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Bebop said:
No 5 point harness is a big problem IMO.
Especially with kids that aren't as focused on keeping their bodies straight and planted in the back of the seat.
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good catch. belts will ride up and you will
slide up into the cage in the event of a roll. thewife and i have matching scares on our heads from only being in a 4-point
 
mobil1syn said:
good catch. belts will ride up and you will
slide up into the cage in the event of a roll. thewife and i have matching scares on our heads from only being in a 4-point
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I had the bench built to run 3 four points or 2 five points. At some point we will transition to only 2 five points on the bench.
I have close to 6” of clearance above my head on the bench so ride up would only be an issue for me. The kids have over a foot of clearance.
There is a simplicity of checking 3 buckles vs 15 buckles and making sure they didn’t twist them or cross over each others, as well as getting in and out quickly. Would be nice if they made harnesses like car seats. The boys could buckle themselves in and cinch down will drinking a juice box, then unbuckle and roll out half asleep when we got home.
 
Not to mention you're probably not going to be doing the "this could end in me barrel rolling down a mountain" shit with the kids in it.
 
arse_sidewards said:
Not to mention you're probably not going to be doing the "this could end in me barrel rolling down a mountain" shit with the kids in it.
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I’ve never been one for adrenaline situations.
I’m also old enough to know how long it takes to heal from doing stupid things.
I also don’t have enough time to build another buggy if I total this one.
 
HYDRODYNAMIC said:
I had the bench built to run 3 four points or 2 five points. At some point we will transition to only 2 five points on the bench.
I have close to 6” of clearance above my head on the bench so ride up would only be an issue for me. The kids have over a foot of clearance.
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The belts will ride up.
Not the occupants.

HYDRODYNAMIC said:
There is a simplicity of checking 3 buckles vs 15 buckles and making sure they didn’t twist them or cross over each others, as well as getting in and out quickly. Would be nice if they made harnesses like car seats. The boys could buckle themselves in and cinch down will drinking a juice box, then unbuckle and roll out half asleep when we got home.
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It's your kids dude.
It's very beneficial to check their harnesses anyway.

arse_sidewards said:
Not to mention you're probably not going to be doing the "this could end in me barrel rolling down a mountain" shit with the kids in it.
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Shit happens. You're not planning to crash, but shit happens.
Especially with kids in the car my opinion would be to error on the side of extreme caution.

HYDRODYNAMIC is a grown-up and can make his own decisions. I'm just sharing with him my opinion.
 
Your europoor roots are showing.

Resources are not unlimited. Lines must be drawn. What he's done is already better than what the vast majority of people have.
 
So I strapped myself in the kids bench and flailed around, pushed, pulled, anyway I could move and I didn't go anywhere, to the point that I will probably have harness marks tomorrow. The belts didn't move, I didn't move. The worst thing that could have happened was a swinging arm would have clocked the person sitting next to me.
I think some of you have lost perception of reality.
A loose lap belt, yes I can see how that can create movement.
Rock bouncer recline, yes I can see how you would slide in your seat. I do not have a stupid recline.
Head clearance of one inch, yes I can see how you would stretch the harness enough to contact the cage. I have 6" clearance for myself.
Safety is one of those things that will be argued till the end of time. What one person thinks is safe, the next will think is unsafe.
If you obsess about safety too much, you end up in a bubble, in a padded room, in a straight jacket, eating sterilized meals, and your only stimulus is an echo chamber, which inevitably leads to your insanity.
Back to reality, I yell at the boys, is your harness tight, YES, YES, YES. Ok hold on, here we go, and we enjoy life.
 
Apex fast deflation valve stem. Designed and marketed for overlanders but solves my problem of having to air down to get in and out of the garage. No more pulling valve stems or waiting for forever.
I got the shortest version and they appear to be more than enough protected with the TR rings. They dump air fast.
Hardest part as removing the stupid TR double nutted valve stems.

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HYDRODYNAMIC said:
I had to check the calendar to make sure it was really Tuesday before I could fully enjoy your first post. IYKYK
If you are for real like Santa, Easter Bunny, and Boogy Man then yes, I made the brackets.
If I was to do it all over again would I do the same thing. Yes, I can brake check my kids out of their seats to see if they are belted in or not. Safety first.
The only downside I am not crazy about is that I had to mill and tap the caliper brackets to make everything fit. I don't like the idea of having a custom part although it is not a custom wear part. The caliper is stock but the caliper mounting bracket has been modified. Not talkin about the silver bracket I made but the cast black slide bracket that comes with the caliper. Also had to open the ID of the disk to fit the hub, this is a simple task and one that could be done with an angle grinder so not so worried about this wear part so much.
Enjoy the rest of your Tuesday.
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I was talking about the silver bracket, I’m just scheming ways to shed some weight and clear 17”s. Looks way slicker than all the other brackets people sell with there kits too
 
Revalved the front shocks and bumped all the nitrogen to 200PSI. I must have dropped the nitrogen on the bumps at some point to drop to full bump and forgot to recharge. Without the shocks the bumps were at full compression.
Plated the bump strikes with 1/4” 304SS.
Hopefully ready to mob through some stupid stuff like the old buggy did. Anyone in the buggy was amazed how hard and big of obstacles it could take on and just roll right over it. Part of it was the massive 54” tires. It was too much fun to not try to match with the new buggy.
9 hole pistons and a little more compression valving is next on the list for the rear.
Side note: I sanded off most of the Steelit and while welding the Steelit was burning off near the close spots and smoking but had no effect on the shielding gas or weld quality.

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wizbang said:
I was talking about the silver bracket, I’m just scheming ways to shed some weight and clear 17”s. Looks way slicker than all the other brackets people sell with there kits too
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The silver brackets were made by me. I really wanted to run an OEM caliper and vented rotor after understanding how crappy and flexy the dynalites with spacers are and the heat dissipation of a plate rotor vs a vented rotor.
 
Thought I had a bad weld on the radiator tank but now with some dust and accumulated coolant it sure looks like the bars are leaking. The cores are from Triton. I have not heard back from them if I did something wrong or if some cores are bad.
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HYDRODYNAMIC said:
Side panels mounted. 1/4” UHMW
Panels are to keep rocks out of my face in front and my kids fingers off the spinning tires. That’s about it. No real estate for sponsor stickers :flipoff2:

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Panels look great - any pics of the tabs you used to mount them?

I may have mentioned this before, but I feel like I get anxiety checking this thread because everything in your shop is so clean:lmao: Something ain't right:homer: I'm sure it's great to finally be able to fire it up and drive it. Been a great thread to follow along with, and looking forward to seeing it once it's all dialed in...
 
With all those pointy lines you should paint some sawteeth on your body panels like an antiquated stealth fighter. :laughing:
 
After mounting the .125" alum roof with foam between the bars and panels and hearing how solid/dead it was when hitting it, then looking at the UHMW side panels and seeing them straight in the cold morning then warped, wavy and rattling in the hot evenings. I figured I should make a set of .125" aluminum side panels.
Here is what I sent off for waterjet.
The two open areas on the hood are for dual Spal fans that pull cold air in and down over the exhaust to force the hot air down and out under the belly. They will be wired in series dropping the voltage to about half which makes them quieter than anything else on the buggy, so they can run all the time. I was advised against it by Spal, reason being it would overload the motors running in series, but we shall see, in testing they ran perfectly fine. Might even switch the polarity in the winter so the heat blows up into the cab area.
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I've done a couple buggy's with reversible cooler fans for heating. I put them on a DPDT switch, one direction the fan blows out, the other it blows in. Everything still ran off the thermostatic switch.
 
Got the hood cut and fans mounted. Wired in series. Video is loud, but in person they are not noticeable with the engine running. They pull in a good amount of air as well. The video shows the one fan in slow motion but output is identical between the two at least what can be measured with an eye, hand, and ear.
 
because i love going back and re reading this thread. i see your trailing arms are heims on both ends and you made this wobble link bar to keep coil over in line with shock so it dont bind. i see alot of pre designed trailing arms use a Johnny joint or what ever. again i really just love re reading and learning more and more each time.

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Decided on a trailer as I cant take the buggy anywhere without one.
Flat deck drive over fenders with ramps.
14K downrated to 10K.
1/8" treadplate deck
3"x6"x3/16" main rails
2-1/2"x1-1/2"x1/8" cross members
Ramp storage, adjustable ramp width for loading buggies, quads, and tractors.
Flat deck long enough to haul 20' sticks.

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