My Buggy - Screamer

[JohnHoffe]

A couple of pics of my buggy. Ther's a good reason I gave it the name "Screamer".......









I hope I got this image posting thing right......

[eben]

Cool pics. What cooling are you using?

[JohnHoffe]

It's a type 4 motor with a fibreglass upright fan housing and beetle alternator & fan. I've taken it to 103mm pistons & made up barrels so the fan housing is a bit of a tight fit. The alternator is run on a flat, grooved type fan belt because the normal vee belt jumps off under harsh revving.

[eben]

Wow. The pics are quite small but from what I can see it doesn't look like oilcooler is getting air from the fan housing. Is it a housing you made yourself or is it bought?

[dubster]

very cool buggy...whats the intensions for it?drag racer?track?or just plain a golf/bmw eater from robot to robot?

p.s excuse me if i ask but wheres the headlights?

[JohnHoffe]

I compressed the images a bit TOO much....no there is no oil cooling from the fan housing. I have a top mounted Empi oil cooler with a fan controlled from the MicroTech management system. And of course a 32mm cast iron pump to get the oil up to the cooler.

[Pine]

very cool buggy...whats the intensions for it?

Last time Bugger and I was at John's place he mentioned something like 'to go and get bread and milk for the wife at the corner cafe'

[Sambabus]

That is the coolest looking buggy i hav ever seen,did you build the body yourself,or just the nose?

[JohnHoffe]

If you look at the first picture you will see the headlights under the front Lexan cover, where the fuel tank would normally sit in a buggy. It is a Lollette shell without the bonnet, side covers etc. The nose was built by a ballie in Pta. I have the mould for it.

The buggy was originally built for the "lang baan" by the ballie, but he gave up on the project after the Lotus 7 guys came up with some rule banning him. When I got it it weighted 480kg with motor, box etc. I bought it off him and built a new roll cage, windscreen, fuel tank (11 liter tank in between the headlights) etc. into the shell and repainted it. I added a lot of weight with suspension / box / motor bracing. Also the motor went from 1835 T1 to 2309 T4.

The motor was designed to rev (still working on it) with a T89 / T90 combo cam for drag racing. It only gets going at about 4000 rpm.

I'll post some better pictures.

[Blitzkrieg]

This is one mean looking Buggy.

Good to see that it is Type 4 powered

[vader]

Its called Screamer cause everyone screams when they ride with you????

[vader]

The only thing I dont like about this stunning ride is the steering wheel....

[JohnHoffe]

I want it to scream louder than any woman ever can scream in your ears when you rev it!!!

Presntly it's only making me scream with frustration......

[Pine]

The only thing I dont like about this stunning ride is the steering wheel....

Relax, I've seen worse

[JohnHoffe]

The reason for the steering wheel being so small is to make space for your knees. If you look at the seat you will see that you basically lie down in the car. The top of the windscreen is 98cm from the ground.

Initially it is tricky to keep straght, but once you get used to it, it becomes quite fun because it is so direct. (Small changes equals quick changes of direction)