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firepainter Sat Mar 02, 2013 11:20 am

I'm looking for the average weight of a street legal fiberglass shortened pan dun buggy, I guessing around 1600 pounds

kustoms Sat Mar 02, 2013 11:27 am

1200 LB and up. 1600 LB is heavy for a buggy

Dale M. Sat Mar 02, 2013 1:05 pm

My custom crafted race buggy (with full roll cage) weighed in at 1233 lbs and if you added lights, upholstery (full suspension seat) and carpets and full fuel load (10-12 gallons) and a few other creature comforts like a windshield, you may add 200-250 pounds...

Dale

EVfun Sat Mar 02, 2013 1:58 pm

I weighed my manx style buggy before I converted it to electric drive in 1998. The weight with VW power was 1100 lb. The front weighed 370 lb. and the rear weighed 730 lb. The gas tank was low, but not so low I had turned the reserve handle. The weights where with my out of the car. I used the certified scale at a local recycle center.

BL3Manx Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:42 pm

36hp Manx with fiberglass bucket seats, a front bumper, roll bar and skid plate: 1250#.

vwracerdave Sat Mar 02, 2013 3:03 pm

My street legal Buggy with a single loop roll bar and fiberglass seats weighs 1350 Lbs.

My full drag race tube chassis Buggy weights 1200 Lbs.

clonebug Sat Mar 02, 2013 5:26 pm

My buggy weighs 1540 lbs. with me in it. I account for 220 lbs of that with my lard butt.
No roll bar but lots of power adding accessories...;)

ottvw Sat Mar 02, 2013 10:12 pm

EVfun wrote: I weighed my manx style buggy before I converted it to electric drive in 1998. The weight with VW power was 1100 lb. The front weighed 370 lb. and the rear weighed 730 lb. The gas tank was low, but not so low I had turned the reserve handle. The weights where with my out of the car. I used the certified scale at a local recycle center.

Nice!

scooterperth Sun Mar 03, 2013 12:51 am


As it sits on the trailer here in the pic 660 kgs or 1455 lbs with 1/4 tank of fuel

Guz Motorsports Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:00 am

My street legal Dune Buggy with a custom sub chassis, a double loop roll bar and poly seats; weighs 1430 Lbs.

Luscombe Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:01 pm

1425lbs






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