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[Madaz]

Wheres the photo of the mid mounted p.t.o. winch??

[wopass]

:idea: Wheres the photo of the mid mounted p.t.o. winch??

screw that for a can of worms !! i like my winch up front anyway

[DieselBoy]

I'm gonna send some one round to your place to confiscate your grinder untill i get back from 90 Mile!!!!!!!

No more choppy choppy till i get back, there's gonna be nothing left for me to patch up!!!!!!!

[wopass]

added a couple of pics... nothing flash but its getting there

[wopass]

I'm gonna send some one round to your place to confiscate your grinder untill i get back from 90 Mile!!!!!!!

No more choppy choppy till i get back, there's gonna be nothing left for me to patch up!!!!!!!

Dan has the tub at his panel shop doin the tricky bits for me

[gimmemud]

I knew you were hiding something from us
Lookin mean. Wanna convert my surf to coils next for me

[mercutio]

woohoo a missile on coils so very what sort of springs and links did you use

[mudzilla]

NICE

[wopass]

woohoo a missile on coils so very what sort of springs and links did you use

a lot of stuff was transplanted strait from an 80 series which made it happen nice and quick (2 week coil conversion), just cut it off and weld it on. the springs are vx as well but dont know whats going to be the final product yet as it sits too high in the rear and too low in the front, but it has the tub to go on and a lot of rear bar work to happen yet so the weight change will be quite dramatic. the rear links are custom,the front lower arms are vx rear lowers and the third link in the front off the top of the pumpkin is a rear lower arm also. the width has increased by 2" each side as well front and rear panhards still need to be set yet but cant do that till i have it sitting flat and where i want it, may get some adjustables for it when funds allow as they need to be shortened as my chassis is narrower than the VX.

im also thinkng of making the front end of the chassis rails and winch relitively easy to remove so when i do trials i can just pop it off and the wheels will be sticking out the front for entry angle then when we do bush trips and winch comps it can just bolt back on with a quick spring change to make it sit lower as well.... dunno yet.

but yea pretty happy

[wopass]

added some more pics for you whores

[darinz]

Hi Ben
Have you thought about shifting the spring platforms instead of different springs? Maybe the hieght you've welded them on at isn't right for the chassis. What I'm getting at is the spring rates may be OK but the mounting position just not quite right? Just something for you to think about (if you haven't already that is).
If you have an 80 maybe you can measure that to see the relative hieghts?

A fair bit to do if we are going to see you in March!

[suzolla]

Hi Ben,

Looking good, I see you used the VX front.
Surprised you didn't do a 4 link in the back, ie top links in a triangle and no panard, more flex and less stress on the rubber bushes. Still, if the top and bottom links aren't to dissimilar in lenth then should still flex okay.

See ya next week
Tim

[wopass]

Hi Ben
Have you thought about shifting the spring platforms instead of different springs? Maybe the hieght you've welded them on at isn't right for the chassis. What I'm getting at is the spring rates may be OK but the mounting position just not quite right? Just something for you to think about (if you haven't already that is).
If you have an 80 maybe you can measure that to see the relative hieghts?

A fair bit to do if we are going to see you in March!

everything has been transplanted from the 80 series and the top hats for the rears couldnt really go anywhere else so when ive got all the rear end finished and barred up i will then be able to start setting up the springs to work. im hoping to have it all sorted and rocking for the comp mate, cross fingers... all the hard stuff has been done so now all i have to do is the fiddly stuff like brake lines and handbrake cable,rear shocks etc then cert etc ... cross fingers on that aswell

Hi Ben,

Looking good, I see you used the VX front.
Surprised you didn't do a 4 link in the back, ie top links in a triangle and no panard, more flex and less stress on the rubber bushes. Still, if the top and bottom links aren't to dissimilar in lenth then should still flex okay.

See ya next week
Tim

yea mate used the VX front, will just see how it goes and hope its strong enough thought about doing a triangulated 4 link rear but then it wouldnt have been a direct copy of the VX which will make it nice and simple for the cert man.

the top arms are 110mm shorter than the lowers and on almost excactly the same angle so it should work ok?... will find out soon enough i guess...

also i just won the biggest kingfish in the Whangamata fishing competition yesterday with a 20kg king if there was a biggest overall i would have won that aswell but there wasnt

[MNC]

...also i just won the biggest kingfish in the Whangamata fishing competition yesterday with a 20kg king if there was a biggest overall i would have won that aswell but there wasnt

Thats a whole new topic and i'm supprised to have to ask but... PIC's

[wopass]

...also i just won the biggest kingfish in the Whangamata fishing competition yesterday with a 20kg king if there was a biggest overall i would have won that aswell but there wasnt

Thats a whole new topic and i'm supprised to have to ask but... PIC's

have to get the pics off my mate so hopefuly monday?

[wopass]

little bit more done on the finer details of the build while waiting for the body to come back which will be soon.

haver sorted the rear shock mounts top and bottom so just need some new shocks now
have sorted the brake lines front and rear to run down the upper controll arm with flexys at each end


still to do is my bigger sump,finish welding the rear control arms,rebuild the front hub assembly,overhaul the rear brakes etc,overhaul front brakes,sort out what im doing with the hand brake,get some adjustable panhards, drop body on,make rear end,sort out springs for ride height,test it,flex it,cert it,do skids..... etc etc etc

[WACKO]

holy crap! didnt think id see it this far this quick after the the state it was in when i came over! looking the goods man! loving it!

[muddymatt]

little bit more done on the finer details of the build while waiting for the body to come back which will be soon.

haver sorted the rear shock mounts top and bottom so just need some new shocks now
have sorted the brake lines front and rear to run down the upper controll arm with flexys at each end


still to do is my bigger sump,finish welding the rear control arms,rebuild the front hub assembly,overhaul the rear brakes etc,overhaul front brakes,sort out what im doing with the hand brake,get some adjustable panhards, drop body on,make rear end,sort out springs for ride height,test it,flex it,cert it,do skids..... etc etc etc

So we'll see you at the Laurie Sanson on Sunday then??

[wopass]

little bit more done on the finer details of the build while waiting for the body to come back which will be soon.

haver sorted the rear shock mounts top and bottom so just need some new shocks now
have sorted the brake lines front and rear to run down the upper controll arm with flexys at each end


still to do is my bigger sump,finish welding the rear control arms,rebuild the front hub assembly,overhaul the rear brakes etc,overhaul front brakes,sort out what im doing with the hand brake,get some adjustable panhards, drop body on,make rear end,sort out springs for ride height,test it,flex it,cert it,do skids..... etc etc etc

So we'll see you at the Laurie Sanson on Sunday then??

if i wasnt running a night shift for the turbine overhaul and working 6 days you probably would have seen me there yea but no, im hoping to have it finished and be able to run at least one of the rounds to test it and give it a shake down before the winch comp.... cross fingers

ohh and i forgot to add the roll cage part into it, have to mod and mount that yet but cant do that till i have the tub on which will be hopefully this weekend if i get time....again, cross fingers

[wopass]

holy crap! didnt think id see it this far this quick after the the state it was in when i came over! looking the goods man! loving it!

yea im pretty happy with my progress... was planning to have it near finished by now but dumb work gets in the way and the rust repairs took longer than i had hoped as i have ended up repairing my chassis instead of getting one that diddnt need much work...never mind, its all good now...or will be when i fill the rails up with rust converter then fill it with zink paint

should look the buisness when im finished....i hope

[wopass]

added some more pics for you whores

[mercutio]

so is this actually going to be properly legal
not the sort of legal it was

[wopass]

so is this actually going to be properly legal
not the sort of legal it was

its always been properly legal and yes it will be certed etc

[skid]

added some more pics for you whores

where, faaaark it, where

[suzolla]

At the start, at the end of Bens first post.

I had the same trouble last week

Tim

[wopass]

All of my build is in the one post at the start of the thread so it all stays together and no breaks or interuptions etc, keeps the build all in one place

and i added a few more pics just now

[wopass]

no coments from anyone ? good or bad??

must be a boring build i guess

[WACKO]

anh.. everyone is just in shocked silence....

[skid]

anh.. everyone is just in shocked silence....

yup

the speed at which you boys up that way can sneak a build thru


was that pete standing beside ya cruiser ??
how tall is he? coz OMG that thing looks damn tall now

[SMOKEY]

Ben , no comments from down here as I am to silly to even find the photo build , It was only when someone said that they where at beginning of the thread that I was able to go to page one and see what was going on , .
I will comment now,

WHERE ARE THE PHOTOS AND WRITE UP OF THE OFFROAD TEST,

FITZY.

ps, please PM me your address, I will send the 70# up next week for the same mods, and I'm booked for a trip at EASTER 09 , you should be even quicker with the next build .

pps, I don't require the Tub modifications .