Dune Bug E – Dune Buggy Electric Conversion Part 5

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Have a look at the Dune Bug E project. Looks like the warm weather kicked the build into high gear! You know you are dealing with some serious power when you need to cut your cables with bolt cutters and solder on lugs with a blow torch. 🙂

“At this point the Dune Bug-E is up & running, and has had 8 or 9 test drivers without any issues ie; intermittent power of general failure while driving.
The Home Brew High Current switch was one area that I’d had concerns about but they proved needless.
The slip differential in the rear-end will be welded or fixed to approximate a Posi-track or solid rear drive, as there is no flex in the frame or swing-arm, so one of the rear wheels is prone to getting hung-up spinning in the air…”