I recently got some idea of rush the guys in the high powered offroad buggies and bajas must get


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ok so its a kombi but i've built it up to be a go almost anywhere camper...so took it for a test run thru some state forest...freakin awesome powering up cliffs pretending to be hills and long muddy boggy stretches no problem...what must a buggy be like i love subaru

Offroading the Kombi's is a lot of fun......but nothing like driving a buggy or Baja......ask OzTowdster..he had to completely change driving styles when changing from his manx to his Baja Bus

Oh its not that much different now with 200bhp on tap.

I'dd be watching those rocky tracks as those Kombi boxs aren't as indistructable as you might think , just ask 11Cab how long it take to change one in the bush , and his was only VW powered

Yep 1700 gearbox, 2L type 4 and 33 inch mudders........
Broke every tooth of the pinion at 4.30pm on a Sunday afternoon deep in the bush.......drove it out after a gearbox swap on the track at 8.30pm......nota bad effort I thought......

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Originally posted by 11CAB Yep 1700 gearbox, 2L type 4 and 33 inch mudders........ Broke every tooth of the pinion at 4.30pm on a Sunday afternoon deep in the bush.......drove it out after a gearbox swap on the track at 8.30pm......nota bad effort I thought......

I'mm pretty sure he was running the same fronts as mine which are 235 / 75 15" and as mine also he had a 110mm beam lift in the front.
Heres a pic of his twin cab.

cool...i've got a 4'' lift beam under the house and some 235's...i don't think i'll be changing it over out on a bush track in four hours tho tuff looking ute

My uncle's dual cab runs 10R 31.5" on the front and 12.5 33" on the rear. Obviously independant reduction box set up make a bit of a difference to gearing.

My cousin's split panel van has Renault gearbox with 12.5 33" and powered by decent 2L will go anywhere. He cannot break it apart from breaking the body off the chassis. It required some more bracing and a lot of welding to "stitch" it back on.

Ken Brown's (Brownie's coastwatch) Buggy runs Renault box with full airbag set up and fully adjustable independant rear end. Combine it with disc brakes all round and it is absolutely unstopable with 12R's on the rear.Car is going to go up for sale soon. U2U me if you may interested. Will be asking around $30k plus for it. The best engineered Buggy you'll ever see.

got any pics of it?

BTW, I picked up my new 2l gearbox from Dunhams (Schimo) today. It's not even in the car yet and only has a few basic mods (0.77 albins top/t3 superdiff/moly pinion nut) and there's not a lot of change from $3k.

Be nice to your gearboxes boys. I drove my 1800/subie like a Nana mostly and it still snapped the end of the main shaft eventually.

Here's Brownies Baja from his Coastwatch website

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Originally posted by pete wood got any pics of it? BTW, I picked up my new 2l gearbox from Dunhams (Schimo) today. It's not even in the car yet and only has a few basic mods (0.77 albins top/t3 superdiff/moly pinion nut) and there's not a lot of change from $3k. Be nice to your gearboxes boys. I drove my 1800/subie like a Nana mostly and it still snapped the end of the main shaft eventually.

Those pics were before the Renault box/disc brakes etc etc were done. Car is in great condition considering it spends 4 odd months a year on Moreton Island. I have been detailing it since it was built and it gets polished and a coat of wax about 4 times a year with washes in between. If I had the money I"d own it as it drives like a normal car and doesn't feel like it sits as high as it does.

I gather it's the 5speed renault? The car does look very nice. Dunno about all the fishing rods though. still if he catches the fish I guess I'm more than happy to eat em.

BTW, The 1800 box in my car was rebuilt. So it wasn't 30yo. It's not double the load that kills em, it's things wearing out completely or shock loading. Still if you must drive like an idiot you will pay for it. I wish I'd at least got to drive like an idiot!

Yup 5 speed tranny. you'd have to do something pretty crazy to break one of them. Crownwheel is like 9.25" in diameter!! My cousin hasn't managed to break his in his split Panel van yet(Done a few CV's) and if anyone was to break a Renault tranny he'd be the one to do it.