Outer Limits 4x4 Board

did you get my pm

nah i missed out on the noms i was going to bring the lux up and hope the best

looks like there is absolutly no chance my lux will be up there so if you need any help with marshelling give me a yell

however you set it up make sure you have some form of fail safe. i didnt just because i got lazy and ive nearly cooked the old 2.4 quite a few times (bit embarrasing waitng in line at lowmead only to turn around and see your trucks imatating a kettle) i will be seting mine up properly with the 5 litre

im running a rear mount on my lux with the 2.4 it wouldnt push the coolant around and was actually boiling before the coolant could do a round trip fitted a davis craig pump but found it to be building to much pressure when thermostat closed. i just drilled the by pass hole in the thermo stat bigger ...

well what kind of dollars are you looking at for a high mount and said modifications. as for dollars spent on modifying this the only real outlay would be motor and rope as i can do all the fab work. on a side note how often do you see the drive gear fail. just want to get it completly sussed out ...

started to tear the winch down to see if its even worth trying so far so good needs a good lube but looks to be in good condition. will see if i can get some needle roller bearings to replace the bushes and the gear ratio in the winch is 50:1 (or close to) seeing as the warn high mount is 134:1 i ...

the input into the winch and the pto shaft is connected together via a double chain coupling i was going to mount an electric motor above the input shaft and with a sprocket on the motor chain drive to the input shaft of the winch. this way i can alter gear ratios easily. note im only a second year ...

okay so ive got a thomas 3.6t pto winch that im looking at converting to electric what kinda specs for an electric motor would be acceptable for comp work. ie. hp, max rpm, amp draw, 12v/24v etc

okay so ive done a disk conversion to the arse end on my lux and as anyone will tell you the pedal goes to crap. nowi already know that the 80 series run the larger master cylinder which will corect this but i was wondering if the 60 series also runs the larger cylinder as i have a 60 sitting in the ...

any bundy teams?

definiatly keen on doing this i missed out last year. the lux is out of action at the moment but should be commy powered by the comp. if any one has only bits of a team so far please pm me as i probably wont be able to put a full team together myself. thanks

i do believe tailights have to have a reflecter in them to be adr approved. while i doubt it would cause any real issues with police unless someone ran up your arse and they can pin it down to the fact that there was no reflector. the only other time that you could really have issues is with ...

thanks for all the pics and everything this will be pushed to the back of the wish list at the moment i gotta sort out my engine and box. decided to do a v6 conversion as i will be setting the lux up as a winch truck and ill be building an lj50 into a rockcrawler

gotta love that "oh shit" moment when youve just done some major work.

it would be worth checking out a workshop manual for the correct timing marks as even though most engines are timed on tdc no1 its not a definite for all engines. an easy way to check is line all the timing marks up then (with the belt on) turn the crank twice if timed correctly all marks should ...

if its got a rubber centre or did have it will be a dampner to reduce vibrations from the engine...i think pics would help

[quote="bad_religion_au"] can i add a couple i've learnt - flex is pretty overrated as the ground pressure on one tire at full flex is very small - flex is useless if it's uncontrolled - hardly anyone gets front and rear leaf spring setups working properly together. that is, they tend to get the ...

i find our more likely to strip heads when loosning as they are usually bloody tight so you just heave on the bar only realising when you fall on your face that it wasnt on properly...not that id do that

someone may correct me but im pretty certain a 99 is ifs
ifs is with diff monted to chassis
solid is a solid axle/diff housing

keeping in mind that if you move the shockies in-board on the diff they will be less efficient. what are you aiming to build the lux into a really flexy 4b can be a PITA to drive round town and i dont know about where you are but here in bundy the cops dont appreciate body roll around roundabouts :D ...

if its not a large area you can buy spot blasters quite cheap just make sure you use proper grit and not everyday sand as you can get sylicouses from breathing in the fine sand particles. ive done a torana using a slightly larger version though by the time i was finished with the whole car i had ...

anybody got some pics theyd like to share we got diddly squat this year....again

if using new head bolts and done to spec its very unlikely to snap. i have used old head bolts before on a 250 x flow but it isnt recomended on a side note it may sound obvious but make sure the socket your using is on the head of the bolt properly its very easy to start swinging on a big bar and ...

would have been bloody funny to see the brumby jump those tyres

thanks for that now ive just gotta pull my finger out and make it

had an awsome weekend thanks to all the guys and girls who put it together.
no breakages on the lux but the front end is sitting on the bump stops due to the inverted springs

are you talking about a air operated vac blrrder?

if all else fails and your in a full body cast make sure your in a sitting position with your right foot flat before it goes hard and steer with you tung

lol righto by the time the customer gets it the car has usually clocked between 5 to 10k any way. it great when you hop outa a new car after a pre delivery run and all you can smell is the paint burning off the exhaust