Outer Limits 4x4 Board

The v8 is a much nicer engine to drive as it has torque from idle but uses heaps of fuel in comparison. The price of v8's is a fair bit lower .

Hi all, I had problems with the head light and dip switch on a 92 rangie. The head lights were powered through the switch and after 19 years the switch was fried. I installed new switches and put relays into both main and high beam circuts. Now I have a problem where if the inside temperature of the ...

To be both race ready and road worthy at the same time is hard to acheive. The front part of the cage seems to be the hardest part. Forward vision can not be impaired, sun visors need to be operable, occupant head protection from the cage needs to be used but this adds to obscuring forward vision ...

It's already painted, and looks the goods as is .

Remove the top and bottom cover plates of the steering column, the ones behind the steering wheel, if you move a bit of wiring out of the way you should be able to see the mechanism. Turn the steering wheel and see whats happening. Take it from there. The car is now thirty years old and the parts ...

s.g Leslie and son, Heildelberg or there abouts, they probably invented most of the mods available. Also good good people to deal with.

I know its a bit off topic but in the graphs shouldn't the power and torque curves cross at 5252 rpm.

Clive, give ULR a try or Graeme at British car components. If you need a hand give me a PM as I would like to learn how to set up a gear set, I started one once made a mess of it and never tried again.
Michael.

Give theses guys a calll Powauto greens rd dandenong south.

The front is tight to give good on road handling, any thing you do to free up the front will reduce this. Although there are many tried and true methods it depends where you want to end up , do you get stuck offroad alot because you run out of front articulation. Start with longer shocks and ...

I don't think rover diffs are capable of coping with 37's unless you drive very carefully, but if you want to, go for it.
Tyre choice for me would be maxxis trepadors they seem to do every thing quite well .
A bump stop extension might help with clearance while keeping COG low,

I dusted of the low mount I have had in the shed for a few years since I got the high mount with a view to putting it on another car. It's a 1984 8000 low mount that served me well for a long time with the occasional grease change. The info I got on the web about the brake was that it should nearly ...

I had a ford maverick/gq lwb in 1989 and I think it had a rear disconnecting sway bar, no idea on how it worked but others will.

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My old cage in the rangie attatched to the chassis, when I went to scrutineering they wern't intrested in that . The theory is that you are in a shell that is attatched to the chassis and that shell is reinforced to take the load of a rollover even if the body detaches from the chassis, so I had to ...

I think they let the OBC landy compete just because of the amount of effort and money he had put in just to land himself and a car here, but it does set a precedent. I was told one of the reasons for no exo cages is that people invariably use them as panel protection and put them under stress and ...

I asked a few questions a while back in regard to compliance, a 110 3.5lt truck cab was a factory build, I don't know if they ever came in an extra cab. The compliance plate must stipulate the correct body type, you can not just cut up a wagon body. I want to go the cab chassis route to minimise ...

6.5 Rangie, my son has a 109 truck cab at Noojee that may offer some parts to the build ( he doesn't drive it much as he is only eight). I don't think an exo cage qualifies under ccda regs, I think I can work out the A pillar, but the main hoop B pillar and the roof line seem to clash.

I have been pondering for a while about building a 110 cab chassis comp truck for ccda production class. I am currently running an 82 2door rrc, apart from the 4.6 it complys with production regs, but in the two vic winch challenges I have done, first one I chewed the side gears out of one diff with ...

I thought the same when I had a low mount, sold it, bought a high mount for $700 put a seal and break kit in it and I was away. A few mods to the bar was needed but the performance and the serviceability makes it worth it. You will spend so much money once you start competing that $700- $1200 for a ...

I have flogged my 100mm makita for 13 years and its still going.
The 125 metabo variable speed got repaired twice in 6 years , but very good to use .The new 125mm blue bosch is six months old and going well.
My vote goes to Makita.

Yes, mounts are the same.

yes , the output shaft on the p38 eh24 will need to be changed to an lt230 one very simple.

There is two air lines going to the front output cover on the transfer case that operate the difflock. I can't remember exactly how it works, but IFIRC engine vacuum pulls the diaphram which actuates a fork which slides a locking dog onto the centre diff. The fork slides along a short shaft with two ...

maybe Tradesman roof racks, some where out in the far eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

Check the top of the power steering box it may have a bleed off valve.
If it does crack it open when the engine is running to dispell the air.
If you could give some more info on the vehicle you'll get more specific answers.

I agree with LOKKA 3.54 gears are the strongest, I have previously been flamed for this with people saying that 4.11 are as strong and some 4.75's are stronger. The beauty of 3.54 gears is they are as strong as any aftermarket gears plus or minus 10% and if you break a set they are only a two ...

Jack Macnamara in moorabin
He is an exceptlionally good tradesman and has knowledge that goes further than most.










does not really care for P.R.

I have a friend who fitted up an alternator off a fire truck to rvr8 at idle it puts out 160 amps. A fire truck will sit all night with lights on high beam emrgency lights on comms equipment in use and associated electrical drain. He runs thermo fans, 6hp winch motor and a few lights. To fit it ...

My spring lift is about 40mm with rotated swivels to reset steering castor, stiffer front springs for two batteries and highmount, firmer valved shocks and modded bar work for clearance. I would still like to remove some body roll from it, possibly fitting an anti roll bar.