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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 6:03 pm
by antt
can you start on hills in high range still :finger:

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 6:06 pm
by Gonzo
antt wrote:can you start on hills in high range still :finger:


its bad, but still usable

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 6:10 pm
by Reddo
Gonzo wrote:RD?

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

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 6:12 pm
by Gonzo
sideslopes are good ;)

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 6:16 pm
by antt
coughturbocough

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 6:21 pm
by Gonzo
Without the expense of EFI, are turbos or blowers really worth it?

better off with gearing i think...

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 6:28 pm
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

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 6:29 pm
by Slunnie
What options are there for the Vitara Gonzo. Diffs or Hi & low range?

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 6:56 pm
by -Mick-
Gonzo wrote:beer made the cutting easier :lol:


always need plenty of lubricant when cutting ;)

looks :cool:

gsdgfd

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 7:55 pm
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)?

shelly's gap filla! love your work.

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 9:59 pm
by +dj_hansen+
Thats some serious CV angle dude.... keen, very keen.


Looks the goods tho! :armsup: :D

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 11:31 pm
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

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:35 am
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..
Have fun!!!!!!

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:07 am
by DamTriton
STUMPY wrote:
Gonzo wrote:if any of you are wondering WTF?????, this may help to explain our days actions


Image



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

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:13 am
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:

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:57 am
by Gonzo
next thing to be saving my pennies for (apart from CV's) is transfer gearing

Re: gsdgfd

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:02 am
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

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:38 pm
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.

bru

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:37 pm
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



I woudln't call Steinlager designer :rofl:


What do you mean? got pics???

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:08 pm
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

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:38 pm
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?

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 8:21 am
by damo lux
grab a beer, grab a grinder, grab ya nuts an get cuttin, i like it

Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 1:10 pm
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....

Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 9:04 pm
by Wooders
Roly is having WAAAY too much fun with that hammer :shock:

Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 9:12 pm
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 ;)

Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 9:53 pm
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 ;)

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 5:15 am
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:

Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 2:18 pm
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.....

Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 3:34 pm
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:

Mick