Looks good is it my eyes deceiving me or do you need a wheel alignment bad
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! lolOriginally Posted by 97_gq_lwb
Hello from Under Down Under!
Bigrig (5th March 2012)
I like how you think .
Nice bar work.
hows the air get in though.
still likey lots.
Last edited by Robo; 5th March 2012 at 12:46 AM.
Bigrig (5th March 2012)
It's about 12kgs heavier than the old bar - add a 40kg winch to that, and it's like driving a different car!!!
Hahaha ... nah mate, just the angle of the dangle so to speak!!! Just had an alignment etc ...
True that old mate!!!! Both wheels off the ground in the shots from the weekend at springs!!!
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?????
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
Bigrig (5th March 2012)
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.
Bigrig (5th March 2012)
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!!!!!
Tank riding Holden.JPG
macca86 (5th March 2012)
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