Anybody done or seen this idea?

[kickitandholdit]

So today i saw a willys 4 cylinder and my brain started going off. How cool would it be to take like a willys engine and tranny and build a tube cage arround them and use like some kawasaki mule diffs or something with 4 wheeler tires and some small coil overs with a 4 link style suspension and basically built a small mini one person rock crawler.

 

[73CJ]

I'm thinking that it wouldn't much harder to just do a 2 up tube buggy and parts might be easier to find???

 

[mylittlecj5]

There is a guy on youtube that took an import FWD drivetrain and made a tube chassis wheeler for his 9 year old daughter. Last I heard of them, she was kicking butt in some competition or other. Kinda the same concept, but I think it has advantages over using a conventional Willys drivetrain, since there is no transfer case (the whole drivetrain on his is turned 90* to the chassis, allowing the transaxle to feed both differentials directly)

 

[BrockGrimes]

Several companies already make small single person rigs.
But yeah it's doable.

 

[neep]

This is my new toy still a some work to go

 

[fishinfool98]

Neep what engine / trans set up and what axels?

 

[neep]

Toyota 2l 4 seed auto hilux trans hilux diffs

 

[fishinfool98]

Sould be sweet when done.
Is it going to have as much flex as the CJ?

 

[neep]

more and its 4 wheel steer

 

[BusaDave9]

more and its 4 wheel steer

Now this sounds interesting.
Neep, start your own Build thread. I'd really like to hear how this project comes together.

 

[GuardSoldierMP]

sounds like a good idea to me

 

[kickitandholdit]

This is my new toy still a some work to go

come on you got to give us more pics than that

 

[Muddog]

i have a willy's L134 "Go Devil" L134 "Go Devil" and transmission sitting in my garage.

 

[neep]

a few more pics

 

[BusaDave9]

Nice buggy! Four wheel steering. Engine in the rear. excellent visibility.

 

[kickitandholdit]

I still think it would be cool to have one about half that size. like a rock crawler about the size of a Suzuki samurai but built like a legit crawler like that.

 

[kickitandholdit]

ok so here is the main aim of this thread.

i found kinda what i was thinking about

imagine this a little bigger so a guy could drive

its a 4 link setup made with suzuki samurai drive train and its totally appropriate right now cause its a jeep hahahahaha

Mini rock crawler for kids - Pirate4x4.Com Bulletin Board

 

[neep]

my buggy is as small as I could make it at 59" to the top and 20" under, the 100" wheel base was needed to fit everything in a smaller motor and box,say a big bike motor will save about 12" the best way to go I think to a very small crawler would be to build a full tube suzuki four link air shocks and not much more you could do the same with a old willys to

 

[kickitandholdit]

i think a suzuki samurai completely cut up and tubed with a diesel motor and 4 link suspension would be a fun toy.

 

[neep]

have had a bit of time to work on the buggy