Outer Limits 4x4 Board

DUDELUX wrote:[
According to this site, its an Interco tyre.
http://www.ityre.com/en/tyres/catalog/i ... del/21862/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

According to that site, not one single tyre is available.

They do not appear on Interco's web site ?

Steve.

Conversion Kit: (Note, you still need to perform a 1.6 conversion as well as this kit)

http://www.trailtough.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=234&category_id=13&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=53" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Install instructions ...

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Interco don't make the Ground Hawg, they were made by Denman.

I don't believe these are available anymore as Denman Tire Co., the manufacturers, filed for bankruptcy in 2010 and their assets were sold.

I could see no reason to run these. There were a few sets in the country years ago, but ...

You'll find there are very few comps running in Vic at the moment.

Speak to an engineer before you start buying parts you might find you can't engineer for road use.

IMHO there's not enough comp stuff available in Vic to bother building a "comp" car - much better to build a capable recreational ...

Really 91Mav? Surely it's more likely to be caster related?

mick54 - assuming there's some adjustment in your arms somewhere, wind in some more caster as a starting point.

I set toe parallel on my off road cars, although that's predominantly because I run bias ply tyres, not radials.

Do check ...

Really? You searched?

http://carl.outerlimits4x4.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=224439&p=2055919&hilit=Coil+front+clip#p2055919" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I can't find the photo that's kicking around of it now, but it looks whack. the bonnet sits up high at the back edge and the ...

its a swb one and i would like a wider track as ive nearly rolled it over a few times cause of the angles ive had it on


You're not trying hard enough then :D

My sierra is very (too) wide and it falls over all the time. When I say too wide, I mean that I'm falling into everyone else's ruts and ...

There is NO "bolt in" wider axle. Even WT axles aren't a bolt in - the spring perches have to be moved to suit the NT chassis mounts.

The only reason to consider hilux axles would be if you were running 33" tyres or bigger and breaking suzuki stuff.

Wheelspacers are the cheap and easy way to add ...

Ran 32's, 4in suspension + 3in body lift, minimal cutting, Sierra box with Rockhopper Series 3... no dramas, still pretty stable, no breakages, good fun :D

That's exactly how Mud_Muncher's was set up. ( I think Mud Muncher's was Robocops) It kept having to lie down for little naps once it came ...

Anything over 2" os overboard - it will ride terribly and won't flex.

The best lift you can do on a sierra is cut the guards or run a small (2") bodylift to run a bigger tyre.

Low is the new lift. a lower car is more stable and more predictable.

Steve.

May well be true, but there's more money in a vitara rear floater than a whole early rangie. When you consider the other useful stuff from the rangie ( most of the suspension, transfer etc) it starts to make more sense to use a rangie as a donor IMHO.

Personally I think it might all be pointless ...

It won't make any difference if the axles are already set up for links - they are likely to be in the wrong spots - as an example, Patrol chassis are much wider than suzuki, and the radius arm setup on the front of a GQ is rubbish - it doesn't flex on a patrol let alone a sierra. Rover will be ...

The cowl on a coiler is a different shape so the bonnet doesn't line up with the cowl - there re photos somewhere - it's pretty ugly.

The leaf bonnet doesn't line up with the coil grille either.

Steve.

Wow, that's tall.

That would scare the pants off me to drive in the bush.

That would be excellent if it was about 5" shorter.

steve.

ShaneGQ wrote:ha that's funny....

Why? I didn't intend it to be a joke.

Hilux diffs+stretched wheelbase= hilux capability.

Some of us don't think hiluxes are very capable, and I've owned more hiluxes than I have suzukis.

Steve.

Hi

I am looking at building up a Suzuki as a weekend play truck.. Just wondering what model to use?
Things I will look at doing:
Cut into a single cab with tube tray
Big tyres 37's or bigger
Big lift etc...
Bigger motor..

Hilux

By the time you have done all the work to run 37's, there's no ...

Yes and Yes.

Steve.

Technically yes, but you won't get those tyres certed on a jimny I'm afraid in Vic* - they are more than 50mm bigger than the largest tyre available for the car.

*It might be possible, but the amount of work you'd have to do isn't worth it. You would need to prove that every engineering parameter ...

The LT230 would be a great choice - hugely underrated transfer I reckon.

Steve.

Tubes. Tubes aren't illegal.

I own lots of tyres with bead damage from removal/refitting. Not sure I've seen any so bad I couldn't get the beads to seat though.

It's tubes or the bin I'm afraid.

chimpboy wrote:
I don't think it's daft, as long as it's understood. Daft is when people run a shit filter but don't believe that it is shit.

Fair point. You're right, that's a bigger problem.

Steve.

Round 2 fight!

Its a trade off, filtration vs performance.

I run a large uni filter, i know its not working as well as a paper filter but that is of little concern to me.

Make the choice on engine life vs engine power.


You do realise how daft this sounds don't you?

"I know my filter is ...

Mickbeny, I think you're wrong, and I think you've proved it in your post.

A Dirtbike has a large filter for what it is, but not a large filter based on the CFM the engine is consuming and the environment its operating in. A 1HZ has a well sized filter for general use, but in an extreme ...

I think an SR20 would be an excellent conversion into a vitara as long as you could work out how to keep the front end together.

There's a few ways you could go, depending on what you wanted to achieve, but I'd be figuring you're going to want an auto to take some of the punch out of the power ...

Hi all...ALL Motocross,Enduro,Trials and Trail Motocycles use foam filters.These Motorcycles are designed for dirt use.It speaks volumes to me.

All that speaks volumes about are race motorbikes, where engine life is measured in hours, not thousands of hours.

Earthmovers, trucks, agricultural ...

Yes, but that just means your shackles are too long or your shackle hanger is in the wrong place. RUF, regardless of how it is done, is a balance of shackle length, bumpstop height, caster, and chassis extension/spring hanger setback.

It's not totally trial and error, but there's a bit of figuring ...

It wouldn't be shit if it was aluminium, it would just cost $495748587678.

Plenty of high end cars have aluminium chassis, (All lotus for the last 10 years or so, plenty of audis...) and there's even been a rock buggy built with an aluminium chassis (very complex and expensive though)

It's steel.

It would lift the front a tiny bit and increase caster, but that's what I'd be doing if you don't want the wheelbase extension.

Steve.

zukmeista wrote:Yes you can

Are you sure? The NT spring hanger is much smaller than the WT hanger and has much less room to redrill the spring bush bolt hole.

I suppose it's possible, but it's even more hack than "normal" 1/2 RUF.

Steve.

I annoyingly wrote quite a detailed response to this a couple of days ago, but it was eaten by the outers monster, but that was before the cab shift information.

I reckon you need to have a really good think about how far you want to go with this project, because to get a meaningful advantage over ...