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1997 VITARA SAS

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1997 VITARA SAS

Post by makoy »

october 2006

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went into the usual lifts and whatevers to make it a bit Philippine trail worthy

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Post by makoy »

trailed it soon after...

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after which...little mods here and there...

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and trailed it again...

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until i broke the rear upper a arm

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after a quick fix...

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Post by makoy »

and got it back to the trail again...

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....and got 34 swamper tsl's for cheap

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tried it out

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fortunately it doesnt fit
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Post by makoy »

and decided it was already time for the inevitable SAS

and wento the minor tear down...

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axles...

rear mitsubishi pajero 4.875:1, factory lsd
front mistubishi pajero 4.875:1 rear axle mated to danea 30 ends, factory lsd

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a bit of cleaning

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left factory lsd, right open

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and on with the minor trimming...

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mocking it up...

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then goes te axles...

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link materials

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the new rear upper a arm

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the joints

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the rest

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and a little touch of acrylic

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the mounts and tabs...

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and in....

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Post by makoy »

a bit of jacking to check if it doesnt bind for malling abuse

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and finally got it out february 17, 2007 since it i tore it january 10, 2007

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and some poser pics

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Post by makoy »

4.875 diffs, 34" tires, stock tcase just wouldnt cut it. instead of buying el expensivo crawler gears i decided to to an el cheapo dual tcase fabbing...

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after week of being lazy, i finally got it under the junk....

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the crossmember and the additional tcase support

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and got new slip yokes to fit...

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april 21, 2007, finally got it out again to do some poser shots....

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ran to the nearest muffler shop so i could hit the nearest hole before it gets dark...


...got the muffler done, and off to the hole...

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and raced it the next day

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and finished 16th out of the grid of 26, nor bad for a shakedown against huge land cruiser :)
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Post by makoy »

and hit where the junk is made for...the trail

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here are a couple of pictures in comparison with other vitaras

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Post by makoy »

after a bit of thinking on how to get rid of the tire rub, i decided to do another SAS on the junk. using nissan patrol mk diffs. the junk os now currently under the knife to get ready for the 2nd swap

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till then,
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Post by croatian4x4 »

im in love!!! lol that is tuff as!!!
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Post by grimbo »

awesome buildup and great thread with some great pics. Can't wait to see it when it's done with the new diffs
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Post by Guy »

Your not going to shave the housing on the MQ diff .. get back a bit of lost clearnace ?
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Post by makoy »

maybe, when i need to
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Post by =SKB= »

:armsup: Buildup and info.
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Post by super zook »

top work, i love your buggy on pirate aswell
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Post by lay80n »

super zook wrote:top work, i love your buggy on pirate aswell

+1
Its got a zook t-case in it, so technically its a zook. Post up some pics here. :cool:

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Post by FullbackNo1 »

that is a nice 4x4 hoping to do that mine one day
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Post by raqmup »

Both builds are very impressive in both the fab work & detail as well as the rate of speed you're doing it all in. ;)
The tooling and precision for a 'back yard project' is admirable! :cool:
Definatley following both zook and buggy builds for some inspiration...

Wish I could fab/build even half as good as that :oops: :D

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Post by makoy »

lay80n wrote:
super zook wrote:top work, i love your buggy on pirate aswell

+1
Its got a zook t-case in it, so technically its a zook. Post up some pics here. :cool:

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here are recent images of my el cheapo buggy build...

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Post by makoy »

ditched my patrol diff swap...used a daa 44 instead (4.875:1)

here are images of the slow progress...

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it looks like im going to move the front diff a little bit forward to clear the oilpan and be able to create enough room to lower my rig 4 inches

it will be running on 38" inch swampers...still hoping to hit the trail by early september :)

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Post by Red_Zook »

thats one of the best reads on a vit i have had for ages!
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Post by Squik »

Awesome :armsup:
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Post by v840 »

Read about this over on Pirate and ZK. Thanks for putting it up here too. One of the nicest full bodied zooks ever IMO. Well done on a great buildup dude and Im hanging to see how the buggy turns out too. :armsup:
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Post by fool_injected »

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good work, any updates?
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Post by makoy »

minor update...

finally the junk is standing on all fours

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still a long list to accomplish

brakelines
steering
panhard bar
fender trims

hopefully ill have it out by 2008 :(
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Post by zooker »

That looks sweet, top work :armsup:
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