September's
Buggy of the Month
Owner:
Dakotah Sample, (Koko)
14
aka kyjr.buggy1
PM
kyjr.buggy1
Chassis:
Red powder coated
custom inline two seater by Steve Goforth of Xtreme Rails, London,
KY. with a wrap around bumper by my Dad (KYbuggy1) and I.
Front suspension:
Front end refabbed
to change from ball joint to king pin beam w/ stock spring packs
and custom made 1" x 2" arms (by Xtreme rails) and
1 1/2" raised spindles w/ ball joint spuds welded on by
my Dad. We also made custom caliper brackets for Nissan Sentra
calipers. Lightened Ghia rotors and stock beetle shocks.
Front Wheels and Tires:
Stock Super beetle
rims w/ Firestone implement 5.00 x 15 4 ply tires.
Rear suspension:
Stock extended trailing
arms stretched 2" x 3" built by my Dad and me. Rancho
6000 shocks, double spring plates, stock beetle torsion bars.
One piece Porsche style rotors and Sentra calipers.
Rear Tires:
Firestone flotation
23* 8 plies cut to the cords and down the side wall by me. Wide
5 Weld Racing Sprint car rims w/ bead locks.
Editor's
Note: This JR Woodsbuggier also cuts tires to help fund his
buggying obsession and it's obvious from this pic he does a
very good job. If any of you don't want to go through the laborious
job of cutting your own tires give kyjr.buggy1
a PM
and let him do all the work for you.
Drive Train:
6 rib with super
dif, stage 3 Kennedy pressure plate and Kush-lok disc, type
2 cv's, hydraulic slave cyl.
Engine:
2387cc(86 x 94) with
13:1 compression. Stock dual oil relief case with steel sleeved
lifter bores. All machine work except clearancing for stroke
by RIMCO. Street Eliminator heads port matched to CB Big Beef
Manifolds, Weber 44's with small vents and jetdoctors, aluminum
air cleaners, Engle 110 cam, Bugpack 1.4 rocker arm assemblies,
Cb 5.7 h-beam Super Race rods, Demmelo crank, 12 lb. flywheel.
All polished aluminum tins and shroud, MSD 6AL ignition system
with Pro-Billet dizzy and MSD plug wires. CB dry sump system
w/ dual remote WIX racing oil filters, Renegade 20w 50 racing
oil, 14 qts.
Interior:
Front seat is a poly
high back with 5 point RJS harness. Rear is plastic low back
w/ latest rage 4 point harness. CNC single handled cutting brake.
The front brakes are on separate Latest Rage cylinder and handle
on a custom mount made by my dad. CNC pedal assembly.
Steering:
Stock beetle steering
box.
Special Thanks to:
My Dad (KYbuggy1)
for helping me work on my buggy and taking me riding. Mom for
letting me have a buggy. Grandpa Sample for giving me a job
to earn buggy money. Scott Mccarthy (Yankee) for helping work
on the buggy and giving me a hard way to go. Chicago Willie
(Wildwillie) for the killer deal when I first bought the buggy
and Tim at Southern Buggies for always sending what I need fast.
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