Featured in the 2002 VW Trends.
This car was built as a promo. for the shop. Ray jr took 3 months in building the car.The dune buggy is a chassis car with a ball joint front end. Trans:3.88 r&p, 3.78 1st, 2.21 2nd, 1.48 3rd, 1.14 4th, with a welded diff, swayaway axels. 1915cc motor with a turbo charger and a 45mm side draft carb at a comprssion ratio of 8.7:1. The car was sold to and shipped to the virgin islands.
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First time out
6.86 @ 101 MPH 1.32 60 FT. @ LAKELAND, FL 3-2002 |
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The start of a new project...Ray jr
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The prostreet dune buggy.
This car is on a shortened vw T-1 pan with a ball joint front end with adjusters and lowerd spindals. |
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Rear suspension.
3" narrowed rear end, 2" raised trans. mount, stock trans with a welded diff. swayaway axels,30mm torsion bars,swayaway spring plates. All work done by Daniel hernandez & Ray jr of RayCar.
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The cockpit.
All autometer guages we used and a Gene Berg shifter. Shift rod wa ran over the tunnel. |
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Nearly Complete
Looking bad as hell. I bet you've never seen a buggy quite like this one
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Turbo Buggy
If you're not intimidated by the looks from the front, this rear view will change that. |