Are you mad keen about dune buggies? Do you love talking about buggies to whoever will listen and have a sound background in things like maintenance, construction, design or general tips and tricks for tweaking your buggy?

Then we want to talk to you!

As we are heavily tied up with the design phase of our latest dune buggy at the moment we don’t have as much time as we would like to dedicate to this blog. Our aim is to build an informative resource for buggy enthusiasts as well as keep everyone up to date with whats happening in the world of buggies, sand rails and ATV’s. We are looking for people that can write articles for the blog such as reviews of new buggies, tech tips and general maintenance, industry news etc. You can let your imagination run wild (well almost ha ha!)

If you’re interested please get in touch with me by sending an email to info at skababuggies dot com (im sure you can figure that one out) and we’ll go from there!

Talk soon
Nick

We all know that the popularity of dune buggies is getting bigger and bigger as time goes on but did you know that the US Military has been using these in Afghanistan mountains for some time now? Although not highly publicized, the 2 and 3 seat buggies are reportedly capable of speed of up to 60mph and carry some mouth watering gadgets that we could all have some fun with, namely .50 caliber machine guns, Gatling guns and Grenade launchers just to name a few!

Its not the first time dune buggies have been used in military operation, it’s reported that the buggies in use currently were the same ones used in operation Desert Storm some time ago.

Ahh the good old Air cooled Volkswagen engine, it may have been the engine of choice back in the early days of buggy building but what about now?

When you are looking into building a dune buggy or even buying one for that matter, engine choice is high on the priority list for most people and some would agree that it is the most important aspect of a dune buggy.

The choice really is endless these days with the development of high horsepower, next generation motorcycle engines such as the 1300cc Hayabusa engine with 194Hp right out of the factory. Older examples of this engine can be picked up second hand for about $1000 - $2000, an absolute bargain if you ask me especially when you look at some of the modified versions capable of 500+ Hp (i will be writing another article about these engines soon!)

You can also choose from other light weight Japanese engines that fit perfectly into off road buggy frames such as Nissans SR20 turbo 4 cylinder, a readily available import engine that can be found for under $2000!

But it’s not just about hi tech Jap engines, what about the good old v8? You get serious power and even more serious torque from these ‘old school’ engines which are also getting more and more powerful as time goes on. I don’t have to tell you how readily available these engines are around town and if you have some spare cash to add either a turbo or supercharger, look out i say! you’ll be in for some staggering power figures.

What is your engine of choice?

Hi there everyone, thanks for visiting the blog! our aim with this blog is to give you some helpful tips and information on how you can get started in the construction of your very own dune buggy. We’re currently in the process of developing some plans that we are going to be giving away to our readers very soon.

I you’re interested in getting your hands on a copy of these plans when they’re done simply head on over to www.skababuggies.com and enter your name and email, and we’ll let you know when they are ready. Be quick though because will be removing this page in the next few days.

Nick