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Originally Posted by ksaneinia
Ok so wheels first what size do you recomend?
OOOhhhhh very grateful lol
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Power. How much you got?
Heres My take on it. We used to have built Banshees and unlike the dreamers who think they got 80 plus HP in a Banshee we were more realistic in that even though they were VERY fast and ran hard they "MAY" have been 60 horse if we were lucky. We used to run with machines built all over the USA by "pros" and could keep with and beat many of them. These were 350cc and we could run with 440 banshees on alcohol. We ran gas.
These machines weigh about 380 pounds and even in the lake level damp sand they would often spin 12 paddle haulers right off.
So take a buggy that will weigh at least 700 pounds and closer to 900 or more. Toss in a lot more power like 100 horse a 750cc four cylinder street bike can easily make with added four stroke torque and how much tire do you need?
I would NOT try to use ATV tires for anything over 60 horsepower. Especially if it weighs anything.
For sand I say 15 inch rims and 1300 paddla tracs MINIMUM for the butt end. Run the biggest fronts you can as front sand tires are light weight. Plus 1300 Padla tracs genrally wiegh LESS than the HUGE heavy ATV tires with paddle gluded (vulcanized) to them. Nothign worse than loosing a race due to spinning the tail end off.
Plus using common VW bolt patterns makes it easier to find rear axles and hubs and brakes and all that.