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Posted by Gunner on February 9, 2008, 3:51 am
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>After evaluating ATV's and similar, I am quite convinced that the off
>road folks have no comprehension of the race car suspension things like
>Akerman steering (no tire scrub on turns), bump steer (steering
>direction changes depending on ride height), bump toe (toe in changes
>with ride height), under steer, roll center, and a host of other things.
>On loose or slippery surfaces you can get away with ignoring a lot of
>things but it does handle better when you do it correctly.
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>You might want to do a search on 'sand rail' as well as the 'dune buggy
>someone else mentioned. Things like this one
>http://www.drakart.com/
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>I did find this one, (cough, cough)
>http://one-stop-motors-nv.ebizautos.com/detail-2006-sandrail-dune_buggy-2193565.html
$59k? Where are the TOW missile pods and the gold plated bud vases?
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Gunner
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>steamer wrote:
>> --Have been sporadically googling for something but coming up dry;
>> maybe someone here knows where I could find plans to build a dune buggy? I
>> don't mean to build anything huge that needs a supercharged V-8 but I'd like
>> to find something bigger than a gokart. I'm particularly interested in
>> learning, while building, the details of steering geometry, etc as I'm
>> currently driving a Chinese POS 2-seater gokart with really lousy geometry.
>> --Any pointers appreciated.
>>
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> maybe someone here knows where I could find plans to build a dune buggy? I
> don't mean to build anything huge that needs a supercharged V-8 but I'd
> like
> to find something bigger than a gokart. I'm particularly interested in
> learning, while building, the details of steering geometry, etc as I'm
> currently driving a Chinese POS 2-seater gokart with really lousy
> geometry.
> --Any pointers appreciated.
>
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