Some pics of my fester powered buggy

[festerbuggy]

Tell me what you guys think about this little toy.........

[nonamekid]

turbooo :twisted: :shock: Nice 8)

[glacius182]

Really nice

[oxbrain]

wow, that is awesome.

One question though, why the b3 and not a b6 or bp?

And are those festiva struts in the rear? Nice way to do an IRS!

[Rumnhammer]

sweet

that's a nice piece of fabrication man. very nicely done.
Chris Rummel

[Silv3rBull3t]

I envy your garage, oh and your skills too! Nice looking buggy! Keep us updated. -Kyle

[festerbuggy]

yup, just a little b3. had a fresh rebuild on it and my buddy couldn't get it to pas DEQ, so i bought it off of him for the cost of the rebuild and decided to build a buggy out of it. I used the every part of the car i could......... steering column (had to extend it), rack, tie rods, shifter and linkage (waaaaaaay extended to get to the back of the engine), and pretty much all the suspension and driveline. The only thing i didn't use from the front suspension was the sway bar. I had to make the LCA's into a-arms so that they wouldn't move forward/backward. I had to convert it to hydraulic clutch too with a CNC sandrail pedal assembly. I figure if you build a little frame setup like this in the rear of a fester....... you could make it RWD!! :thumbright: :thumbright:

Thanks for all the complements guys! I'll keep you all updated.

Russ

[Safety Guy]

Really really nice! Cool use of Festiva parts.

Karl

[Epixstar]

nice work

[kidcurry73]

Looks good... I had one that used a Corvair front end for the rear suspension. It worked well but was very heavy the Festy should work much better.

Are you going to brace this mount?

[festerbuggy]

Looks good... I had one that used a Corvair front end for the rear suspension. It worked well but was very heavy the Festy should work much better.

Are you going to brace this mount?

yup. i'm going to run a brace from the top of that one over to the other mount and then to the round tube behind them.

[festerbuggy]

I got the beast running today. This thing is going to kick sooooo much @$$!!! as soon as i get the oil seal in the turbo fixed and get the throttle cable hooked up she's ready to rock and roll. well, it needs a skid plate too.

[SiezedFestiva]

Re: Some pics of my fester powered buggy

i have a vw bug powered buggy, maybe we can talk i wouldnt mind sticking a festiva engine in it. email oldbirchsales@sbcglobal.net

[festerbuggy]

IT RUNS!!!!!

sorry it's been a while since i've posted up on the progress of the buggy.

haha! she just took her first voyage up the road and back today! she hesitated for a little while and i couldn't figure out what the hell happened to it, then i saw that the air meter wasn't plugged in. I'm a tard! so, here's a few more pics of it. enjoy.

oh yeah, and SiezedFestiva....... i'll have to take u up on that sometime. it would be fun cuz everyone puts vw motors in theirs.... we would be different!

and the pics

[Tim]

Wow!

That is awesome!!

I am jealous.... :evil:


Regards,

Tim