Outer Limits 4x4 Board

31zook wrote:http://www.zukikrawlers.com/showthread.php?t=3335

Cheers that's exactly the sort of thing I was after.

Keep em coming the more the merrier.....

Paul.

I forgot to say the 4.2 made just over 500bhp on the engine dyno.

Paul.

The owner is a bit of a Rover nut........ We have just finished building him a Land Rover Discovery fitted with a Jaguar 4.2 Supercharged Engine and 7 speed tiptrionic gearbox. Plus in the UK it's really easy to get spares for the rover motor and the 5.0 makes an relaxed 300bhp with ease so it ...

I'm just starting a new build for a customer and I'm after a little inspiration........ :? Our basic Vitara Plan is: SWB Vitara, Landcruiser e locker VX80 axles, 38.5" Boggers, beadlocks, FOA 18" travel Coilovers, front and rear 1 links, Modified Rover V8 (possibly a 5.0 coss bolted TVR lump with ...

I'm starting a new Feroza project this week. The plan so far is: 1991 Feroza, Truck cab conversion, Exo cage, Rear rad, Toyota Landcruiser Prado Axles, Volvo Turbo Engine and Gearbox, Suzuki transfer box with 'Rock Lobster' conversion. I have 2 tyre choices as both are sat in the workshop. 33x12 ...

Sorry abouy that, very strange! I can see them perfectly as can my friend on his PC??? I've changed the img tag to clicky thumbnails...Can you see the pics below now? 'Edited to say you may have to press F5 to refresh from the server. ;) ' Paul. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/mantamac/th ...

Whilst looking through my photos from last years Ladoga Trophy Raid in Russia, I recalled that I hadn't posted any pictures of the Daihatsu that ran in TR4 Proto class. I attended the Ladoga Trophy Raid 2007 as support crew for a UK 3 car raid team. I never got a chance to speak to the crew of the ...

I'll take a few close up photo's of the rack and the mounts when I get into work next week, as that is where I store my trucks.

Paul.

Here's mine. ;) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/mantamac/DSC00673600x450.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/mantamac/DSC01082600x450.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/mantamac/DSC01058600x450.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/mantamac/DSC00675600x450.jpg http://img ...

We sell them at £350 pounds stirling inclusive of UK VAT+ Carrige.

I dread to think what the carrrige would be if you are in Aus!!!

Paul.

Just finnished making these for a friend of mine. Waddaya think? Paul. :D http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/mantamac/dsc02058_600_x_450_551.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/mantamac/dsc02059_600_x_450_225.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/mantamac/dsc02098_600_x_450_214.jpg ...

What was the other site called?

Seems very underhand pasing it off as their own.

Paul.

I welded my front diff over 12 months ago. No breakages so far. ;) It makes a huge difference to how you tackle obstacles. Climbs that you used to howl towards, can now be crawled up. :cool: Steering is heavy even with power steering. 3 point turns become 5 point turns. Due to the locked axle ...

A Rocky came 3rd in Proto class at the Ladoga Trophy Raid in Russia. The event is regarded as extremely challenging and hard on the trucks, especially in TR4 Prototype (Proto). There are usually 3 or 4 DVD's made of the event, so I suppose it will be quite famous. I tried to speak to the driver to ...

Try 'Mantamac' on here... his rig is awesome... in the UK although. :D Thanks very much for the compliment. :cool: Sorry for not posting sooner, but I've only just got back from the Ladoga Trophy Raid in St Petersburg, Russia, and haven't spent much time on the net since being back home. I run a ...

I made mine from 22mm tube. I trimmed the rear gutter and bolted the roof rack right through to the inner factory roll bar. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/mantamac/PICT0038600x450.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/mantamac/DSC00674600x450.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254 ...

Thats pretty much what I had thought.
There is nothing available in the Uk market for the Fez, and having done a little research, the Fez Auto is as rare in the UK as Rocking Horse Sh*t.

I'll give the idea up as a bad job and move on to the next project.

Paul.

It was the short CV that broke. ;) Making it wider wasn't an option for me. The truck was getting featured in a U.K Off Road magazine and the deadline was Tuesday the 30th of Jan. I finished the truck at 6.00am on the tuesday morning having worked through the night and the photographer turned up at ...

We still need pictures!

Paul.

I had the feeling I would be pi**ing into the wind with the idea of a gear swap. :cry: I want to keep my little Fez on the standard engine and box as every other vehicle I own 'has' or 'is' having a motor/transmission/axle swap. :twisted: I've never seen a Feroza/Sportrak auto in the U.K. What ratio ...

Has anyone ever modified their Feroza transfer box? The Suzuki boys can do a conversion called a rock lobster, where they machine a couple of gears from 410 and 413 transfer boxes, so that they get a far better low ratio whilst retaining a good high ratio for road use. Did the Fez ever come with ...

All true - one thing often forgotten is that the steering causes CV angle change also. I totally agree. Thats why they usually crack when on full lock and on the gas. I've trashed an O/S outer CV. On full right hand lock, on the gas and landed hard on the O/S front. It cracked the CV bucket and ...

What's the issue with CV joint angles ? Unless you wind the bars up then they are fine - and if that's what you have done then you have mostly bump travel and no droop. I know exactly what you mean. I have welded the front diff and fitted 32" tyres, so lifting a wheel isn't a problem but the result ...

About six months ago I did a few mods to my Ditzy to prepare it for a play day. Upon driving it out of the workshop the fuel pump threw its hand in so stuck it back in the workshop and ordered a pump. That was six months ago! :roll: I had been far to busy with other projects to get to work on it, so ...

:lol: Yes I've got a snorkel sorted. I can't fit it till I've fab'd up the external rollcage, so its sat on the floor at the moment. :oops: I was thinking of using a bit of adhesive silicone sealant around where the plug lead washers meet the cam cover to stop the plugs swiming in water till it ...

Thanks for the replies. I'm going to move the ECU above the heater as suggested and put it in a box anyway as most of the wading over here on play days is 4ft deep as standard! The non drying silicone inside all the connectors is a great idea. The rear of my truck will fill up nice and quick as I ...

Apart from the obvious snorkel, what has everyone done to stop the wet stuff from spoiling a bit off deep wading? I have extended the gearbox and diff breather hoses etc, but my main worry is the sparkplug tubes in the head and the position of the factory ECU and fusebox under the dash. I was ...

I'm just testing my set out at the moment. So far so good.

I'll post a few pics and a review when I'm 100% happy with it the mods to the front suspension.

Mac.

Thats a good idea!
The cost of getting a spacer made over here is probably about the same as getting a prop modded.
I've got a spare gearbox and prop, so I'll look into getting that done.

Mac.

You can see below by looking at the wheelarch clearance above the tyres, it sits quite a bit lower on the front.



Paul.