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

badnuz · Post by **badnuz** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:28 pm

and i would make the coffees... cant do anything mildly engineering ( or wood working or much along those lines) but being a shift worker i can do great coffee

and staff discounts!!!!! :lol:

and i miss CHCH

and such a sweet looking setup.. good luck to get it finished soon

Steve_t647 · Post by **Steve_t647** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:18 pm

Looks good Jaffa, it will be interesting to see how well it goes once finished. With the engine plan changing have you changed its intended use? keep up the good work.

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:36 am

Its intended use was always a winch truck from the start, after I went to Whakatane ages ago, but now it just has a more suitable powerplant. I dont think the 3.0 six would have done the job

The only thing it has that isn't that much use in a winch comp is the dual case setup, but that'll be very useful everywhere else

4wdRick · Post by **4wdRick** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 7:39 pm

What you need is a Jeep, no need to waste your time on a hilux.

SupraLux · Post by **SupraLux** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:24 pm

Who let that mad bastard in here? :lol:

4wdRick wrote:What you need is a Jeep, no need to waste your time on a hilux.

rokhound · Post by **rokhound** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:36 am

Your'e the farkin moderator Steve,,,,,,sort it out :lol:

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:10 am

4wdRick wrote:What you need is a Jeep, no need to waste your time on a hilux.

A jeep....You poor, sad misguided soul.... :lol:

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:38 pm

Well I'm waitin on some laser cut bits to finish off the 4 link brackets on the front axle, so I'd thought I'd do a bit more work on the PTO adapter thingy as I'll need that soon to be able to drop the drivetrain in. Did a bit of measuring and Solidworx'd it up. Bear in mind the cases etc are just representations, not exact models, they are right where it matters, ie the face detail etc.

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:49 pm

coooool

Mattman · Post by **Mattman** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:49 pm

Wicked.

Steve_t647 · Post by **Steve_t647** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:15 pm

Sweet is the PTO output pointing back?
Sorry the pretty colours have confused me :oops:

Also why have you chosen belt drive? I would have thought a double chain drive like the transfer case uses would have been less maintanance?also is it a dry? (no oil's).

Not doubting you just curious

Anyway keep building that Toyota as Mr Toyota should have in the first place

You never know if he see's it he may get you to scale up production

and we might get the solid axle under the new model?

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:10 pm

Hi Steve,
Yep the PTO is pointing out the back as thats where the winch is :lol:

And yes it is chain drive, I just couldn't be bothered drawing the chain in any more detail, it does look like a belt, I agree. :roll:

As for oiling, I'm going to incorporate the oil pump that exists in the chaindrive transfer case. At the moment this is still a work in progress.
I cant see a hilux ever getting a solid axle from factory, IFS is much nicer ride for dropping the kids of at school..... :evil:

Steve_t647 · Post by **Steve_t647** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:49 pm

Thanks for the reply I was a little unsure on the belt, that didn't exist and the lubrication thought you may have had some teflon coated super gear thing from NASA

Why the winch at the back is that for aproach angle? to winch the Nissan up the hill you just drove? No really is it a weight balance thing? or a PTO drive shaft issue arround the Lexus? or just to make the engine and links and stuff up the front easy to work on without yet another thing to disconnect and work around?

Just curious why the rear mounting with such a strong winch I would have thought the potential to bend or bow the chassis (even tho you have strengthened it) may have caused concern (if the front dig's in). Why do other winch trucks not run rear mounted winches? Just not original thinkers or "the factory put it there" reasons?

Or like Steve with his WTF build "shut up, watch and see" or Top secret :oops:

Last post this series Honest

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:02 pm

The winch is more mid-mounted rather than at the back, it'll be towards the rear about where the chassis rails start to arch up. This means approach angle is mint, the rope comes out of a small fairlead/hole up front, so no bunching of the rope on one side of the drum with off center pulls, with the winch near the back, the rope is spooling on over a much greater distance allowing it to spool nicely onto teh drum rather than bunching on one side, winch doesn't get chocka with mud when ya bury the nose into a bank, I might run the cable thro a pulley block at the back then out thro the front so you can unhook it and run it out the back for a rear pull.
Lots of others have their winch mid mounted, Bruce Hughes, Fluffee's lux was, and his 40 is too I think, Justin Wynyard has two mid mounts, 1 pto and a backup lecky one, so its nothing new.

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:13 pm

Ok, my lasercutting biatch has finally got his shite together and supplied me some bits, so its all on to finish the front axle housing, heres a few of the truss being tacked up, I can see this taking a while to weld, cooling it down between welds etc...

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:34 pm

Do you produce those diff caps for sale? I like it :roll:

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:37 pm

You mean the plate welded over the ring gear on teh outside?, just hacked that outta a bit o 6mm scrap, could whip one up for fark all if ya want one

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:40 pm

All welded up now

A few gussets here and there, some "billet" steering stops, and she just about done

SupraLux · Post by **SupraLux** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:38 pm

Bloody hell! You and Reece went to the same "No worries about strength mate, I'll just add more steel" school

Looking very bling... keep up the good work

Steve

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:16 am

Rofl!, This will weigh a lot less than Reece's, after all I can still lift the housing by hand :lol:

SMOKEY · Post by **SMOKEY** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:40 am

Bloody--Bloody HELL, I really am enjoying your engineering.

I am sitting looking and don't know If I should even think about being critical :oops:

.------- Ever since man wanted to go faster and further he has looked at ways of making things lighter , stronger and with less drag.
In your case you have gone for the strength. My concern is with the weight, is your vehicle going to end up to heavy ??, and with your diff bracing have you created a big Grader Blade that will cause to much drag through mud and water ???.------ I know -- shut up.

TO FINISH FIRST ---- FIRST YOU HAVE TO FINISH,

FITZY.

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:04 pm

Dammit Fitzy, the more I look at it now the more I think you are right, mebbe some "speed holes" are in order... I have a angled sump guard thingy like Bruce Hughes has, planned for the front that will encourage the front to "fly" :lol:

over the mud, hopefull that will help. Ahh well we'll see, might be plasma time after the first mud run :lol:

SupraLux · Post by **SupraLux** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:09 pm

Jafa wrote:might be plasma time after the first mud run

Don't you think by the time this thing actually sees mud there will be some new fandangled technology for cutting metal... :lol:

Just messin with ya... but you, Reece and Nibby should get together... create a support group

Steve

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:13 pm

SupraLux wrote:
Jafa wrote:might be plasma time after the first mud run

Don't you think by the time this thing actually sees mud there will be some new fandangled technology for cutting metal...

Just messin with ya... but you, Reece and Nibby should get together... create a support group

Steve

Rofl!!......bastard....shuddup.......I cant believe with the hours I spend on mine its not further along. it will get finished tho....unlike a certain Bighorn...or Mu.....or mebbe even Hilux...... :lol:

SupraLux · Post by **SupraLux** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:22 pm

Hey, at least I realised the job and pulled the plug on the boghorn, and the MU was finished! and today I got the steering box mostly mounted and the engine mounts done on the lux... which reminds me - I need a couple of rings like you used for your engine mounts... Did you machine yours or is it 50mm nominal bore pipe? I'm going to use the same bushes to mount my transfer case crossmember

Steve

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:32 am

I just turned up them outta some scrap

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:42 pm

Well I chucked the housing in the press tonite, with a dial indicator on it, with the diff in the normal orientation, ie bottom at the bottom, top at the top, it took 30 tons to make the housing move .2 of a millimeter, basically that means its fawkin strong, when simulating a jump, but when I tipped it 90 degrees so that the force simulated running into a big rock in the middle of the diff, it took less than 5 tons :shock:

so this means only one thing - Fawk it!!, more steel :shock:

Steve_t647 · Post by **Steve_t647** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:55 pm

Are you looking at getting a lower centre of gravity :lol:

Look good that diff should be cromed and on a wall (that can hold it) as a work of art!

As the linx add goes you have added 'Boom Chicka Wah Wah'

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 7:37 pm

Bit more done tonite, housing is finished I think

What could I make out of this 7075 Aluminum...........I know ...Coilover parts!!!

SupraLux · Post by **SupraLux** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:55 pm

Don't keep us in suspense