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Re: Budget Rocky Winch challenge truck

Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 12:08 pm
by Shieldsy
This is awesome. Well done!

Re: Budget Rocky Winch challenge truck

Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 5:49 pm
by Rockmonsta
A few more pics, inculding the custom CDW tube front arms I made,



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Re: Budget Rocky Winch challenge truck

Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 7:42 pm
by gu town
awesome. looking tough.

The radius arms look great but may i ask why? tube radius arms have been attempted numerous times without very much success. although they have been as OE replacement on heavy GQ/GU.

Keep up the good work.

Re: Budget Rocky Winch challenge truck

Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 9:07 am
by Rockmonsta
Thanks :)

I was going to get some front arms made from 25mm bisalloy plate, but the guy shut his business, also the weight of them was a bit of a turn off.
these are 38mmx 3.5mm rollcage tube, one grade down from chromoly,
light and i could make them myself for pretty cheap,
My other thought was an "i" beam style,

Re: Budget Rocky Winch challenge truck

Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:02 am
by Shambles
That is one smicko looking exhaust system, keep up the good work. love me rockys

Re: Budget Rocky Winch challenge truck

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:57 pm
by Rockmonsta
Still chipping away at her, have built the gearbox, manualised th400,
All bolted up to the adapter, waiting on a torque converter and it'll be ready to bolt up.

Re: Budget Rocky Winch challenge truck

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 11:11 am
by Brenton
nice, good to hear

Re: Budget Rocky Winch challenge truck

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:23 pm
by Fakey
Any more progress? Pretty cool looking little wagon ya got there

Re: Budget Rocky Winch challenge truck

Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 8:40 am
by Rockmonsta
Sorry guys, Budget had the arse fall out of it, Done a few little things, ran all the brake lines, rear one goes thru the inside of the cab, stripped the engine wiring loom ready for the pcm, built the auto myself, full manualised th400, and assembled onto the transfer case ready to go in once I get the torque converter,

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Re: Budget Rocky Winch challenge truck

Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 7:36 pm
by Shambles
It takes small steps to climb the mountain, we will wait with antisipation. Keep it up dude
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Re: Budget Rocky Winch challenge truck

Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 2:47 pm
by Guy
I have to admit when I read the start of the thread .. i was thinking .. yeah this is not going anywhere.

man was I wrong, looking like it should be a lightweight brawler .. good stuff.

Re: Budget Rocky Winch challenge truck

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 8:36 am
by buggy man
Is this still going ahead? Can I please get some more photos? I am currently planning my build, which will be similar but will be more crawler orientated with a 5l lux turbo diesel twin lockers and full ccda cage, and of course 35's.

Re: Budget Rocky Winch challenge truck

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 12:24 pm
by Rockmonsta
Hey guys, my apologies for being a slackass here, some other priorities have taken my time the last 6 months.. :(
Anyway, have done some on her, stripped the engine loom, pulled out all unneccesary wires, had the Vats taken out of the pcm, plugged the bare loom up and gave it a test run to check the wiring, Started!! sweet :)
Fitted the gearbox with the new torque converter, will need to cut a notch out of the crossmember to allow for full down travel for the front tailshaft, changed the front and rear hard brake lines, so will now run 2 short braided lines front and rear, onto a cotrol arm and along to the diffs, saves haveing a 450mm single flexy line flappin around above the diffs. Picked up an ex v8 supercar PWR radiator, (friggin huge!) to mount, probly rear mount it,
Heres a vid of it starting :)
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Re: Budget Rocky Winch challenge truck

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:10 am
by Shieldsy
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Awesome to see it going. How long till its finished?

Re: Budget Rocky Winch challenge truck

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:44 pm
by Rockmonsta
Prob another 12 months :( just bought a house,

Re: Budget Rocky Winch challenge truck

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 5:49 pm
by Brenton
its coming along well, keep chipping away at it.

Re: Budget Rocky Winch challenge truck

Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 8:17 pm
by Rockmonsta
Apologies!

Have stripped out the cab and getting ready to do the cage,

Finished the engine loom and got it all in place,

Have just put our name on the entry list for the 2014 Outback Challenge, :shock:

Definatly better get into gear and finish this damn thing!

Re: Budget Rocky Winch challenge truck

Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 1:14 pm
by Brenton
awesome

Re: Budget Rocky Winch challenge truck

Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:24 pm
by Rockmonsta
Some pics of the cage, ready for paint and bolting in :armsup: