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Trying to get me another Zuk
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:43 pm
by Guy
oooh .. I may be able to wrangle myslef a deal to get my butt back into a Sierra ..
My Mum has just purchased herself a new ford focus, so she sold her Subaru to my little brother who has a sierra with a stuffed motor. As of this morning I have a new to me 1.6 waiting at my place (thanks to Markil ... the man with almost limitless patience it seems) ..
Would it be poor form to see if I can wrangle the Zuk off my brother for a grand install the 1.6 some slightly bigger rubber (virtual lift) and weld the rear (no need for a RWC when transfering between family members)
I miss driving a Zuk
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:56 pm
by Bad JuJu
U know you want to!!
Sounds like it should happen, all the bits are there for you!!
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:59 pm
by nicbeer
Do it
Drive it.
Nic
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:12 pm
by fool_injected
Somethings just have to be done
After all besides bashing what else are little brother good for
Re: Trying to get me another Zuk
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:43 pm
by droopypete
love_mud wrote:
install the 1.6 some slightly bigger rubber (virtual lift) and weld the rear (no need for a RWC when transfering between family members)
Back when my zook was like that, I had a ball, 1.6L, small muddies and a welded rear
go for it.
Peter.
Re: Trying to get me another Zuk
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:05 pm
by Guy
droopypete wrote:love_mud wrote:
install the 1.6 some slightly bigger rubber (virtual lift) and weld the rear (no need for a RWC when transfering between family members)
Back when my zook was like that, I had a ball, 1.6L, small muddies and a welded rear
go for it.
Peter.
It's red soft top to boot ..
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:38 pm
by suzuki boy
I would garb it do you said and wheel it! Let him drive it sometimes!
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:46 pm
by Guy
suzuki boy wrote:I would garb it do you said and wheel it! Let him drive it sometimes!
He lives 250 kilometers away. Perhaps I could let him use it now and then ... to impress the Ladies ...
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:04 pm
by Red_Zook
nicbeer wrote:Do it
Drive it.
Nic
DO IT
DRIVE IT
BREAK IT
come on nic get it right!!
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:05 pm
by Red_Zook
love_mud wrote:suzuki boy wrote:I would garb it do you said and wheel it! Let him drive it sometimes!
He lives 250 kilometers away. Perhaps I could let him use it now and then ... to impress the Ladies ...
chicks dig zooks....
.............
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:30 pm
by suzuki boy
love_mud wrote:suzuki boy wrote:I would garb it do you said and wheel it! Let him drive it sometimes!
He lives 250 kilometers away. Perhaps I could let him use it now and then ... to impress the Ladies ...
Righty o then grap it and don't let him drive it!
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:42 pm
by grimbo
I forsee in the future…
A mild buildup
A breakage
A plan
2 years in the garage
A sudden burst of enthusiasm
A for sale sticker
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:23 pm
by Guy
grimbo wrote:I forsee in the future…
A mild buildup
A breakage
A plan
2 years in the garage
A sudden burst of enthusiasm
A for sale sticker
very very mild .. 29's cig locker and 1.6 .. and no doors ... life will be very very good ... If I can wrangle it ...
But now I have somewhere to work on stuff other than the street ... I have a nice new garage (well new garage frame .. still gotta put the tin on it) and some new toys to put in it ...
I actually preferred wheeling my Zuk when it was smaller and more chuckable ... (and less of a cop magnet/maintenance nightmare)
or what grimbo said ...
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:20 pm
by christover1
The simple often gets laughed at, until it outdrives the big complex built rig owner thats gets upset that it also costs less than the QE2 to build
K.I.S.S
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:42 pm
by suzuki boy
Mine has 30's front and rear locker and a 3" lift blah blah blah. And it out drives jeeps with 33's and lockers pretty eisy it's just the side angles you have to worrie about!
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:09 pm
by CWBYUP
I'm in the process of doing something very similar.
SWB 1.3L 2" spiring 2" shackles and 31's oe 32's.
i just sold mu other zuk, ( SPOA 1.6L claws fully engineered ) because i didnt enjoy driving it. I was always to worried i root it.
I had more fun in the old feroza which cost $400 bucks and a bottle of chemiweld.
KISS I love that idea
Re: Trying to get me another Zuk
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:40 am
by Pep
love_mud wrote:oooh .. I may be able to wrangle myslef a deal to get my butt back into a Sierra ..
My Mum has just purchased herself a new ford focus, so she sold her Subaru to my little brother who has a sierra with a stuffed motor. As of this morning I have a new to me 1.6 waiting at my place (thanks to Markil ... the man with almost limitless patience it seems) ..
Would it be poor form to see if I can wrangle the Zuk off my brother for a grand install the 1.6 some slightly bigger rubber (virtual lift) and weld the rear (no need for a RWC when transfering between family members)
I miss driving a Zuk
So have you done it yet
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:04 am
by Guy
I will speak to him on the weekend .. or perhaps i will wait until I have put the motor etc in and just never give it back
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:11 am
by sierrajim
grimbo wrote:I forsee in the future…
A mild buildup
A breakage
A plan
2 years in the garage
A sudden burst of enthusiasm
A for sale sticker
Coming from you
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:43 am
by grimbo
but I did have another 4wd which I used and um I didn't put sand in my diffs and um um …
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:45 am
by sierrajim
grimbo wrote:but I did have another 4wd which I used and um I didn't put sand in my diffs and um um …
Sand in diffs? WTF, this sounds interesting......does it aid the defying the 9th layer of gravity?
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:46 am
by grimbo
Guy can answer that one
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:49 pm
by Guy
I honestly have got absloutely no idea how that got there (I am not kidding for once) I am assuming that it for in there from playing in the mud (see avatar) ..
Or it was to help lap the 3.9 pinion gear with the 3.73 crownwheel ...
In the ad for my zuk I do recall saying that both diffs were totally stuffed andit would be more work than it was worth to try and get into a going concern ... but I had the GU then .. so the Zuk was kind of an afterthought ( I miss my GU more than my Zuk ... I still lust after another GU.. I just really want a Zuk)
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:51 pm
by Taff
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:09 pm
by Guy
Well I got it .. the 1.3 is stuffed (still runs but there is compression into the water jacket and it sounds like a cement mixer)
Has a brand new starter and 4 different sized tyres .. has got da boom box wif a subbie mate ... that will have to go
Hmm need a power steering box for it, already have a pump so may as well go power steer .. and some new springs (mat reset the old ones in the press and see how that goes for a while)
Also I am after the bits that go on the windscreen to fold it onto the bonnet.. (winscreens just get in your way) and a small bikini style soft top.
Needs some bumpers the factory tin ones are stuffed and just plain ugly..
My goals are to keep it light and keep it simple.. No Spring overs,No body lifts .. just some quality time with the welder and grinder and toosd to swap in the 1.6, perhaps a 1l T/Case and some 29's or 30 MT's
