My buggy did very well for it's first time out, the only thing I broke was a rear bump stop (stock) which I'm told doesn't count. I had some running issues... I had read up on 009 and 34pict-3 hesitation problems and tried the suggested tricks but that resulted in no top end which we didn't know when tuning it on the foor at work. I dealt with it saturday and part of sunday and changed out my main carb jet to a smaller size (1 up from stock vs. 2 up from stock) and it was a completely different animal, however it suffered from a pretty big hesitation when you step on the throttle, which the other jet had resolved, so I had to constantly feather the gas to pump the accelerator pump , which I'm pretty sure we had already "turned up" all the way. I'll have to keep an eye out for a progressive weber or maybe another bugspray. Never saw a flicker from the oil pressure light which was nice... it was a bit of a question mark having not disassembled the bottom end and just running it in the shop for about 15 minutes.
The rear bottoms out going over jumps, which I expected... I need to turn up the torsion bars because after having "settled" it's got about 50% droop. That should help out a bit... I'm not planning on the shock relocate this year, maybe for next year. My brakes worked great.. very pleased with the results there... I'd really like a rear view mirror, the roof area near the center of my windshield frame was pretty clean after this weekend so it would work out, just need to find one to bolt to the roof. I'd like to get the 3 rib tractor tires for the front because the tread on the tires I have now throws a TON of mud and water, like a giant pinwheel of muck. Oh, and yeah, you really do need cutting brakes... that'll have to wait until next year too but both times I got stuck they would have gotten me out.
before:
Completely re-born!
Pictures don't do this justice - you could hardly stand up it was so steep.
He drove it out of the woods for an unknown distance like this, and up onto the trailer! He didn't even know it was broken until we got back to camp! The CV joint still worked!
video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6rn07NTmHk
