Lobstrosity

[Mattrade]

Found My new project. Built by a guy in Hamilton, but work and kids means he had no time to finish.

Full custom chassie, 5 link front and 4 link rear, fj45 axles, hydro steer and mid mounted ld28 turbo.

Set up for dual wheels all round.

Heaps to finish but the major stuff is done to a very hi standard.

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Goal!!

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Made a bracket for steering pump.

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38 mm External wast gate.

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Sorting out the inter cooler.

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Cooling system.

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Got the motor going runs mint. Needed a new diesel stop solenoid. first start up couldn't stop the thing ha ha.

Started to realize this was a big project so decided to make it worth the trouble. So new strong axles where needed. Parts Safari

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New Rear Axle. They are nice and wide

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Finishing off rear axel.

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Front axle.

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So that up to date. Had the cab back on for Tyre clearance measurements. Had to fit 35

[churchill]

Very cool.

[dvk-kp]

That's so Madmax!

[sketch]

Wicked! Something a bit different

[mercutio]

So what are you going to put on the back of it

[Mattrade]

The plan is to have a flatbed on the back. And if all goes to plan to cert it and use it to transport my Suzuki to 4x4 trips.

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Starting suspension on the new front axle.

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Bit hard to set up a 5 link with the rear steering arm out the back. Put a bend in the bottom arm to miss it.

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All flexes well with no binding.

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New top links to make them 70% the bottom ones.

And some spring retainers.

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Moving out the spring top hats to match.

[mudsurfv6]

gonna be an interesting machine.

[mudlva]

Awesome build.
Mind if i steal your your spring secureing idea?

Been looking at all sorts of ideas and that pretty well tops them off.
Cheers

[Mattrade]

Your welcome to it ha ha
I stole it from tomsoffroad

[callum007]

Very cool. Did see it on TM a long while back I think.
I think Tom may have stole that retainer idea from Ballistic Fab or something, as I used their identical design many year ago.

Sliding rear tip deck for easy loading?

[jeffw]

Will hydro steering be legal on the road?

[Checkerhead]

Very nice.

Yeah you might want to look in to the hydro steering legality. I believe you are only allowed hydro assist, but I don't know for sure.

Glad you went Saf axles. I think anything less would have been wasted effort.

What are your link ends? Custom housings with spherical bearings? If so, got a part number on the bearings? I'm deciding weather to go this way or just buy rod ends from Ruffstuff.

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Yup gave up on the hydro steer when i decided to go road legal. Keeping all the steering Nissan patrol.

Rod ends are huge, they take a 16mm bolt. They from
suspensiondevelopments@paradise.net.nz

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Found a l33 van steering diverter. And a patrol box mounted backwards, with pit men arm on the wrong way around, making it steer the right way round

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Will adjust the pan hard bar to match the steering arm once i have the steering box mounted up.