I had a j&s buggy for about 15 years. I bought it as a unfinished project and slowly rebuilt it. It had a variety of engines starting with a forty horse then 1600, then a 2.2 stroker which was out of my beetle ute just for summer fun and finally a Weber fed 1776. As for big wheels it had 14" front rims with 6.50/14 mud's at 28" high and 16" rears with 255/85/r16 mud's at 33" high. Then I became involved with the local autocross club so off went the big wheels,wind down the suspension and have fun, until I had mishap by hitting a tire on a corner and rolling over once and stopping on its side, with only minor damage off each front mudgard cracked and the windscreen. After that I regrettably sold it less engine to a young fellow who was going to fix it before he got his license but it has not been touched since he purchased it over 12 months ago,so I might by it back .
Now I race a square back with the 1776, now turboed,injected,intercooled lots of fun.
1972 Type 3 Square back. It is running a 1776 engine. It is got factory type 3 fuel injection manifolds etc. It is a Motec Fuel Injection computer. It has custom made extractors which I made for the Turbo to bolt to. You can see the rear of the extractors and the flange of the turbo from the rear picture of the car. Also you can see the intercooler which is where the back right hand side rear window was. Air is ducted through the front drivers side window and exits through the rear side window. It as got full flow oil with oil coolers with thermo fan inside the car which sucks air through a top roof vent. It as an auto transmission which is good on the track as you don't have to worry about clutching and changing gears. The only problem is it is a little slow off the line. But I found driving on two wheels around corners helps catch up some time. The car has a six point roll cage. The seats are Saas seats with a four point harness. It has rear disk brakes which I fitted, which are Mercedes disks and Subaru callipers. It runs on Av Gas which helps with high combustion tempretures.
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