has anyone on here ever thought about building a sidewinder or buggy for off road use.

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PM wato hes big into all that

yep, me and my brothers/dad have built 2,

first was a normal2 seater beach buggy with full tube frame and a rear mounted renalt 1.2L 4cly motor, was good but we blew the motor 3 times, so we sold it

second was a side winder, first generation design, plans bought from the Egde off road shop; constructed it over a half year, matched to a fully rebuilt honda XR600 motor, after lots of testing and fixing we finally finished it, and i will say,
WOW the power this thing had was incredable, on gravel roads we could easily write our names, the power to wait ratio was stupid, 3 people could lift this off the ground.
and we oly had a 600 motor have herd or prople putting ninga or gsxr motors on them!! now that would be insane and a joke.

we sold it for 4K about 4 years ago

they are lots of work to build and get running reliable, but best fun ever trashing though some dirt roads!! good luck

ps.. did i mention they are expensive and brake alot! lol

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i have been looking into it a bit, easiest and cheapest way is to buy one that someone has already built and either lost interest or blown a motor etc.
i would love to get one the is set up with a VW gearbox so i can rear mount my ej18 into it...

i found this website yesterday i think the plans and some of the parts might be handy and save some time i plan on doing most of it myself as i want to improve my mechanical and fabrication skills and bah! a man cant have enough hobbies and toys.

http://www.git.com.au/~theedge/

tell me what you think

hey Markveron where abouts is that edge off road shop

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My dad and i have been building these from the ground up for years. i think we have a total of 18 people in our buggy club, of whom each buggy we built except for one. ill get some pics up in the next couple of hours for you to have a look. the edge products make kits for different sorts and different courses but get on their website and have a look but my personal opinion, this is a very expensive way to go, they are unreliable/high maintenance because they generally use motorbike engines and break lots as said above. There is one buggy they build called the Balistic. This is the best looking buggy i have ever seen. 2 seats, jet fighter style, massive frame and suspension work, complete with EJ20 Turbo. The thing pisses but hets the pocket for 80g.
My old beach buggy was a fully intergrated frame that i designed and fabd with my old boy out of light weight pipe, i had a VW 1600 that we tricked up to 2L and easily did 170-180 on a flat beach, it had kombi g/box (stronger) with IRS so big shocks on the back for big jumps, skinnies on the front and sprint car tyres on the back. all up we probably spent about 5-6 grand but it was unbreakable because we did it right the first time. i ended up selling it for about 8g.
But dont forget, these buggies get hammered in second gear for most of the time, flogging around tracks, dunes etc doin stupid stuff in them wont keep them in good shape. Suspension breaks, steering arms, clutches, cables, break lines, tyres pop, engines blow if not looked after, theres alot of hours and money spent on these toys to get em going and keep em going. so if your looking for a toy thats easy to look after and can have plenty of fun on, buy a quad like a banshee or something.
Just my 2c.
my beach buggy
my uncle ians bush pig


Just a few that i have at work...full on fun machines.

I am in the middle of designing a new one that i will be incorporating a turbo motor of soem sorts

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