Mechanical Archive

  • People often go right ahead and spend £500+ for a pair of carburettors for their buggy, bolt them on, and seem “pleased” with the results. Others are upset by a...0June 15, 2011

    How to Jet your Carburettor(s)

    People often go right ahead and spend £500+ for a pair of carburettors for their buggy, bolt them on, and seem “pleased” with the results. Others are upset by a…

  • In movies such as The Fast and the Furious nitrous oxide is the magical gas that turns a potent car into a super-fast rocket. In reality, though, nitrous oxide works...0June 15, 2011

    Nitrous Oxide – what does it do?

    In movies such as The Fast and the Furious nitrous oxide is the magical gas that turns a potent car into a super-fast rocket. In reality, though, nitrous oxide works…

  • No tool box should be without a can of WD-40. This anti-corrosion spray is often the first port of call when something on a car is stuck. It will loosen...0June 15, 2011

    WD 40 – have you got it for your buggy?

    No tool box should be without a can of WD-40. This anti-corrosion spray is often the first port of call when something on a car is stuck. It will loosen…

  • Whether your Buggy is a standard or a street terror, it is important for you to know basic engine maintenance procedures. If you do a fair amount of the mechanical...0June 15, 2011

    Basic engine tuning

    Whether your Buggy is a standard or a street terror, it is important for you to know basic engine maintenance procedures. If you do a fair amount of the mechanical…

  • All short wheel base buggies require the handbrake, clutch and throttle cables to be shortened. The fastest/cheapest method is to use the cheap & nasty Empi/Bugpac cable shortening kits, these...0June 10, 2011

    Cable shortening

    All short wheel base buggies require the handbrake, clutch and throttle cables to be shortened. The fastest/cheapest method is to use the cheap & nasty Empi/Bugpac cable shortening kits, these…

  • Have you ever experienced carburettor icing on a buggy?  Driving along the motorway and your buggy seems to lack power, so to compensate you push the throttle down more…  and burn lots...0June 10, 2011

    Carburettor Icing on Buggies

    Have you ever experienced carburettor icing on a buggy?  Driving along the motorway and your buggy seems to lack power, so to compensate you push the throttle down more…  and burn lots…

  • One easy way to ensure that your points are correctly gapped forever is to replace them with a Comp-u-fire or Pertronix Ignitor electronic ignition module.  Both are very similar in...0June 10, 2011

    Installing Electronic Ignition

    One easy way to ensure that your points are correctly gapped forever is to replace them with a Comp-u-fire or Pertronix Ignitor electronic ignition module.  Both are very similar in…

  • I know a lot of you  tune your own lumps,  member Bob Whyman thought this little toy may help!Firstly you should disconnect the dizzy cap and low tension lead from the coil...0June 10, 2011

    Timing Your Engine

    I know a lot of you  tune your own lumps,  member Bob Whyman thought this little toy may help!Firstly you should disconnect the dizzy cap and low tension lead from the coil…

  • Originally an all mineral oil was used, not Synthetic or Semi Synthetic.  Morris oil is good, as is GSF classic oil, and Halfords also do a large plastic can, blue, it’s not...0June 6, 2011

    What oil to put in your buggy?

    Originally an all mineral oil was used, not Synthetic or Semi Synthetic.  Morris oil is good, as is GSF classic oil, and Halfords also do a large plastic can, blue, it’s not…