Madaz's V8 lux

[basics]

sweet truck, get some vids offroad when ya go

[Madaz]

Been a bit slack with build posts, so heres a couple:
The finished bullbar design....


And the pretty much finished engine bay....

[Jafa]

Lovn' that TG fairlead

[Madaz]

Thought you might notice that Jafa

[Mattman]

Looks awesome Madaz.

Matt.

[rokhound]

x2

[Madaz]

Been a bit slack at posting pics lately.......

Heres my attempt at keeping the water out of the engine......




And heres the back of the cab finished.....

[petefj40]

Snorkel looks sweet.
Did you get the noise down to 95db yet? Hope that doesn't restrict the horses.

[SMOKEY]

Great looking RIDE, have you thought about the induction noise in your right ear , If your a smoker it would be ideal for flicking your ash out the window . I'm very impressed with the quality of your build, all most looks to good to use, keep the build up dates coming.

A LITTLE EACH DAY WILL SEE THE JOB FINISHED,

FITZY.

[Chopper01]

looks good , tidy job:mrgreen:

[Madaz]

Induction noise is not that bad, sounds pretty sweet.

Had a pretty good argument with the certifer over the db limit, i was 1 db over at idle- which is absoloute bullshit
He declined my suggestion to walk down to the bus station and test a hamilton city bus, and see how much over that was
Also theres plenty of winch trucks which are as loud or louder(Maybe i just need to go to Auckland to get a cert)

[Taz]

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[smurf182]

Induction noise is not that bad, sounds pretty sweet.

Had a pretty good argument with the certifer over the db limit, i was 1 db over at idle- which is absoloute bullshit
He declined my suggestion to walk down to the bus station and test a hamilton city bus, and see how much over that was
Also theres plenty of winch trucks which are as loud or louder(Maybe i just need to go to Auckland to get a cert)

Your certifier is an idiot. 1dB is the JND for the human ear (JND = Just Noticeable Difference, yes it is a technical term ). Most people would have to concentrate pretty hard to pick a 1dB difference in sound pressure level, especially for relatively loud volumes like car exhaust. And then theres the accuracy of his SPL meter to consider, which could easily account for a 1dB difference.

[DieselBoy]

Just glue a restricter in the end of the pipe to get a cert then cut it out once you have the little plate firmly attached to the fire wall

[Madaz]

Just glue a restricter in the end of the pipe to get a cert then cut it out once you have the little plate firmly attached to the fire wall

Ha ha you read my mind

[wopass]

or bung a few steelo pads up the tail pipe and put a pin thru the the end to keep them there, makes a noticeable difference to volume and very easy to put in and remove later on

[Madaz]

Passed noise test for cert 94.6 db

Now just need to fix fuel problem or my navi will be running around with a jerry can all day

[Madaz]

Had to make a trip to the dyno to try and sort out the fueling issues, dyno guys werent too keen on the simexs on their dyno-

Luckly Tony from Speedy Lube had some road pattern 33's lying around.......







Think I need to lower it now..

[Mattman]

How did the dyno run go?

Matt.

[doin_it_dirty]

damn nice truck, very impressive, all class without bein overtop.

[Madaz]

Shiny wheels , shiny paint - not really my thing, but.......


This is a bit more like it...

[GQTROL]

So it does actually go offroad then......

[Jafa]

Looks good Tim, did ya sort the fuel issue?

[Madaz]

So it does actually go offroad then......

Yeah, but i broke it

Looks good Tim, did ya sort the fuel issue?

Nope- still getting 3ks per litre

[Mattman]

What ECU are you using?

What did the dyno run show? Bad AFR's?

Matt.

[Madaz]

Videos a little blurry, but the sound came out allright......
http://s259.photobucket.com/albums/hh286/madaz_/Hilux/?action=view&current=HPIM1216.flv

[Madaz]

What ECU are you using?

What did the dyno run show? Bad AFR's?

Matt.

Still using the factory ecu, the dyno run showed a few little things that ive fixed, but nothing that would explain its crazy thirst

[Mattman]

I drive mine quite hard and get around 350km's out of a 70L tank so that's about 5km's per litre.

What AFR were you seeing on the dyno under load? My stock ECU does around 10:1 at full noise so it run's quite rich. Have you got the O2 sensor's hooked up?

Matt.

[Madaz]

I drive mine quite hard and get around 350km's out of a 70L tank so that's about 5km's per litre.

What AFR were you seeing on the dyno under load? My stock ECU does around 10:1 at full noise so it run's quite rich. Have you got the O2 sensor's hooked up?

Matt.

It was dipping down into the 11s.

At 10:1 you would just about have had fuel running out of the exhaust, I thought your truck had a link running it?

Cheers

[Mattman]

I have a Soarer running the stock ECU and a Link in my Hilux. I have two 1UZ's - I am a piglet Lucky my missus has a 1.6 Civic.

I dyno'd the Soarer recently in preparation for the M90 setup that is about to be bolted to it. Under full load at WOT it was doing about 10.7:1

How are you calculating the fuel economy? I have never bothered calculating the economy of my Hilux, I just use it. Those figures were for my Soarer which only weighs 1500kg's versus the Hilux at around 2000. I did one big road trip in the Hilux and at open road speeds crusing at 100k's I got about 350k's out of the Hilux tank which was around 60L if I remember correctly.

Matt.