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No El-Use-O. ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,368 Joined: 27-December 03 From: SW Michigan Member No.: 52 ![]() |
I bought an 88 Suzuki Samurai in October.
Should be a fun off-road truck. Probably all I will do at first is a bunch of armor stuff-gas tank, t-case, rock sliders, cage. Swap to 5.14 gears with mini spool in the rear. Re-do the brakes, new cheap shocks (may even skip this) and get the engine working flawlessly (since getting stranded in the woods would be REALLY bad. I figure if it's something we like I'll get more radical with it. AFAIK Sgarnett and Judd are the only ones here that are remotely interested in something like this. |
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Member ![]() Group: Advanced Members Posts: 41 Joined: 16-June 05 From: satx and b/cs (texas) Member No.: 773 ![]() |
My roomate and I are swapping in his Briggs "5hp" engine in my go cart. It's got dry film lubricants and thermal barrier coating on the inside which allows it run extremely lean. It just about doubled the torque to 12 ft lbs on the dyno and increased the horsepower a few points back around 5 (only dynoed 3 at stock even though it was supposed to be 5). This along with the torque converter should allow the cart to wind up pretty well. Hopefully it will be in and running by Wednesday.
I know, I know, nothing fancy, but hey, we're poor college students. |
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