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02-27-2017, 09:52 PM | #1 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Monroe, Wisconsin
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SS custom build. (Electric or Gas/Diesel?)
Alright guys,
I moved into my new place and ready to get back at working on my custom project. Basically scratched all the work I had and starting fresh. The cars underbody is practically gold cart components. I'm debting if I should go electric motor or gas/diesel motor. I want it to make a statement of looking sharp and fast. I plan on taking it to car shows and just driving around. If I go gas/diesel i am getting a new rear axle with the forward/reverse cable. Electric is self explanatory I'll get the motor and everything for it. What type of motor do you think I should go with? If gas which motor would be best that won't break the bank? I'm thinking a snowmobile or motorcycle motor maybe? Previous build thread http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/big-b...ild-ideas.html |
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02-27-2017, 09:56 PM | #2 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Monroe, Wisconsin
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Re: SS custom build. (Electric or Gas/Diesel?)
Kind do of the idea I want to go with. Make it look kinda like a drag car. Bigger wheels and tires in the back. Smaller wheels and tires in the front. Give it a little bit of a rake. Maybe put a spoiler on the back (i think itll give it a meaner look) along with a custom made hood scoop in the back.. then make a custom t-top looking rollbar over the driver.
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02-27-2017, 10:10 PM | #3 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Dundee quebec
Posts: 3,190
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Re: SS custom build. (Electric or Gas/Diesel?)
If you are going to putz around at car shows with it, sled or cycle engine don't like to do this for long, they are too high strung. A diesel can do low speed for hours without issue. Also they can be made to haul arse when called upon. That garden tractor/puller has a 3 cylinder kubota with a turbo and is friggin scary when he cracks the throttle. But tame as can be at low speeds.
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02-27-2017, 10:48 PM | #4 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Woodstock,GA
Posts: 1,088
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Re: SS custom build. (Electric or Gas/Diesel?)
From experience!
A sled engine is much easer to fab up and make run. A sled is already a clutch set up where on a bike its chain Also most sleds are just a 4 bolt mount on the bottom of the engine. Easy to mount! Most bike engines mount from the side and high up on the jug or head. Also with a sled there is no trans. so no shift linkage to work out! Just make sure you use a water cooled engine! or cooling is a real issue. I would use a two stroke engine because of the high RPM's will give you a good hole shot and still have a good top end! My buddy has one with a 4 stroke rear end for reverse, 12 to 1 and it comes out of the hole like a bullet and has a top end around 35 or 40 mph Its a blast to drive! Oh, and that 2 stroke will sound much better driving around car shows then a electric motor! LOL |
02-27-2017, 10:54 PM | #5 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Monroe, Wisconsin
Posts: 516
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Re: SS custom build. (Electric or Gas/Diesel?)
Is the sled engine going to do alright during the summer weather? I live in Wisconsin so we get super hot weather lol. Any certain motor you recommend?
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02-27-2017, 11:03 PM | #6 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Woodstock,GA
Posts: 1,088
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Re: SS custom build. (Electric or Gas/Diesel?)
Your in a better place to get that info, I am in Atl Ga LOL
I think just water cooled. My buddy is in Indiana and uses his year around with out issues. Only thing I have heard about sled engines in the summer is you have to lean out the carb. because of the less dense air in the summer. |
03-03-2017, 12:38 AM | #7 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Monroe, Wisconsin
Posts: 516
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Re: SS custom build. (Electric or Gas/Diesel?)
So this weekend I am going to look at a Polaris classic 500 snowmobile for the motor. Its electric start, has the gauges and everything already, and it has dual radiators that I'll run electric fans on. I think my uncle said there 80hp? He's a big powersports fan that's what he recommended lol
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