nils wrote:Looking at some of those photos, lookes like cutting brake may go well on you mod list, it's like poor mans traction control ๐
Always a good read smiley
Thanks dude.
I already have cutting brakes. But currently have two snapped handbrake cables
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Next weeks pay will be going into some new ones, and I might even have a crack at a mkIII design of my cutting brakes.
Smiley
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Awesome effort for 31inch all terrains and open diff. 34inch centipedes and a diff lock would have you idling through that track without stopping. Gotta love a baja thats used for what they were originally designed for.๐
Smiley wrote:Who else is doing this in their daily driver work hack?
Smiley ๐
Certainly not as wild as that track, but with a trailer on - does that count?
This is up in the swamps between Limburners Creek & the beach, North over the river from Port Macquarie. I was taking building materials in towards our 'shack' on the creek.
In this one you can see the 'turfor' winch cable. I fell into the wheel ruts and got stuck (there were 3 of us in the car) on the way in, but on the way out, with just me in the car, I got out OK.
This is where your big wheels & wheel travel, and high ground clearance come into their own. :-)
One day, if I can outlive my wife so I will be allowed, I will get my 69 in the garage finished into the baja that I want.
From your ole' mate Jeff
grinderman wrote:Awesome effort for 31inch all terrains and open diff. 34inch centipedes and a diff lock would have you idling through that track without stopping. Gotta love a baja thats used for what they were originally designed for.๐
I locker would be fantastic! And you're not wrong about the tyres. My all terrains are starting to get very worn, they've been on 2 years now and have done over 85000km!
I'm very much considering some mud tyres for my next purchase, but we'll see how everything goes.
beetleboyjeff wrote:Smiley wrote:Who else is doing this in their daily driver work hack?
Smiley ๐
Certainly not as wild as that track, but with a trailer on - does that count?
This is up in the swamps between Limburners Creek & the beach, North over the river from Port Macquarie. I was taking building materials in towards our 'shack' on the creek.
In this one you can see the 'turfor' winch cable. I fell into the wheel ruts and got stuck (there were 3 of us in the car) on the way in, but on the way out, with just me in the car, I got out OK.
This is where your big wheels & wheel travel, and high ground clearance come into their own. :-)
One day, if I can outlive my wife so I will be allowed, I will get my 69 in the garage finished into the baja that I want.
Hahahahaha! Very nice work Jeff! I bet not many people have taken an L bug down a track that sloppy! I certainly hope that you can get your Baja done at some stage!
Smiley
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Def go the Mudders Smiley
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matberry wrote:Def go the Mudders Smiley
I do have some 16 inch all terrains here at home that are in good nick. I just really need to get my rear disc brake kit built so I can change the stud pattern on the back to match and get some 16" rims for the back too.
But muddies would be great, just not sure I can afford them just at the moment.
Matt, you also have PM.
Smiley
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Went back out offroading yesterday to do some more exploring.
Decided to drive that hard track again. Did it about a thousand times quicker cause I knew the right lines.
I replaced both my handbrake cables (again ๐คช) on Friday afternoon and adjusted the rear brakes up. Got to use the cutting brakes and they really helped out while flexing through and getting a little light on one back wheel.
The Patrol and the Hilux opted to take the long way round ๐
Then I decided to plant Alyce in the ground to see if I could get her to grow even bigger ๐
Front wheel disappeared into the earth.
My friend Mike was trapped in the passenger's side.
It was a lot softer then suspected!!!
Had to get strapped out.
Time for a good wash I think. All in a day's work for Alyce the Baja, I love this car so much!
Smiley ๐
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
๐ you REALLY put her through her paces dont you?
Great stuff
Futue te ipsum!!!
Great mate. a couple of us thought you may show up at DI on friday night. Glad you were out mucking it. ๐๐
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Bizarre wrote:๐ you REALLY put her through her paces dont you?
Great stuff
That's what's she's for!
matberry wrote:Great mate. a couple of us thought you may show up at DI on friday night. Glad you were out mucking it. ๐๐
I was really really tempted, I definitely need to start driving down to some of those beach trips. I have no excuse, they are only 6 hours away.
Smiley
๐If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
Well during the week I pulled the bottom half of the airbox off in order to add somewhere to attach my prefilter.
It will be going on the LHS above the dissy.
Cut a suitable piece off a Commodore inlet tube.
And it wasn't long before we had it all welded in place.
Still a little tidying up to be done. I might give it all a smooth out with the die grinder and inspect for holes.
All that is left to do now is weld up the original spare hole that is in the front side of the airbox. As well as a few little ones that were the original bolt mounting holes.
Hoping to do a little more tomorrow afternoon.
Smiley ๐
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
Smiley I love the punishment you dish out to the baja. Also looking forward to see the new air setup.
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Smiley wrote:baghall wrote:Nice job Smiley. Glad they fit but yeah would look better further back. Bit of a hijack but I was told of a way to get lift that can be done. If you cut off the rear clip and front clip and reweld them 2 inches lower it will give lift to the body. Would need to gusset them well, though.
You mean the framehead on the front and the torsion housing on the back?
I have seen this done where someone welded another torsion housing onto the car at the back directly under the stock one. Can't remember what he had at the front.
Problems with this is you are adding a lot of extra weight, would have to gusset the crap out of it like you said, I'm not sure of legality? and you are not actually gaining any ground clearance. Cause you are only moving the body up on the suspension, not winding the suspension up for more height.
Smiley
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Sort of but not welding under the existing, cut off the existing. Legality is an issue but I know of a mechanic that did it to lower a car and engineers couldn't tell (what you don't know can't hurt you?). As far as clearance your right Smiley, it does only give a body lift. Gusseting was done with 10mm steel.
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Hey all. Just a few quick pictures. I managed to finish welding up the holes in the bottom half of the airbox on Friday so I could fit my prefilter.
Cut out a piece and welded it in to fill the factory inlet hole.
And plug welded up the factory mounting holes.
Mounted back in place.
The air is now draw from the side instead of directly off the fanhousing. I'm hoping that the inlet air will be a bit cooler now it's not pulling from off the hot fanhousing.
Airbox and prefilter fitted back onto the car.
And here's a picture with the engine scoop back in place.
And what better way to test it out then a trip up the beach on Saturday ๐
Smiley ๐
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
Got to say smiley, im digging the airbox with prefilter. ๐been thinking about what to do with the new engine and i think that just made the shortlist
Quit calling rust patina
Yeah I like that idea as well, might have to ut that on the to do list.
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Little bit of a late post on here but Alyce and I had a fantastic time down at Warwick!
It was my first time ever racing so I was a little nervous of how things were going to go.
Drove her around 800km either way to get down to Warwick and back. She ran like a watch the entire time, oil temps were very good, a lot better then the last big drive we did, some of the improvements are showing. Even got better fuel economy then normal too. Though I still think I can go down one more main jet size.
Had some great days on Saturday and Sunday racing and trying to remove as much weight from the car as possible ๐
Ended up running my best on Sunday morning practice with a 11.442 at 57.32mph. A little slower than I hoped but pretty good for a big heavy Baja ๐ Will certainly be racing again next year, it's too much fun not too!
Here's a few quick pictures.
Well drag racing one weekend, followed by an 800km road trip home. Drive her to work everyday. And then UP THE BEACH THE NEXT WEEKEND!!!
We had such great weather I couldn't resist taking the 'race car' for a run up to 5-Rocks today.
Gee she is doing some hard miles!!!
Smiley ๐
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When I got home this arvo I started work on a long range fuel tank for Alyce.
Pulled this out of a Kombi at home. Given the state of the bus I was expecting the lower half to be reddish brown and very 'swiss cheese' looking. But turns out the tank is in great condition and very clean inside.
Pulled everything out of the back on the car and sat it in place. Though it is sitting up on the outlet pipe I have to say that the fit in the car is amazing. Perfect spacing between the wheel wells, the seatback still swings against its stops with an inch to spare and still going to leave some room up top for storage ๐
Filler is going to go out in here.....
.....through to here somewhere.
Still a little more parts collecting to be done. I also need to source a new sender cause the one in the tank is inoperable. And some fill tubes.
I will build a frame for it to sit in then a new firewall over the top.
More soon ๐
Smiley ๐
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
Cool long range tank idea. I assume you are going to allow it to drain to the front tank, but are you going to have a large enough drain so you can fill both tanks from the one filler.
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baghall wrote:Cool long range tank idea. I assume you are going to allow it to drain to the front tank, but are you going to have a large enough drain so you can fill both tanks from the one filler.
Nope. Just going to tee it into the fuel line with a switchable fitting. So I can change between tanks.
Smiley
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Well I got a little bit more done on the rear tank today.
Made up a frame out of 25x25x3mm angle.
I had to notch the 2 side pieces slightly so the tank would fit down in it. I couldn;t make the frame any wide or it won't fit between the wheel wells in the back of the car.
The tank fits very nicely into the frame.
And the frame is a nice tight fit into the back of the car.
More soon.
Smiley ๐
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Looks like Alice is getting some love for a change
So come on Smiley let the folks know whats going on !!!!
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
I can see some rear discs......
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And some nice new non 30 year old seat belts too , and wipers that don't park in the middle of the screen
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
Hopefully ready for some pretty little plates, blue in colour. ๐๐๐
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WESTWOOD!!! You stirring bugger!!
Since when are you friends with my sister!??
Looks like I've been sprung. Long story short, Alyce got defected by the police. So I've been working on her getting her tidied up and sorted ready for a RWC. After about a week of phone calls and butting heads with the Transport department and Police station it came down to me getting a RWC and taking it in to the police station and they will lift the defect.
While I had her apart I decided to make and fit the rear disc brake conversion, and fit a standard weight flywheel cause lightened ones suck! Among a lot of other little fixes and tidying up I've had to do. I've been too busy to put anything up on here but have been taking some pictures and will try and do a proper update soon.
There's still lots to do and she's booked in for a RW Wednesday afternoon. I need her back on the road before Christmas, or I'm going to kill myself. I'm already getting withdrawals from not having been offroading in too long! ๐ ๐
Smiley ๐
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
Am not actually friends with Sam , but when she tags you in a photo on good old fb , the fun had to start .
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
haha ๐
good to read its nearly back where you belong..
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Smiley,
What'd she get defected for?
Glad to see you're on the road to recovery however, hopefully you can get in a few runs through the tracks before Christmas.
Good luck!
SebastienPeek wrote:Smiley,
What'd she get defected for?
Glad to see you're on the road to recovery however, hopefully you can get in a few runs through the tracks before Christmas.
Good luck!
- Oversized tyres
- No mudflaps
- Broken Hood latch
- Cracked door pillar
- Oil leaks
- Wipers
- And my brakes.
Smiley
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