Although running, the crank/ flywheel dowels had play and made an awful knocking sound. The old tired 1600cc Dual port was dropped off and grew up to be a 1904cc simple stroker engine. The goal was for good torque and reliability.
While waiting for the engine to be built, I began to strip the red and purple paint. Using Citristrip (4 large containers) and a lot of elbow grease. The buggy is now down to the original blue metal flake gelcoat. It's a bit rough in spots but I prefer the original over an old crappy repaint.
Pictures make it look better than it really is but I'm ok with the results thus far.
Next was attempting to remove multiple layers of paint from the original ABS dash. FYI- all strippers made the ABS soft and didn't work. After 2 weeks and 4 cans of Easy Off oven cleaner the paint is gone and no damage to the original texture. Just needs some Armor All to give it a shine.
More updates and progress to come soon!!!
