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<blockquote data-quote="drivermod" data-source="post: 286168" data-attributes="member: 4658"><p><strong>Re: First ever buggy build</strong></p><p></p><p>Next was figuring out placement of some of the interior. I wanted a little extra leverage for shifing the Atlas so I made my own handles. I also machined my own transmission shifter based off of a design a friend of mine uses in his derby car. By inverting the the shift plate on the transmission I reversed the shift pattern and can go from any of the forward gears to reverse by yanking the shifter backwards. I incorporated a lockout pin to keep it from going to park. When you pull the spring loaded pin over you can shift into park and then it locks into the shifter handle keeping it from being knocked out of park inadvertantly. So far I like how it works. We'll see how I like it on the trail.</p><p><img src="http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo140/drivermod/dash_zps834c3dc5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Next I mounted the CNC brake master cylinders and pedals. I wanted to keep the reseviors buried under the dash but had to modify the pedal arms so that my knee wasn't in the steering wheel.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo140/drivermod/cncbrakes_zps526fe0a8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I then went to the rear and mounted the radiator, trans cooler and finished most of the rear tubing.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo140/drivermod/radiator_zps4837af31.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="drivermod, post: 286168, member: 4658"] [b]Re: First ever buggy build[/b] Next was figuring out placement of some of the interior. I wanted a little extra leverage for shifing the Atlas so I made my own handles. I also machined my own transmission shifter based off of a design a friend of mine uses in his derby car. By inverting the the shift plate on the transmission I reversed the shift pattern and can go from any of the forward gears to reverse by yanking the shifter backwards. I incorporated a lockout pin to keep it from going to park. When you pull the spring loaded pin over you can shift into park and then it locks into the shifter handle keeping it from being knocked out of park inadvertantly. So far I like how it works. We'll see how I like it on the trail. [IMG]http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo140/drivermod/dash_zps834c3dc5.jpg[/IMG] Next I mounted the CNC brake master cylinders and pedals. I wanted to keep the reseviors buried under the dash but had to modify the pedal arms so that my knee wasn't in the steering wheel. [IMG]http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo140/drivermod/cncbrakes_zps526fe0a8.jpg[/IMG] I then went to the rear and mounted the radiator, trans cooler and finished most of the rear tubing. [IMG]http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo140/drivermod/radiator_zps4837af31.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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