Hello and my transferred build from GTR

[stephensouth]

Some of y'all know me from Georgia Trail Runners. I started working on this buggy a little over 2 years ago and haven't touched it since, well I've gotten the bug again and hoping to finish it out.

Here's the transposed post from GTR.

Seat at ride height

Specs:

Yota Axles
My old 36" Iroks until I can afford 39" Iroks
'02 Toyota Celica FWD 1.8L (with 140 HP, double what Billy has! :twisted
5 Speed manual transverse axle. 4.2 first gear x 4.1 final gear x 4.38 axle gear = 75:1 crawl ratio
96" wheelbase, might stretch to 100"
18" belly height
64" cage height
Hopefully lighter than a fart bubble.

Please give criticisms 8)

 

[stephensouth]

Couple pics of the transmission... It's almost as cute as a tiny Zuki transmission

 

[stephensouth]

A little bit of work done tonight

Got the frame built, (still has a couple more braces to go)

Picked up another set of Yotas from Justin (thank you)

Got ripped off by Justin, bc of carrier is no good (Just kidding man, Like I said these were just for spare parts so I really don't care 8) )

What causes that anyway? Obviously it's from the gears, but the gears were tight in the axle. Maybe they had been replaced? After seeing this I looked on the one I picked up from Big Mike and it was the same, just not nearly as bad

Got the front axle from Big Mike stripped down

 

[stephensouth]

Little bit more work done

Obviously the links are not the right length, they'll have to be shortened a little

 

[stephensouth]

Little more progress, Front axle is assembled, just needs primer and paint.

Rear motor mount

My leg might get a little hot until I get new exhaust ran

It's gonna be vertically challenged 8)

My Supervisor was hard at work

 

[stephensouth]

Seat bracket made

Front Motor Mount

Outside Motor Mount

 

[stephensouth]

4th and final motor mount made

Skid brace

Rear seat mounts

 

[stephensouth]

My HP 3rd came in today, so I assembled the rear axle today

100" wheelbase

How did my buggy end up in RobbyBobby's shop?

 

[stephensouth]

Worked on the front lower links today

 

[stephensouth]

Stole me a bender form some crack addict :twisted: and started some bending

The B-pillar was flawless the first time. The A-Pillar took a couple trys

6 to be exact :roll:

 

[stephensouth]

Had to stop for the night because I chewed through my last hole saw

 

[stephensouth]

Jason is doing all the hard work lifting that heavy little winch

 

[stephensouth]

Little bit done today

Tires will probably still rub at full flex

Interior views

View over engine, not any worst than if I had a passenger door

 

[stephensouth]

Gotta little bit of bling-bling in the mail yesterday

$225 for both,shipped to my door. They were used for setup only it looks like

 

[RobbyBobby]

ByfawkingGAWD i approve this build!

 

[stephensouth]

Hell yeah. Now that I got a seal of approval I definitely wanna finish it now.

 

[mrdrinksalil]

Oh hell, Dirt Floor Customs is back and open for business.

 

[Neal3000]

Is chicken **** flammable?

 

[stephensouth]

Someone requested that I transfer this picture as well it stemmed from an argument on how I would see over and engine which was beside me.

Not as good as Walker's, but Hopefully it'll get the point across

 

[zukiscott]

COOL Stephen ,,keep builderin & welderin on that thang and finnish up
And lemme know if yall get to needin that stock Zuki case back,,"I still got one at the house I shoulda done brought to yall"
;D