Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Also with highly convergent links you, again really need to have symetrical links...otherwise the lifting AS force will lift one side of the vehicle more than the other...again making it handle funny under brakes.

I would almost guess that is you were going to run an unsymetrical link setup you ...

The AS value for the stock radius arms would be a good starting point to consider...so in a 3 link setup that would be upper and lower links converging at the radius arm chassis mount bush. I would imagine the AS value of the stock radius arms would be very high...and this seems to work well on road ...

Water and mud will be a PITA on these ledges...

So whats the deal with the single seat buggies...and their spotters/navies/runners...how do they have to get aroung the course? Do they have to start from the start line or can they just camp out where they are needed. Can a runner support more than ...

Fawk yea!! Just sent my entry in

All I need now is a car to drive

Going to be a busy 93 Days or so...

Sam

fester2au wrote: Would be nice to get SHCS with a short shank rather than dragging on the thread but suppose it doesn't really hurt the cones.

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Just buy longer bolts with the shank length you want then cut the end off to get the overall length right.

Sam

So does the system still work...does it cool the air properly? up to when the compressor locks.

If it didnt have any oil it would lock once and that would be the end of it.

It sounds to me that it could be getting liquid back to the inlet of the compressor causing it to hydraulic and stop.

The TX ...

Im slowly of progressing..or is accumulating.

The other week I picked up a Series 3 SWB ute which has a Holden V6, cuza 75 series 5 speed and transfer on a shortened range rover chassis with stock rangie diffs and a 60 series power steer box. I bit rough in most places but lots of potential.

And ...

Slunnie wrote:Was the S3 the one that was on ebay a while ago?

Yep.

Im slowly of progressing..or is accumulating.

The other week I picked up a Series 3 SWB ute which has a Holden V6, cuza 75 series 5 speed and transfer on a shortened range rover chassis with stock rangie diffs and a 60 series power steer box. I bit rough in most places but lots of potential.

And ...

Do I have this right?

The load leveller acts like a tension spring that tries to make the whole car-trailer system "arch its back" with the towball rising up?

like this exaggerated diagram I made suggests:

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb109/anthropoidape/loadleveller.jpg

Is that right ...

so it is not really distributing weight to the front or forward of the rear wheels \ axis but rather re distributing the towball weight back to the trailer rather than applying excess weight over the towball. Its safe to say that 200kg over the tow point = far more effective weight due to the lever ...

Enter the Load Leveler

So again, I understand why you would want to throw the weight evenly over the tow vehicle, but unless the point of contact of the weight is past the axis, how does it do what we are wanting it to do?


Its not an easy concept to explain...I think Scott is doing a very good ...

I would like to see some drawings or pics to see how the load levelers are set up and how they acheive what they are said to acheive.

I fail to see what use they are and how they would increase the towing capacity. I gather from the discussion so far that they are supposed to throw or transfer ...

I have always towed with a load distribution hitch. The difference between not using one and using one is absolutely night and day on anything even slightly heavy (say over 1.5T).

You may think your trailer tows well and is safe and controllable without a load distribution and it probably is but I ...

Ok just after some advice I am looking to use the Hilux T case I have,( I know this means the front diff will need to be flipped ;) ) in my lux with the mog diffs 1uz and the 1uz auto.

My question is in relation to crawl ratios, the Lexus auto is apparently an a341e searching has found that it has ...

So anyway back to my original question...
I have my lowers (which have to handle impacts) sorted.
Will 32NB medium wall with weld in bungs in the ends be strong enough for the uppers?
I could go to 40NB but the bungs are 1 1/2" so to get a decent fit in 40NB I would need to go heavy wall (may not ...

[pimpwhore? what am i selling? i don't sell them, i don't work for them. I do contract engineering design work, submit my design and a report and thats it.

So let me get this you want huge flex, for no money!
Maybe if you got off your high horse and read the thread and maybe the nissan one as well ...

So when you say your foot is flat to the floor do you mean you have pushed the pedal all the way to the floor and yuor still not stopping or is the pedal still high up and you are just pushing as hard as you can and nothing is happening??

If you can push the pedal to the floor your brakes need ...

Did this exact same thing back in 2003...

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=202857&highlight=buggy

Probably wouldnt put it in a daily driver though...couldnt imagine how you could move the mounts easily and still clear everything...could work if you ran drop boxes though and moved ...

I would guess they are all custom links...probably just 32mm nominal bore heavy wall pipe...the lowers probably have 25mm NB pipe up the centre. The links all have early range rover front radius arm chassis end bushes on one end (rover mushroom bushes) and early range rover rear lower arm to diff ...

Sombody should ring Chuck and convince him he will need them in his rangie..that would be your 10th.

Sam

Hows this....

Overkill is perhaps the last company in Aust that has existed for any decent amount of time thats is doing full on custom 4x4 fabrication. There were lots of them 5 or so years ago but none of them are around any more. The game they are in isnt easy...history has shown this to be true ...

yep said like a true one eyed wanker. Sam can you tell me who invented the car? and how many rippoffs of that have there been over the last 9 decades or so?
victa lawn mower, hills hoist ect etc? what brands do you own?
do you by the cheaper medicines at the chemist sam?
whats the difference ...

Love your work Leary!!

At the end of the day, this argument will go on ad infinitum.



Its ar$eholes like you and leary that are destroying the value of Australian manufacturing.

ARB are the original. They developed the product. They have developed the market. They are the absolute leaders in ...

Thats it, everybody builds to the rules, but the vehicles have probably outdeveloped the rules for what the original intents were.

I think that is what has happening and will continue to happen.

Back in the day...like 2 or 3 years ago...the "outlaw" trucks were the cool crazy modified trucks and ...

& what is your definition of a buggy?

Easy...something that looks like a buggy...generally is a buggy.

Probably easier to define what is a truck...

A truck has...

Unmodified, origional dimension chassis rails from the centre line of the front axle to the rear of the B pillar...(body swaps ...

Slunnie wrote:

STIKA wrote:I agree fully Pete,

So why have buggies at an event that isn't designed for them.

Which answers the buggies at Toperi question.

So how do you stop them from turning up with their rego and engineers cert?

In saying that I do fully agree that people dont associate well with buggies cause they are too far removed from real world modified 4wds.

Thats OK for what we were doing...cause we put on a "show"....thats why the Brisbane 4x4 Show keeps getting us back...cause we put on a "show" even if people ...

Yellow highlight: How would it help boost the sport? Dedicated "buggies" had their own event. In NSW alone buggy owners has WEROCK. I attended TWO Werock events (3 if you include Eastern Creek) and I've got to say, crowd numbers were low. This tells me people don't totally want to see buggies ...

so y can i get them cheaper from the USA ???
this is what pisses most people off

So where can you get them cheaper in the USA???

I would love to know!!!

Quick search of one of the leading USA aftermarket accessory store...and it looks like they are cheaper here.

So I guess you must know ...