Hi i'm new - ROCSTA!

[felixR]

hello all..

my name's felix and my father bought a rocsta.. 1.8L carby.. and it's red!

i myself own a DC2R (2000 Honda Integra Type R). My brothers and I have plans for this Rocsta so i was searching for forums and this is what i found.

since i'm new with 4x4s, i'm most likely going to ask many newbie questions.

this car serves its purpose as my dad's work car (at the moment).

ok here's my first couple of question:

- are there any other rocsta owners?
- is there a forum just for rocstas?
- anyone know a good place to service this car?
- what kind of basic modifications do u make to the car to make it faster/handle better?

thanx in advance

[Beastmavster]

One of my mates owned a rocsta. Remember they're an old skool jeep with Mazda drivetrain bits and as such are way better than some people might tell you.

He had at last check 31" muddies and something like 40mm body lift. Worked pretty good for what it was and the level of mods. I can send you shots if you want and Paul pops up on occasion here.

Beyond that power/gearing becomes an issue with the 1.8 carby engine. Lots of options there and all cost money.........

It is mazda engine so any mazda place can do it but it's a pretty simple car so servicing any decent garage can do.

If you wanna go faster you can (ege B2200 engine) but here we wanna make things go slow.... Remember what engines came in Jeeps of that body style as there's heaps of room under the bonnet for legal engine swaps.

[felixR]

thanx

i would love to see some pics as well *thumbs up*

i drove it for the first time 2nite.. shifting feels so different because the gears are so widely spaced.

where can i get parts like the step? the passenger side one is stuffed. i read from a review that those steps are prone to damage..

one other thing.. the soft top doesn't fit on completely :( it's got a few lil things we need to fix up.

anyways.. looking forward to reading more replies.

[felixR]

is it normal that the brakes are so high compared to the accelerator?

[paultherocksta96]

Hi Paul here I've had a Rocsta a little while and have done some terrible things to it but like anything if you keep serviceing it it will keep running.
As for your side step there's not to many wreckers around that keep them but I believe one on the Gold Coast does from what another Rocsta owner told me.
Otherwise ring Asia in Sydney and get a new one. I don't know the number just do a search on the web and you'll find them easy.
Here's a bit of a photo history of my Truck.
http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/gallery/paultherocksta96
See Ya

[James_Murray]

I just bought a 97 petrol for $2600 - I love it already!

Cheers,
James
Sydney.

[paultherocksta96]

Welcome .
Come on use two where's the pic's of your new rigs

[James_Murray]

Its pretty stock at the moment. Soft top with that burgandy metalic paint and a silver grill. Also currently has those useless road tyres on it, but that is all changing tonight when I pick up my 31" muddies - Will they fit in standard form? I am hoping not, so I have the immediate justification for a hot spring reset ;-)

I wil post some photos soon.

I took it upto Clarence, near ZigZag at Lithgow on Australia Day - had an absolute ball! My previous 4wds have been a Landrover Discovery (still got it) and a modified Toyoa Surf (raised 6" with 33" tyres and locker) - I couldnt beleive how much fun a ittle car could be!

Cheers, James.

[paultherocksta96]

Not much chance of them fitting. Even with those skinny rims it will be a tight fit.
Look into getting some body lift in good clearance for not alot of efort or dollars.

[James_Murray]

Not much chance of them fitting. Even with those skinny rims it will be a tight fit.
Look into getting some body lift in good clearance for not alot of efort or dollars.

Well, I did a two inch lift on my surf, must be pretty simple for the rocsta? You dont think that just a spring lift will work?

[paultherocksta96]

It will at first while the springs are stiff and don't flex , but if and when they do they will soon kiss your guards and rub your tyres. Maybe extended shackles might help. I haven't done the shackles but others have.

[James_Murray]

Paullie, I ended up getting a set of muddies for her the other night - I decided to get 30" for the meanwhile, untill I figure out which way I want to go.

Lets much better already. Well, that wasnt hard to do really, when I bought it, it came with the slickest road tyres money could fine, complete with whitewalls - I wonder if that is standard? Any ideas?

Cheers, James.

[paultherocksta96]

Yep white walls came stock from looking at old ad-verts on them.
I went with 30's (hankook) to start with on stock rims then as I got sillier I went to a sunnie F100 15x7 rims with 31 simex muds the extra track is great. And looks much better to. Take the sway bar off if your gonna do more off roading. It doesn't make to much difference to the ride.
I got some pedders shocks for it that they had a listing for but they are way to short so I went to Repco and got some munros for it that are about 3-4 inches longer and work well. Chances are you may have short stock ones in it.
On ya.

[LS]

Remove the front swaybar and change the direction of the bottom shockie mounts by 90deg (my adapters are for sale) and you will double the wheel travel on the front.

I have some other rocsta bits for sale - check in the for sale section. You mentioned more power I had a webber on mine, it eliminated the flat spot and went really great - it's now for sale, as new, complete with adapter plate to suit rocsta manifold

Have fun with a great car

[James_Murray]

Paul - time for lift.

Yesterday I crushed the exhaust.

Was thinking of shackles, but that only lifts half the extra length of the shacke, so 2" shackle raises 1"

Can do a spring lift, but may be costly.

My problems are the rear bar and the sills.

Does the rear bar come up with the body, or is it part of the chasis rails - i thought it was chasis, but yours looks taller.

Thanks, James

Would like to see what I can get for $1000.

[paultherocksta96]

The rear bar in on the chasis and I moverd the brackets up to the top hole , only one bolt each side holing it up but all the plastics line up fine.

What's the sill problem?

I had my rear springs reset and a extra leaf put in to stop the sag and keep the height even. Not sure if I'd recomend this as I did loose a bit of flex but it will never sag again. AND YOU NEED TO KEEP THAT TANK OFF THE GROUND.

My body lift cost me about $70. $50 for alloy blocks cut to 32mm then I drilled them at home and $20 for new long bolts Cheap and easy.
Keep it up you'll get there.

[James_Murray]

Welcome .
Come on use two where's the pic's of your new rigs

[bubs]

one of my dads mates had a rocsta, 2" body lift, some spring lift, 33" muddies and also put in a buick v6 3.8L?

went hard, kept breaking diffs

[paultherocksta96]

Found it http://ktmac.pe.kr/cgi-bin/ez2000/ezboa ... =0&depth=1

[James_Murray]

great find - thanks.

So, the blocks are 30mm taller (is this what you have done?)

The bolts are 40mm longer - do you know the overall length of the original or new bolts? Are they all the same length?

What material did you use the uhw (or whatever that plastic is called, or alluminium?)

did you replace the bushes as well?

the blocks are 60mm diameter - is this what you have?

Where did you get your uncut or cut blocks from?

Wow - 13 mount points! what a beast!

do the replacement urethane (red) bushes raise the height even further?

Is there anything else that needs to be adjusted? Obviously, the steering link, fuel filler? brake lines?

Thanks, James.

[paultherocksta96]

Tank and fuel filler are fine so are the brake lines.
I used cut alloy and cut old tube up round to go over them and put them on top of the original ones so th bolts had to be 30+ mm longer than std. I've got one at home I'll measure it.

[built4thrashing]

hey guys you could always measure your leaf springs and then see what other makes have similar sizes or slightly longer(20-30mm). suzuki springs might fit or even hilux fronts? grab a tape measure and have a look. id be interested in theri lenghts eye to eye.

[James_Murray]

hey guys you could always measure your leaf springs and then see what other makes have similar sizes or slightly longer(20-30mm). suzuki springs might fit or even hilux fronts? grab a tape measure and have a look. id be interested in theri lenghts eye to eye.

okay, i will do that. I will also measure the width of the springs for mounting. I think the mounts are the same as sierra at the front and hilux at the rear, but you see after we get the measurements - I have no idea what the sierra and hilux springs are.

Cheers, James.

[James_Murray]

the bolts had to be 30+ mm longer than std. I've got one at home I'll measure it.

Paul, did you get time to measure the bolt lengths? I assume they are M10 thread size?

Cheers, James.

[felixR]

o m g this thread is still alive

ur rocsta is so clean james..!

[James_Murray]

ok, so the bodylift is done as of midnight last night - woohoo!

now, for some longer shackles.

Felix: do you mean CLEAN as in tidy, or CLEAn as in a lack of mud? If its mud your after, take a look at it now ;-)

[felixR]

yeah tidy hehehe

[Nev62]

where can i get parts like the step? the passenger side one is stuffed. i read from a review that those steps are prone to damage..

Instead of original, make some sliders for it

[-Scott-]

where can i get parts like the step? the passenger side one is stuffed. i read from a review that those steps are prone to damage..

Instead of original, make some sliders for it

I'm with Nev - if the original broke, what's to stop it breaking again?

If you haven't changed something, to protect the bit that broke - get a replacement which is stronger.

Cheers,

Scott

[felixR]

great idea.... sliders are like those big silver steps right?

(newbie in the house)