He purchased the body and built the buggy
originally in 1979. It's still a work in progress because John continues
to make improvements. In 2000 and 2001 he added new seats, safety
harnesses, a roll cage and Tonneau cover .
Impressive Dyno Stats for John's engine.
Name: DYNORUN.001
Title: John Meade AKA Buzz Buggy
Run Date and Time: 5/31/03 1:25:12 PM
Acceleration from 3600 to 5800RPM,
interval = 100.00RPM
Absolute barometric pressure : 29.13 in.Hg.
Vapor Pressure : 0.42 in.Hg.
Intake air temperature : 80.8°
F
Gear Ratio : 54.80 RPM/MPH
Correction Factor : 1.03 SAE
Time
RPM
Power
Torque
0.00
3600
107.6
157.0
0.41
3700
113.5
161.1
0.82
3800
119.7
165.4
1.21
3900
126.8
170.7
1.59
4000
136.6
179.3
1.95
4100
147.6
189.1
2.29
4200
160.2
200.4
2.61
4300
174.4
213.0
2.90
4400
189.4
226.1
3.18
4500
211.0
246.3
3.44
4600
234.5
267.8
3.67
4700
259.0
289.5
3.89
4800
285.4
312.2
4.10
4900
306.6
328.6
4.30
5000
314.3
330.2
4.49
5100
319.4
328.9
4.69
5200
321.8
325.0
4.90
5300
324.9
322.0
5.10
5400
327.4
318.5
5.31
5500
326.0
311.3
5.52
5600
327.2
306.8
5.74
5700
326.3
300.6
6.41
5800
0.0
0.0
Column Max
: 327.4
330.2
Column Min
: 0.0 0.0
Column Average :224.3
245.6
The engine and turbo were
built and set up by the Dyno Shop in El Monte.