Trailer - challenge truck build

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discomark10 said:
I know with the v8 the back box doesn't do much.. its all in the mid box.
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It does enough just to dampen it :)

Currently painting pannels, strengthening the front bumper and tidying a few bits up. It looks like tomorrow is going to be hellishly muddy and wet... :eek: been told a truck though to waterproof the engine but any other pointers ?
 
Paul D said:
No, too much still to do to the Landy. Aiming to do some night laning tomorrow night now .. ;)
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You missed a good one :) quite muddy plenty of water about and some challenging stages :) managed to get 4th would have done better if I hadn't got stuck on the last stage :doh:

And it turns out my V8 will run underwater :D







And as usual there was plenty of action :) I had yo recover a few people one was a diesel that stalled in water and he was abit embarrased when my V8 pulled him out ;)









My viscous transfer came in really handt a few times on tight gates being able to pull the handbrake, lock the rear wheels and allow the front to pull around a much tighter turn :) have to use that more often :)

And nothing broken :) shame theres no trials now untill February looks like il have to get it road legal and to some pay and play sites for the winter :)
 
Nice one mate. Would have loved to be there but the head was off yesterday, fixed and pout back on, but today we added a new heater matrix and a lot of little things .. time consuming isn't the word .. ;)

The truck looks awesome with a bit o' mud on it, and well done for the fourth .. ;)
 
Paul D said:
Nice one mate. Would have loved to be there but the head was off yesterday, fixed and pout back on, but today we added a new heater matrix and a lot of little things .. time consuming isn't the word .. ;)

The truck looks awesome with a bit o' mud on it, and well done for the fourth .. ;)
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Yeah its the small bits that take the time :)

Cheers mate :) yeah loved gettibg it abit dirty :) although took an hour to wash tonight :rolleyes:
 
nice trick with the handbrake :)

you guys must be lucky with water, the only reason i got MS is cos i came home from a laning weekend so ****ed off i picked up the phone and ordered it otherwise i most likely would have set the car on fire to dry the dizzy out!
 
Mr Noisy said:
nice trick with the handbrake :)

you guys must be lucky with water, the only reason i got MS is cos i came home from a laning weekend so ****ed off i picked up the phone and ordered it otherwise i most likely would have set the car on fire to dry the dizzy out!
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Hahaha :D

MS was high on my list but after its performance it now goes behind axles and suspension so its getting put back for abit :eek:

Might ring dave at ashcroft tomorrow :eek:
 
Makes two of us I need an mot on my 90 I want it sorted for Nats!!


How come lists get longer and longer?? They should get smaller!!
 
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BronkoMini said:
Just read the whole thread, looks great, would be good to see some videos of it in action.
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Cheers :)

My mate got a few from the last trials weekend just got to get him to put them up somewhere :) ill probably do some gilming of it at some point as we double drive it and I usually have my go pro on for each event but that just gets a POV video ...
 
Front light mountings done today :) was toying with making them removable but decided against it in the end





Just need to get some wipac crysals with built in side li h ts now so I dont have to use a seperate side light :) the wiring is all there already so just needs hooking up :)

Ive alse left room above the headlight for a LED light bar if I can find a good quality one that will fit :)

Dragged this baby out aswell


And afyer 1 look decided im going to make a new drum and end plate as im not impressed with the standard end plate and will need to MOD the drum to fit and add a roller bearing instead of a stupid bush :D
 
Mr Noisy said:
You should defo get a freespool drum from delta-tek !
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Now see im torn on that point.

I know a freespool drum is basically a must for winch challenges. Makes a bigger difference than twin motors IMHO

But my thinking is a freespool drum £500
Bow2 £250
Twin motor housing £700
GP bits £400 at least and in the end im still left with masic 8274 body and internals ....


Or I could put that money into a brand new, fully billet Red Winch Hornet for the same price and end up with a winch that is
1 faster
2 has all the bits id have yo upgrade on my 8274
3fully billet so loads stronger than my standard housing
4 Brand New

Seems like a no brainer to me ... so I plan to use this winch for a few challenges then switch to a Red Winch

Just got yo be able yo afford one :eek:
 
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