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How long should it take too build a buggy??????

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How long should it take too build a buggy??????

Post by Tube Works »

As the heading stated. How long should it take too build a buggy. :?:
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Post by "CANADA" »

anywhere from 2 weeks to a few years...it realy matters personal circumstance's and what you are building...
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Post by MY45 »

How long did u think before u asked this question :?
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Post by Screwy »

too many variables. this is a bad question to try and answer.

depends on the type of buggy, whether its from a chassis or scratch

wat parts u have and wat u have to buy, how much time u have to work on it, how much money u have.....

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Post by Daisy »

a fully committed project would take up to 2 weeks if all parts are available.

in the US one buggy was built in 5 days :shock:

RUFF's budgie was built in 9 days i think

mine - about 4/5 weeks (nearly complete) mainly becuase theres no rush as the next werock is 2 months away.

Adrians - 3 weeks i think for the second round of werock previously

It all depends on your finances, accessiblity to equipment such as tube bender, welder, notcher etc and most important of all - TIME... do you have the time to do it?
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Post by "CANADA" »

Tube Works wrote:What, When, Where and how much. My hubby and I have a buggy thats almost finished and we want to start to compete. Our buggy is nuts and should be a good starting point (with a bit of wheel time). Where are the rules for the event and buggy specs as we are almost done.
Buggy specs
1 3/4 and 1 1/2 DOM tube
All tube
37" tyres on beed locks
350 TPI chev
Turbo 400
Atlas 11 5to1 ratio
Dana 60 diffs with detroit lockers
Who do I contact to compete as we want in. :?: :?: :?:
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Post by Tube Works »

Your point :?:
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Post by Dozoor »

How about from now until 3am 19-11-05.

Gives me 4 hour to get there :lol:

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Post by redzook »

Tube Works wrote:Your point :?:
got pics?

is it some one messing around or is tube works
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Post by Tube Works »

We will be at round 3 WE rock. The reason for asking is that it is taking alot longer than we thought to get this thing finished. :x
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Post by OVERKILL ENG »

How long is a piece of string.
Depends on specs and available time.
We have built 2 chassis one took 2 days the other took nearly 2 weeks.
Knowing what you want before you start is a good idea.The last one we just finished took 7.5 hours judt to weld it all up.
If everything was on your side and there were no holdups i wreckon you could do 1 in 1-2 weeks.
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Post by N*A*M »

it could also take 3 months since you've paid somebody for parts they said they'd have. :lol:
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Post by Strange Rover »

If you know what you are doing and you have got the engine/gearbox/transfer in one piece and have got the axles together then I think it should take take about 200hours.

To work out what it costs to build one takes a little longer.........but im working on it.

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