The Donkey ECORS B Class Buggy

[Donkey]

Folks shes sure is coming along, tonight is the first test drive.
Heres some pictures of the truss think it'll hold?
We sleeved it

Trussed it

Braced it

And put a tool box in it

It doesnt really add strength to the axle but we can carry spare shafts

 

[Donkey]

I wanted to also say thanks to

Poly Performance, they are a great company to deal with; I got my extingusher brackets through them, my axle sleeves and my race suit and could not be happier with a company. We had a miscommunication on the axle sleeves and they got it resolved and took care of it for me, and everything shipped out same day.

also thanks to Warn, i wouldnt want to run anything but the best.

 

[cburgin]

I bought the chassis and put all my stuff in it but heres what iv learned.

When the previous owner owned it and was selling it i thought it was exactly what i wanted, I wouldnt have to change a thing, with in a week i knew i was going to completely redo the driver compartment and some day do the road change the front and rear body up a bit.

So heres my advice to anyone looking to buy a retired chassis, go in expecting your going to eventually rebuild almost the whole thing. I wouldnt have done it differently though, buying the chassis got me in to tube buggy status alot quicker then building one from scratch.

By the way heres some pictures from last night, things are moving right along.
Picture of the old tube work with a peek at the new grill hoop

New grill hoop and connectors from firewall to grill hoop, left the old front hoop in for now because its holding the radiator

Still got the tube fender part to put on, shock hoops, and some bracing. I have to figure out how the radiator is going to mount along with lights and hood pins. Have to be close to being done by the end of next weekend. Looks like ill have a couple late night after work this week.

Nice rig. I may have missed it in the thread but I was just wondering if anymore bracing was going into the frame where its notched for the shocks? Even with the hoop its seems it would buckle if you ran into something head on? Can wait to watch it go fast

 

[Donkey]

That is a good point, the plan is to try and avoid leaping trees. But if I happen to hit one, I did plate it with 1/4 when I first notched it during my original build. If that's not enough then I'll be tubing out the bent pieces.

 

[biggoofy]

Congrats on the 3rd place finish man!

 

[Donkey]

Thanks Zach, just realized i never updated this thread.

Well we made it to the race and had a blast, few issues presented themselves during prerunning; we cut a tire, burnt up a fan relay, lost a caliper bolt, and bent a steering fitting (thanks Jordan for the fitting). We paced ourselves during the race, going fast where we could and slowing down to save the equipment when needed, which ultimately got us our 3rd place finish. During the race the only trouble we had was someone (me) forgot to weld on the muffler and we lost that lap 2, eventually the motor cut out in slippery nipple where the spectators informed us we were draging our muffler by the O2 sensor we unplugged and it fired right up and we ran the rest of the race without. Thanks to the person who brought the muffler up to the start finish line, we went out looking for it but someone already had grabbed it for us. All in all a great time and am already making plans on what to make better and or fix for 2013, we are hoping to run a full season but if not will atleast make a couple of the closer races.

Somethings we will need are better shocks and for them to be mounted a little differently, get the steering to turn a bit quicker possibly a bigger pump and a double ended ram, some synergy ball joints, sticky tires, a stroked motor, a built transmission, and a few odds and ends.

Well on to some pictures

This one is one of my favorites it was our last lap coming head on to the crew that came out to help and support, showing some excitement after just finding out we were in 3rd.

And after the race

I want to thank everyone who helped get this thing ready, and of course my sponsors Xtreme Jeep and Offcamber, i could not of done it without them. We are looking for some sponsorship next year as i have quite the list of parts need to be competitive for the podium every race next season. Any help would be appriciated you can contact me via pm or through our Facebook page found below.

Thanks and see you guys at Gray Rock Fall for All.