Here are the main placings Open Class 1st - No 78 Tim Fenson & Glen Bellingham from Hamilton 2nd - No 17 Apron Smythe & Doug Cooper from Rotorua 3rd - No 5 Tony Campbell & Sean Campbell from Nth Otago 4th - No 18 Karl Townsend & Trevor Prendergast from Marlborough Clubman Class 1st - No 12 Brendan ...

My 2c worth 1) It's not difficult to build your own MS from a kit and helps you to understand the whole system better as well as saving a few $. 2) The stimulator board allows you to bench test MS before installing it in the vehicle. 3) Make sure you get the Relay Board too. Makes wiring much ...

Didn't have time to get many pics. Too cold and too much water in truck after this river crossing, but at least the seats in my old P40 MQ were dry after this crossing (yes we made it) unlike Trev and Grant who had to sit on wet seats for the rest of the weekend, and probably icy ones after the ...

I megasquirted my P40 engined MQ Patrol a couple of years ago using a throttle body of a Falcon EA. We built the megasquirt ourselves from a kit for about $400 including a relay board. An LC-1 wideband O2 controller cost another $400 approx - you really can't tune without a wideband O2. The other ...

And a few more pics that have come to hand also courtesy of John H http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/ightham/Winch%202008/IMG_1249Small.jpg http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/ightham/Winch%202008/IMG_1252Small.jpg http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/ightham/Winch%202008/IMG ...

Here's some more - courtesy of JH who looked after the TV crew. http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/ightham/Winch%202008/JH6Small.jpg http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/ightham/Winch%202008/JH7Small.jpg http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/ightham/Winch%202008/JH8Small.jpg and I can't ...

Some pics from the event http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/ightham/Winch%202008/IMG_1247Small.jpg http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/ightham/Winch%202008/IMG_1251Small.jpg http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/ightham/Winch%202008/IMG_1257Small.jpg http://i206.photobucket.com/albums ...

I have never had any trouble with river crossings in a petrol Nissan MQ and I have been in some pretty deep water at times. Have a look at the article in the Nelson 4wd site which details some of the preparations I make. http://www.4wdnz.net/articles/articles/river_crossings_-_part_1.html