Thank you so much for this buggy build series, I love it, been waiting forever for someone to do a build series like this, I really appreciate all the work and effort you've put into making these videos, I hope your channel only grows from here, thank you too for all the commentary, I know it's hard but it beats a silent movie any day and you have goetten a lot better since the first episode, keep it up and thanks again
the cooling in the frame , i never heard of that but , it sounds nice , i would be worried about flexing on the trail and springing a leak , but i over think things like that , looking good my friend , be safe
So I imagine the entire chassis isn’t going to be filled with coolant. That would be a ton of coolant and an unnecessary amount. I’m assuming you closed off portions of the chassis so it’s just running straight down the one side? That must have been an insane amount of work.
Yep, so when I cut the tube back out of the chassis, I welded it back in with a block off plate for all four corners. I used the tube that was already existing to tie into. I know quite a few people running similar set ups and it works well. This is my first time trying it, so pressure testing it makes me feel better about it.
I have ZERO experience in the buggy world. BUT, I do not like the idea of using the chassis for coolant piping. I would be concerned with corrosion of the frame from the inside out. Seems like a lot of extra work to avoid running a couple pipes fore and aft.
Well, as for the corrosion, as long as I run antifreeze which has corrosion inhibitors, it should be fine. For example, iron block motors don’t corrode, unless people use regular water instead of antifreeze. Space is really limited, and running lines near either the drivelines or exhaust can be a challenge too.
Thank you so much for this buggy build series, I love it, been waiting forever for someone to do a build series like this, I really appreciate all the work and effort you've put into making these videos, I hope your channel only grows from here, thank you too for all the commentary, I know it's hard but it beats a silent movie any day and you have goetten a lot better since the first episode, keep it up and thanks again
Thanks, I appreciate the feedback on the videos and commentary! I am always trying to refine the videos!
the cooling in the frame , i never heard of that but , it sounds nice , i would be worried about flexing on the trail and springing a leak , but i over think things like that , looking good my friend , be safe
Thanks, I had concerns of that too, but have seen many others run it, so I will give it a shot!
@@wheelinoutwest i would try it too ,
So I imagine the entire chassis isn’t going to be filled with coolant. That would be a ton of coolant and an unnecessary amount. I’m assuming you closed off portions of the chassis so it’s just running straight down the one side? That must have been an insane amount of work.
Yep, so when I cut the tube back out of the chassis, I welded it back in with a block off plate for all four corners. I used the tube that was already existing to tie into. I know quite a few people running similar set ups and it works well. This is my first time trying it, so pressure testing it makes me feel better about it.
I have ZERO experience in the buggy world. BUT, I do not like the idea of using the chassis for coolant piping. I would be concerned with corrosion of the frame from the inside out. Seems like a lot of extra work to avoid running a couple pipes fore and aft.
Well, as for the corrosion, as long as I run antifreeze which has corrosion inhibitors, it should be fine. For example, iron block motors don’t corrode, unless people use regular water instead of antifreeze. Space is really limited, and running lines near either the drivelines or exhaust can be a challenge too.