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Thanks for watching! sounds like a cool bug!

thanks for watching!

well the issue with this car is that the chassis is really not the best design and is very heavy, and if i wanted to make it better i would have to start over anyways, so i might as well build a new one!

@ricoracing1646 That makes sense. Loved seeing the build like this

to be honest i am not quite sure… i didnt know end up using the carb after I made the video… the video itself was mostly just made for a highschool video presentation project, lol

Thanks!

thank you!

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thanks!

nissan altima for the win bro

wow thats quite genius! we might have to make one for the bug… thanks for the idea!

the brazil vw scene is very awesome

we trailered the car to the mountains because if we would have broken it while offroading we wouldn’t want to be stranded.

​@@ricoracing1646Probably not a wise idea to go out like this with just one vehicle.

thanks! yes i had a great time filming but definitely burned some calories lol

195/60/r15

good idea!

it would have been a class 5 1600 legal car but wouldn’t have been very competitive. we were racing with Y.O.R.R. so we were just in the 1600 class.

Thank you! Cheers!

its sheetmetal, the heat gun was just to heat the material so that I could bend it easier. you could also use a torch

@@ricoracing1646 Did the heat gun actually get the steel hot enough to make a difference?

yes it did, but its also a very powerful heat gun. I often use it to pound dents out and bend sheetmetal. Its much easier to use than a torch but more expensive.

I’m happy to see young men like yourself experimenting and learning fabrication. You will learn quickly what works and what doesn’t. I like how you bent the cut edges over.

thanks! the baja community is awesome and i have gotten so much information on how to do things from all my racing and building mentors!

thank you very much!

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thanks!

thanks!

haha i will try not to!

awesome! get him into baja bugs!!

@@ricoracing1646 I got a sand rail that I'm trying to get running. Maybe then he will be into them 😂

thank you!!

Thank you!!

Thank you!!

thank you!

Same 😂

its ACE hardware brand blue and white enamel, the whole paint job cost less than $100

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thanks for the advice!

Good luck man. Looks like you guys enjoy experiments. Looks like yall are having fun

probably lol

I hope this works cuz if it does I’ll be doing mine.

I’m all for experimenting and exploring new ideas. Sometimes simple works, sometimes it doesn’t. Me personally am not so sure about this one. Low torque engine helps. The wire wheel spinning way above the rated speed scares me. Be careful fellas. I’ll be following along and please share lessons learned as well.

my buddy actually was the one who pointed the wire wheel speed limit out to me… my fault, bought the wrong one, always make sure to read labels before buying stuff! thanks for the support!

thank you very much!!

thanks for watching!

good to know thanks

yeahhh… im not the sharpest tool in the shed

@@ricoracing1646 we all have done it. 😀

how about the iron duke lol

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i actually got to meet Craig at the mint 400 this year and see that baja bug in person, very cool car!

@@ricoracing1646 dude that's so cool Craig is an awesome guy!!! 👌

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yeah im not sure how long the old shift linkage material will last but next time i will definitely use something thicker… so far it seems pretty solid though!

I like your baja!

@@ricoracing1646 yours is sick too.

If you arent planning to race or do any kind of crazy abusive offroading then you dont need to reinforce the suspension… for this car we added a 4 point roll bar for safety and overall chassis rigidity. For shocks, we used stock length KYB shocks. if you arent going to lift the car more than 2 or 3 inches the stock shocks should be long enough. everything we did to the suspension on this car was completely free and just required about a weeks worth of work.

lol nah scrapin the ground builds character

i drove it like that too!! 😬

i would have liked to leave it as it was but unfortunately the orange peel was so bad that something had to be done!

@@ricoracing1646 maybe a finer grit sandpaper with lots of water and hand sanded.

thank you for the tips!

@@ricoracing1646 sweet bug!!

someone needs to explain what “promsm” means 😂

thanks!

My bug did start off as a swing axle! we raced it like that for a couple years but there really isn’t that much you can do to improve suspension travel on a swing axle car, so we decided to swap for IRS. I bought some weld on mounts from Pacific Customs. heres a video explaining everything we did to mount our arms: ua-cam.com/video/rbRbvICS7S4/v-deo.htmlsi=j6TtrozC0sCvy7qJ

Thanks for all the feedback it's already helped me a ton on my build and your videos help tons too as you explain and show how u do it! Thanks again

thanks!