Newer Pic of My Buggy....for those that know me.

[Sean K.]

I wanna go!
I hope it's not Turkey weekend, I'm out of town.

Cliff,
You're more than welcome as far as I'm concerned.....but I'm thinking if I get really lucky, it might be that weekend. Not sure though.....just depends on how things progress.

Sean

 

[offroader5]

Cliff,
You're more than welcome as far as I'm concerned.....but I'm thinking if I get really lucky, it might be that weekend. Not sure though.....just depends on how things progress.

Sean

Well, if it's that weekend...I won't be back in town till Sunday night

 

[Sean K.]

Well, if it's that weekend...I won't be back in town till Sunday night

Might not matter....ran into some problems with my pedal assemblies. I'm thinking I'll have to make my own....they're hitting the firewall before they are depressing the MCs enough (I think). I'm going to have to call CNC tomorrow and see if they know how much travel is enough. I'm only getting about 1" of pushrod travel at the MC and 6" of travel of the pedal where it contacts the firewall. There's a total of 1.5" of travel (from what I can tell). I can't notch the firewall to allow the pedal to travel further b/c my orbital is on the other side. I can't cut the pedal off b/c at that ratio (6:1) cutting off a 1/2" on the backside of the pedal will make very little difference in how far the MC travels....it's not worth it. It's almost like Wilwood (the pedals I'm using with the CNC masters) didn't design their pedal with enough angle or they expected your firewall to be sunk in near the foot box rather than a straight wall. I guess I could sink an assload more money into some CNC pedals, but I think they are too wide and they'll hit my steering column coming off of the orbital.

Great news, huh?

Sean

 

[goodtimes]

If it was easy, anybody could do it.

 

[inkpot]

Howdy! Can you just notch/ bend/weld the pedals just below the point where the pushrods connect, so that the pedals don't hit the floor so soon? John

 

[Sean K.]

John,
No, unfortunately not. They are cast aluminum Wilwood pedals so you can't weld or bend them.

I talked to CNC today. Corina told me that they may work with only 1" of travel, but you need to have the full 1.5" of travel to properly bleed the system.

I'm thinking that if I bench bleed the MCs, or use my vacuum bleeder, I may be able to have it work.

I think at this point, I'm going to try that route first b/c the CNC pedal assembly is almost identical in specs to the Wilwoods I already have that do not work. In short, I'll probably end up having to make a pair of custom pedals that go into their brackets......which consequently will probably take me at least a weekend to figure out exactly what angles I need and where I need to place the pivot point in relation to the clevis attachment for a given push rod length.

Sean

 

[BMAN]

Or... have Shannon whip up a bubble for the firewall for ya. I'm sure he's got somethin he could come up with in a pinch for ya.

 

[Sean K.]

Nope....can't do that either....there's 10 lbs. of s*** in a five pound bag in my engine compartment as is. The biggest problem with trying to bubble the firewall is that the orbital is on the other side where the pedals are hitting.

No, if the pedals don't work out......I'll just make another. It'll be a pain, but that's all this buggy has been so I guess I should expect no different towards the end.

Sean

 

[BMAN]

How about a spacer? Or moving the whole setup inboard 1/2"?

 

[Sean K.]

I can move the whole bracket back toward the driver, but it's getting too close to the driver as is and moving the bracket back only makes this worse.

I messed with it for about 2 hours last night. I think it may just work like it is. I've got it at about 1 1/8" or so of travel. If I can get it to bleed, I'm guessing it'll work fine. If not, I'll build pedals. It's just a time game.....it'll either work, or I'll have to spend a weekend building ones that do.

Sean

 

[BMAN]

Friggin frig...

 

[Sean K.]

Friggin frig...

Well, I may have plenty of time to wait. If Eben can't get over here on Sunday to finish wiring.....he won't be able to get back over until the Saturday after Thanksgiving. We'll just have to play it by ear.

I'm off to work on it now.

Sean

 

[Sean K.]

New pics.....it's pretty close to done. Not sure if I'm going to run door skin or not at this point.....if so, it won't be much different as they are clear.

Ass high right now b/c I expect 180lbs of fuel and tools which should level it out a few inches.

Sean

 

[Relix]

So sweet

 

[Blues Dawg]

it almost looks evil - I Like It!

 

[CodyRx7]

Could something like that be driven on the street? I'm assuming if so it would be required that you wear a helmet or have some type of windshield?

I always see this guy in Prescott Valley with some dune buggy front/giant single dragster tire in back contraption driving around wearing a helmet.

 

[Sean K.]

Yes, it could be....but technically you have to go through a class III inspection and re-register as a custom built vehicle. Pretty simple to do, but I don't plan on bothering with this one.

Sean

 

[BMAN]

Pic #9 reminds me of some kinda pissed off-devil-snapping-turtle-skull-thingy.

Turtuga Diablo

 

[Sean K.]

New pics a friend just sent me.

BMAN, got a good shot of your kid....wife hasn't uploaded it yet though.

Sean