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gonzo's vitara + beer,grinder,nibbler,beer,hammer = 33's

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Post by antt »

can you start on hills in high range still :finger:
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Post by Gonzo »

antt wrote:can you start on hills in high range still :finger:


its bad, but still usable
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Post by Reddo »

Gonzo wrote:RD?

It drives much much nicer on the road now with the extra track
what about uphills? :lol:
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Post by Gonzo »

sideslopes are good ;)
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Post by antt »

coughturbocough
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Post by Gonzo »

Without the expense of EFI, are turbos or blowers really worth it?

better off with gearing i think...
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Post by antt »

ah, i didn't know yours was carby......you poor poor man........we need to start a 'Get Gonzo Injection so he can sorta turn his tires' fund in the zuk section like we did with redzook :D
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Post by Slunnie »

What options are there for the Vitara Gonzo. Diffs or Hi & low range?
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Post by -Mick- »

Gonzo wrote:beer made the cutting easier :lol:


always need plenty of lubricant when cutting ;)

looks :cool:
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Post by SiKiD_01 »

if ur high range is just usuable, how is your low range? (1.8:1 ???)

what about bump steer off road, do you get a lot more? or do you have power steering?

if you go crawler gears in your transfer, you can have a crawl ratio of about 115:1,should be plenty for your 33"s. or twin cases (150:1)?

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Post by +dj_hansen+ »

Thats some serious CV angle dude.... keen, very keen.


Looks the goods tho! :armsup: :D
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Post by Beastmavster »

Hmmm..... 3 things of note...

Needs more rear suspension travel.

Needs that exhaust outlet lifted about 6"

Needs a bigger spare.

And of course... not noteworthy... needs some gearing

:finger:

Well done anyway looks great
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Post by possum hunter »

good stuff , looks great!!!
Now start packing spare cv's with the tools to change them, I had a seperate sack with just the tools i needed so i didn't have to stuff round ,
ya can do it on the track in bout 20mins once ya organised. The last one i changed on the track took an hour cos the dimwit wreckers never seem to take the clip off the shaft and try to hammer it out so i had to sit there and scrape a grinding disk over the shaft and regroove the spline with a hack saw blade till the hub would fit :bad-words:
Also I started snapping the shaft off inside the diff (ds), so i put 2 seals in the diff (aftermarket are thiner on the outer edge) where the stub axle goes in and this seamed to help support it alot more..
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Post by DamTriton »

STUMPY wrote:
Gonzo wrote:if any of you are wondering WTF?????, this may help to explain our days actions


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i love it!
grinder in one hand and beer in the other.
pure genius


You could have done better than that, "beer in one hand , tool in the other" :D J/K
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Post by antt »

possum hunter wrote:good stuff , looks great!!!
Now start packing spare cv's with the tools to change them, I had a seperate sack with just the tools i needed so i didn't have to stuff round ,
ya can do it on the track in bout 20mins once ya organised. The last one i changed on the track took an hour cos the dimwit wreckers never seem to take the clip off the shaft and try to hammer it out so i had to sit there and scrape a grinding disk over the shaft and regroove the spline with a hack saw blade till the hub would fit :bad-words:
Also I started snapping the shaft off inside the diff (ds), so i put 2 seals in the diff (aftermarket are thiner on the outer edge) where the stub axle goes in and this seamed to help support it alot more..
Have fun!!!!!!


now thats keen :shock:
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Post by Gonzo »

next thing to be saving my pennies for (apart from CV's) is transfer gearing
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Post by Gonzo »

SiKiD_01 wrote:what about bump steer off road, do you get a lot more? or do you have power steering?


power steering, its all good
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Post by bru21 »

what happend to real beer in booty fab.

now its all designer ale.

i recon you need to weld 50x3mm strap around ya lips. that way you can bolt rubber to the outer lip and weld the inner back on through the inside. do it before the tar. please do it for veiwers sanity at least.

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Post by Gonzo »

bru21 wrote:what happend to real beer in booty fab.

now its all designer ale.

i recon you need to weld 50x3mm strap around ya lips. that way you can bolt rubber to the outer lip and weld the inner back on through the inside. do it before the tar. please do it for veiwers sanity at least.

bru



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What do you mean? got pics???
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Post by roly »

craig, i know what he means

can show you, easy to do with a mig, i might go and buy one so we can weld it up at my place
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Post by Gonzo »

roly wrote:craig, i know what he means

can show you, easy to do with a mig, i might go and buy one so we can weld it up at my place


I can live with that ;)

Steinlager again?
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Post by damo lux »

grab a beer, grab a grinder, grab ya nuts an get cuttin, i like it
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Post by SAWZALL »

Looks cool, would you be interested in a kit that replaces your vit transfer with a sierra transfer thus getting high range reduction....
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Post by Wooders »

Roly is having WAAAY too much fun with that hammer :shock:
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Post by antt »

uphiir wrote:Looks cool, would you be interested in a kit that replaces your vit transfer with a sierra transfer thus getting high range reduction....


i would be, tell me more, pm if need be ;)
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Post by possum hunter »

uphiir wrote:Looks cool, would you be interested in a kit that replaces your vit transfer with a sierra transfer thus getting high range reduction....


Thats excatly what is was going to do :lol:
A kit would be great but did'nt think there would be any
around yet
Very interested to hear more ;)
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Post by Squik »

Very Cool Gonzo....nice and chunky :cool: Us girls (Daffy & I) primed up with a few beers before hacking away at Stimpy...hence one guard is about a cm wider than the others :roll:
Feels good though doesn't it....almost as fun as drilling snorkel holes :twisted:
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Post by SAWZALL »

possum hunter wrote:
uphiir wrote:Looks cool, would you be interested in a kit that replaces your vit transfer with a sierra transfer thus getting high range reduction....


Thats excatly what is was going to do :lol:
A kit would be great but did'nt think there would be any
around yet
Very interested to hear more ;)


Will know more in a couple of weeks.....
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Post by ljxtreem »

i got 33's on my old vit, with only 25 mm of lift :D
When youve taken the accelorator stop off and then bashed the floor and fire wall to that point, you have gone far enough :lol:
managed to get them to not hit anyware.
On the rear i cut as u did(euathane is cool :twisted: ) but i lowerd my bump stops on tube, wich ment i could put compresed up longer shocks on and the tube stoped the coils falling out.
mmm, well they still did fall out till i fixed em to the diff :D


I think im not right in the head :shock:

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