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Discovery Series - A 4x4 is born.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:39 pm
by KiwiBacon
Has anyone else seen the made for TV series on discovery channel called "A 4x4 is born"?
It's 15 parts goign through converting an 85 rangie into a landrover bodied 100" wheelbase offroad rig.
Excellent viewing, I'm about 1/3 of the way through watching it. Covered everything so far from mig and tig welding to a tour of Ashcrofts setup (very impressive) with a buildup of an R380 and LT230.
But what I couldn't pick were the axles he fitted. Rear were 24 spline, appeared to fit straight in with the new caps (no brands mentioned). Front was using CV's with 24 spline outers, no mention of the inners.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:30 pm
by ellard
Hi there
I have watch it many times
And I agree a very capable off raod machine indeed.
All the best
Wayne
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:02 am
by ROVERNIT
I didnt catch the axles either but ive got copy of the series and im going to watch it again
Re: Discovery Series - A 4x4 is born.
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 3:40 am
by ashtrans
KiwiBacon wrote: Covered everything so far from mig and tig welding to a tour of Ashcrofts setup (very impressive) with a buildup of an R380 and LT230..
very kind of you, we have some speeded up videos of building gearboxes on our web site which are quite cool,
KiwiBacon wrote:But what I couldn't pick were the axles he fitted. Rear were 24 spline, appeared to fit straight in with the new caps (no brands mentioned). Front was using CV's with 24 spline outers, no mention of the inners
he may of had ours but I really can't remember !
Re: Discovery Series - A 4x4 is born.
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:48 am
by KiwiBacon
ashtrans wrote:
he may of had ours but I really can't remember !
Something to add to the wishlist. Shame santa-claus doesn't deliver like he used to.
I have a shaft question if you don't mind Mr Ashcroft.
My rangie has an Isuzu 4BD1T (3.9L turbo, soon to have silly amounts of torque) and Isuzu gearbox mated to an LT230R.
How much torque will the shaft into the LT230 have to take to not be the weak link?
The reason I'm asking is I'm currently swapping to a similar Isuzu gearbox and designed up a new shaft to suit. The muppets who made it couldn't read the drawing and used 45mm shaft instead of 50mm.
I figure that shaft can take about 1200Nm, compared to the 2000Nm I designed it around. Do I keep it or do I send it back in a flaming bag of crap?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:46 am
by zen
do it mark's way(as per series ) and expect to pay £25K!!!!(uk money)
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:31 am
by KiwiBacon
zen wrote:do it mark's way(as per series ) and expect to pay £25K!!!!(uk money)
And 2500 hours work.
Actually not too bad for a complete ground up rebuild.
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:27 am
by zen
great way to earn your cash though!!
inspired idea "a whatever is born"