jeffery

thanks for the info guys! will do some more reading and start collecting parts. I have lot's of other projects in the works but like to start thinking about new ideas in advance, is a good way to work out the buggs. I am hoping to pick up a roller in the next couple months and get it stripped down to start measuring, working on suspension designes etc. I am stoked to have enough room in the new shop to leave these kinds of projects set up and not have them be in my way, kind of a dream come true. will post some pics as soon as I got something happening!

nice quad? cool but not my style!

Hey to all! Never owned a subaru but have been interested since I have seen all the lifted cars running around bellingham ,WA. My backgroung= prototyping, r&d, composites, (mold making and parts mfg.), metal fabrication and machining based around aerospace, offroad and art. interests= offroad bikes, trucks, buggies, snow machines, downhill mtn. bikes, going big (within reason) cnc and the general outdoors. Just got a new shop and finally have enough room for some longer term projects!!!!! Planning on building small, light weight, tube chassis 4x4 with independant suspension. Something a little bigger than a side by side yet no bigger than a samari. thought this might be a good place to start, been reading posts now for a week and have come accross lot's of great info. Props to all the knowledgeable members that have put the effort into making this forum work. If you guys could take a few minutes and look at some of my questions I would be stoked! where do i start??? I want to build something that will take some abuse. I know that you are not going to be rock racing a subaru based buggy, but would like to use the toughest parts while still keeping the weight down. what year and model; 1. would hold up the best to offroad? toughest axles, tranny, diffs, easiest to increase travel etc, I know this is a pretty general question, just looking to get some direction for research. 2. have low range? 3. dimensions? smaller the better mainly worried about width, I'm sure there is plenty of flexibility in length. 4. manual versus auto tranny strength? Justy????????? I am only assuming the running gear is lighter than the other cars, hope I am wrong as they seem quite narrow. whatever help would be awesome! my project will be public knowledge, all specs, cad drawings etc. will be available on this forum. purely fun project!!!!!!!

Hey to all! Never owned a subaru but have been interested since I have seen all the lifted cars running around bellingham ,WA. My backgroung= prototyping, r&d, composites, (mold making and parts mfg.), metal fabrication and machining based around aerospace, offroad and art. interests= offroad bikes, trucks, buggies, snow machines, downhill mtn. bikes, going big (within reason) cnc and the general outdoors. Just got a new shop and finally have enough room for some longer term projects!!!!! Planning on building small tube chassis 4x4 with independant suspension. Something a little bigger than a side by side yet no bigger than a samari. thought this might be a good place to start, been reading posts now for a week and have come accross lot's of great info. Props to all the knowledgeable members that have put the effort into making this forum work. If you guys could take a few minutes and look at some of my questions in the offroad section I would be stoked! thanks, jeff