Outer Limits 4x4 Board

You've now discovered the wonderful business ethics of Scrap Iron racing. Equipe and X-Eng are just 2 of the other prominet examples.

2.8, what can I say........ AWESOME. I've had one in the truck for 18 months and I love the engine. Even in standard tune it goes well (will light up all 4 Simex without any real trouble) and has huge amounts of low end torque. IMHO a much nicer engine than the TD5 and Tdi. I'd love to see you put ...

Here's a mate's bobtail:



He did think about going tray back but didn't in the end. He wasn't sure about weight distrbution if he took all the back body off. I'd say it's pretty much spot on now.

The project's looking good, there.

I'll be really inteested to see how the truck turns out.

Why not reverse your rims?

If you're getting a Husky, that bolts feet down rather than feet forward so this sort of design will be OK as you'll be bolting to the bumper rather than the cradle.

I've got an HS 2.8 tgv in my truck. Its reasonably peppy (on a manual box) but its still a 2.5 tonne Landy. I'm going to be tuning it soon so I'll let you know how that goes.

Isuzu, sorry, I've not got any other details. Dave Ashcroft's been keeping quiet about the exact size of the gears. He's a cleaver guy and it took him quite a while to make it work.

Serg, IIRC, helical gears are quieter and should be stronger. As far as high / low overlap goes: 5th low is about ...

Serg, i can't give tooth count but I can tell you its a complete new gearset, not just low range. They started by looking for the low range they wanted (5.95 ) and working backwards.

Material is the same as DII gears, they're using the Q gear technology to help keep noise in low range down ...

Ashcroft now do an 80% reduction kit although high range has to be 1.22. There's virtually no work to do to the case either. If you go down this route he'll also sell you 4.11 r&ps for half price!

He's also putting the finishing touchs to a 40% reduction with a 1.41 high range.

Philip A wrote:The 4HP24 is fully computer controlled, no kick down cable etc. Obviously it has a bigger pump for higher line pressures.

I didn't know that, I though the EH boxes were the electonic ones.

Ouch!

The high performance builder over here often use 'top hat' liners to stop this happening on the big capacity/high output conversions.

Having a look at Ashcroft's site I found this:

If you are running a high performance engine it is possible to upgrade the internals of the 4HP22 to the 4HP24, please note the box will be 15mm longer due to the thicker pump assembly

So I guess its not just clutches and is effectivly an HP24 ...

davew wrote:Thanks for the welcome !

Does anyone know if there are any other Land Rover Defenders taking part ?

cheers

Dave W.

I might be next year, one of my mates is trying to persuade me....

Michele, can you PM me on LRE? There a couple of very simpel mods you can do to hugely increase the strength. I won't mean redesigning, it'll just mean a little more welding.

The initial design isn't bad but it could do with a bit more as it'd be a shame to bund such a smart bumper.

Yep, there's a 110 double cab available in the UK, it looks like this:

http://www.buildyourlandrover.co.uk/buildyourlandrover/images/E2/exterior/EX_E2_K1_904_029DW_S_COLOUREDROOF.JPG

AFAIK most of the doublecab parts are the same as the 130 so shouldn't be to too hard to ...

Yeah, this is a nice, compact, torquey engine. I know quite a few people who've done it but I'd stick with LR gear and transfer boxes and get a conversion plate. It'll just make life much simpler

Good luck Dave Not many of us are brave enough to take on the Aussies at their own game! Whatever happens, though, i'm sure you'l have a superb time!

Hi guys, I've been talking to a CV manufacturere about producing a batch of uprated CVs (chromalloy) that's a direct replacement for AEU2522s. Anyone who's interested, post up here

P.S. I'll have no personal gain out of this appart from not having to fish bits of CV out of my front axle ever ...

As above, the main weakness is the cross shaft in the centre diff. A few people over here (Ashcrofts and KAM spring to mind) do them. They're suposed to be stronger than all the 5 speeds and the ZF 4-speed auto box. Its what a guy I know uses with his Eales 4.5l V8 (300+ bhp) and has no problems.

Yep, both 200 and 300 are good engines. As has been said, the 300 has a little more power and torque than a 200 in a Defender (easy to sort that, though ). The 300s also a little more refined. If you speak to some of the big engine reconditioners over here, they reckon the 200s a bit tougher but ...

Isuzurover's covered it pretty well. The only other thing to really look for is a bent bulkhead. It looks like you're alright, though. If that's been damamged you've got a much bigger repair bill as its a very big job replacing one.

What are the wings like? You may need to add tose in depending ...

I've got an AEU2522 that failed on the stub shaft. i can measure it and PM you the dims later this week.

Bill, I'd agree. My truck does about 10,000 miles a year to and from events, away on holidyas and pottering about. Any CV I'd run needs to have a certain degree of harness.

I've not given up hope, though. There's a company over here (who want it to be kept quiet) who're looking into making ...

AFAIK, the KAM CVs aren't made any better than rover CVs. The last I heard they were trying to develope some.

I bought mine as a '94 300tdi D90 CSW

Since then I've done a few things things

Highlights (in no particular order) include:

- HS 2.8l TGV
- ARB airlockers
- Maxi Drive shafts
- moddified M8274-50 front winch on an ARB bumper
- rear mounted Superwinch Husky
- 35x10.5 Simex ETs off ...

Here's a pom's opinion on KAM: don't bother if your in Auz! Don't get me wrong, some of their stuffs good but not up to Mal's standards. I know of quite a few twisted broken KAM shafts. They're stronger than standard and good value for money but MD and JacMac are a lot stronger. I know one guy who's ...

Scorpion aren't cheap over here, let alone shipped over to you There's a few other people who do uprated and bent raduis arms in the UK all of whom are cheaper and most who's arms are stronger. WVA holdings and Gywn Lewis are two names that spring to mind.

Scotto, I've run both 35" ETs and 33" JTs. Both are a step ahead of everything bar boggers in mud. As far as the performance of 32" ETs compared to 34" JTs, I think you'll find performance in mud about the same (the tread's less efficient on the JT but because its a larger tyre its more open). You ...

Mmmm, I might just have found a set


I'll stop gloating now