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thinking of zook build up

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thinking of zook build up

Post by newbyferoza »

After talking with my old man I have decided to buy a zook and offload my feroza. I want a soft top and have ten grand to spend all up, no more at all. I have no car building experience at all, so I am probably going to get someone to put in a 1.6 vitara with series 1 rockhoppers and 31" tyres. I dont want a huge rockcrawling machine, just something fun (feroza died for the secnd time in a month on friday) as I am a university student and money is going to be tight when I have finished the car so I need it to be reliable. What would everybody recommend me doing to the car, bear in mind I have no mechanical experience. I want to start it in 5 weeks today, and need to be finished 5 weeks later as that is when uni holidays are over and I need a car again. Thank God for my girlfriends xcel when doing this project.
I would love to get some names in Brisbane where I could go and get helpful advice and get prices for it all.
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Post by -Mick- »

Good choice, did that myself recently... I'm a uni student too ;) You're in Brisbane too from memory.

88 or later leaf sprung zook $6000 for a schmick one

S3 rockhopper (1500), 2" bl (500), 31 muds on f100 sunraysias (800) and some sort locker in the back (1000ish) = 3.5 - 4 k

Don't go S1 cause you'll want S3 later and will be some wasted $, wt's have higher diff ratios than ones like mine so it shouldnt be to revvy

You won't need anymore than that (for now) and don't worry about a vit motor, that will blow the budget and make insurance a pain.

You'll love it man :D
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Post by N*A*M »

i'd try to find an narrow track with a healthy 1.3L and get my width from offset rims

cheaper and easier to extend chassis for suspension mods

leave the engine alone and get some series 3 rockhoppers
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Post by grimbo »

Yeah don't worry about going the 1.6 route. if the 1.3 is fine then combine it with a S3 Rockhopper, decent springs, 31" tyres, front and rear lockers and away you go. Check out the buildup of Big Steves he bult a pretty capable Zuk for under 10k
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Post by stumped »

if ur wondering why there's not many replies, it's prolly cos a lot of us agree with what's been said ;)
now if the boys had only replied on one part of the buildup each, we coulda had a much longer thread :D
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Post by Drewfus »

A recycled phrase (of Greg's I think....)

Build it small, drive it BIG.


Agreed on all of the above suggestions.
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Post by greg »

Drewfus wrote:A recycled phrase (of Greg's I think....)

Build it small, drive it BIG.

Agreed on all of the above suggestions.


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Post by newbyferoza »

am having change of heart though, might keep the feroza and put in a new engine as it keeps breaking, just cant seem to say no to selling it :armsup:
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Post by bigsteve »

newbyferoza wrote:am having change of heart though, might keep the feroza and put in a new engine as it keeps breaking, just cant seem to say no to selling it :armsup:


alas..................... another hopeful lost to the world of IFS
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Post by Bad JuJu »

am having change of heart though, might keep the feroza and put in a new engine as it keeps breaking, just cant seem to say no to selling it


you mean just cant seem to say yes to selling it

you know you want to
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Post by greg »

Bad JuJu wrote:
am having change of heart though, might keep the feroza and put in a new engine as it keeps breaking, just cant seem to say no to selling it


you mean just cant seem to say yes to selling it

you know you want to


Careful mate - you'll get us into trouble here.... No never means Yes*.







* Except for when you're asking permission to burn more dosh on the car :)
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Post by Bad JuJu »

* or trading a feroza in on a zook
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Post by bigsteve »

greg wrote:
Bad JuJu wrote:
am having change of heart though, might keep the feroza and put in a new engine as it keeps breaking, just cant seem to say no to selling it


you mean just cant seem to say yes to selling it

you know you want to


Careful mate - you'll get us into trouble here.... No never means Yes*.







* Except for when you're asking permission to burn more dosh on the car :)


* Or your an AFT football player
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Post by grimbo »

bigsteve wrote:
greg wrote:
Bad JuJu wrote:
am having change of heart though, might keep the feroza and put in a new engine as it keeps breaking, just cant seem to say no to selling it


you mean just cant seem to say yes to selling it

you know you want to


Careful mate - you'll get us into trouble here.... No never means Yes*.







* Except for when you're asking permission to burn more dosh on the car :)


* Or your an AFT football player


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Post by -Mick- »

Do it :!: Now :!: If you're ferozas stuffin up its not earning its keep so it has to go :D

If you don't buy a zook Tman from Boomba is gonna bash you :lol:
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Post by dark matter »

The longer you put off buying the zook, the more you will kick yourself later.
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Post by built4thrashing »

take it from as much as ya love ya feroza ya will love the zook more. I was once a feroza driver and i too had probls with blowing up engines (3 in 4 years) and at $1500 each second hand i had had enough. they are FUN cars to thrash about they tend to break and afe damb expensive to fix. Get a zook and these friendly ppl will sometimes even help ya with parts and fixing them.
SO STOP WASTING YA OWN TIME AND BUY A ZOOK
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