Don't consider a single or side mounted radiator(s) either. Because of the way air flows, they don't work well even with vents or things to drive the flow through them.
Lee
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dustymojave
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He said front mount, Lee.
Crumco has had good results with mounting them in the front, but they use the chassis tubes for passage of the coolant. Just gotta insulate those tubes near the cockpit.
Crumco has had good results with mounting them in the front, but they use the chassis tubes for passage of the coolant. Just gotta insulate those tubes near the cockpit.
Richard
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blue1957
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Re: 71 Baja build
Went and picked these up today......
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Ol'fogasaurus
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Re: 71 Baja build
Yes, I know he did but that often turns to morphing other things. My point was to eliminate any thought on doing side mounting. This was for him and anyone else.
Lee
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CentralWAbaja
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Re: 71 Baja build
Rear arms look like some Dave Brown Specials? If so they will serve you well, mine have. Fun build, nice weld quality, bad ass motor trans combo you will be smiling! Keep it up!
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blue1957
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I believe they are. They were built for a guy out here that went with a different setup and had a new set built. I got lucky finding these on here.CentralWAbaja wrote: ↑Wed May 11, 2022 6:41 pm Rear arms look like some Dave Brown Specials? If so they will serve you well, mine have. Fun build, nice weld quality, bad ass motor trans combo you will be smiling! Keep it up!
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blue1957
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blue1957
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Finally getting some things done on the baja. Just sent my ECU and harness out to get reworked. Now to get the motor all lined out and everything figured out with it. Should be getting the front bumper and clip on in the next couple weeks. Gotta order up some more parts. Them seats are big for my big ass. Not sure if a 3 seater is going to be possible at this point.
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blue1957
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Re: 71 Baja build
Been at it slowly. Got my harness reworked and cleaned up. A bit more welding to do on the cage.
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blue1957
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Re: 71 Baja build
Some updated photos. Got just about everything mounted up as of now. I ordered my dash, but it's 4 weeks out. I will be ordering a switch-pros to simplify things. I have some autometer gauges for it. Going to start sanding on it in the meantime.
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Ol'fogasaurus
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Blue... nice start but one thing I would recommend doing.
My fuel tank in my Manx style of open buggy in in the passenger compartment but since it is a fully open toy, I am somewhat less concerned about it being there other than fuel leakage especially if there was a roll over. I also have a fire extinguisher sitting on the roll bar (access from both the inside and outside of the buggy and this is a legal requirement where I ride).
In a closed vehicle situation, I think the fuel fumes have the potential to be a problem even if there were no window covering the openings (glass or plastic for example). If I remember correctly gas fumes are heavy so they can stay within the confines of the car.
This is a just a "for what it is worth" opinion.
Lee
My fuel tank in my Manx style of open buggy in in the passenger compartment but since it is a fully open toy, I am somewhat less concerned about it being there other than fuel leakage especially if there was a roll over. I also have a fire extinguisher sitting on the roll bar (access from both the inside and outside of the buggy and this is a legal requirement where I ride).
In a closed vehicle situation, I think the fuel fumes have the potential to be a problem even if there were no window covering the openings (glass or plastic for example). If I remember correctly gas fumes are heavy so they can stay within the confines of the car.
This is a just a "for what it is worth" opinion.
Lee
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blue1957
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Ol'fogasaurus
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Hmmm.
An opinion: fumes when filling the tank and spill access it is the fumes I would be concerned about. In an open toy, this would be better.
Lee
Did some correcting of the sentence to hopefully make it more understandable.
One other thing I just remembered about and that was the shutoff valve from the tank to the engine. In some places a manual fuel shutoff valve is required when in camp and the motor is not running. with all the fires this year is it something to think about. Rubber fuel lines especially from the shut off valve to the engine or hard fuel lines were also talked about.
There are two more common styles of quick shutoff valves that are similar, but one is usually considered better. They both have lever that shuts the tank off when the lever is horizontal and when pointing down the tank is open for fuel to flow.
One has a 180-degree lever movement (access from either side of the tank) and the other is 90 degrees movement. The 90 degree shut off is usually placed with the shutoff lever usually pointed horizontally to the driver's side (the driver's job to do this).
For what it is worth.
Lee
An opinion: fumes when filling the tank and spill access it is the fumes I would be concerned about. In an open toy, this would be better.
Lee
Did some correcting of the sentence to hopefully make it more understandable.
One other thing I just remembered about and that was the shutoff valve from the tank to the engine. In some places a manual fuel shutoff valve is required when in camp and the motor is not running. with all the fires this year is it something to think about. Rubber fuel lines especially from the shut off valve to the engine or hard fuel lines were also talked about.
There are two more common styles of quick shutoff valves that are similar, but one is usually considered better. They both have lever that shuts the tank off when the lever is horizontal and when pointing down the tank is open for fuel to flow.
One has a 180-degree lever movement (access from either side of the tank) and the other is 90 degrees movement. The 90 degree shut off is usually placed with the shutoff lever usually pointed horizontally to the driver's side (the driver's job to do this).
For what it is worth.
Lee
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blue1957
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Re: 71 Baja build
Got my lights and mirrors mounted.
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Re: 71 Baja build
Any more progress on your build?