Meyers Manx Weight - 1300kg · Aussieveedubbers

Brad Wolfsburg Elder

3,764 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 28 Sep 2003, 8:54 am

#92086

As some would know I am putting a V6 into my Manx Buggy. Now when asked how it would go with weight and power I just smile.

Got my new rego papers and they list my TARE as 1300kg and GVM as 2300kg. That means I can happily fit a 2.5L V6, in fact I can go bigger 😀😀😀

Brad
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MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth

3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 28 Sep 2003, 9:42 am

#92092

Cripes!!!! do they think you drive around with a car full of lead???? Mine weighs 680 kg with me in it!!! Any thoughts on going bigger than a V6 just for the hell of it?????? Good luck!!:bounce

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11CAB If ya got it....Baja it

4,674 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 28 Sep 2003, 10:55 am

#92102

So your mega manx has Tare & GVM of a Kombi........:o:o:o:o:o

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RISKY^VW Wolfsburg Wizard

403 posts · joined Mar 2003 · 28 Sep 2003, 7:06 pm

#92236

shite man put a 454 in it 🙂

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Andy Andy\'s Adventures

2,820 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 28 Sep 2003, 8:05 pm

#92261

Hope you get a decent sized fuel tank to keep the wheels down at the front :P

RISKY^VW Wolfsburg Wizard

403 posts · joined Mar 2003 · 28 Sep 2003, 8:38 pm

#92279

na wheel stand all the way up the road 🙂
and you will see the hot chicks coming 😉

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vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 29 Sep 2003, 8:23 am

#92462

God Bless those Public Servants,

Thats a GREAT typo error.

I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

Baja Wes V6 Baja Pioneer

3,119 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 29 Sep 2003, 8:36 am

#92467

so would you consider the buggy to be monoconstructed;
1300x4.82 = 6266cc limit

or seperate chassis;
1300x5.46 = 7098cc limit

Damn, can't fit the 8 liter V10 Dodge Viper motor in it.

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KruizinKombi Seriously Obsessed Cyber Dubber

3,493 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 30 Sep 2003, 8:09 pm

#93138

If it is monoconstructed, my big-block Chrysler 383 would be about 10cc too big for it. 🙁

I'd actually consider it to be a seperate chassis though, otherwise how can the body be swapped in the first place? That means it could take up to 433 cubic inches!!! :o

A 429 Cobra Jet springs to mind...... 😉😎

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manxed69 Officially Full-On Dubber

211 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 Oct 2003, 12:05 am

#93298

Guys, as we all know. It's not the size that counts, it's the way that you use it.

:P

Brad Wolfsburg Elder

3,764 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 Oct 2003, 10:12 am

#93360

I think the V6 will be enough and it is in the shed now so I ain't changing.

As for the typo, it isn't... I won this argumnet with Main Roads many years ago and had a Manx Utility added to the body types on their computer.

The computer would not let them add a utility without a TARE and GVM. The man said that the only TARE and GVM they had was for a kombi and I said that will do just nice 😀😀

Now I have a Volkswagen Manx Utility 2 seater Light Van / Commercial.

It is often much much easier to bend the rules than try and change them..

The RTA is full of such silly things. Kind of like needing proof of address to change your driver Lic. So you change your vehicle rego address ( no proof needed ) and then use that to change your driver Lic address. They even let you do it in the one transaction ..... figure that out 😀😀

Brad
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Meyers Manx Australia