Buggy Truck

Posted on | June 19, 2010 | 1 Comment

Buggy Truck

should i build a dune buggy or an offroad truck?

For cost, buggy. I built mine for around $1500 US, NOT including the engine I put in it from my old 2-seater. Unless you've been in and/or around off road for quite a while, you'd probably be better off buying a used car, and gaining some experience. Believe me!! Been There, Done That!!! I bought my first buggy, learned about the world of off road (I had already been crewing on NASCAR cars, and dirt late models, so I already knew how to run on dirt, but I still had to learn the nuances of flying a car through the air.....it's a BLAST!!!), and the rest is history. I won a championship in my third year of racing.

Don't get me wrong, trucks have their good points, but to be a competitive, front-runner, like in CORR, WSORR, or even SCORE, you are going to need some major, major bucks!! If you want to run MAORA (what I ran...limited mostly to Illinois) they are significantly cheaper, although they still run in the mid-teen-thousands. I, Personally, don't think that the pro-2 and Pro-4 trucks ride as nice as a properly set-up Class 9 Buggy (WSORR and CORR Super Buggy).

If you want to save some bucks, and have loads of fun, build a buggy.

If money is no object, build a Pro-2 or Pro-4 truck.

BTW, Dawg, why not leave the real answers to the REAL racers??? Have you ever heard of a VERY cold winter, in an UN-HEATED shop? It's not very conducive to working on metal objects.....that, and it's really nice to work at home, so I can be on here as much as I want...24/7 if I wish.

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