After finishing up many, many small tasks that needed to be done on the rig, I finally got a chance to test it out. The testing was mostly just on smooth road and I did not take the car to it's limits as the frame is still not fully welded and there are still multiple things that need to be finalized before full on testing but so far it has seem to function very well. I had it up to around 55 mph on the road and it handled well, no shaking and it tracked well.
The buggy has plenty of power and can easily spin it's tires so some weight may need to be added to the rear or find a way to transfer some of the current weight to the back and the steering worked without any troubles.
As of now the suspension needs some tuning, it is very stiff so I will need to do some work on getting the right nitrogen pressure levels and oil amounts to achieve the right spring rate.
There is still quite a bit of work that needs to be done to completely finish this project but it was a very good feeling to get it running and driving properly, here is a short clip of the first ever test drive.
I am now off at college attending Cal Poly so this project is forced to be put on hold for a while but is to be continued.
Thank you all for supporting and following this project.
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