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Slunnie...

The rotoflex WONT survive a 4" lift...

2" kills them quick enough... 4" will obliterate it.

DARTHrover wrote:

Defender rear springs are larger in diameter

thats 130 rears, all 110 and 90 are the same.

110s are larger too....

Only 90's are same diameter front to rear.

S1 Disco coils wont fit Series 2 in the front.
The front on a D2 has a 'tang' on the spring to locate it.

Where are you located???

Im just fitting a set of rs5000's to me 93 and i've got a question for anybody thats fitted the before.....

did you install the fronts with the boots(and thusly rod) at the top or the bottom? which was is the correct way?

thanks in advance guys

Luke :D
Hey Luke.

It doesn't matter which way up ...

I had something similar to this in my defender with the Davis chip.

While towing the buggy and hauling a fark load of gear, the engine cut out momentarily and the temp gauge shot to high, and then back to normal, all in a fraction of a second.

I put it down to some sort of self-protecting device ...

I'm interested!!! Pricing please!

Tombraider

Personal experience here Tony or you just got a beef with them in general?

If so, how about giving us more information rather than slagging them off with what seems like no strong reason.

Cheers
Mike

Range-Rov has intercoolers for $1300.00 to fit defenders....

I should know! And yes definately worth the increase in power and driveability.

BTW for the record.

2001 Extreme

Dyno Dynamics dyno - STD ecu & Intercooler = 38kw per wheel
Dyno DYnamics Dyno - Max Ecu & IC = 89kw per wheel

LR ...

Yep!!! Positive!

Rides awesome, flexes great....
I'll see if I can find the flex shot and post it up....

Vehicle is firm but perfectly balanced IMHO and doesnt bottom the front end like it did with the 220Lbs in.

Was initially *really* :shock: concerned that it wouldnt flex but hit some Toolangi ...

Well, looking at the specs it is not too outrageous.
If you want the front so high I guess you have little choice as there are no 160LB springs available that long . The orange springs are rear springs .

Your rear springs are really heavy for the spec you have advised ie the heaviest,longest ...

Second gear figures are higher in KW and the difference is greater on the graph. In second I have gone from max 80.5Kw to 75.7 Kw . you must lose at high revs with long runners . I know where I like the power.

As you can imagine this just utterly transforms the car. Hills that you could just hold ...

Stuee

Be careful mate.... The 4.0L really likes the engine driven fan.
I went down this road with my 3.9 and the fan runs a heck of a lot of the time!

Remember too to wire it up so it cuts in as soon as the air-con is on...

Good luck!

The winch mount on an ARB bar is a seperate cradle that bolts to the chassis behind the "crush cans" or "concertina" crumple zone section. So when winching you don't put any real load on the front (aibag compliant) section of the bar except maybe some slight side loading through the fairlead ...

2001 TD5 Defender, Self built intercooler, 3" exhaust and hotted ECU. 305-70-16 Dick Cepeks....
96kw at the wheels on DD 4wheel dyno.

1999 TD5 Discovery, Stock intercooler, Stock exhaust. Modded ECU
265-75-16 Dick Cepeks...
89Kw at the wheels on the same dyno.

defender kev wrote:Gave the defender about 2" of lift enough to get 34's under it

Cheers Kev

Kev,

Did you extend the bumpstops to prevent rubbing at full stuff?
If so by how much etc...

My 110 With 33's rubs like mad!!!

Gonzo wrote:Did I give you a few ideas Slunnie?

Looks like my wifes car Gonzo

And nah, I'm not kidding

Ask Slunnie about Emma's Zook!!!!!

Except for the fact that the TD4 and TD6 are pure BMW

Stuee

I had an E6K (predecessor) fitted to AZZKIKR running my 5.0L stroker motor.
I had the injector cut operation and had closed loop mode wired up too.
Worked like a charm (after it was sorted).
Doesnt take long to sort anymore with a good programmer and a dyno.
Definately made the vehicle ...

TD5 isnt common rail (I thought)....
Its actually a EUI system, still electrically noisy though

I just re-did the exhaust on my 110 TD5...

Now its a 3" mandrel bent system with 1 small straight through 3" stainless box mid mounted.

Love it Sounds great, spools faster (although you can now hear the turbine out the exhaust at low revs)

And on a hill where I used to be forced to shift to ...

Says who????

says Bill... you may not know who he is but I can assure you he has worked on many many many more modified Rovers than you could imagine...

Thats Cool .... But of the 5 35"+ tyred Rovers I know none have bearing issues. All are running wet lubed bearings....

And I'm sure Bill ...

Nadim,I would be interested to know the effect those wheels and tyres have on wheel bearing life. The hub bearings on Disco's and Defenders are closer together than on earlier Rangeys and therefore arn't' as able to tolerate the extra leverage imposed by the big rubber without regular adjustment ...

Excellent looking truck.... They are so much fun offroad when theyre like that!

Keep up the great work.....

i prefer to make it myself or buy locally, especially when the gear is better quality.

david

I agree, I'm not arguing the point on that....
But how do you *know* how it performs unless you try it???
Thats what I'm trying to find out

Once I know how it performs I can look at other changes ...

Ah... My apologies, mis-read it BTW, my POS aint a POS
Its been one of the best vehicles I ever owned, including dead reliable...

Yes Scorpion is very overpriced, but having seen some in action some is very clever too... Although Scorpion dont design it, Its all from a co called Equipe4x4 ...

yep......

all show no go



My truck aint show! Show goes.........

And she's *legal* there in lies the difference to a lot of modified offroaders out there

Maybe a decent post explaining peoples reasoning behind the bagging of the kit would be more beneficial to the list

The Ibex ...

Yes a fair bit of it is Equipe4x4 (who Scorpion copy) from France.

You'll notice I didnt buy the shocks or springs, preferring to use remote canister shocks and springs custom made to my spec.

The main reason for the purchase of these parts is more testing than anything else. Although the ...

G,day mike. From center of wheel to bottom lip of flair ive got 555mm front and 595 rear. im not sure what stock is. I saw in a pic you were running baja claws at one stage. how did u find them? what size were they and was there any scrubbing? Im looking for a new set and are swaying towards the ...

Drew

Measuring from the bottom lip of each wheel to the lip of the flare what measurements are you getting front and rear

Cheers
Mike

Drew

Thanks for the reply mate.
I was running OME 220lb / 290lb and LTRs... I've since decided I want a bit more lift and have changed to King springs RR rear springs up front (220Lb 3" lift) and have 3 sets of king springs made to my specs that I'm messing about with in the back.

I have ...