"Jafa's Jalopy"...3RZ-FE and on 40's:)

SupraSurf · Post by **SupraSurf** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:14 pm

SupraLux wrote:
krawlr wrote:hmm im going with steve but those are far to light duty dude and who makes them? and have you used these type of joint on arms before offroad?

I was actually joking - that stuff will be hard pressed to bend in that application, even with the weight of the truck on it... and those heims should be well strong enough for steering on a 'Lux...

My thoughts anyway...

I think the heims are for the 4 link

krawlr · Post by **krawlr** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:20 pm

ohhh steering arms .well thats a different storey :lol:

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 4:36 pm

Heh, thought that might get a few bites!. The tube is 10mm wall thickness roughly and will take 30odd tons to start to yield, the weakest part is the rod end which starts to yield at 12 tons, bear in mind these figures are with a factor of safety of 1.5, which means in real life it will take more to make it yield. Dont forget all these arms do is locate the diff, the uppers are mostly in compression which is even stronger. The bottom arms will take the whole weight of the truck many times over before being affected. Check out all the machines on Pirate, Marlin and Outer limits, plenty of hard work goes into them with 3/4 heims with no ill affects. I'd rather replace a 20 dollar rodend than make or fix an arm.
Lets see what sort of replies that generates :lol:

SupraLux · Post by **SupraLux** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:57 pm

looks like none at all... you have to learn not to put all the facts in one post... you scare off the nay-sayers! :lol:

Just bolt the bloody thing together would you? I wanna see it roll

Why-oh-why-oh-why a lexus tho? The 7M will do everything your lexus will do, it will sound better, it will weigh less, and it has cool appeal cos its not the same motor used by every single boy racer and bogan from one end of the country to the other...

If you wanted something with more ponies a 2JZ-TE would have been a cooooool option. Although bang for buck, they are fookin pricey! I'd like to put one in the wifes Altezza (along with a SAS and a set of Simexes

) but not till the 1G blows up.

Steve

krawlr · Post by **krawlr** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:27 am

get used to hearing clunk ,clunk,clunk :lol:

and yeah the lexus is only 50 horses more than the aspirated 7m.....

but cant wait till shes finished jafa keep the pics rollin mate and are you going coil front or what?

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:02 am

I cant say for sure teh Lexus will go in, I expect that when I finally get it going I wont wnt to be ripping the 7m out in a great hurry!. The lexus was more of an impulse buy coz it comes with loom, ecu, afm etc, so I just bought it. It might sit in the shed until the Rav4 project is under way :lol:

are you going coil front or what?

Yer mate coils all round

monaro427 · Post by **monaro427** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 7:41 pm

what size electric fans are those that you have got

De-Ranged · Post by **De-Ranged** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:25 pm

The lexus was more of an impulse buy coz it comes with loom, ecu, afm etc, so I just bought it. It might sit in the shed until the Rav4 project is under way

Your a sick man

Nice Work, Very Nice!!

Cheers Reece

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:07 am

monaro427 wrote:what size electric fans are those that you have got

2 x 300mm they are about 50mm thick, they came free with the rad :lol:

lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 4:39 pm

Its been 3 weeks since last update...... :evil:

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Mon May 01, 2006 5:39 pm

lilpigzuk wrote:Its been 3 weeks since last update......

God stop naggin' my sorry ass!! :mrgreen:

I know it aint the quickest build around...but i've been busy on other shit... :roll:

got my beadlocks from Swages on my way back from V8's at Pukey.
He's made a really nice job of them, get them powder coated and there done.
Also picked up my Simex's from "4wd Bits", Cheers Warren. Poor old work ute was chocker as I grabbed another Lexus for a mate who's getting back into his stockies after a few years off.

lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Mon May 01, 2006 6:08 pm

got my beadlocks from Swages on my way back from V8's at Pukey.
He's made a really nice job of them, get them powda coated and there done.

Hmmm, rang him a little while back and apparently they arent doing them anymore?

Were yours on order for a while??

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Mon May 01, 2006 7:28 pm

I rang mike 3 weeks prior to the V8's and he said no probs, delivery would be 2 weeks so I dunno why they said they were not doin them anymore :scratch: Ya didn't flirt with his daughter or something did ya :lol:

Rangielux · Post by **Rangielux** » Mon May 01, 2006 7:37 pm

That's what you call a ute load of good shit!! NVS

Get going quick before all the oil dries up or I use it all :wink:

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Thu May 04, 2006 6:03 pm

Finally got my Hi-Steer arms and IFS adapter finished today, it had been so long since I had worked on them, they'd gone rusty :shock:

They are a design based on ones from the states. A mate of mine got some when he was over there on business, but the doofus got LH drive ones :roll:

so before he sent them back for a refund I copied them and drew them up in Solidworks and mirrored them for RH drive :lol:

The ifs adapter is just to go betweem the draglink I'm gonna make and the ifs balljoint on the pitman arm. Hi steers are made out of 4130 and machined up on our CNC. So good to have the right kit!

De-Ranged · Post by **De-Ranged** » Thu May 04, 2006 7:52 pm

Very Cool !! :afro:

4130 nice.... did you one piece them or is the king pin "key" a press fit ??

Gota love CNC

one day..... probably not long after I win loto :lol:

Cheers Reece

SupraSurf · Post by **SupraSurf** » Thu May 04, 2006 7:53 pm

Beautiful !

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Fri May 05, 2006 8:09 am

De-Ranged wrote:4130 nice.... did you one piece them or is the king pin "key" a press fit ??

Yer they are 1 piece, cost for material wasnt much more for enough to do them in one bit. Pain in the ass to setup in the lathe tho

De-Ranged · Post by **De-Ranged** » Fri May 05, 2006 7:49 pm

Holy ell.... I'm impressed very impressed!!
How thick was your original blank.... hell for my ones I'm using 70mm thick and thast just for the arms!!! how much did it set you back for the 4130 ??

Cheers Reece

Macca · Post by **Macca** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 11:01 pm

UPDATE please. i cant wait to see more.its been 2 months

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:58 pm

any updates yet?

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:42 pm

yea ive just read this whole build up thread i want updates :twisted:

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:58 pm

OMG, its been six months since I did anything constructive on this, so its past time to get off my fat ass and get going on it!! :oops:

SO...here was this weekends effort. Made spring platforms and retainer plates, made shock mounts on diff, shock mounts and x-member on chassis, turned up spacers for rodends, lightened by grossly overweight hubs, cut 300mm or so off the chassis rails, and did a test assembly. Gettin some bits lasercut for the upper spring platforms and will turn up some bits for dropouts.

Heres some pics

Engineer · Post by **Engineer** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:04 pm

very nice mate!!!

shortylux · Post by **shortylux** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:11 pm

Man Jelous of all that ability knowledge and equipment. Good to see your back into it Jafa. Looks like a productive weekend. i ran out of mig gas on sunday arvo so that kinda kills the progress.

Gunna be an impressive machine when its done. If Madaz ever finishes his truck it'll be amazing toyotas everywhere!

Arron.

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 2:00 pm

Got the upper spring mounts and drop-out bits made, need to turn up some teflon balls :shock:

and alloy cups, make up some upper spring retainer plates and the arse end is nearly done

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 5:52 pm

looks like its comming together nicely mate

... you better have it ready for queens B.day next year :wink:

Engineer · Post by **Engineer** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 6:13 pm

very nice

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:34 pm

wopass wrote:... you better have it ready for queens B.day next year

yer fawk tell me about it...gotta the longest build ever :oops:

I'm gonna go hard out till its done now tho, bugger the rest of my life! :roll:

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:40 pm

Turned up some new balls on teh lathe tonite:lol: Also the retainer rings turned as well.
Made the balls outta Teflon, so they should be slippery as :shock:

I'll make up the top spring retainer plates tomorrow nite, then bolt it all together for a flex test

"Jafa's Jalopy"...3RZ-FE and on 40's:)

Some more progress