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Ice studs?

Anti-stall in action. You can hear the brakes groaning.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ57E6ZayLo

Of course the ramps are set up so TC doesn't have to work too hard - and there are other 4x4s that could do this, but that doesn't devalue the spectacle of the Defender making it look easy ...

Okay, I know as much about this as I do about the space shuttle, but surely it doesn't make any difference if it's high or low pinion so long as all other factors are the same. In other words, as long as you are running on the same side of the gear teeth, you should have the same strength. The ...

What happens when you give the Land Rover engineers a perfectly good Volvo engine to mess about with? Answer at the top of the page.

I'm pretty sure the t-case is still the LT-230 but with 1.2 high range. Unfortunately it is probably the LT-230Q (quiet) gears from the Disco II which according to Bill/daddylonglegs are not as stout as the older gears. I'm also pretty sure it is still Rover diffs front and rear with P38 on the 110 ...

I find some folk's attitude to all this a bit bemusing.:? :P

How many people on this forum could actually afford to buy a new Defender? Sure as hell not me and I would hazard a guess and say that that goes for about 80% of us. Therefore why the hell would the marketing and accounts big wigs at ...

63:1 crawl ratio sounds good. A tad more torque can't be bad, and frankly if the thing has better heating/air con, who the hell cares what the facia looks like? ;)
Not sure about the bonnet bulge, but with steel wheels, black grille/surround and no air con nose it'll probably look fine. It's just ...

Forgive me if it has been asked before, but what is different about the Perentie 4.7 R&P in order to make it stronger. Tooth count, material?????

Seamus.

The local mountain rescue team had a PS10 on test for a couple of days. The engine seems strong, once you get used to the long throttle travel. Brakes are very good. It was the first time I have been in a vehicle with parabolic springs, and I was pretty impressed with the ride quality. Having said ...

For anyone interested in what these things look like.

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Even though the front is a bit of a dogs breakfast, the rear would still be a useful portal axle, without the problems associated with the ...

If memory serves from other threads, the Rover radius arms are forged and the Nissan ones are cast - hence you can reheat/bend the Rovers but not the Nissans. Just a FYI.

Seamus.

If the 80% Ashcroft is too low, why would you go lower?

Who said anything about the Ashcroft being too low? :?

I was pointing out the fact that no overlap exists between high and low range. Thus there is a good chance that on a moderate trail you will find low range is too low and high range is ...

As you may know Ashcroft has designed their low range gearset so that there is no overlap between high and low range i.e. low 5th is slightly lower geared than 1st gear in high. Good in a tractor maybe but I don't like the sounds of it in an off road/trail vehicle.

What I would like to know is if ...

Are the cast forks readily available - and can they be swapped into 300Tdi and later landies?

I assume the Td5s have the same weakness - it's unbelievable that land rover big wigs sanction cost cutting like this - what happens if the cheapo pressed fork fails in the middle of the Sahara? :bad-words ...

Nick, I was wondering what you plan to do for the gear linkage - I know the factory 129s had no transmission tunnel within the cab, being mounted so high - and a very long gearstick as a result. Thinking about it there is more potential for proper three man bench seating in the 129 cabs if you were ...

Many thanks Nick, that shed of yours is like a goldmine to a landy enthusiast!

Hope you get the 129" on the road at some point.

Cheers,
Seamus.

I believe 1-tons (at least those with ENVs) had a chamfer/trimming of the front crossmember to clear the ENV diff, even with the bump stop spacers. I don't think this is present on my military chassis but can't be sure as I haven't seen a 1-ton in person. Maybe Nick can identify the chamfer for us ...

Maybe I'm missing something that is already out there, but I think there would be demand for cheap conversion kits to put the strong AEU land rover 90/110 CVs into series front axles to get rid of the UJs. 23/24 spline shafts to suit would also be good. Anyone agree?



Seamus.

Yep, thanks Nick - the good thing about your 129" is I imagine you'll be able to put it to good use if and when it gets built.

Jeez, I wish I had a Perkins 1000 series in my landy!

Seamus.

Nick,
I remember you saying something about building a 129 replica before. I'm sure a lot of folks would love to see how it turned out if you did. What were you thinking - Series LR truck cab mid mounted on the 101 chassis? Would you stretch the wheelbase, and what would you do for front end ...

I understand the underdrive cannot be used with Ashcrofts own lower-low gears, but is it compatible with Maxi-drive's 30/40% lower gears?


Seamus.

I do not think they need to be too tight, if you use locknuts there is no need. As I understand it from an old magazine article (from the days when the LR mags actually had tech articles) the JATE rings are sufficiently rated for kinetic energy rope recovery, when used together. IIRC from the ...

Is there any way of adapting a Disco II box to a Defender - I've heard and therefore assume that it is a bit stronger.

Seamus.

whats this collision crap in the utes?

Airbags, side-impact bars etc.

He's simply saying that the current Defender won't ever come back to the US. But everyone knew that anyway. The new Def (or whatever range of vehicles replace it) will need to have all those things when it is reintroduced ...

It's a minor detail but Spen King's first name was Charles, hence CSK. They were all 3.9 autos IIRC. Now where' s my anorak?

Something else which has been queried before, perhaps by yourself Bill(?) is the issue of boring out the stub axles to fit the Longfield 300M stub shafts. Correct me if I am wrong but I thought that this was necessary - I take it the ID of the Toy stub axle is greater than Rovers? Anyway this is ...

The only issue I see is that all the CVs I and a guy I know with the same setup (MD) have blown have gone on the stubshaft which a ring won't stop.



I thought this was the case for a lot of folks too. Which is why KAMs stub-less CVs, plus a high quality material seperate stub make such good ...

Found this site recently. The 90 has a front SOA leaf conversion and probably Dana 60s front and rear - looks like it works quite well, but a bit top heavy.

There are videos at the bottom of the page.

http://www.mda4x4.com/fotos.htm


Enjoy. or not!

Seamus

Did the 101 LT95 box ratios differ from the Rangie at all? I have seen an answer to a question in a mag telling the reader to change in order to increase the gearing in the 101.

I have seen people state that 110 trailing arms are beefier than Disco arms (think a few have swapped to 110 arms on the UK challenge scene). I can't confirm this myself though.


Seamus.