Building a Truck for "WE ROCK"

Post by **GURU** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 5:56 pm

G'day all, starting my project car to have it done for WE ROCK in 9 weeks.

Starting point is a bare Series II SWB chassis. will be running a 300tdi, F250 box and LT95 transfer. also going to have GQ diffs.

Will be running Series landy body but possibly have a defender front end.

lots of tube work to go on. going to run the firewall and wiring loom off the Stage I V8 that I'm wrecking. It will have Custom Coil Kit front and rear with A-frame rear and 3 link with panhard rod front end. going for stability before massive flex (one thing at a time).

Post by **OVERKILL ENG** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 6:06 pm

Grimace

Post by **Slunnie** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 6:08 pm

Thats awsome DAS! I know what you'll be doing for the next 9 weeks. :lol:

Post by **GURU** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 6:13 pm

The chassis is bare at the moment.

got all the driveline parts. just got to make adaptors and mounts for it all

Post by **OVERKILL ENG** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 6:18 pm

To think you nearly came over to the other side and got a real truck :finger:

SAM

Post by **GURU** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 6:55 pm

As long as it's as Stable and geared as the vitara is then I'm gonna be happy

then drive the crap out it.

Post by **BIg StEvE** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 9:01 pm

Best of luck mate ur going to be busy!

POST PLENTY OF PICS! :armsup:

Post by **TuffRR** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:14 pm

9 weeks!!! :shock:

C'mon, Haultech did it in 3, pull your finger out!! :finger:

Seriously, sounds like an interesting project. Be good to see the progress.

Post by **holeyhardtop** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:42 pm

Crikey, you don't mind a bit of a challenge do ya :!:

Good luck and can't wait for progress pics.

Post by **GURU** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 12:43 pm

TuffRR wrote:9 weeks!!!

C'mon, Haultech did it in 3, pull your finger out!!

Seriously, sounds like an interesting project. Be good to see the progress.

The OVERKILL Blokes built the vitara at TT in 2 weeks after hours !! :armsup:

reckon I can build 2 in 9 weeks...hahahah

Post by **ISUZUROVER** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:04 pm

Will be interesting to see the buildup DAS, good luck. Will also probably be the only diesel at werock!

Why a full bodied rig and not a buggy though? It will make it less competitive, since I understand only one class is being run this season.

Post by **stephen** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:01 pm

Good stuff Dave, great that you are back on your own comp project again.

Post by **GURU** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:25 am

ISUZUROVER wrote:Will be interesting to see the buildup DAS, good luck. Will also probably be the only diesel at werock!

Why a full bodied rig and not a buggy though? It will make it less competitive, since I understand only one class is being run this season.

Who said full body?? yes it will have more of a body than any buggy, but this truck will be my comp car for other comps like woodpecker , nissan trials etc so needs to be registerable as well.

This round of WE rock is the last of the "Softer" terrain so "Tuff truck" type rigs can still have ago, then from here on is going to be more full buggy terrain.

I will build a buggy further down the track when I see a need. But after driving in Tuff Truck I just want a very capable rig that I can wheel and not stress about getting to work on monday.

Post by **GURU** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 6:02 pm

had to move some panels out of the way. so just sat them on the chassis to to see how it will fit together

Post by **ISUZUROVER** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 7:36 pm

DAS wrote:Who said full body?? yes it will have more of a body than any buggy, but this truck will be my comp car for other comps like woodpecker , nissan trials etc so needs to be registerable as well.

This round of WE rock is the last of the "Softer" terrain so "Tuff truck" type rigs can still have ago, then from here on is going to be more full buggy terrain.

Fair enough DAS.

So what suspension setup are you going with?

Post by **GURU** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:06 pm

running 3 link rear with A-frame, will be setup for crawling (if you know what i mean)

front will be a 3 link with panhard rod.

coil all round for now.

Post by **ISUZUROVER** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:17 pm

DAS wrote:running 3 link rear with A-frame, will be setup for crawling (if you know what i mean)

front will be a 3 link with panhard rod.

coil all round for now.

Sounds like a good setup. Are you planning on adding air shocks later? What wheelbase?

Since you don't need lights for WErock you may want to run IIA guards if you have them. Those SIII/110 guards will probably be toast by the end of the event, and IIA guards are cheaper and easier to fix.

Post by **GURU** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:44 pm

ISUZUROVER wrote:
DAS wrote:running 3 link rear with A-frame, will be setup for crawling (if you know what i mean)

front will be a 3 link with panhard rod.

coil all round for now.

Sounds like a good setup. Are you planning on adding air shocks later? What wheelbase?

Since you don't need lights for WErock you may want to run IIA guards if you have them. Those SIII/110 guards will probably be toast by the end of the event, and IIA guards are cheaper and easier to fix.

air shocks or coil overs are thoughts for later yes.

100" - 103" wheelbase

Yes they are my "pretty" guards while not competing

Post by **DaveS3** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 12:07 am

Could you make a tube front clip that you had the guards attach too, but when competing take them off, would be pretty easy to do.

Would We -Rock allow that in the legends class?

Dave.

Post by **GURU** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:42 am

already got a plan for the front end wise...those panels are for the road.

will be some tube to slide on rocks

This weekend I plan to cut off all brackets I don't need. mount the engine and gearbox. And make as many brackets as possible to weld onto the chassis

see how I go

Post by **GURU** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:38 pm

Trailor is packed with diff's gearbox and chassis ready to go to the workshop for the weekend

will post pics late tomorrow night

Post by **GURU** » Sun May 01, 2005 11:59 pm

okay here's some pics. got the rear diff sone, links made. Gearbox and Transfercase mounts fitted and alot of brackets chopped off.

Post by **Loanrangie** » Mon May 02, 2005 12:10 pm

Das, looks like the engine / trans will be sitting high in the chassis ?

Post by **GURU** » Mon May 02, 2005 11:49 pm

Loanrangie wrote:Das, looks like the engine / trans will be sitting high in the chassis ?

bottom of the gearbox/TC is fluch with the bottom of the chassis rail, first pic is abit deceiving in the first pic

where does yours sit ??

Post by **N*A*M** » Thu May 05, 2005 2:36 pm

update?

Post by **BIg StEvE** » Thu May 05, 2005 4:09 pm

N*A*M wrote:update?

time is ticking away he is probably busy working on it!

Post by **GURU** » Fri May 06, 2005 12:15 am

Sorry...didn't think anyone was interested anymore. My mistake

rear diff is shaved, front and rear diff centres are built (rear diff welded)

more will get sone tomorrow night/ sat morning

Post by **DaveS3** » Sat May 07, 2005 5:47 pm

DAS wrote:Sorry...didn't think anyone was interested anymore. My mistake

rear diff is shaved, front and rear diff centres are built (rear diff welded)

more will get sone tomorrow night/ sat morning

Keep the updates going DAS,

We're still interested.

Dave

Post by **Slunnie** » Sat May 07, 2005 8:56 pm

Absolutely, I'm also keenly watching the buildup.

Post by **ISUZUROVER** » Mon May 09, 2005 5:23 pm

Still interested. Interesting idea using the spring mounts for link mounts. What bushes are you using in the link ends?

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