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Hey there, whats involved in wiring in the second alternator? Does it charge just the second battery or the both of them with a relay?

I'm setting up a second battery setup but its pointless adding batteries but no extra charging ability.

1st a main power and earth
then it is a bit more involved
on a nippion denso alt with in built reg has a L,IG and a S for the 3 wire plug on
(L,IG and S is normally printed on the side of the alternator)

the L goes to a light(about 3 watt) which goes to the ignition so puts power both ways
so the light dose not go. when the alt stops charging it changes the L wire from power to earth

the IG goes straight to the ignition as a exciter wire

and the S is a signal wire and goes straight to the positive of the battery

some alternators may not have all 3

as i founded out not all alternators have in built regulators so choose carefully
also some are better than others

only chargers one of the two batteries as to keep them completely separate

as they may have shown footage of me putting it on its side (we lent them our vid)
i did not post up any pics(from the top of the south winch challenge)

he is a step by step of what we did on the second tip over (stage 2)
the fist one a night i do not have any pics
















other then the tip overs (a bit of panel damage) we only slightly bent the trans cross member up making the drive
shaft rub on a rear suspension cross member and a small leak from a bent rim so no real mechanical damage.

small winch (stage 2)





when we get our vid back for the Suzuki Xtreme tv guys i will post same of it up.

Yes they didn't show much but it was good footage and it had you and us in it about 20 mins of footage from a whole days video - an edited long version would be great!

only problem with the footage my mates took was they didn't go around and get any vids of others
so seeing others in action was great.
(get to see what you did good and bad)

other then the tip overs (a bit of panel damage) we only slightly bent the trans cross member up making the drive
shaft rub on a rear suspension cross member and a small leak from a bent rim so no real mechanical damage.

Good to see noone was hurt & the truck only got slightly scared
Its not good when you start spending money and time on repairs rather than " R&D"!

Looking forward to the vid link!

very little done but a couple of the things i have

new cross member




old cross member which hung done and got caught up a lot


front of the chassis has got beefed up with 3mm plate




went to std steering arms for
$130 all up (from toyota) for hole set up. can't go wrong so go spears at the same time


play day pic


starting to chop the rear guard out as have a bit of rust and to fit 35" silverstones at same stage

[quote="toysuzi"]very little done but a couple of the things i have


starting to chop the rear guard out as have a bit of rust and to fit 35" silverstones at same stage

Hi James
I hope you are not using the 35s on Nelson club trips

Cheers Richard

may be able to as the ones in savs shop came to 33.5" on 8" rims and 30psi so a litte bit of wear and you can'
as in club rules it states
“33” or equivalent measured 840mm tyres
the tires will still only be used for comps ect for some time and
still use the simexs for club trips

went out playing again instead of working on zuk

bottom less bog

stuck

very stuck


long winch up a boggy valley


playing

very cool!

kikawa track clearing /play day

35 silverstones on the zuk


pic of scottys new surf

Hi James

A little birdie told me you didn't make it up Petrol Hill last weekend.

You were covered in a lot of mud when I saw you on Sunday.

Cheers Riichard

Bulletproof wrote:Hi James

A little birdie told me you didn't make it up Petrol Hill last weekend.

You were covered in a lot of mud when I saw you on Sunday.

Cheers Riichard

Wheelbase must be too short eh Richard!

i did not take the zuk to Petrol Hill even if i did i would not make it up
as the zuk is not the best on hills

toysuzi wrote:i did not take the zuk to Petrol Hill even if i did i would not make it up
as the zuk is not the best on hills

You wern't singled out . It was a general comment that no one drove up Petrol Hill.

Sounds like you had a good weekend. Been talking to Pat ,Rowan and Sav.

Cheers Richard

small vid of the suzuki in action

toysuzi wrote:small vid of the suzuki i action

Was that at Alistairs place James ?

About as good as my effort while we were picking up pegs at the trial.

cheers Richard

Was that at Alistairs place James ? yep

it needs a bit more power with the new tyres
but i did reverse out of the bog on the fist vid
2nd attempt i had to winch out of the bog

I see in an earlier post you went from 14" springs to 12". Do you still have the 14" ones? Do you want to part with them? The 12" vitara ones I have are a bit short and soft.

You still after a motor? my mates got a cheap 4y? theres a guy over these ways with a rover v8 in his zuk goes like stink

meatc wrote:I see in an earlier post you went from 14" springs to 12". Do you still have the 14" ones? Do you want to part with them? The 12" vitara ones I have are a bit short and soft.

still have the springs not sure if they will work as they do not have very much up travel
just std coil over springs
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madterrano wrote:You still after a motor? my mates got a cheap 4y? theres a guy over these ways with a rover v8 in his zuk goes like stink

may be getting a comy v6 not sure yet so dont need the motor thanks

pics of commy v6 in zuk

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suzukisport wrote:

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BRING IT ON!

Jeez, I would have thought you guys would understand power isn't everything after seeing the mighty jellybean in action Do I hear the sound of a chassis snapping

there will be more power need to get it on the road first

the motor from

will be going into it