Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Sorry for the hijack, but my 2wd 05 3.5 rodeo has always seemed to be gutless for a v6, about to do 100k service, new plugs and valve adjustment should do the trick but was wondering if replacing the standard muffler/cat gives much improvement to around town performance?

Dont know much about these engines, but that used to happen to my old cortina years ago, it was the coil pack.

That would be 50mm extended shackle, which gives you 25mm lift, if you do the front, it will muck up your caster a bit, makes your car a bit all over the place in a straight line, so you will need caster correction wedges. Talk to superior engineering for advise in what you need.

If there is too much wear on the cylinder itself, you should consider a brake specialist, i don't think it costs too much for a rebuilt master cylinder. Give South coast brake resleeving a bell for a price first, on the gold coast. From memory a master cylinder was about $200 to $300, (dont quote me ...

have you not been paying attention to any of the numerous threads about how that setup will be illegal in less than two weeks? So we should be selling our rigs and forget about any mods whatsover, stuff that if a guy wants 33"s so it be, i am not dismissing the fact but we have a choice in what we ...

Nice work hulsty, thanks for the advice from all.

Just wanna know if or what springs anyone is using to give a cruiser some flex? Any springs out there longer than standard that someone is using? Is the front as simple as using the rear ones with high steer? Sorry for questions but its my cousins ute and asked me if i knew what to do (without coils ...

Solvent, thats what it is made for.

Middo wrote:iv got 4 " lift. do i need a high lift to change tyres and such. i know there unstable but u can get bigger base plates for them. or can u get trolley jacks that will lift that high? cheers

Confused by your question, Jack up from under diffs? Where you normally do it.

Sorry, missed the part of the thread about being fixed with new plugs, too many beers lastnight? If its fixed its fixed, put the bonnet down, she is done.

Mate, only advice i can give is check all fuel line connections for any trace of fuel, your primer, not sure bout that engine but mine is above the fuel filter, another one that happened to me is the fuel filter seams gave way or something was dodgy about, hard to see but felt the diesel behind it ...

All i know is that when i had a faulty primer it would run like crap for bout 20secs in the morning, rough as then all of a sudden smooth as. Only happened when sitting overnight.

Ah fuel lines, maybe primer is cactus?

Sorry if this sounds stupid, but what if, maybe there is air in the lines, an air leak that when cools down overnight contracts and sucks air into the lines? Tho must be a noticeable one for this sort of problem?

Bulbs, it does happen?

Thanks for your help mate, appreciate it.

Thanks mate, wont be carrying any loads, trial and error i guess, it seems there is an extra leaf compared to my oldies, might look at him first, i think its 2 up from load leaves, only thing i worry about is sagging quickly? Or is that not gunna happen?

Cheers mate, i see what i can go with ie longer springs etc, but got these brand newies and wondering why they dont move up or down, even with extended shackles, supposed to be soft springs?

Sorry if it has been answered before, but after searching about taking a leaf out i get one saying take out load leaves and others saying 3rd from top? My problem is i want the tyre to tuck up into the guard more, which one will help with that, even though they are new they are unbelievably stiff ...

Tough Dog adjustables are the poo, mate of mine has em in his gq and being a dick that is has been doing jumps on a mx track and perfect, like they were built for it, dont know how long they will last treating em like that but surely you aint doin jumps. I'd go with them all round if money wasn't ...

I have just fitted this kit, except shocks. Its probably the cheapest kit out there for what it is, be worthwhile moving diff forward so you can run 33's, take note your truck will sit pretty high, as it sits i almost have to jump up to get in and it looks crap with 31's. If you tell Shane what you ...

Thanks, yeah sorry bout post, i realised today even if the springs did droop any further i could end up inverting the shackles, just asking cause i was given wrong shocks which were longer and thought to myself "extra downtravel", but i will swap them over on tuesday, thanks again.

G'day all, have just put new 3" springs in the lux with extended shackles, was wondering if i can use longer shocks than designed, to make them work without compressing shock i have to either extend bumpstop or lift shock mount at front 35mm and rear is 80mm, but extension is an extra 160mm rear and ...

OK, sorry to get tech, but $500-$600 for lokka vs $1200 plus compressor air locker, on solid rock type ground -good grip autos win, slippery stuff they both will tend to understeer, last thing you want to do is engage air locker in the middle of a hill climb-momentum is lost? Auto in front is the ...

They are designed to unlock when turning because one wheel is traveliing slower than the other, they will kick in when offroad and make it hard to steer but on road should be fine. Cheers They only unlock decelerating, when locked or when accelerating the outside wheel when turning will roll more ...

Big offsets are the same as spacers, the problem with spacers is the nuts dont bed/bite into the alloy and can come loose, or so i have been told.

Is your steering box all sweet, do you have much play between steering wheel and pitman arm? Try adjusting the box if so, probably not your prob but worth a check.

Good luck with it mate, thanks for the advice, if mounting the box is the hardest part seems like i have no reason to not do the conversion, power steer will be sweet, cheers mate, Mick

Before i go this way, just wanna know how hard it is to do power steering conversion and if it works, getting a surf box/pump/hoses/pulleys etc into my hilux, you ever done this sort of thing bud? Reason i ask is i cant seem to find a non power steer box? Power steer would be sweet and parts aint ...

Cube for cube, a two stroke eats a four stroke for hp and torque. And they smell better! :D Yes they do, but they don't produce twice the power despite drawing twice the fuel and air. Which is an indication of how poor the efficiency is. What's this, defending four strokes? You Sir, are a girlie ...