Would love to see the duo (Alan and the beast; no pun intended) live in action some time Having a well balanced vehicle just makes it a little bit easier.. 
Yip, I remember that stock car race, it was a hoot... would have been something if you won that one...Hoppy wrote:100" is known worldwide to be the ideal wheelbase for serious 4x4 work, so my dream was always to build a 100" Hilux. I found a real rustbucket for a donor vehicle, the chassis was shortened by 400mm making it 100", the loadbox is std double cab, but i moved the arches and the cab is std single cab. I left the std 4Y engine in at first, but it was modified and EFI'd later to push 115KW, but it didn't have any low down torque, it was then swopped with a 3.0 V6 Camry engine, and believe it or not, it didn't work as well as a 4Y, so a std 4Y with Brospeed and EFI went back in. We won our first year of competition with that 4Y, but the unquenchable thirst of the 4y trying to pull the 35's made me swop it out with a KZTE. The KZ was fitted with a 2.8 Colt mechanical pump, large intercooler etc. and we won the second year with the Diesel. My biggest suprise was that we took second place in the annual Toyota challenge in the dunes with 100 entrants including many seriously modified V8's, supercharged 6cylinders, and other vehicles with 3 times the horsepower. I spent a lot of time getting the balance right and make it handle well, wich i think is more important than the horsepower,i've even entered it in a stock car race once, it's a bit top heavy for that, but at least we were not last.
Sorry uncle, my grinder and welder is still my favourite tools.
but it was great fun.. En Giniel het al die dakar gewen, met 'n gebreekte volksie..CasKru wrote:Ja nee Allan... jy is helemal te modest
die ding wat seker die meeste like is die KZ engine!
Ek wou nie al die elektronika inbou nie, ek soek iets betroubaar wat maar kan nat word ens. Die uitlaatpyp is 63mm met net een klein demper, jy kan hom selfs sonder enige dempers bou, turbo diesels het nie "Back pressure" nodig nie, hulle loop ook koeler en sterker met n oop sisteem4x4Maniac wrote:Ek like daai lux baie
Alan, hoekom moes jy die colt 2.8 pomp op sit? En watse wydte exhaust het jy daar op? Ek oorweeg om myne te vervang, maar wil nie te groot gaan en dan back pressure verloor nie.
Cassie, daai man in die voorgrond is Allan homself...CasKru wrote:Kan sommer sien dit is oordentlik gedoen.
Net gou een vraag, het julle die chassis korter gemaak of net die bak. Hoekom ek vra is op daai een prentjie sweis die man in die voorgrond aan die chassis..
Great dan sit ek n SS 63mm in, en sal die demper heeltemal dan laat freeflow met een klein boksie, wat nie die vloei breek nie, net demp, sal ook uit kyk vir n groter exhaust ook as dit nie te duur is nie. Die 63mm SS systeem kan ek by Noise boys laat doen vir R2300 en R1500 vir gewone mild steel.Hoppy wrote: Ek wou nie al die elektronika inbou nie, ek soek iets betroubaar wat maar kan nat word ens. Die uitlaatpyp is 63mm met net een klein demper, jy kan hom selfs sonder enige dempers bou, turbo diesels het nie "Back pressure" nodig nie, hulle loop ook koeler en sterker met n oop sisteem
No Chris, come join us on one of our outings and then you can see luxter on a trail, how about thatChrisF wrote:Allan baie netjies wa daai !!
Hou ons asseblief op hoogte wanneer julle weer kompetisie ry, sal graag wil kom kyk.
Highjack,4x4Maniac wrote:Ek oorweeg om myne te vervang, maar wil nie te groot gaan en dan back pressure verloor nie.
