200tdi ayre said:
Flat pack, ready welded or installed ?
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It's gonna have to be a custom jobby, it's got some more bespoke bits to it being a discovery. You ever seen a discovery ultra4 truck before? :p

It's going to be great when it's done.

Cant decide what suspension to run though. Favourite at the moment is king or Fox coil overs. Can get em cheaper from the USA if I send via a family member there. Although Air shocks would be the most cost effective, i'm not sure they'd be suited to top class racing.
 
D90mitch said:
It's gonna have to be a custom jobby, it's got some more bespoke bits to it being a discovery. You ever seen a discovery ultra4 truck before? :p

It's going to be great when it's done.

Cant decide what suspension to run though. Favourite at the moment is king or Fox coil overs. Can get em cheaper from the USA if I send via a family member there. Although Air shocks would be the most cost effective, i'm not sure they'd be suited to top class racing.
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Yes and the cage was horrendous :doh: so you couldnt do much worse :p

Id love coilovers but cost .... :( so ill stick to destroying pro comps for now :doh:
 
Hopefully going to start stripping the interior out next weekend, And starting to phone around in the week. I saw some disco 2 axles the other day, both for £200, I was tempted but I'm sure they will have some about later on once I've got the cage sorted.

I am going to extend the wheelbase I reckon using the gigglepin long arms. Going to have to move the A frame back and put a wide angle joint on it. I might even mount the shocks to the radius arms, but I am not entirely sure on the reason for this (as alot of the best trucks do).
 
D90mitch said:
Hopefully going to start stripping the interior out next weekend, And starting to phone around in the week. I saw some disco 2 axles the other day, both for £200, I was tempted but I'm sure they will have some about later on once I've got the cage sorted.

I am going to extend the wheelbase I reckon using the gigglepin long arms. Going to have to move the A frame back and put a wide angle joint on it. I might even mount the shocks to the radius arms, but I am not entirely sure on the reason for this (as alot of the best trucks do).
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106" wheelbase then ?

Its for mechanical advantage, gives more travel oug of the same length shocks. Jusf means a small pressure change in the shocks makes a bigger damping difference
 
200tdi ayre said:
106" wheelbase then ?

Its for mechanical advantage, gives more travel out of the same length shocks. Jusf means a small pressure change in the shocks makes a bigger damping difference
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I see. So yes a 106" base same as Jim's I believe?

Might well mount my struts to the arms then. Must put a lot of stress on the arm joints no?
 
D90mitch said:
I see. So yes a 106" base same as Jim's I believe?

Might well mount my struts to the arms then. Must put a lot of stress on the arm joints no?
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Yep I believe jims is 106/107 quite a common wheelbase.

Yeah it does make sure they're strong !!
 
Hmm tops of the gigglepin arms are curved/tubular and boxed underneath. They're certainly strong but mounting shocks to them will be tough.
 
200tdi ayre said:
Plasma, stihl saw, grinder, recip saw all are good :)

I wish I had a cnc too :D
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They have one at the uni but I wouldn't think they'd bw impressed with me using their near £75k industrial CNC lol

It'll take forever with standard tools. I'll just buy the long arms and probably just mount to axle. Jim did and works for him :D
 
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