Offroad-Express

Well,
WE FINALLY HAVE A LADA SECTION!!

So, post up pics and details of your Lada, Or Lada's, if you are that way inclined

Here are mine:

1990 Lada Niva, reasonably standard, really tidy condition (except for crappy black re-paint). Not going entirely yet, but soon to be road legal.



And my 1989 Lada 'Fiva'. Fiat Twin-cam two litre engine conversion, documented on internet by 'Cloggy' (Pierre Seevens). http://www.ladaniva.co.uk/baxter/cloggy/page1.html
Also currently not road legal, but is going, and is getting towards it's WoF.




Also, you can introduce yourself.

My name is Louis Prouting, an 18y.o. from Auckland (also Kaiwaka). I'm just starting at AUT this year, doing Communications.

And that's me.

Your turn!

Following your impassioned (desperate!!) plea, I've joined up!
Photos in 'Our 4wds' because I've not figured how to put them in here!
Regards,
Hoodoo

Hoodoo wrote:Following your impassioned (desperate!!) plea, I've joined up!
Photos in 'Our 4wds' because I've not figured how to put them in here!
Regards,
Hoodoo

You have to upload them to photobucket, resize them to 640x480 and copy and paste the IMG code into here.

But nice, tidy looking Niva

Greetings good to finally see an nz site.My name is peter,I have owned a 96 1.7 for the past 5 1/2 years.I have put the reg on hold because I live in the bop and the lada is in taranaki.Once I sell my house I will bring it up and start the alterations that I have planned.These include taking the roof off,building a type of spaceframe to compensate for the lost strength by taking the roof off,Changing it back to left hand drive so that I can get my shoeboxes in[as you know the left footwell is wider than the right],lowering the diff ratios and the transfer box ratio[I need to slow the old girl down].I have already given it a 2'' lift and put some 30x9.5x15 under her.I will post some photos once I start.Take it easy out there,peter

here is mine on his last outing in the mud, have been modifying it since



as it is at the moment



2" lift
progressive springs
steel front diff
rear disk brakes
Air lockers front and rear
4.7 Diff ratios
Rock crawler 3:1 transfer Gear case
KYB gas shocks
twin 9" thermal fans
1.9 Turbo Diesel transplant
BMW E36 Front seats
Custom winch Bumper
5000lb Runva winch
31"x10.5x15 Silverstone Extreme Mud tyre's

Still on job list

Box section side sills
rear bumper with removable tow hitch
Guard trim
Kermit Green paint job.

Nivapulledout wrote:here is mine on his last outing in the mud, have been modifying it since

2" lift
progressive springs
steel front diff
rear disk brakes
Air lockers front and rear
4.7 Diff ratios
Rock crawler 3:1 transfer Gear case
KYB gas shocks
twin 9" thermal fans
1.9 Turbo Diesel transplant
BMW E36 Front seats
Custom winch Bumper
5000lb Runva winch
31"x10.5x15 Silverstone Extreme Mud tyre's

Still on job list

Box section side sills
rear bumper with removable tow hitch
Guard trim
Kermit Green paint job.

Air lockers front and rear?! Damn I'm jealous

Here's mine, Called 'Miniskip':


A few years back in first competition:


A coule of years ago:


Don't have any decent photo's of it's current build state...

Niva with:
Toyota 2c (2.0 diesel),
lada 4speed box (changed form 5speed),
Steel front diff,
Power Steering,
Corolla seats,
1/2 cage,
Welded rear diff,
Small guard trim,
Wide offset 15" rims,
30x9.5 R15's,
Rear mounted radiator,
Skid plates underneath,
Fully stripped for light weight,
PRS etc,
Beer can holder's- inside truck and under bonnet!

Futre mod's:
Install 5.1 diff's (sitting under my bench )
Install front Air locker (also sitting under my bench )
Finish ute conversion,
Finish re-shaping the guards for bigger ruber,
Then Get some bigger tyre's under it!
much further down the track- upgrade to a 3C-t (2.2 turbo diesel)

At the moment, it's parked up, Mod's on hold till I finish current round of mod's on the other truck, then I'll get back into working on the lada...

Dogg.

SP450andLE wrote:
Air lockers front and rear?! Damn I'm jealous

Dont all ladas come with factory cable lockers? My freind has a old paddock racer one with cable lockrs that we beat on.

You Get That wrote:

SP450andLE wrote:
Air lockers front and rear?! Damn I'm jealous

Dont all ladas come with factory cable lockers? My freind has a old paddock racer one with cable lockrs that we beat on.

They have standard CENTRE DIFF LOCK, is that what your meaning??

rotordogg wrote:

You Get That wrote:

SP450andLE wrote:
Air lockers front and rear?! Damn I'm jealous

Dont all ladas come with factory cable lockers? My freind has a old paddock racer one with cable lockrs that we beat on.

They have standard CENTRE DIFF LOCK, is that what your meaning??

Na this one has center diff lock and 2 leavers for front and rear diff locks It has a plate saying only front will lock once rear is in and dont enage in mud yada yada yada.

You Get That wrote:Na this one has center diff lock and 2 leavers for front and rear diff locks It has a plate saying only front will lock once rear is in and dont enage in mud yada yada yada.

Interesting, I've not seen that in a lada before!!

You Get That wrote: Na this one has center diff lock and 2 leavers for front and rear diff locks It has a plate saying only front will lock once rear is in and dont enage in mud yada yada yada.

Can you get a photo of that? I, too, have never heard of such a thing. BUT I WANT IT!!

rotordogg wrote:Niva with:
Toyota 2c (2.0 diesel),
lada 4speed box (changed form 5speed),
Steel front diff,
Power Steering,
Corolla seats,
1/2 cage,
Welded rear diff,
Small guard trim,
Wide offset 15" rims,
30x9.5 R15's,
Rear mounted radiator,
Skid plates underneath,
Fully stripped for light weight,
PRS etc,
Beer can holder's- inside truck and under bonnet!

So not road legal then? Or just a slack WoF guy?

You Get That wrote:... 2 leavers for front and rear diff locks It has a plate saying only front will lock once rear is in and dont enage in mud yada yada yada.

Yeah I'd love some pickies as well. And might be keen if he's ever selling it or the bits.

Oh and here's my Niva:






http://www.ladaniva.co.uk/baxter/images ... xter_3.jpg

http://www.ladaniva.co.uk/baxter/images ... va2006.jpg

It's got a 2" Hoodoo Ring lift, and usually runs a Weber. It's currently sitting unloved outside my house after a drama filled engine and tranny swap that hasn't bee fully sorted yet. More about it here: http://www.ladaniva.co.uk/baxter/baxtersniva.htm

SP450andLE wrote:So not road legal then? Or just a slack WoF guy?

Not WOF'd now. Can have more fun if you don't need to worry about WOF's...

Im in, but no pic yet

Hi all this is my current niva have to date had 5 so have lots of spare'sin the shed.

1989 niva 1600 5speed
relocated alternator to high mount on left side
an move coil to box by windscrean

32/36 webber
275/70/16 hankooks rt01 on 8 in widened rims
lifted 2 1/2 in
ball joint space's
costom made front bar an sill bars , front bash plate
external/internal cage made by me toyota clecia sport seats with 5 point harnes's
rear mounted radiator inside hatch with 5ltr header tank
long travel air shocks in the back an gas shocks in the front
pic in my 4wd

still working out how to use forums etc (im a car guy not a computer guy) am trying to upload some pics of the tourist. so here goes

SP450andLE wrote:

You Get That wrote: Na this one has center diff lock and 2 leavers for front and rear diff locks It has a plate saying only front will lock once rear is in and dont enage in mud yada yada yada.

Can you get a photo of that? I, too, have never heard of such a thing. BUT I WANT IT!!

Had a lada around 12 years ago now, that had factory lockers front and rear, wasnt very mechanically minded at the time so not sure how they worked but they did and dam effect.

I'd love to get details of these factory locker equipped Nivas. As far as I know, they've never been fitted with lockers in the axles as standard, only the usual transfer box lock.
Hope I'm wrong!
Regards,