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cough cough.

Money is in the bank.........

matt.mcinnes wrote:

Shadow wrote:

matt.mcinnes wrote:speed flow fittings $45 each you need 8 plus 8 straight ones

holy crap

is there no cheaper solution for these fittings?

They may cost a little less if I bought bulk.

But you have to have a little bit of bling

Nothing wrong with Bling

Options will include a solid front end with coils, factory lockers and a part time gearbox.............. my

Fantastic thread heaps of info. Keep up the good work.

I have some experience with heat exchangers (industrial) the coolant enters the exchanger in the oppisite direction to the media to be cooled. So there is a greater temperature gradiant between the two. From what I have observed in cooling ...

Register it as a tractor ..... Might need to be a primary producer... had a very quick discussion with an engineer about registering a buggy/truggy would have to limit speed to say 50kph. Ther was some dicussion on here a few years back? There are ways around it..... my 2 c's

Have just completed the same swap, but still retained the old 30 amp loom. I figured if there was going to be some serious amp draw then the 30 amp fuse would blow, it was designed to protect the original circut anyway?

It has been in a month and have used it frequently with no issues

I ran the Rubicon Express ones for about three years with no troubles. I would grease them once a month. When I took them apart I didn't see any wear. These are on a trail rig only and have an adjustable retainer.
I now run the T-G Creeper Joint, very similar to the Currie Joint. I've been running ...

Jonny Joint/orbit eyes/bollocks...........

These things have been around for quite a while now, how are people finding them;

Do the cups wear out in a month or a year.

Have you installed them on a daily driver, weekend warrior?

What sort of maintenance have you given them daily, weekly ...

Made some enquiries today... end of june. Article in Dirtcomp mag says end of may?

Any one else?

Use the stock one for the cruiser, there is also some flat arms on the market too..

sounds like you are not running much lift??

Bj who has the flat ones,

Will be running about 3" but want full suspension travel, If i used these arm i would have only about 2" of compression...

Otherwise the ...

Is it Sprung over?

The Snake racing kit is designed for a hilux not a spring under landcruiser.

Well they sold it to me for the intended vehicle "yeh it will fit" good job I have a hilux project after I finish this one..... ;)

The front end is coil, trying to keep the drag/tie rod as flat as ...

Just mocking up my front end, and the tie rod has about 2 inches of up travel before it hits on the frame when there is 5 plus inches between the diff and the bump stop. Need a flat steering arm?

What experiences have people had fitting high steer? i want as much up travel as I can, Considering ...

Have used Wia 255 amp machine not in the same legue as the migo mag 260 amp machine. both are aound the same size but the mogomag seems to have more amps. Purchased a mogomag about 7 years ago for farm use, mind you the amount of repair work we do its alot.

Re decked our rotary dairy platform had ...

Air locker comes with very good instructions.

You need a good torque wrench (normal scale),

A dialindicator with stand, for setting backlash

a low scale torque wrench or an accurate spring scale(fishing type)

A bearing puller (if you are going to reuse your carrier bearings)


A Decent vice ...

Ok wally where did you get your bilsteins and who did the revalve, or can you order them in a dual configuration/valving.....


Has anyone else got a similar set up or played with dual shocks on a 80series.....

So. To sum up:
Some mealy mouthed little bureacrat trying to impress a boss with how much he's doing to improve road safety, so that boss can impress some Minister with how much he's doing to improve road safety, so the Minister can look like a road safety hero to the ignorant, and the total twat ...

Here is another bit of info.... My FJ70, (1990) originally fitted with a 3f, and h55f gear box has a high pinion front diff (75 series) with a rear drum diff with the 75 series casting center....... Must have been in the change over.

100 too 110, have a look at the comp cars, rangies, extended pootrols ect all fall within the 100 to 110, keeping the diffs close to each end also help. Break over angle also comes into it.... LWB vehicles have trouble climbing over logs ect where they excell on climbs.... Just my 2c's

Yep thats the new bible......... My build up is based on the NCOP.... you will fin Engineers in vic are using this..... There is still some room to move, but the killer is 33's are the max size

Meeting was last night, Last thurs of the month..... at the drouin tennis club. fantastic crew..... Mate an I did the local circut of all the clubs in the area and found the Gippy club to be the most easy going club... hard core/comp to camping. PM me and i will point you in the right direction

Soryy this thread is a total load of s**T!
We just got a patrol fitted with vh45 4 inch lift and my Hilux all coiled up with no problems.
Fully engineered..
Drove into vic roads and all good!
If you follow the rules you got nothing to worry about.
Talk about somthing else.
It's not vic roads you ...

interested

Aftermarket turbos on 4x4's are a bit of a gray area, Plenty of shops will bolt them on, they will then get road worthied and on sold.... All illegal!!!!! if you read the vic roads bulliten on modifications it states that all turbos need engineering approval..... What the problem is emmissions ...

grimbo wrote:hang on everyone it says "Recent changes to Victorian planning controls now prohibit a "Motor Racing Track" statewide in new rural zones."

I am with you on this one need some clarification...... 'Old rural zones' might be ok.....

Tell more cheezy, you seem to know a bit?

Have been thinking about this over the weekend, when you think of a bi-turbo V8 in a cruiser, bings a wopping big grin to the face

Need Pics, Need Pics

They are worth a small fortue, even from the wreckers, about $500 new and about $300 from the wreckers..... :shock:

The float is a rubber/plastic material and makes contact accross two thingys, will post pic if i get a chance.

Common prob with them is that the outside plastic electrical terminal ...

Just go to the local hyrdaulic shop.... smc air ram with an internal spring http://www.smcworld.com/2002/bp_e/content/init0405.html additional arb solinoid too easy. Add the ability to pin in the up and down position incase air fails.... ;)

There was a photo a couple of years back with this set up ...

does any one know the wall thickness and diameter on nissan/toy rear liniks? The reason is that i am converting my fj70 to coil and wanting to get the spec right for my rear/front links.

any infor would be much appreciated

off the arb web site,

http://www.arb.com.au/alac/alsp/6-01.pdf

Heaps of info, hope it helps

Plate shear, no blades required, just pull the leaver, cuts 8mm plate. and cost me $140 second hand.

bubs wrote:
My next purchase will be a Pro Tools HD105 Bender

and where do you get one of these in aus?