Josh Battles wrote:
> a motor what that low of an output probably
> would yield far less performance than was seen in Mike's stolen buggy. I
> think it would be too heavy for it.
borrowed, eh? !!!
>
> The buggy that was there was made out of chromeoly tube (right Mike?)
yup. 1.25" x .035 chromo. don't remember the spec, 1049 is what I'm
thinking but I don't think that's correct at all.
> and the
> whole thing only weighed 425 pounds without driver.
pretty close, yup. I don't recall if the 420# was with floatation or
without. I think without, as it was at the BBQ (for the east
competition the cars need to float and propell themselves in water, so
we have a foam float pan that bolts to the bottom of the car and fenders
to deflect water rearward)
> One that you would end
> up building out of probably 1018 steel tube would end up being in the
> neighborhood of 600 pounds without the motor and transmission in it,
only if you really overbuilt!!
last year's car was made from 1"x.049 DOM 1020 and weighed about 460#
complete. It's quite a bit smaller though and *nowhere* *near* as nice
to drive or look at (though everything is uglier with a float pan)
<http://home.tepidcola.com/gallery/mbe05/IMG_0946>
> much
> less the driver. I've been estimating that the finished buggy with driver
> will weigh in probably around 800 - 1000 pounds depending on size of the
> buggy and the occupant. That's a lot of weight for 8hp if you want to try
> and have fun with it.
if you build it like we do you're overestimating. that ought to be a
seat plus full cooler with a 25-30HP engine, I think.
MikeM
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