The FSU trail buggy build

[Snowracer]

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?

will probably have to add to the back if i want any storage as most of whats there now will get used up with the fuel cell an rad. plan on having the rad low behind the seats so i can see out the back of the buggy, with doing that it takes up a fair bit of room that i had originally thought of using for storage.

[Johnny5]

What happened to the offroad trailer? No need for storage in truck then lol just haul that thing up baldy

[Snowracer]

What happened to the offroad trailer? No need for storage in truck then lol just haul that thing up baldy

its half finished sitting behind my shop right now as have a bit of a bad taste in my mouth when it comes to that thing

[Snowracer]

just took the truck in for scrap today on my lunch. figured id add this as it weighed in a 1540 for the gutted shell, so no reason the buggy shouldnt be 1000 pounds lighter then the truck was.

[pointsnorth]

That shouldn’t be hard this guy claims 3100 without the 46 iroks on it


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[Snowracer]

that is a lot smaller buggy so not surprised its that light. Brad in Quesnel with the blue TMR buggy says his weights in around 4400-4500 pounds, but hes aluminum LS ect. im aiming for the 5000-5500 pounds ready to wheel, and that should be about 1000 pounds lighter then the truck was

[pointsnorth]

id think you would be lighter then that as i think the skinny chicken is around that wieght with a full body on it with comparable drive train

[Snowracer]

id think you would be lighter then that as i think the skinny chicken is around that wieght with a full body on it with comparable drive train

like said id be happy under 5500. if the blue buggy is the same set up and 4400 just my motor alone is 400-500 pounds heavier, and ive seen his buggy and has a smaller fuel cell and almost no tools or recovery gear. im going to add a fair bit of weight with all that crap and maybe even the spare 39 on the back as well.

[HillBilt]

id think you would be lighter then that as i think the skinny chicken is around that wieght with a full body on it with comparable drive train

Was 5370 full fuel last time I weighted it before winter challenge last year. When I first weight it, it came in at 4980 but that was before beadlocks,skid plate and bedsides, not sure how much fuel I had then.

[HillBilt]

Whats the plans for rear suspension, Trailing arms?

[pointsnorth]

Grader ball one link ?


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[HillBilt]

Grader ball one link ?


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Almost spit my coffee out

[Snowracer]

as tempting as 1 link is i dont think its the best option for this build

ive spent a fair bit of time going back and forth on the idea of trailing arms. the plan is rear 4 link with coil overs and bypasses mounted on the diff as its easy and works and will have more then enough travel for the wheeling we do

[Scott Cee AKA 2drx4]

Grader ball one link ?


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Has anyone even built a one link in the last 10 years?

[Snowracer]

got the trans mount built, make the bushing 4" wide so same width as the stock trans mount i was running before





will add a gusset to the tabs as feel like they could bend being so tall



stripped the front diff of all the extra crap i added to it that will no longer be needing