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

[CTomlinson]

Chris Tomlinson

 

[Bubba1]

That's alot of buggy to be flipping backwards. Did it break anything? I thought i seen a coil spring do down the hill.

 

[showtime33]

I would have hated to have had to turn it back over...didn't look like you had a lotta help

 

[CTomlinson]

yeah i lost a couple of coilover shafts but i've broke five so not a big deal one of my buddies was there with a rockwell truck and we had a hard time wasnt' much room to work when your on the lid trying not to pull of more powder

 

[TOMMY RAINS]

dang son you know how to beat on some stuff dont ya !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[CTomlinson]

well i'm trying to learn ;D

 

[TOMMY RAINS]

it looks like we are going to have to chris test our stuff insted of wes testing it !!!1

 

[badreligion_13]

did jimmy but any type muffler inside of your collectors? Or is it flowing straight through? SOunds good.

 

[CTomlinson]

no i don't think so did you put one in it tommy

 

[smithbuilt]

Theres a muffler in the collector.

 

[twiztedzuki]

nice vid Chris that buggy badass!!!!!

 

[redneckengineered]

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.

I'm with you man. Putting 'pane on a cherry ground up build is kinda like a stripper without fake tits. I don't really know what that means but it makes sense to me. I'd love to see a Jimmy's buggy with a smokin badass Gen III/IV motor. It would run circles around a pane'd out old skool chebby. I will say these guys milk the old skool chebby's for all they are worth though.

 

[jrhall]

yeah i lost a couple of coilover shafts but i've broke five so not a big deal

How have you broke 5?

 

[CTomlinson]

i think that they are junk coils but a couple of ideas to fix is to remove the high misalignment spacers in the center of the buggy so the axle wont have as much side to side motion and they are 18" travel 2.5 and i have reduce the limit to 16" I'm going to 14" for the 25th to see if that helps but i don't think it will but in sway-aways defense i was doing stupid stuff when they broke except for once but that could have came from fatigue

 

[redneckengineered]

There's no reason to have broken 5 shafts. Sounds like a mounting issue and like you said probably no need for 18s whatsoever.

 

[CTomlinson]

it looks like we are going to have to chris test our stuff insted of wes testing it !!!1

i like that idea

 

[YOUNG]

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

how bowt dim side pics?

 

[ROCKRAWL]

Heres one Jimmy just built for my buddy, Its sick as usual.

 

[payne97]

NICE Buggy

 

[tincan]

Got burnt out on it for a while but finally got it finished this past week. Wheel base 118" Rocks, overson 16 spline shafts, overson lockers front and rear, junkyard chev. 5.3 with trickflow heads, cam, F.A.S.T. Big Mouth 102mm throttle body and intake, Jimmy Smith Exhaust, motor is estimate at 510+ hp, TH400, Atlas 3.8, PSC all the way on steering, Chassi powercoated Granny Green with sparkle flake, Wheels Tom Wooten Trail Worthy Fab Double beed locks, Yes the boggers will be grooved soon!