Good to asee its finally come a head. Nice vid on the dyno aswell.
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Good to asee its finally come a head. Nice vid on the dyno aswell.
Thanks mate ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan
That said, a 'disconcerting' knock from the engine when I started this morning ... runs fine and no further noises, so hopefully just letting me know it wasn't appreciative of the couple of bonnet deep water crossings on the weekend!!
They're coming boss - promise!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by clunk71
Where did you find bonnet deep water, Bigrig? I'd have to do something about Silver's air intake and breathers before having a go at that depth :-)
Last time we were at Bribie, 04OFF was saying that he missed the second lagoon crossing running as it did last year. You know the one - he took some spectacular pics of people who were dicing with the tide.
The second and third lagoons mate at high tide ... bloody deep and moving at a rate of knots - not for the feint hearted and not done without appropriate review and risk assessment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Silver
Check out the vid I posted in the media area. It's the last time I went down the west coast. Lot of rain and a beach crossingQuote:
Originally Posted by Bigrig
Lucas
Getting excited - 2 more sleeps till the new bar goes on, 3 more sleeps till the winch goes on ...
Should be ready to rock (finally!!) for the comp on the weekend ..
Hopefully the camera is fully charged
Photos Photos Photos and more Photos
You looked into the world of intercoolers any more Biggus Riggus?
No boss - going to leave the XR6 one on there and if an issue when I get the electronic boost controller, I'll be going water/meth injection to cool things down - cheaper and easier alternative to swapping out the intercooler after all that effort (and truth be told, I'm not convinced it's having the issue truth be told - they rate them to 260kw and behind a large 6 engine, and I'm nowhere near that currently, so thinking it's more the "setup" than the intercooler itself ...)Quote:
Originally Posted by Timbo
You should know me by now mate!!! lol - there'll be plenty - gone thicker OD tube also now so it should beef it up a bit too (centre hoop and main front cross bar is now 60mm - currently both 45mm; and the rest is 45mm - currently 40mm).Quote:
Originally Posted by growlers71gq
It'll be running hot mate!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tweakedoffroad
After seeing this beast in the flesh i can attest to what a weapon it is and that any thing scotty does to it will only make better.
Sincere thanks mate - coming from someone who 'used' to own an awesome rig, I take that as a real compliment!! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Dark 1
Outside of electronic boost controller, I sorta think the build is coming to an end ... lots of cosmetic stuff to do, but I've hit a threshold on serious mods and am pretty happy with where it's at ...
By the way, returned an 18.11 litres per hundred for the first full tank!!! That included some 100+ klms of low tyre pressure and sand driving, some highway driving, but the rest around town!!! Very pleased ...
good to hear mate:)
That intercooler you have, are the ends where hose clamp to/over it rather thick?.
I found on my car that this caused alot of turbulence may-be back pressure on inlet port.
I cut a car wash sponge making a round plug and pushed a little way into in/out ports of cooler, coated this with spray grease to seal this over and ported them out, " tapering " in/out ends of cooler .
keeping tilted down carefully used long-nose pliers removed 1 sponge and cleaned up, made a through job to ensure nothing left behind to fall inside, and then cleaned the other the same .
this made a notable increase to torque.
The inlet and outlet are 60mm - think the tube itself is 2.5-3mm making an inner diameter of 54mm. I'm producing a heap of torque at 7.5lbs of boost, but more than happy to try this down the track once the electronic boost controller goes on and I know what I'm dealing with (should be thumping out around 650-700nm at the rear wheels!!) - appreciate the info mate!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Robo
One more sleep till front bar and winch go on ... was supposed to be today, but either way, very excited!!
I'm a simple creature!! lol
Well, here tis ... new bar and winch - 240's mounted on top of centre hoop and a tight squeeze all round!!! Winch isn't connected as yet coz I need a custom bracket - will do that next week. Gotta fix up the number plate mount, but on there at least to keep the boys in blue happy ... that said, me likey!!!!
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Looking good. Me likey too!
Lucas
Sh1t hot mate looks a little bit light weight? Hahahahha just takin the p1ss from the other thread looks heaps tuffr
Looks good is it my eyes deceiving me or do you need a wheel alignment bad
doesnt matter which way the front wheels are pointing, the tank has enough grunt to keep em off the ground most the time! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by 97_gq_lwb
I like how you think .Quote:
Originally Posted by taslucas
Nice bar work.
hows the air get in though.
still likey lots.
It's about 12kgs heavier than the old bar - add a 40kg winch to that, and it's like driving a different car!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by growlers71gq
Hahaha ... nah mate, just the angle of the dangle so to speak!!! Just had an alignment etc ...Quote:
Originally Posted by 97_gq_lwb
True that old mate!!!! Both wheels off the ground in the shots from the weekend at springs!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by taslucas
Have to get used to it now - it has heaps of grunt, and on beer o'clock hill, if anything, I actually had to get off the skinny pedal - was hitting it too fast in low range (with reduction gears!!) at about half throttle!!! Power/torque is no longer an issue off road for sure -- now its just my crap driving left as an excuse!!!! lmao
Funny thing (and I have a theory - a bad one, but a theory none the less). When I had all the lights off, it was running hotter than previous (no joke), and I literally spoke of this to two people the day I got it fitted, as when I put the new bar on and mounted the lights, it ran cooler again?????Quote:
Originally Posted by Robo
Soooo ... my (bad) theory is that in some instances, spotties etc actually cause turbulent air in front of the grill in same principle as those Hiclones etc, and allows the "thinner" air behind the small vacuum caused to get in easier ... I can't figure it out otherwise - we're talking running at half on the temp gauge without spotties, and no more than just under/around a third with the spotties .... I'm certainly confused and would love an alternate explanation ...
Liking the new bar work..... same but different, chunkier. Nice one bigrig
That's interesting about air flow.
Possibly because of extra airflow going under car is scavaging what air is going threw engine bay more so with spots on.
Without lights you may be getting an air lock so to speak.
Getting an invisible wall of air preventing air flow threw engine bay, cancelling one another out.
Result to much air not being able to exhaust so to speak.
FYI
Its said those big mud-flaps owners have fitted that run across the back their cars actually interfere with this air flow and cause over heating problems not enough air flow under car to scavaging hot air from engine bay, big air buffer caused by restriction "out back" .
cheers.
Well - just dropped Tank off for yet another bout of work!!!
Getting a couple of flat spots ironed out in the fuel map, and low and behold when we got to the park on the weekend, the front seal on the water pump poo'd itself and is leaking, so a new one going in.
On top of that, the gremlins are back and the TC isn't locking up again (manual switch isn't working either, nor the temp gauge) - the switch and gauge are on the same fuse, so can understand that may have blown, but again, as to what's causing this constant issue .. no idea ...
As ridiculous as it sounds, I hope the TC is either stuffed, or the solenoid is stuffed .. straight replacement for new part and move on ... spending 3 days going through electrical issues to find a loose wire/faulty connection is not my idea of "value for money" ...
And just so it's on record, even with Tank still a little under the weather, he can still climb straight over the top of other makes and models!!!!! :smileyvault-cute-bi
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Looking good Scotty, definitely a tuff ride, good luck sorting out the last of the gremlins.
I have never looked at the patrol wiring but i remember a commodore a few years ago that had a transmission fuse blowing and it ended up being the trailer plug wiring in the boot shorting on the reverse light circuit.
You're the second bloke to tell me that mate ... something to be checked for sure as it did play up once and was blowing the indicator fuse all the time. Would it be able to affect the TC solenoid though??Quote:
Originally Posted by 97_gq_lwb
Oooh damn! having to get used to heaps more power must REALLY SUCK!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigrig
3 Days???? I been chasing the damn fault with my TC for about 5 months!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigrig
If it is blowing a transmision fuse i'd say it would cause the tc to not work at all.
I remember wiring up a torque converter lockup switch on a gq about 8 years ago from memory it put power to the lock up solenoid an easy test would be to do that yourself and work back from there.
I have also heard of the switch in the gear selector being at fault so worth checking that as well.
The trans computer being where it is does make it prone to water damage and i would also check it for dry solder joints and the plugs for corrosion they are a common cause of intermittent issues.
Their is an electrical contact cleaner lubricant available from most electronic stores like jaycar dick smith etc.
Hahaha ... yep, it's awful!!!! lmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by taslucas
Outstanding - thanks mate!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by 97_gq_lwb
I am not 100 % sure of this but i think from memory the trans computer on the carb models has a few factors used to calculate the tc lockup as well tps vs speed etc so anyone else having trouble it might be worth checking the tps with a multimeter to make sure it is working properly as well.
Thats about everything i havent done. Awesome mate, i will be checking all those things. Cheers:)Quote:
Originally Posted by 97_gq_lwb