Outer Limits 4x4 Board

bit of a bummer it broke, but you get that some times.

Though it was good to have a nice cooked meal and a wam bed to sleep in for last night!!

striped tomato wrote:1st: $2000 worth
2nd: $1300 worth
3rd: $700 worth

same prizes for each class:
modified: registered, locked, 2" lift & 35's
super modified: over 2" lift & 37's (registered??)
outlaw: anything goes (stat dec required)

If I was around I'd be going in it.

hey dad can I borrow the car

nnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooo


not August!!


please pick a warmer month


I still haven't thawed out

BTW it's a great event

nat34 wrote:So is anybody willing to put up there hands to help??

if i was going to be here then we would be competing

thanks for that ,

I think that's the way we might go

We are looking into getting a gu front diff for the tomato and was wondering if the gq center will.

1. bolt into the housing,

2. fit the Gu Cv's.

3. Gq manual hubs fit instead of gu auto ones.

Thanks
Dave Crook

Striped tomato's in . Finnished packing at 1 this morning. now for a few hours of work then it's play time!!

http://au.f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dkcrook/my_photos

Here's my pics from the weekend.

Should have taken heaps more but it's a bit hard when your trying to keep from being run over

Jimmy,

just sent a couple of pics for ya.

Dave.

map wrote:we had a good time the only thing annoying was the waiting at the checkpoints but overall was a great night

Welcome to the world of the night nav

Well

5th, there must have been a lot home in bed very early!!

we only did 1 of the 3 cp's

Well cheezy,

whats the go with them are they a goer or not?

Dave

had a report of bj doing a turtle impression!!!

I found when I had 2 garmins mounted close to each other they would interfear with each other. so may be the magellan doesn't have as good a sheild as the garmin? how close are they? what happens if you move they further apart? I know the garmin aerials have an amp in them. does the magellan? ARe ...

I have a roof bar with 2x hella 181 spots and 2 hella 155 spots. these work great. 181's set straight and 155s set at about 20 degrees off center. I get a 180 degree plus viewing angle, this enables me to see the gound by the back wheels easly. Recently I changed the 155's for some spreads and lost ...

I run an overlander and a no name n70 as aux works ok and n70 will run my fridge for 4 days, @ $90 dollar chepa to replace when it dies.

Dave

Concentrated on too few competitores, short "reports" on each section. only show kim and celia because they are women. ect.

I know it's hard to show all on every stage but as the "pinnacle" of australina 4wd mortorsport, in my opinoin It could have neen better

and YES I was there to see it ...

well i've watched it and have to say that I'm glad I didn't pay for it. It is ok but could have been much better. Now I know why they were up steve for is videos, they are better than what they have.

Dave

Well fianly got my 2002 tuff truck video haven't watched it yet as the kids are taping Dr dolittle 2. anyone else got it yet?

Dave

yep fitted all but the plates myself

I did my 5 and a bit for about $1600 all up. included caster plates,adj panhards, break lines ect.



Dave

They are crap, he sold them and got centerpeads!!

Dave

This is my Gu in a spot of bother, well not so much the car but the thing attached to it. We did have to winch out of here but. It was taken on the overland telegraph track, cape york june this year.

http://jjj.image.pbase.com/u17/dkcrook/large/7907272.camperrollover1.jpg ...

this is a mates 89 2.8td Gu wagon 7in spring 2in body lift and 36x12.5 baja's. Taken at the top on old hilux hill @ LCMP.

Dave

My Gu set me back $35000 add in another $5-6000 worth of bits and pieces and you get.... A lot

No wonder Katrina complains every time i dent it.

Dave

Yes they were doing Disco's with 3x30l tanks under a false floor. 90 L tanks are about 1M long and 50cm across.
Dave

most tank sizes are 90 odd L about 80 L useable

Dave

The few guys i know with 4.2's on gas are reporting about the same usage as petrol (5km/l). On both carb and efi engines all duel fuel no strait gas.

Hope that helps

Dave