Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 11:38 am
i just cant wait to see some pics
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 6:33 pm
Had a Geeze the other day , will be the sweetest sounding Vit
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 7:57 pm
we want pics Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 11:51 am
Some pics sorry about the quality. 
The engine
The engine
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 11:54 am
radiator and fan
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 11:57 am
engine mounts and crossmember
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:00 pm
shifters and tunnell
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:03 pm
Last one just shows how tight it was to fit the exhaust tailshaft and third link in the one side.
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:11 pm
Nice work Sam, have you driven it yet?
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:41 pm
nice work sam
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 8:08 pm
Looks COOLIO!!!!!
Driven yet!?!??!?!!
Driven yet!?!??!?!!
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 8:46 pm
This is looking more and more like a road legal comp beast.... V8, 35's, dual transfers, SAS.
I can see it all now.
I can see it all now.
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 9:47 pm
Took it for a spin today.
Wasn't totally happy with the power.Is a little sluggish of the line which i hope we can tune out of it.Beeing 1:1 in high range with the 36's probably doesn't help either.Anyway once gets to about 20kmh and then she starts to pull cruises along at 100kmh without even trying.
Tried it in low range
blew me away the acceleration was awsum.And the sound nothing sounds as good as a v8 at full noise.
Only teething adjustments are the auto shifter needs adj and when braking really hard the tailshaft hits the exhaust so will have to remake that.Apart from that very happy so far.
SAM
Wasn't totally happy with the power.Is a little sluggish of the line which i hope we can tune out of it.Beeing 1:1 in high range with the 36's probably doesn't help either.Anyway once gets to about 20kmh and then she starts to pull cruises along at 100kmh without even trying.
Tried it in low range
blew me away the acceleration was awsum.And the sound nothing sounds as good as a v8 at full noise.Only teething adjustments are the auto shifter needs adj and when braking really hard the tailshaft hits the exhaust so will have to remake that.Apart from that very happy so far.
SAM
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 9:55 pm
Sam if you want a full reco 727 fitted with a Full Manual Valve body give me a call we have one at work i doubt we will ever use now.
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:03 pm
Cool amazing work
COOL
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 11:47 pm
COOOOOL Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 11:55 pm
Whats the current diff gearing?OVERKILL ENGINEERING wrote:Took it for a spin today.
Wasn't totally happy with the power.Is a little sluggish of the line which i hope we can tune out of it.Beeing 1:1 in high range with the 36's probably doesn't help either.Anyway once gets to about 20kmh and then she starts to pull cruises along at 100kmh without even trying.
First on an auto isnt normally very low - like 2.5:1 at best. Hardly a suprise she's a bit slugggish off the line with 36"s.
Still, these things can be fixed......high stall converter or more horsepower
Not like you dont know that.... but always worth pointing it out to the negativity police....
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 1:07 am
i missed whether this was going to be engineered or not? reckon it can be made legal????
if so - when it comes to the swerve test (if you gotta do it) i have heard of many guys filling tyres with water to keep COG ultra low to fudge the test =) be interesting to see what it has to be put through to pass!
if so - when it comes to the swerve test (if you gotta do it) i have heard of many guys filling tyres with water to keep COG ultra low to fudge the test =) be interesting to see what it has to be put through to pass!
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 4:43 am
I can see no reson why this can not be made legal.You can engineer a 3.8 commodore in a sierra so why not a 3.5 just cause its a v8 doesnt mean its a hsv.alien wrote:i missed whether this was going to be engineered or not? reckon it can be made legal????
if so - when it comes to the swerve test (if you gotta do it) i have heard of many guys filling tyres with water to keep COG ultra low to fudge the test =) be interesting to see what it has to be put through to pass!
As far as i know there is no swerve test in nsw. Even if there was its not a verytall car anyhow maybe the pics are misleading.
Great work sam as always
guess you will have too drive for the haultec boys now your running that rover shiat
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:44 pm
Finally got to take it for a good run Saturday night (off road)
Have changed the transfer gearing to a 1.4 in high range made a huge difference goes like i expected now.
Offroad drives awsum nice and controlled beeing an auto.Having a few delema's with the auto taking off in second.
Now just have to fix all the typical rover oil leaks and then all will be good.
The looks i get now driving down the road are quite funny first they are suprised to see a Vitara with 36 inch tyres but then when i have driven past and they hear it they have this confused look on there faces thinking I'm sure that was a Vitara.
One thing i will give the QLDer's is that it does sound quite fat offroad when it needs a little bit of encouragement.
SAM
Have changed the transfer gearing to a 1.4 in high range made a huge difference goes like i expected now.
Offroad drives awsum nice and controlled beeing an auto.Having a few delema's with the auto taking off in second.
Now just have to fix all the typical rover oil leaks and then all will be good.
The looks i get now driving down the road are quite funny first they are suprised to see a Vitara with 36 inch tyres but then when i have driven past and they hear it they have this confused look on there faces thinking I'm sure that was a Vitara.
One thing i will give the QLDer's is that it does sound quite fat offroad when it needs a little bit of encouragement.
SAM
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:54 pm
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!, got ne overall pics???
I could imagine everyone staring at you i get that occasianally.., pretty cool lol
I could imagine everyone staring at you i get that occasianally.., pretty cool lol
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:59 am
how its gooing sam did you engineer itPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 11:49 am
Yeah i was on the nite run on satdy and this was the first time i have seen it in the flesh since the V8 install, nice fit, almost loox factory.
and yeah it sounds awesome wen u give it some mumbo !!!
top job Sam.
and yeah it sounds awesome wen u give it some mumbo !!!
top job Sam.