affordable Fuel Injection. The Throttle body and aluminum intake manifold is from a 1992 Camaro. The ECM is 1 of 2 that I bought from some guys on EBay. All the ECM's are GM# 1227747 for a 350 (5.7) engine. The sensors came from Howell. The thing that tied this all together was a 1991 GM service manual purchased from books4cars.com. |
| THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED 10/30/2006 | SUSPENSION: The buggy will have leaf spring front suspension (stock Wagoneer front springs and shackle reverse) but the rear will be coils (2.5" TJ front coils) and 4 link (1.75"x.375" wall DOM), not coil over like the Campbell vehicle. Rod-ends are 3/4x5/8 ends from Avalanche Engineering with misalignment washers for increased rod-end angularity. |
| STEERING: The steering is custom full hydraulic with a single end 2x8 cylinder and a Danfoss hydrostatic steering unit. The hydraulic pump is a KRC cast-iron pump. All hose and fittings are Aeroquip high pressure hydraulic hose. | |
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AXLES: The front D60 is a Chevy unit that I converted from dual wheel hubs to single wheel hubs with hubs from Six States Distributors. |
| Materials list | The front locker is an ARB from Summit Racing. Both front and rear gear ratio's are 4.56-1. |
| The rear 14 bolt is equipped with a Detroit locker. | |
| Buggy Photo Album Over 100 pictures!! updated 9/6/04 | |
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