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Basic buggy/rig dimensions- belly height vs seat position vs drivetrain
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<blockquote data-quote="3j7" data-source="post: 651647" data-attributes="member: 3531"><p>Mine is a bit different from the ones already posted, but here is a shot of it...</p><p>Mine was meant to be a trail buggy/rockcrawler, but I still had to be able to drive it on the street. After researching and talking to a few buddies who built theirs I went for as much clearance as I could get, and gave up a little bit on the height </p><p></p><p><a href="http://s770.photobucket.com/user/3jay7/media/temporary_zpspaasysat.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx342/3jay7/temporary_zpspaasysat.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>113.5" wheelbase, 6 up 8 down, 21 under the belly, 74 to the top</p><p>54 inches outside to outside... as stated before the drivetrain setback is pretty extreme on this, to the point that my foot is beside the #3 spark plug. I had to ceramic coat the exhaust (which runs over top of the bellhousing), the firewall, and also run that adhesive foil heat shield (can't remember the name of the stuff) all of which control the heat pretty well. I wanted it as neutral as possible, and it turned out to be 200 pounds heavier in the front ( so 52/48 bias, or thereabouts) foot well aren't bad, but it ain't super roomy either. Harmonic balancer is about 6 inches behind the front axle, motor is a 5.3. So far me and m passengers find it comfortable, and it is very stable on the trail, and with good visibility</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="3j7, post: 651647, member: 3531"] Mine is a bit different from the ones already posted, but here is a shot of it... Mine was meant to be a trail buggy/rockcrawler, but I still had to be able to drive it on the street. After researching and talking to a few buddies who built theirs I went for as much clearance as I could get, and gave up a little bit on the height [URL=http://s770.photobucket.com/user/3jay7/media/temporary_zpspaasysat.jpg.html][IMG]http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx342/3jay7/temporary_zpspaasysat.jpg[/IMG][/URL] 113.5" wheelbase, 6 up 8 down, 21 under the belly, 74 to the top 54 inches outside to outside... as stated before the drivetrain setback is pretty extreme on this, to the point that my foot is beside the #3 spark plug. I had to ceramic coat the exhaust (which runs over top of the bellhousing), the firewall, and also run that adhesive foil heat shield (can't remember the name of the stuff) all of which control the heat pretty well. I wanted it as neutral as possible, and it turned out to be 200 pounds heavier in the front ( so 52/48 bias, or thereabouts) foot well aren't bad, but it ain't super roomy either. Harmonic balancer is about 6 inches behind the front axle, motor is a 5.3. So far me and m passengers find it comfortable, and it is very stable on the trail, and with good visibility [/QUOTE]
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