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thanks for that mate,
Any chance anybody knows about the bolt diameters and lengths?

Hey I am going to make a 2 inch body lift for a Gq lwb patrol.
Does anyone know the length and thread of the bolts i will need to use?
Also how many blocks will i need?
What diameter should the blocks be?

Any information would be great.

Well if u must know the truth. I hadn't heard of a full floating rear set up til starting this thread, steve. Can u tell me a little more about what's involved with making a full floating rear set up? And as for turning the whole thing out of a single piece of material. We do shafts out at work out ...

No for the rears I am going to turn the whole axle from 1 solid piece so no welding will be required. I think that will make it stronger too. As for the fronts I am going make the cv's aswell aswell.

Thanks heaps guys. En 26 is much tougher than 4340 anyway. And the price of En 26 isn't too much more than 4340 at the moment. So I think I will be making mine from En 26 conscidering we have heaps out at work at the moment. I am going to be making both fronts and rears. I let u guys know how it goes.

Hey, I was wondering if anyone knows what material "chromoly" axles are made from.
Is it just 4140 or 4340? And does it get heat treated or case hardened at all?
I am going to make some and I want to know the best material is to make them from.
Any info would be helpfull.

Hey Layton I think I need your help. Lol

Hey guys I was wondering if anyone had some pictures of "A" frame set-ups. I am trying to decide what design to go with. I am aware that suspension geometrys are difficult to caluculate, that's why I would like to see pictures of what works and what doesn't. Even if it's not an "A" frame I just need ...

yes i am still following the post, i havn't reply'd too much because like it was just said... none of it answered the question that i asked! I am well aware that 95% of people are against the idea but i don't really care. The engine is going in the car lol. pics soon...

it's going to be engineered and road driven but not a daily, and yes it is being built for comps, and if it's not allowed in some comps i'm not really worried i'l still have fun in it on week ends, and compete in a mates car.

only reason i decided to go with the manual was that it is smaller so less tunnel modification and i was told that with auto i would have to look at high stall kit etc to make it actualy any good on the rocks.

Well what a fight ths thread turned into. At the end of the day i have already bought the motor and box and they are going in the car, I have a pair of 60series diffs waiting to go in also and a chassis extension on the way. Thanks to the people who actually contributed helpful info, I'l post a ...

hey, i just bought a vp 3.8 and manual 5 speed gear box to go in my sierra 92wt. was wondering if any one who has done this conversion has any tips on what to look out for so that i'm not re inventing the wheel.

any help would be great...

sorry, i'm new to cruisers..
I have an 80 series turbo diesel and i'm wondering what idle speed should be?

I'd reccomend doing the valve stem seals! see if this helps.

ha ha still have traction...That's a good one.

thanks layton

Hey i have a g13ba sierra. i went out wheeling on the weekend, usual stuf nothing major. For some reason the idle started acting up and stalling every time i stopped so i adjusted it and it still wouldn't idle by it self. It will only run if the accelerator pedal is on? really weird! So today i took ...

mine works 92

at the carby of the old engine where the 1 idle lead went in, unscrew the sensor thing that it connects to on the side of the carb, and swap it with the one out of the new carby... That's what i did!

lol now that i've seen the other pics it's definatley a gu. Well i thought it looked like a vit from body. That pic is decieving.

hey.. I am having an argument with a mate who says that this is a gu pootroll, i am convinced that it's a vitara. Am i correct?


Yes i know that this isn't really really tech.

From what i can see one type is for leaf sprung an the other for coil...

Problem solved Thanks PCRman

PCRman you are correct... It was ok until i adjusted the screw...

hey this morning i was messing around with my carby trying to make it idle better when cold and i adjusted the screw shown in the picture number 14 (Because it looked like it wasn't doing anything..i.e Never touched it's stop)... I was driving tonight and i noticed that when i had my head lights on ...

Quick question while this thread is going... Why do people use the sierra gear box instead of just using the vit gearbox and shortening the jack shaft????

The pipe is cold drawn seemless, The plates underneeth are thicker and have a larger surface area than te ones on top and the bolts are grade 8.8 high tensil. My engineer said that the front cage could be engineered easily if it was all padded. Thanks for the info tho

The base plates will tear out long before the cage has a chance to do anything.

Steve.

a chance to do anything like what?

i have the exact same bender and have problems with the pipe just simply folding in. would like 42mm OD 6mm be better?

No 42mm would be the same might even be harder to bend than the bigger od stuff

I have a pleanty of mates in the states that use 60od 6mm in comp rigs all the time.