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The FSU trail buggy build

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Well its finally happening, buggy time :devil:

So the build plan is

TMR 2" DOM chassis
BBF 429 with fitech efi
C6 full manual
NV271 tcase
79 HP60 with 4.88, spool and 4340 shafts
10.25 with 4.88 welded

3"x14 race runner coil overs up front
2.5x14 race runner coil overs and 3x14 racer runner bypasses out back

39 BFGs or 44 cut boggers for tires


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buggy on a skid

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TMR give you instructions on how to build jigs to build the chassis, my fab table was little to small so had to get creative on some of the parts

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have started to strip the truck and should have all the parts out over new years and hope to have the drivetrain in the chassis as well

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and for shits and giggles i tossed the trucks hood and grill on the buggy and its a pretty close fit so might see if i can make it work down the road

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Like the hood and grill.

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Re: The FSU trail buggy build

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Scoobienorth wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 11:37 am Like the hood and grill.
the obs grill fits quite nice, the hood not so much so will deal with that way later in the build

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Re: The FSU trail buggy build

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Snowracer wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 11:48 am
Scoobienorth wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 11:37 am Like the hood and grill.
the obs grill fits quite nice, the hood not so much so will deal with that way later in the build
Definitely have a long way to go, hopefully you can make some solid progress.

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Noice.

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Re: The FSU trail buggy build

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Looks like alot of work just welding all them joints up hahaha at least there will not be and pesky truck frame in the way anymore

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Oh hells yeah


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I’d like to see how that tcase works out in the chassis. I have one I was saving for mine


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Re: The FSU trail buggy build

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Makes me sad to see fordnando like that. But bbf buggy is going to be sick!

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Re: The FSU trail buggy build

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got the truck stripped and out of the shop and on the trailer ready for scrap

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pulled the chassis off the table and put it on stands so we could get the drive train in it. tcase is pretty big so have put it as far back as i could and might have to make a small skid plate extenstion for the tcase as rear out put is past the sub frame

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its clsoe but will be able to do a flat floor over the tcase and most of the trans

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and i had to sit and stare at this for a little bit

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Re: The FSU trail buggy build

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damm there is more room in there then I thought with the bbf. tcase is kind of where I figure thing would be on my chassis

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pointsnorth wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 9:42 am damm there is more room in there then I thought with the bbf. tcase is kind of where I figure thing would be on my chassis
if i wasnt running the 271 i could have come back a bit more and probably down 1-1.5 of an inch and would have fit even better. but for what i have im pretty happy with how it fits, only real upside to the massive subframe in the TMR chassis

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Re: The FSU trail buggy build

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i see your aiming for a 118-120 wheel base. Are you planning adding too the rear frame any storage etc or too early in the build for that?

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