LOL Another Project or THREE

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Not like I don't have enough on my plate..... but I guess projects are like bourbons - they are more fun, the more you have
Reason there's three is, I've got three mates all with hilux's of one sort or other and they all want to do RUF and X-over so I'll do all the work in tripliket (or how ever its spelt)

Right first one is Wingnuts 350 chev/Hilux double cab
Moving the rad out back onto a deck I made for him a while back oh and going to a big alloy one
EFI throttle body & HEI ignition (another mate is sorting this)
Rear up front suspension
X-Over steering
IFS hub swop
Shave and brace the front axle
and patch up a few little bits here an there for cert

We got a couple of hrs on it Sat arvo

Managed to get a few things out of the way so I can do a bit of work on this week

Heres a shot of the rear deck.... still undecided where to put the rad, along one side or in next to the cab


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Cheers Reece

[gimmemud]

That's it, Screw australia I'm moving to Hawkes Bay and we're gonna be good mates I'll bring the bourbon

[lexulance]

Holy shit that deck is short!

[niblik]

its 'triplicate'....

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Holy shit that deck is short!

Its not that short those are coon springs under there did that the same time as the deck

Cheer nibs, in my defense its wel dokumented that smart peple dont spell wel so I must be smafter than u

Cheers Reece

[rotordogg]

Do you have any problems getting the rad on the deck certified??
What are the saftey requirements for it??

[niblik]

never claimed to be smart... actually... far from it!

project does look good though fella.. you dont do things by halves though do ya?

and mye speeling has notting too do with anyfink.

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good to see your still alive there son and havn't been shaken to bits
As for by halves my bank balance will know about it tomorrow spanky bits from the laser cutter and 3 sets of high steer arms

Rotordogg for what I'm doing there shouldn't be any problems as I'm going to take the water lines under the cab and the rear window is sealed.. will have a read up and let you know

Cheers Reece

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Right Rotordogg here ya go...... there is nothing in the hand book specifically for cooling/rad placement (didn't think there was)

There is this passage tho
9 Engine and drive train
-9.4 Engine compartment and floor modifications
--9.4.4 An opening between the engine compartment and the occupant cell of a low volume vehicle must be sealed to prevent exhaust gases, vapour, and liquids from entering the occupant cell.

So I'll have no problems

Cheers Reece

[rotordogg]

Right Rotordogg here ya go...... there is nothing in the hand book specifically for cooling/rad placement (didn't think there was)

There is this passage tho
9 Engine and drive train
-9.4 Engine compartment and floor modifications
--9.4.4 An opening between the engine compartment and the occupant cell of a low volume vehicle must be sealed to prevent exhaust gases, vapour, and liquids from entering the occupant cell.

So I'll have no problems

Cheers Reece

Thanks for that!! Good to know...

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Got all the spanky bits now

The housing is one I did up for my Zuk before I gave up trying to fit leaf springs
I'll make up the shackles today... changed my design a bit so I can keep costs down made them so they reuse the OEM shackle pins

we are planing a session on it tonight get the front axle built up with that fitted I'll be able to sort placement of the steering box...

Cheers Reece

[suzolla]

Bits look good.
So it was you that bought up all the Series 80 tie rods, I got the last one, none left in the country now.
Cheers
Tim

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Bits look good.
So it was you that bought up all the Series 80 tie rods, I got the last one, none left in the country now.
Cheers
Tim

Yep bought 8 of em... there was two left.... be interested in seeing if there is a price rise with the new ones
Oh for those that don't know the High steer arms are from Tim thank you mate, nice kit

Update isn't much got the axle all pulled apart and found the pinion seal was shot, might have something to do with the white cream we drained out of the diff so need some new parts before I can assemble the axle.... ended up having a brain storming session now I'm waiting a while to sober up some before I head home hmmmm might do some work on my toy

Cheers Reece

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Having a day on Wingnuts truck.... here's some shots of the bracing and shave


The base is in 10mm and its made from two pieces.... and a
profile shot of the shave

And just so you can see the same shot on his old housing


Oh and his old housing is too bent to bother straightening the first one I've found thats been bent up that far!!.... oh and his back one isn't much better its sporting extra camber on the drivers side, so thats now on the list for some attention hmmmm cruiser head and hilux axles
Might post up a few more pic's later today after the cam battery's charge

Cheers Reece

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Smashed my camera a while back so havn't bothered to update this (or anything else either)
There is going to be a bit of push on this as Clive (Pruggydore) had entered a team for the Qwavas Challange and one lad has pulled so he needs another truck to run so I'm going to have a go at getting this ready
Been alot done to the front axle, stuff thats not really worth photo'n brakes, ifs hub swop tie-rods etc
Stuff that is interesting... mounted the new Rad

The 350 has been having a bit of problem with cooling at low speed so wingnut got this falcon V8 comp radiator and I'm setting up 4 a rear mount to fit it and keep it running in the mud, got a set of fans from the wreakers off an audi A6 these are mean had one mounted on another truck start up draw is hard enough that its burned out 2 30amp fuses in parallel... if you start them on the floor they will lift up and fly , I'm just finishing the shroud and then I'll sort the water lines
Got the bits for the rear axle dropped off

Using a 60 series head and pumpkin and the surf axles so we get a center mount cruiser axles.... if I've got time I may shave it

Cheers Reece

[badnuz]

you coming to Gwavas Reece?

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Hopefully.... if I can finish this truck, I'll be in the passanger seat

Got the fans sorted


sheet metal is fun to work with when you have the right tools.... just got me a new box & pan folder

Forgot to mention the whole setup is made so minimal effort rad is out to be cleaned, the three little holes in the top are for cotter pins pull them out and fan slides off, two bolts and the hose clips and the rad is out saying that being where it is should avoid any of the normal issues

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Had a bit of a session on the rear axle tonight
stripped the bits we needed off the surf axle

For the moment its going to go together with the drums after qwavas I'll probably change it over to disk
I'll be machining the end piece of the surf housing so it will fit inside the 60 series tube

Trimmed all the crap somebody had welded to the cruiser housing found a nice surprise.... they had gas'd the old spring perches off and in one spot gouged a section of the housing, all good now

Fun bit is going to be mounting the axle housing in my lathe so I can fly cut the axle to take the surf axle end

Right I'm late to see my girl so

Cheers

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got a bit more done, been down south with work so things have been a bit slow

Made up a jig so I could fit the housings in the lathe and use a fly cutter to cut the housing so I can line up the bearing housing mount

The tube on the housing isn't perfictly round so gets a bit thinner in places

Then the end of the lux housings machined to fit

And then pressed the end in

Got to get the carbon hollow to machine up a muff joiner for the short side and machine the extention tube and then burn em.... depending on how things go tomorrow might be all done

[Lynx]

Your work is mint dude, keep it up

Cheers Daniel

[pruggerdore]

progress wahooo

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progress wahooo

Yea after I had to put my tools (oh and some of yours too ) away after you left them out

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Wee update done a bit of work on the toy yeasterday got a heap of small mechanical bits sorted and finished the rear axle housing (apart from the trac bar mounts, will do that once mounted)

There is a 150mm long muff section inside that I machined out of a bit of carbon hollow got a bit lazy and left the wall thickness at 6mm I'd been machining it down for long enough cut over 30mm off the dia along the length doing .4mm pass's becouse I don't have a large enough tail stock center

The extension piece is some Sch 160 line pipe that I machined to the same thickness as the housing


Got another couple to do.... one for a trials mate and I'll do another that I'll flick on trademe or if anyone here is keen

[mikey32]

your a legend, awesome work

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lunch break so figured I'd update some stuff had a few sessons on the toy

threaded up enough U bolts to get really bored with it

With the new axle on the back being bigger than the hillux I had to do up new ones for that as well as the fronts

Fronts

Me near the end of it all the session started to win


Back axle is mounted and got the mount for the track rod


Had to sort out an adapter from the cruiser diff to the lux shaft

the axle had been pushed back a little bit to fit 35"s so there was a spacer up the other end that with a little machining to the adapter matched the adapter + the extra length of the cruiser diff

Sorted the Tie-rod, a little tip for you all out there doing high steer standard 80 series tie-rods $50 at toyota cut the end off and re-thread em

Here's a comparison shot standard rod vs the cut one


Thanks for the comments... I just love f'n with things, with a bit of time and imagination almost anything is possible
Right lunch is almost up time for me to go

Cheers Reece

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Another update from last nights work
Got the track arm for the rear sorted

here it is all fitted up


That sorted I jacked the front axle up to see how it sat with the RUF see if my estimate was right for the height of the front spring hangers.... worked out sweet so I hacked out the old cross member, half of it was gone from where the guys who did the engine swop carved the back out to fit the rad

and all finished


I'll mount the surf steering box tonight, had a bit of a try to fit the box with the standard pitman arm... going to end up carving to much of the body out to fit it far enough forward.... so I've gone to a flat arm from suzola.... a good bonus with this arm is the steering shaft is within reach so no need to play around with longer shafts

Cheers Reece

[suzolla]

Hi Reece,
Looking good, just wondering if your anti tramp bar bushes will have enough flex for your leaf spring flex.
Cheers
Tim

[mike]

love the fly cutting any less swing and it would have been a borer for that pretty friggen cool

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Hi Reece,
Looking good, just wondering if your anti tramp bar bushes will have enough flex for your leaf spring flex.
Cheers
Tim

Should be all good running a similar setup on another truck, I use standard rubber spring eye bushes they have plenty of flex

love the fly cutting any less swing and it would have been a borer for that pretty friggen cool

Bit of imagination and being self taught (not knowing I shouldn't do that ) I find ways of making the tools I have do

Still on target for a start at the Gwavas Challange, got the steering sorted and a heap of other little bits only major is the water lines....
Got the call up for work down south starting sat evening so after all this I wont be in the passanger seat and then an hr later got the call up for the local port for friday night so I'm looking at a 24hr day 12hrs on this truck and another job tomorrow straight into a 12hr night shift at the port then hopefully some sleep before I fly down to CHCH for a couple of shifts
Right time for bed, will throw some pics up tomorrow

Cheers Reece

[tomsoffroad]

Liking your tramp rod Reece. We put an osilating (spelling ) joint in the Navara one which works a treat and was probably overkill.