Saw a new one on trade me the other day

Its a mixture, the big stuff 50mm is seamless stuff my mate picked me up in Auckland and the smaller is some other random pipe LOL..
Not 100% sure but it welds real nice.

that is two springs clamped together using wire rope shackles.
I was using the springs as a trial and i will be sending them away to be replicated as one spring..

Good eyes

UPDATED: Got it sitting under its own weight now, no more axle stands and its sitting pretty sweet.. http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/kiwilowlux/20130715_170156_zps054dcde4.jpg Had a bit of a play getting the shocks mounted and bouncing up and down on it while adjusting the shock stiffness ...

UPDATE: Right, ive fitted the rear tyres and made dummy top spring hats in the bottom hoop of the cage so sort the spring length out before i get new springs made. PROBLEM THE 1ST: The new tyres are 3 inches taller than the old ones so i can tell how much higher the rear is until my 2 front tyres ...

I was also looking at a Diesel Disco, I also like the look of your cruiser...
How much?
PM ME

You could always try some savero Komodo's

Thats what I love to hear!!!

yeah, some cruisers have oddball ratios like that.
Other options are swap both diffs or bite the bullet and buy 5.29's

but most importantly, right now is to get more of this cage done and gusset the hell out of it.

Hmm, spent the day at work thinking about all this so im going to lower the diff, and just see how it goes.. If it breaks i hope my friends are not to far away. Im still not 100% what front axle to use when i do the SAS as i would keep the stock rear and apparently ratios are not that plentiful in ...

factory cv's are pretty strong, the only factory ones i have managed to destroy have been the ones that have had ripped boots and crap has got in, i havent managed to snap a cv shaft yet thats been factory. aftermarket thats a different story Good to know, loads of boost mite make it a bit of a ...

lol, new arms are already on the way, just waiting for tubing and heim joints from USA, going to use all the stock stuff till the new bits arrive.. Will be a long time till i can go wheeling, heaps of other bits i want done first.
Then keen to find a suitable front end, dont even know where to start

Right, after removing the bumpstops and still not being able to add any significant travel i decided to get a little more serious... 1st, Main hoop: http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/kiwilowlux/20130703_203326_zps3ccd5453.jpg http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/kiwilowlux/20130703_203355 ...

Right I decided to remove the sway bars to see how much travel i could get out of this thing... http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/kiwilowlux/20130607_095230_zps52652764.jpg http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/kiwilowlux/20130607_095316_zpse5f2be09.jpg the rock is 24 inches, reached full ...

Unfortunantly the local dyno is broken, the nearest one is 70km from here.. But as soon as its fixed sure.. Once ive built a new manifold for the gt2056 im going to be on the hunt for domething decent as a primary in the compound setup. so of anyone has a gt3076 , hx35 or simmilar kicking round id ...

td05 is commonly used on 4.2 litre nissans. while yours is the smaller compressor its the same (afaik) turbine. i just have my doubts you can burn enough fuel, when off boost, to wind up that big turbine. you may end up with boost starting high up in the rpm range. for a single turbo a td04 would ...

Nah the TD05 should be fine with the stock Isuzu exhaust housing, im looking at only running 25-30 psi from just that turbo. I was wanting to trial my gt2056 with a gt3076 @ around 50-55psi.

By more modern what were you recommending? My GT2056 is probly the newest design of turbo ive played with.

Decided on running a TD05 in the stock (machined) exhaust housing, and looking for a big primary turbo to build a good compound setup. Meh@30psi. i will run the small turbo up to 25psi and no waste-gate on the primary so it will be 100% dictated by fuel supply, so when i switch the methanol on it ...

ive got one, what sort of money you looking at spending?
Mines pretty stock apart from springs (25mm lifted, new) and 15x10 rims.. Im only selling because i cant legally tow my offroader with it..

Yeah a transplant would be good but im gonna have a go at making 200hp out of the stock engine first.. wont be that hard.. might acually be happy with that. I have got a garrett GT2056 that i was going to use on my hilux but i might build a manifold for the boghorn instead. Run 30psi happy all day..

sweet, thanks for that..
Im going to do the SAS as soon as i can but i just want to play for now

Cheers, might look at that tomorrow, as usual i will probably take it overboard..

LOL, good call..
but i must persist..

sorry i should have added, this will be used with (eventually) 37.5" tractor tyres, in swap action and just general playing about on local forest muddy fire breaks etc.. I have experience with tuning diesels and building manifolds. I also have access to virtually any turbo combination i need.. cheers

Right, Im stuck thinking about the ways to sort my stuffed turbo for increased power.. Here are the choices.. Option 1 : Replace stuffed turbo with a new Isuzu core, enjoy stock power with a little added boost.. option 2: Machine stock Isuzu exhaust housing out to accept my VR4 14b TD05h and enjoy ...

Shot bud.. the guys from cobra are susing me out sum once ive finished muckn round

im going to play with a few different springs before i buy a set of customs..

Kaikohe bud

Im going to give a couple springs a try othrrwise going to get a custom set made..

Freight cost to northland??