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Post by **mike** » Sun May 06, 2007 5:15 pm

God dam thats wicked............ ok no need to organise ramp night at riks :wink:

Pity the front is nothing like the rear, are you allowed to do that to the front or isnt it possible?

Mike

hiriklux · Post by **hiriklux** » Sun May 06, 2007 5:21 pm

well im gonna give it a bit of thought but yeh im gonna give it a go in the future for sure :wink:

just need to get my head round it so i can do it in a short time as its my daily driver

hosehustler · Post by **hosehustler** » Sun May 06, 2007 6:10 pm

Rik man, that is cool

don't listen to them, the front end flex's and roks....... big time :!:

but the rear :mrgreen:

coolest thing i've seen in ages :shock:

I'm jealous I admit.......but more importantly when we going up the gorge

DaveM · Post by **DaveM** » Sun May 06, 2007 6:13 pm

I'd be happy to have that amount of front flex

hiriklux · Post by **hiriklux** » Sun May 06, 2007 6:45 pm

God dam thats wicked............ ok no need to organise ramp night at riks Pity the front is nothing like the rear, are you allowed to do that to the front or isnt it possible?

time to ramp the landy mike :wink:

soon tim i hope

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Sun May 06, 2007 6:53 pm

very feckin cool rik....!

loves the artic dude.. real keen to see this thing out 'doin it'..

hmmmmm... got me thinkin now..

swampa · Post by **swampa** » Sun May 06, 2007 6:56 pm

how come the back

Post by **mike** » Sun May 06, 2007 6:57 pm

hosehustler wrote:Rik man, that is cool
don't listen to them, the front end flex's and roks....... big time but the rear
coolest thing i've seen in ages
I'm jealous I admit.......but more importantly when we going up the gorge

hehehe I wasnt bagging the front, it has heaps of flex but looks dismal compared to the rear.

Mike

swampa · Post by **swampa** » Sun May 06, 2007 6:58 pm

my point i was making, why the rear and not the front if only doing 1 end

DaveM · Post by **DaveM** » Sun May 06, 2007 7:04 pm

Would've thought the rear would be easier to do, especially if not running springs.
Front might wander a bit if not done properly?

De-Ranged · Post by **De-Ranged** » Sun May 06, 2007 8:45 pm

The front is a bit more complex you have steering linkages to consider, the sump from the motor in the way... and the really fun bit.. you stuff up the design you can give it really scarry handling under brakes and at road speed you effect under steer / over steer

With the back its handling wise easyer... you can still effect steering but its mainly the tracking, how far inside the front wheels the back tracks (if you can understand that :lol:

) and the fun one how well it hooks up under load, steep climb or excelleration. Worst case you get wheel hop and there are ways round that if its bad :wink:

Very Nice flex there rik for rubber bushes

I'm really impressed!!

You certian you want to be using airshocks onroad, alot of the pirate guys rant on about how bad they are and how it kills the shocks!!

Cheers Reece

hiriklux · Post by **hiriklux** » Sun May 06, 2007 8:59 pm

yeh dave got it rear a bit easier fronts gonna take a bit more thinking about plus need to get the rear road freindly first and the leaves will help

as for the travel ive got in the front its enough for now ive got long travel shocks in there and use all of it give or take a few mm
:wink:

the rear has 400mm of travel and im useing 350mm :wink:

as for all the travel it does help keep it a bit more stable offroad and the rear helps keep the power on the ground with the leaves the back end used to bounce when climbing steep banks but first trials today there was none of that

rik

hiriklux · Post by **hiriklux** » Sun May 06, 2007 9:06 pm

You certian you want to be using airshocks onroad, alot of the pirate guys rant on about how bad they are and how it kills the shocks!!

well i dont see how it will kill them on the road no more than any normal shock
they are rebuildable so im gonna stick with them reece ive got 4 so for the time being 2 spares so i might put off doing the front till i see how well they last
also ive still got the option of coil overing them or putting coils in which wouldnt be to hard :wink:

cheers rik

Leithfield · Post by **Leithfield** » Sun May 06, 2007 10:04 pm

Fantastic effort Ric - makes a fellow Toyota owner shed a tear of pride

.

And, if you now have to restrict your on-road speed to 100kph, you'll learn to live with it.

De-Ranged · Post by **De-Ranged** » Sun May 06, 2007 10:25 pm

well i dont see how it will kill them on the road no more than any normal shock

Normal shocks are nitrogen charged which also acts as a coolent and lubricant, the argument the pirate guys use is they are low pressure non-lubed, low speed seals and the road vibrations heat them up from all the small high speed oscilations killing them... as I've said this is all second hand off Pirate... so long as it dosn't take to much and cost to much to rebuild em as you say I'd try em

Cheers Reece

hiriklux · Post by **hiriklux** » Sun May 06, 2007 10:55 pm

yeh these are nitrogen charged and contain oil which creates the ride height and the dampening effect which is caused by oil moving past the piston through a valve

so working on that theory these are lubricated nitrogen cooled shocks only differance is they run a higher pressure of nitrogen

just wondering if the boys on pirate are running fresh air in them i have done this and they worked fine but i gather theres a risk of the oil foaming up which causes the shocks to malfunction as the oil is to thin with the ir bubbles in it

thanks for the input reece helps to look a bit deeper somtimes

cheers rik

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Sun May 06, 2007 10:58 pm

The other problem with air is that it contains moisture. Nitrogen doesnt. And water + steel isnt a very good combination :wink:

SupraLux · Post by **SupraLux** » Mon May 07, 2007 12:20 pm

hiriklux wrote:yeh these are nitrogen charged

My Arse they are!

You pumped 'em up with a bike pump! Mr "I'm too cheap to get em pumped up properly" :lol:

Nice flex, although that second shot from the rear makes the tyres look like 29"s.... Time for the 40's...

Hows the clearance on the LH tyre to the panhard mount when the RH tyre drops?

Steve

rokhound · Post by **rokhound** » Mon May 07, 2007 12:31 pm

Bring it on baby. Very

:

That truck is looking goooood.
(you on the other hand are still an ugly farker

)

hiriklux · Post by **hiriklux** » Mon May 07, 2007 7:40 pm

SupraLux
Posted: 2007-05-07, 06:20:10

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hiriklux wrote:
yeh these are nitrogen charged

My Arse they are!

soon will be organised a nitrogen bike pump for the weekend :lol:

rokhound
Posted: 2007-05-07, 06:31:02

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Bring it on baby. Very :

That truck is looking goooood.
(you on the other hand are still an ugly farker )

well im half way there got a good looking truck :lol:

you on the other hand drive a dog and look like a bulldog licking piss off a thistle :lol:

rokhound · Post by **rokhound** » Mon May 07, 2007 8:06 pm

Just like a pom,
All talk and plenty of inappropiate action.
When you can keep up, I'll take you seriously :lol:

hiriklux · Post by **hiriklux** » Mon May 07, 2007 8:17 pm

When you can keep up, I'll take you seriously

dreamer as well :lol:

SupraLux · Post by **SupraLux** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:22 am

Would you two get a room already! Sheesh! :roll:

rokhound · Post by **rokhound** » Tue May 08, 2007 1:12 pm

Okay Dad

Sorry

See Rik, you got us in trouble again. Lets play nice (for a minute or 2 anyways) :lol:

When is this thing ready for a bash?

hiriklux · Post by **hiriklux** » Tue May 08, 2007 1:49 pm

should be good after this weekend

Goose · Post by **Goose** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:22 pm

hiriklux wrote:

rokhound
Posted: 2007-05-07, 06:31:02

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Bring it on baby. Very :

That truck is looking goooood.
(you on the other hand are still an ugly farker )

well im half way there got a good looking truck
you on the other hand drive a dog and look like a bulldog licking piss off a thistle

Jesus titty-friggin christ!!

You two are like a couple of spastics with a magnet!! :twisted:

billyvanboheman · Post by **billyvanboheman** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:37 pm

Goose wrote:Jesus titty-friggin christ!!

You two are like a couple of spastics with a magnet!!

LMAO

rokhound · Post by **rokhound** » Wed May 09, 2007 12:41 pm

Goosey.... my jandal wearing friend.

Do you need a hug? :lol:

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Wed May 09, 2007 10:47 pm

or a cuddle?

:lol:

DaveM · Post by **DaveM** » Thu May 10, 2007 7:31 am

niblik wrote:or a cuddle?

If you spent as much time on the 40 as you do cuddling fellow forum members, it would be road worthy by now :wink: