Animal - The Project

[UBZ]

WOF and REGO

Took her for a random test drive last night. 140km . 5 of gravel and
10 of easy-ish off road / sand , went like a dream , a bit interesting at 90km.
Rocklobster is awesome , holding 95km /hr in 5th up hills at 3200 RPM

Done some flex testing as well , will post up some pics later . but pretty happy with how she is looking.

[DieselBoy]

Ohhh so sweeeet!!!!!!!!

Random night drive's are the best, specially when they are test drive's

[UBZ]

Random night drive's are the best, specially when they are test drive's

yeah on your own ,out of cell reception with a really unhelpful co-driver. was only going up the road for some food.
Bring on the power steering.




Rear End Flex


Front End Flex

Going to reduce the front bump stops by 15mm and add rear ones to make the rear end work a bit better.

haha just noticed i put the front plate on gansta as well.

[Swamped]

Thats looking sweeeeeet man. All the hard work is paying off. Is everything sorted for the twin cam motor to go straight in??

[Andrew1706]

Where do you go for your test drives?

[UBZ]

Is everything sorted for the twin cam motor to go straight in??

Still trying to figure out what to do about fuel , but apart from that ready for the GTi

Where do you go for your test drives?

Willson Road , up out of Parakai. just soft core , before committing to the beach.

Track was real cutup and the sand real soft and deep in places.

Truck is not ready for the real test track , have to do some bog proofing first.

[sj408]

Sweet lookin truck there UBZ .
Would look real mean in the bush around reefton

[Andrew1706]

Willson Road , up out of Parakai. just soft core , before committing to the beach.

Track was real cutup and the sand real soft and deep in places.

Truck is not ready for the real test track , have to do some bog proofing first.

Yeah I know wilsons road very well but couldn't picture where you were to get those pics?

The sand up there has been very soft and fluffy recently

[UBZ]

Yeah I know wilsons road very well but couldn't picture where you were to get those pics?

The sand up there has been very soft and fluffy recently

pic is taken right at the beginning by the road. some nice wee cross axle ruts.

I had to have couple of goes to get up the main hill in the middle due to real soft sand. diddn't go down onto the beach as tide was in but the access looks way worse than it used to be.

[J_Dub]

as mate

when we going back to maratoto to do the whole loop track in the Zuk?

[UBZ]

when we going back to maratoto to do the whole loop track in the Zuk?

when its got a cage , winch rope , more bars, etc etc .
So probably next season condition being that you try and follow me in the bobbed Surf

still a fair way off doing any serious 4wd trip though.

[J_Dub]

when we going back to maratoto to do the whole loop track in the Zuk?

when its got a cage , winch rope , more bars, etc etc .
So probably next season condition being that you try and follow me in the bobbed Surf

still a fair way off doing any serious 4wd trip though.

ill hold you to that.. shal we call it a date
ute chop is under way, then the bob then i wana do bar work too so ill be out for a bit too

[UBZ]

when we going back to maratoto to do the whole loop track in the Zuk?

when its got a cage , winch rope , more bars, etc etc .
So probably next season condition being that you try and follow me in the bobbed Surf

still a fair way off doing any serious 4wd trip though.

ill hold you to that.. shal we call it a date
ute chop is under way, then the bob then i wana do bar work too so ill be out for a bit too

Sweet , next summer it is then , im sure DB will want to come along as well, plus ill need another zuk to help pull you out. must be about time for you to start a proper build thread to.

gives us a bit of time to get ready

[J_Dub]

oh yea ive purchased a locker too
carefull you might be eating them words..
i may do a little build thread but will wait till its well underway

[muddyhilux]

very nice work chris,shes come along way since when i first saw her thats for sure

[UBZ]

So after my random test drive i found i had a few things to sort out.
Was getting a bad clunk when decelerating and noticed that the gear lever would move forward 20mm
Turned out the rear gearbox mount was completely poked.

So ordered one of these last week and fitted yesterday . problem solved. Supposed to be unbreakable



Also have one transfer rubber about to let go , a worn jack shaft uni and a leaking rear break drum. Was little wonder i was having dramas getting the breaks to bleed up properly.

So not wanting to spend any money on stupid drum breaks i stripped down a spare rear housing yesterday . Fitted a traction enhancing equipped 3rd member of the Richmond variety .



Combined with a oddly mismatched pair of brackets.



and ending up with this as the final result.



have ordered a proportioning valve setup , and just need to fab up some brackets to hold the end of the break lines and ill have rear disc breaks on the zuk

[muddyhilux]

dude you must have so many parts at your house ae,i dont know anyone else who could just through something like that 2gether that is very cool

[UBZ]

:lol: dude you must have so many parts at your house ae,i dont know anyone else who could just through something like that 2gether that is very cool

secret squirrel stashing nuts for winter

[muddyhilux]

nice man ,nice,didnt think youd be up this late,just added those photos,saw you browsing as i went to add them

[UBZ]

Rear drums out , disc's in. still having a few bleeding issues.


And then took her out and got her muddy for the first time.
Lockers rule

Engine needs to go in the bin, uses just about as much oil as fuel and you can hear the rattle a mile off. but still putting out the power.

Lined up some 15x8's today for flipping , need to sort a clickin front CV and then motor swap time

[mroffroader]

*Cough* 4age *cough*

[UBZ]

*Cough* 4age *cough*

not really that impressed with how they make power only real high in the rev range..

Gti , bolts up and in, makes reasonable power lower in the rev range ,rev's feckin awesome and is Suzuki. and i have it all ready to go in at home

yours rollin yet? or have you sold it and got another secret project on the go?

[Dr_PC]

[quote="UBZnot really that impressed with how they make power only real high in the rev range..

Gti , bolts up and in, makes reasonable power lower in the rev range ,rev's feckin awesome and is Suzuki. and i have it all ready to go in at home/quote]
I Concur

[wopass]

looks choice bro!

[mroffroader]

*Cough* 4age *cough*

not really that impressed with how they make power only real high in the rev range..

Gti , bolts up and in, makes reasonable power lower in the rev range ,rev's feckin awesome and is Suzuki. and i have it all ready to go in at home

yours rollin yet? or have you sold it and got another secret project on the go?

Yea man all going, just got to mount alternator, power steer pump and radiator. Finish guard chop, snorkel and fit my front locker i have kicking around oh oh oh and some bar work

[UBZ]

Stripped the front diff down last weekend. Was in a pretty shocking condition.
Replaced all the seals and repacked all the bearings with nice new grease. Checked front diff head and fitted a proper breather connection for the front diff




Replaced both front CV's / axles with better units , No More clicking CV's

Also fitted a temp roll bar for the weekend. so my roof will actually stay on properly.

[Dr_PC]

Great now its is finally finished and so the improvements can start. You have done well

[UBZ]

Had a good weekend , will post some pics when i get my camera back.

Designed , built and fitted a proper fan control module , on / off or Thermo control from in Cab

Winch stripped , re-greased , new bushes, gaskets and break re-built.
Roller Fiarlead and winch installed on truck

Got an Integrated Solenoid pack from http://www.winch.co.nz
Solenoid installed and wired to winch.Wired for in cab control , Just got to connect up the battery in the rear and ill have a working winch

[mazdamike]

sorry it wouldnt let me pn them sorry

[UBZ]

Stripped down for a look and clean up, the other gearbox to bolt up to to the GTi




Also been progressing my custom transfer case bracket / bash plate