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at 3 today if off to whirinaki forest [east of taupo] with the manakau club
never seen the place before , heard a lot . full report monday night

coxsy wrote:at 3 today if off to whirinaki forest [east of taupo] with the manakau club
never seen the place before , heard a lot . full report monday night

your gonna love it in there mate

my weekend has started early as i had booked an extra day off today (friday) to make ready for the big trip to welly...unfortunatly not going but have made some progress on the truck that i wanted to get done instead

made some wedges to slip into the rear spring perches to point the drive shaft at the transfer case a little,welded them in and bolted it all up, much better

i ordered some new U bolts from 4wdbits the other day and they turned up so opened the bag and they were the wrong ones damn it i hate when you order the wrong parts by accedent ! ! ! that twice ive done it now ! ...anyway, thought i would try to make them work for what i needed and managed to bugger the thread down one side of one U bolt so havent even unwrapped the other 3,will have to ask warren nicely if i can swap the untouched 3 for the other ones that i should have ordered in the first place and shell out for another...... wheres Warren ?

anyway....weekends off to a good start...ish

ahhh the rain

didnt get hardly anything done today i wanted to bog it and primer it
but its to cold and wet

mates came over at 4am t wake me up
driveway full of safaris it was beughtiful

Pulled my motor out put new one in. Wired my mates supra engine up into his truck, It started bang on perfect o the first turn of the key. So proud of my self for that. :afro: (no big head icon)

f***** a transfere case so spent saturday swapping it over and put a triple flow muffler in and new exhaust and new drivshaft and started to put a roof rack in the deck ( donated by supralux one of my biggest sponsors )

hiriklux wrote:f***** a transfere case so spent saturday swapping it over and put a triple flow muffler in and new exhaust and new drivshaft and started to put a roof rack in the deck ( donated by supralux one of my biggest sponsors )

See what happens when you start modifying your truck to much........I bet you wish you had a nice standard hilux now aye.............

hiivefckuedmylux wrote: put a roof rack in the deck

See, there you go, a clasic example of bloody Pom's, all arse about face.
Mate, roof racks go on the roof!!!

kiwipete
Posted: 2007-06-02, 18:16:29

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hiivefckuedmylux wrote:
put a roof rack in the deck


See, there you go, a clasic example of bloody Pom's, all arse about face.
Mate, roof racks go on the roof!!!

na putting a seat there for the camera man kiwipete

See what happens when you start modifying your truck to much........I bet you wish you had a nice standard hilux now aye.............

need somthing to do on a weekend

na putting a seat there for the camera man kiwipete

Seems to me like someone's just laid down a challenge. Now how can I wriggle myself outta this one then?

made it up to see Warren (4wdbits) and got my new U bolts, cheers dude, much appreciated and they are in now and are RAD ! so now i have a better drive line clearance from nastys(rocks,logs,trees...etc) as i pointed the pinion at the T case a wee bit,better U.J angle as well

wedges and U bolts


better pinion up angle


went for a drive and no Vibes cool eh

pulled out the starter motor to check it over

it looks all ok, mite replace brushes anyway. Planning to install a lift pump on monday.

Now how can I wriggle myself outta this one then?

when you copy it you can read it

hiriklux wrote:

Now how can I wriggle myself outta this one then?

when you copy it you can read it

wopass wrote:made it up to see Warren (4wdbits) and got my new U bolts, cheers dude, much appreciated and they are in now and are RAD ! so now i have a better drive line clearance from nastys(rocks,logs,trees...etc) as i pointed the pinion at the T case a wee bit,better U.J angle as well

wedges and U bolts


better pinion up angle


went for a drive and no Vibes cool eh

Hey Ben any reason for not welding spring perches on at a greater angle? I asume you've used wedges as was easier than cutting off and rewelding the perches?

Just curious as I've tacked mine into place for now as there was no transfer case for me to aim the pinion at. I assume you've had to do this due to new engine/gearbox/tcase being different length to factory set up?

Well to add to my post on sat, the weekends total, all three days we didnt really start till lunchtime.

1 truck supra engine wired from scratch, loom all tidied ready to go. everything working off the key.

My truck, engine removed, new one in the hole, all wited up, everything connected and back together, bonnet on completed. Rear axel removed, new wide axel Mechined down (grinder) for disks, disks and bearks all setup, rolled under truck. Just need to get some new u bolts for the slighlty bigger aexl and it will be done and driving.

Scored shitloads of future brownie points by taking the family away to Akaroa for the weekend. Pissed down sat nite so couldn't help myself, had to have a look at the 4wd tracks didn't I. Really slippery but shit loads of fun, no problems thank god as the handbrake was on board Plenty of mud on it now needng to be washed off down the Conway next weekend
Al

was going to pick up the jet ski today with the safari to go for a ride, went into a street to pick the ski up and was probably going about 50-60 kms and BANG the rear left wheel falls off. Lucky the wheel stayed inside the guards but the disc decided to churn up the rim

brake disc is a bit dented and the rim has been shed on the inside a bit. all the bolts on the hub have been shawn along with two of the bolts breaking off.

went for a quick trip up thompsons today,me pete,andy,dwayne,and dan. bit of a test run for me and pete all ok,nothing broken and home in one piece so thats cool.

vid of the fiddy goin up the summit track
http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/images/ ... V03712.mpg

me doin a different summint track
http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/images/ ... V03708.mpg

last one, me playin.
http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/images/ ... V03714.mpg

wopass wrote:vid of the fiddy goin up the summit track
http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/images/ ... V03712.mpg

manual zoom.....

lovin the little fiddy revvin up the hill.. hope to see more vids soon..

whirinaki forest loved the place spent 3 hours hanging on the end of my winch cable satarday, sunday 20 trucks in convoy a tour though the soft tracks .
saterday broke right side of the grille, sidelight suday stoved in the right hand guard , fair lead wore groves in the rollers bund up the winch which then jamed in gear plus locked the trans in gear as well

niblik wrote:

wopass wrote:vid of the fiddy goin up the summit track
http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/images/ ... V03712.mpg

manual zoom.....

lovin the little fiddy revvin up the hill.. hope to see more vids soon..

another one up for you bro

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/images/ ... V03708.mpg

wopass wrote:another one up for you bro

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/images/ ... V03708.mpg

You made that look far too easy

your truck sounds cool man, does holley still make those fue injection systems that would stop the fuel starve problems

DaveM wrote:You made that look far too easy

it allways LOOKS easy mate. very slipery and pretty steep with a fair bit of a lean over most of the way up,gotta be on your game and its a 40 ! ...i just sit there and it does all the hard work for me

coxy wrote:your truck sounds cool man, does holley still make those fue injection systems that would stop the fuel starve problems

no idea mate,it only seems to have problems at idle on the slopes so all i have to do is keep my foot up it and no problemo

wopass wrote:and its a 40 ! ...i just sit there and it does all the hard work for me

I thought it was just your tyres and motor
Think the hippo wouldn't have a sh*t show of getting up there
Oh well, I guess sitting at the bottom with the heater on would do me

last one.

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/images/ ... V03714.mpg

DaveM wrote:

wopass wrote:and its a 40 ! ...i just sit there and it does all the hard work for me

I thought it was just your tyres and motor
Think the hippo wouldn't have a sh*t show of getting up there
Oh well, I guess sitting at the bottom with the heater on would do me

Mine usually gets up there

Wasn't game enough to take the 50 up there this time, its still to skinny

How did the vid of dwayne come out?? That fella's got Balls of Steel

How have you found it running the 35's so far Pete?
Still debating whether or not its worth while running them without a turbo.

DieselBoy wrote:Mine usually gets up there

yes it does,and very well

DieselBoy wrote:How did the vid of dwayne come out?? That fella's got Balls of Steel

that vid was shocking ! cloud bank must have fogged the lens or something and all you could hear was the wind roaring in the mic !...... nah its not that bad but im not gonna post it, taken me all night to get our ones up ..... you can watch it when you come out next

DaveM wrote:How have you found it running the 35's so far Pete?
Still debating whether or not its worth while running them without a turbo.

Mate IT IS WORTH IT!!!!!!!!!

Its a different truck off road, goes nearly anywhere you point it provided you don't sink I toured the whole south island on them, 5700k's, and it was fine, will still do 140kph on a straight road, just a little slower to pick up speed to pass and a tad slower up hills but the difference off road makes up for it 10x