Madaz's V8 lux

[lilpigzuk]

FArking awesome truck.. Well done.

Did I miss the vids of it in action?

theres a short vid back about 4 pages

Nice accessory Tim

[meatc]

Swwweeeeeetttttt

Hmmmm forced induction Hmmmmmm

How much better does it go

[Madaz]

Swwweeeeeetttttt

Hmmmm forced induction Hmmmmmm

How much better does it go

Sounds good @ 6500rpm

Havent tried it out in the mud yet, but now that works finished, I hope to get the chance

[wopass]

Havent tried it out in the mud yet, but now that works finished, I hope to get the chance

sing out if you want company

[Madaz]

Since the hilux has to be re-certed for the supercharger, I thought it was time to change a few things on the suspension that I dont like..........

First up, change to twin front shocks


Test fitting.....


Ive also been running the new OME Nitrocharger Sport shocks for the last couple of months and am pretty impressed with their performance

And yes, I shouda washed it first

[flyingbrick]

EFS will have to change it current advertising campaign once you start winning with the OME's.

hope you had a good time over the holiday season, Tim.

-Nathan

[Madaz]

Decided to start getting the hilux ready for the tuff truck comp, i wont bore you details of all the usual strip down and clean, but i am doing what i hope will be some useful improvements......

Started to make some roof bars up.
My navi had them on his old truck and recons that they were worth the trouble.

After seeing the track setting footage for tuff truck, i decided the time was right.

So using Telexs motto of, "cut ur way in"," weld ur way out"

I whacked four holesaw holes in the roof..........(Bet it rains in hamilton tomorrow)





Hope it works out, or the next photo you see, the truck will be sporting some stickers on the roof

[Madaz]

No update, pissed down in Hamilton all afternoon

[mudslut]

Oh come on Tim where were the tarps

[Big]

Had another re read of your thread.. great inspiring stuff
Just a quick question.. Have you run it with the duel shocks yet? as I am re thinking running duels now..lol
Also I'm sticking with a manual now too..going to run posi air to b/h to keep the gremlins out..
Keri

[Madaz]

Made a bit more progress thismorning......

Stubs sitting in place,


Stubs inside where they get welded to rollcage,


Test Fit,

[Madaz]

View from on top,


Fabbed up a new suction line for the hydraulics too.....

[Madaz]

Had another re read of your thread.. great inspiring stuff
Just a quick question.. Have you run it with the duel shocks yet? as I am re thinking running duels now..lol
Also I'm sticking with a manual now too..going to run posi air to b/h to keep the gremlins out..
Keri

Hi Keri, I havnt had a chance to have a good test off road on the twin shocks yet, but so far they seem to be well worth the effort. Testing them on the neighbourhood judder bars at some reasonably high speed, they are a lot smoother and softer than a single. So a thumbs up so far.

Cheers
Tim

[flyingbrick]

Hi Tim.

How are you liking it with the Supercharger?

Did ya dad have an alternator spare?

-Nathan

[muskie]

just had a re-read from start to finish, i spend alot of hours in the workshop but man!! do you have enough time left over to sleep and work??? just goes to show they are never really "finished" and always under development/construction... fantastic build tim good skills, it takes alot of commitment and focus to achieve what you have done..... will you continue to develop this truck or would you take what you have learnt and put it into a new build in the future??

[Big]

Had another re read of your thread.. great inspiring stuff
Just a quick question.. Have you run it with the duel shocks yet? as I am re thinking running duels now..lol
Also I'm sticking with a manual now too..going to run posi air to b/h to keep the gremlins out..
Keri

Hi Keri, I havnt had a chance to have a good test off road on the twin shocks yet, but so far they seem to be well worth the effort. Testing them on the neighbourhood judder bars at some reasonably high speed, they are a lot smoother and softer than a single. So a thumbs up so far.

Cheers
Tim

Well Tim, I'll be watching to see how you go with them.. seems like it's a great mod and will work..I like that.. fantastic job.. Keri

[Madaz]

Hi Tim.

How are you liking it with the Supercharger?

Did ya dad have an alternator spare?

-Nathan

Superchargers all good

Will check about that alternator

will you continue to develop this truck or would you take what you have learnt and put it into a new build in the future??

See how it goes this year in the winch comp series, I had to miss most last year cause of work, but not this year, we will be doing all the north island comps.

As a bit of a heads up, there may be a new build thread eventually, it will include the following words... GQ, LS2, M122, ect, ect

[mudslut]

That sounds mean tim

[Madaz]

Tigged on the stubs.....


Little bit of acid and some scotch brite takes out the heat marks...


Tigged stubs to roll cage....


Job done, just need a bead of sealer run arond the holes on the roof to make it water tight.

[Big]

nice one.. being a semi exo off the internal cage..

[flyingbrick]

GQ, LS2, M122, ect, ect

Sounds like wheelie material!

[badnuz]

GQ, LS2, M122, ect, ect

Sounds like wheelie material!

sounds like a certain project half finished.....??

[haydgq]

Job done, just need a bead of sealer run arond the holes on the roof to make it water tight.
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Have there been any updates on this Tim and do you have any Vid's with the S/C fitted.? Im sure there's a few others on here keen for a look aswell. Cheers

[Madaz]

Went for a thrash up Thompsons today, spent most of the day up there, played on some mint little side tracks, and even found the odd bit 2 get stuck in...........

[tomsoffroad]

Well done fella thats some nice workmanship

[Big]

Looking frash mate 2 things.. How did the twin shocks go? and.. I can't quit tell but how have you mounted the S/C..? as i'm still thinking of doing it..lol

[rokhound]

Good shizzle Tim. The trophy cabinet must be looking pretty good now as well eh?

[Madaz]

Looking frash mate 2 things.. How did the twin shocks go? and.. I can't quit tell but how have you mounted the S/C..? as i'm still thinking of doing it..lol

Twin shocks were definently worth the hassal of putting them in, truck handles heaps better, and seem to get the power down smoother.

Same with the supercharger, getting tempted to crank the boost up a bit more, but am holding off at the moment, as reliability is more important for me for the winch comps, but after the nationals in november...........

[Madaz]

Good shizzle Tim. The trophy cabinet must be looking pretty good now as well eh?

Cheers for that Rok, hopefully there will be one more in there soon

How long till the mutt goes for its first thrash?
(mite be back down yer way for work soon again)

[rokhound]

How long till the mutt goes for its first thrash?
(mite be back down yer way for work soon again)

Tomorrow. Nibz has dubbed it shakedown in shake town
I already know that the springs are too soft so there will some tuning work required there, but I'll give it a good twist up tomorrow and see how the rest of it works out.