How to build an off road buggy For many of us it is a dream to one day build an off road buggy. How cool is it to drive through the rough terrain on your self-built buggy. But where do you start? On the internet we see a lot of pictures of unfinished buggy projects.
This is the FX Buggy FX1000 Crosskart Buggy in the field and driven hard! The buggy is powered by a 600cc Honda CBR engine. The engine has just over 100 horsepower. This is enough to make the buggy go fast. If this is not enough for you, you can upgrade the engine to 200 horsepower.
The FX 1000 is a high performance off road vehicle. The beast is easy to tame and is a blast to drive at high speed on or off the road. How do we manage to do that? Our buggy has been designed with performance in mind and features a stiff tubular frame, double independent suspension
In this video you can see how the center hub is mounted into the chassis plates. In the video the prototype buggy is assembled. The center hub assembly has been through several upgrades since then: Combined the threaded bushing for fixing the bearing carriers with other threaded bushings which are used in the buggy. Increased
In this video you can see the buggy on its wheels for the first time. The buggy in this video is the prototype and has been through several changes since then: Increased the height of the nose for more space in the cockpit and better shape. Increased the width of the A-arms in front and
In this video you can see how the rear suspension has been build. In the video the prototype is assembled. The prototype has been through several upgrades since then: Increased the width of the A-arms on frame connection. Adjusted position of the center hub for optimized drive shaft angles. Added different bolt pattern flanges for
In this video you can see how the main frame has been build. In the video the prototype is assembled. The prototype has been through several upgrades since then: Increased the height of the nose for more space in the cockpit and better shape. Several things changed on center hub design. (see center hub video
In this video you can see how the front suspension has been build. In the video the prototype is assembled. The prototype has been through several upgrades since then: Increased the width of the A-arms on frame connection. Fitted Wilwood PS-1 left and right brake calipers with fixed / non floating mounting brackets for easier
