Thinking about dropping a deposit on a Jimmy Smith Chassis....post up some pics!

99BLUEXJ · Jan 14, 2011

Swaffords buggy

Dang Kenny that ride is lookin good. I need to stop by and check it out again sometime. The Jeep is still sittin bout like it was last time I talked to ya. Havent done a thing to it in awhile. I'll get it ready to ride one of these days lol

YOUNG · Jan 15, 2011

Swafford Racing said:
one of jimmys two seaters

Sick looking buggy!!! You got any side view pics??

zukiscott · Jan 16, 2011

TOMMY RAINS said:
you mean hudlow who ?

HELL YALL...................who DON,T know Steve ;D

COLT · Jan 17, 2011

CTomlinson said:
hey that thing looks awesome love the color good job

DID YOU TAKE THE NEW BUGGY OUT SATURDAY? HOW DID IT DO?? WHERES THE PICS' MAN!! :dblthumb:

COLT

Swafford Racing · Jan 18, 2011

i will send some side pics soon...waiting on front stubs so i can get it rollen...

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CTomlinson · Jan 18, 2011

well i made it to the penut butter hole and i played for a few minutes then the trany just stop pulling it was new so who knows i'll have it ready before the next event

twiztedzuki · Jan 18, 2011

sucks, i was wanting to see sum action shots that big bastard!! :woot:

wngrog · Jan 18, 2011

Why do so many of these buggies run Propane?

COLT · Jan 18, 2011

Yeah I was wonderin why I didn't see any pictures of that 4 seater, I was lookin forward to it.

I ran propane in my last build for a while. I didnt particularly like it because of the cost of the fuel and dragging fuel bottles with me everywhere, although it worked great and was very dependable and cheap for the parts compared to fuel injection.

CTomlinson · Jan 18, 2011

yeah i hate it too what i did ride i loved it i was able to do a couple of wheelies and landed smooth and handle great on the trail so i know i will like it

i will never run propane again the bottles are terrible to deal with but the set-up is a lot cheaper cash wise but i feel it will be cheaper for fuel injection if you ad all the agravation of propane to it and the worst thing is i always run out in the worst spots

wngrog · Jan 18, 2011

The only advantage I can see is that they seem to build these things to be rolled 2-3 times each time out so there is less chance of a fuel fire.

As for cost, I am sure a $500 GM Gen III can outperform most of the motors I have seen being put in these buggies so I am thinking it is not a cost thing.

EOR MFG · Jan 18, 2011

wngrog said:
The only advantage I can see is that they seem to build these things to be rolled 2-3 times each time out so there is less chance of a fuel fire.

As for cost, I am sure a $500 GM Gen III can outperform most of the motors I have seen being put in these buggies so I am thinking it is not a cost thing.

Its a cost issue. Gen 1 cost bank for fuel injection

Gen 3 motors have
to have fuel pumps and harnesses and flashed computers. All of us hillbillies
have spare motors and washer/dryers in the front yard :flipoff1:

Matlock RKH

Swafford Racing · Jan 18, 2011

propane is cheaper than race gas....i pay around $7.65 a gallon for 112 octange in my drag car and i can run the same compression with propane..you lose alittle power but not enough to notice..getting enough cfm out of a 425 kit is the trick..

zukiscott · Jan 18, 2011

HAH.........PROPANE over fuel injection on an OFF ROAD ONLY BUGGY ...........ANY DAY

KISS..........KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID.....

and don,t give me that "YEA BUT FUEL INJECTION GIVES YOURE ENGINE ABOUT 15-25 MORE HORSEPOWER" CRAP...

YEA it DOES .................SO WHAT ............AIN,T NO ENGINE DYNO,S ON THE TRAIL :****:

My ZUKI runs waaaay better than one that somebody has went through the trouble to convert it over to a tracker 1.6 fuel injected engine, & IT DON,T HAVE all the computer/sensor/wire nitemare CRAP .

Guess yall can tell I like my zuki on the PROPANE ;D

It is a 1.3 , head shaved 30 over, 3 angle valve job ,worked & port matched to the intake/Doug Thorley header , Cal Mini 2000-6000 camshaft & a Got Propane . com propane setup .

CTomlinson · Jan 18, 2011

i have a 434 sb with 14-1 comp i can get enough propane to flood it out but cant get enough air so i have to run it lean how do you get more air on propane

payne97 · Jan 18, 2011

PROPANES 4 COOKING

zukiscott · Jan 18, 2011

Joel runs a dual air filter setup on his black & silver buggy , it has a BB chevy , :dunno:

if that would fix youres or not :dunno:

HELL YEA...............COOKIN SOME OBSTACLE BURGERS ;D

Bubba1 · Jan 18, 2011

I don't think Joel's setup will help him. He needs more CFM, a easy fix would be running two baseplates. We have ran twin kits on BBC's and it works great.

tincan · Jan 18, 2011

I have been talking to Jimmy about a little project for about a year now. I finally decided it was time so I called Jimmy about a month a go. Dropped the parts off last week. Going be a single seater on rockwells, with rear steer, ls motor , th400 205 lomax, 16 coilovers, 44 tsls. Jimmy is building it into a roller and I will finish it out. All the parts came out of one of my other rigs so it should finish out quick. I have seen a lot of Jimmy s rigs, Even owned his old blue one for a little while. IMO he is the best there is for an all tube buggy. I will get some pics soon.

gomer pyle · Jan 18, 2011

i have an aluminum adapter to run two mixers into one base plate. i tried it but had other motor problems and never was able to tune it. it definitly added more air and fuel. a two/four intake is another option for you but they did't make one for a windsor, plus a 950 base is plenty big enough. i have heard of people boring the fuel intake side out but that was never my problem it was air. two 425s or a 450 are the only options i know of. i went to fuel injection and will never go back to pane, my motor runs a 150% better booyang