The lawnrover

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 5:52 am

WACKO wrote:is that tu? looks too tall to be him....

Cant you people read what is says above the photo?

And how am I supposed to take pics of myself working on the rover?

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:02 am

lol shot tu, i read that bit :roll:

DDDDDDDDDUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRR :wink:

Moriarty · Post by **Moriarty** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:25 am

turoa wrote:
WACKO wrote:is that tu? looks too tall to be him....

Cant you people read what is says above the photo?

And how am I supposed to take pics of myself working on the rover?

'S easy man, you got a camera with a newfangled time built in.

Cant fool US man! :twisted:

I reckon you are getting more fun outa the building of that thing than you are gonna outer the driving of it. :arrow:

Bet you find something NEW to put inot it to delay the testing and driving bits....

Steve_t647 · Post by **Steve_t647** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:29 am

Naaa

When he is nearly finished the project he will sell it, and get another one because it is too good a deal.

Then regret it for a long time, until nealy finished the new project then sell it, and get another one because it is too good a deal......

:twisted:

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:51 pm

Okay, took some more pics today.

I rolled it outside and did a "moster garage" strip (stripped it in 5 mins). Unfortunately, I didnt take any pics of the strip. It was to fix the rear suspension properly.

Articulation pics taken tonight. I had to enhance them so now the quality isnt very good. The front isnt working very well, and will go higher. It just doesnt have much weight on at the mo.

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:11 pm

nice flex on the rear 2s..

question.. how do the headers run? does the exhaust go back over the motor down the other side of the engine? (drivers) so as to clear the chassis rail..?

keep it comin fella.. :wink:

De-Ranged · Post by **De-Ranged** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:26 pm

Nice flex in the rear

I was thinking you want a cruiser pto winch in front that'll throw a bit of weight on the springs :wink:

Cheers Reece

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:33 am

very cool, nice shock hoops by the way

oh yea and i like your rear shock absorbers :roll:

so how far till done? it looks pretty together i wana see it out terawhiti in 2 weeks :shock:

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:36 am

niblik wrote:question.. how do the headers run? does the exhaust go back over the motor down the other side of the engine? (drivers) so as to clear the chassis rail..?

thats not the headers lol.....that the EFI hahaha the headers arn't on it yet? correct me if im wrong tu :roll:

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:56 am

Thanks for the comments. I do really want a PTO winch, but since series gearboxes are made out of cheese, I may swap in another one later on, and dont want to pay money for a pto and then have to scrap it.

The red manifolds the EFI intake, and the headers were a very tight squeeze.They were VK commodore ones but had to be extensively modified to fit round the chassis so they are now more like block huggers :roll:

.

rokhound · Post by **rokhound** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:37 am

Looking sharp 2's.

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:55 pm

Will taking a bolt out of the PS radius arm help make the front move?

[quote=mroffroader]so how far till done? it looks pretty together i wana see it out terawhiti in 2 weeks Shocked Very Happy[/quote]

Yea right :lol:

Still a long way to go. Hopefully donw within a month. I am Definitely hoping it will be done by the ORE christmas BBQ

doddzee · Post by **doddzee** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:23 pm

turoa wrote:Will taking a bolt out of the PS radius arm help make the front move?

Try it! Pull out the front left. Might not make much difference it looks as though your coils overs may be a bit stiff.

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:31 pm

I wont try it till ive got some bigger offset wheels. The coil mount is diging into the tyre and I dont want to risk puncutring a $400+ tyre (they cost more in the 16" rim size).

Could Howat modify some wheels to make them wider for me?

doddzee · Post by **doddzee** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:38 pm

You have some smaller tyres lying around dont ya? Chuck them on and flex it up, or just pull the tyre off and pick it up by the axle housing.

Yip he should beable to do what ever you want he moved the centres on rogers to move the 14.5's in a bit. He widens them aswell. Not sure on the legal side of this though. You could buy these off him :wink:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 975258.htm

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:41 pm

look at the expired auctions, and then at the reserve of them. The problem with putting a BFG on is it makes the problem worse because they're -15 instead of -25, of which the creepys have.

I think you can buy -44's off the chelf, but they're costly (you have to get them in a 10 inch rim)

doddzee · Post by **doddzee** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:09 pm

Didnt realise they were that expensive!

Probly best Just to get some 15x8's and get him to move the centres. Call you certifier to see if its legal though.

De-Ranged · Post by **De-Ranged** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:29 pm

so long as the welds are from a certified welder and there is an offset limit you can't go past you should still be ok for cert

Pay to still ring up and ask, brian will know :roll:

noticed they like to change the rules every now and then

Cheers Reece

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:18 pm

Well ive done it. I ended up putting an old 31" tyre on a nissan spare rim turned backwards :lol:

That bolt made a bit of difference

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:19 pm

Hmmm....???
I think I might recognise that purple firewall :scratch:

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:22 pm

Sadam_Husain wrote:Hmmm....???
I think I might recognise that purple firewall :scratch:

Yea?? How do you know it?

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:26 pm

I dont think theres many purple ones around.... didnt come from wainui did it?

doddzee · Post by **doddzee** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:26 pm

Did the radius arm clash with the diff housing?

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:31 pm

doddzee wrote:Did the radius arm clash with the diff housing?

Yeah it did.

Sadam, it came off a 110 that was 5mins up the road. It could have come from wainui, as the guy told me that he had bought the 110 off a mate of his, which had been rolled, and he had started to repair it with stage 1 body work.
It was then rusting away in his back yard with about 2 other rangys. So I took it off his hands. If I had known the 110 was there before, I probably would have bought it because it had a v8 and a dana 60.

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:36 pm

Not the one I was thinking of, unusual two landys having the same um.... purple paintjobs? The wainui one was an old 2 or 2A that was put out to pasture a few months ago

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:39 pm

Aah ok then. This ones a stage 1 bulkhead. Thats why theres a hug hole in it. Its usually to clear the v8 manifold, but I dont have one of them, and im not using the girly plastic dash, so i just took the bulge ou, and it will have an alloy panel screwed over it, that houses the guages

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:42 pm

turoa wrote: Its usually to clear the v8 manifold, but I dont have one of them

YET

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 9:05 pm

Pics of front part of cage being made

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 9:10 pm

Purple is a classy colour for Wainui......goes with the brown curtains.......does anyone know where I can get some tiger stripe seat covers to match....and some fluffy dice.....

....all I need now is my trailer fixed so I can put a mattress on it and go cruising for Wainui chicks :wink:

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 9:16 pm

Jerry wrote:Purple is a classy colour for Wainui......goes with the brown curtains.......does anyone know where I can get some tiger stripe seat covers to match....and some fluffy dice.....

....all I need now is my trailer fixed so I can put a mattress on it and go cruising for Wainui chicks

The bulkhead is being painted fawkin green