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Landy Man

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Hiya,

Has anyone done this type of conversion on a S3? Any insight pro or con
would be appreciated.

regards, Oz


 
In article <jnI2h.2$Lt4.1@trnddc08>,
"Landy Man" <nospammers@mymailbox.com> wrote:

> Hiya,
>
> Has anyone done this type of conversion on a S3? Any insight pro or con
> would be appreciated.
>
I've seen one done, didn't get a close look, it was huge.

I've done loads on Suzuki's, from what I remmember looking at a SIII
years ago the chassis crossmembers get in the way so you'll have that to
contend with as well as longer props, drag links, castor angles ect.

I suspose a simple way of doing it would be some 101 axles..........

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Cheers, Geoff.
www.anoraks.uk.net
 
"Landy Man" <nospammers@mymailbox.com> wrote in message
news:jnI2h.2$Lt4.1@trnddc08...
> Hiya,
>
> Has anyone done this type of conversion on a S3? Any insight pro or con
> would be appreciated.
>
> regards, Oz

Hi Oz, I did this years ago with a SIIA 88". I used Range Rover axles and
made new spring mount plates for the axles and cut off all the trailing arm
brackets, the hard part was the king pin inclination, made a jig to hold the
axle and then welded the new brackets on. the g/box crossmember gets in the
way of the front prop and you have to cut it about to get enough clearance
for it to miss, I also turned the prop round so the slide was up at the
g/box end. You will need to have a cranked steering arm made from the relay
box the the nearside front wheel so as to miss the leaf spring, also 2
longer props. note beware of uj bind due to increased angle of uj's. You can
suffer vibration as well from the increased prop angle, I used it off road
mainly and had some good fun out of it, but for on road you should look at
something else, say what about a 101 :)) go on you know you want to..

Rich


 
On or around Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:29:35 GMT, "Landy Man"
<nospammers@mymailbox.com> enlightened us thusly:

>Hiya,
>
>Has anyone done this type of conversion on a S3? Any insight pro or con
>would be appreciated.

not a lot of point - you'd do better to find some portal axles for it. It
will improve the breakover angle, and approach and departure angles, but
they're quite good anyway on an 88", but not the diff clearance.

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Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Something there is that doesn't love a wall."
Robert Frost (1874-1963)
 
> not a lot of point - you'd do better to find some portal axles for it. It
> will improve the breakover angle, and approach and departure angles, but
> they're quite good anyway on an 88", but not the diff clearance.


Thanks Austin, Geof, Rich - I am now considering those portal axles. Maybe a
404? ;o)


 
On or around Sat, 04 Nov 2006 22:07:03 GMT, "Landy Man"
<nospammers@mymailbox.com> enlightened us thusly:

>> not a lot of point - you'd do better to find some portal axles for it. It
>> will improve the breakover angle, and approach and departure angles, but
>> they're quite good anyway on an 88", but not the diff clearance.
>
>
>Thanks Austin, Geof, Rich - I am now considering those portal axles. Maybe a
>404? ;o)
>

you'll have a job finding one...
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"'Tis a mad world, my masters" John Taylor (1580-1633) Western Voyage, 1
 
On 2006-11-05, Austin Shackles <austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> wrote:

>>Thanks Austin, Geof, Rich - I am now considering those portal axles. Maybe a
>>404? ;o)
>
> you'll have a job finding one...

Yeah he needs a 200...

I tried to get a 408 once but they take ages to find and I gave up.

--
Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 
Ian Rawlings wrote:

> On 2006-11-05, Austin Shackles <austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> wrote:
>
>
>>>Thanks Austin, Geof, Rich - I am now considering those portal axles. Maybe a
>>>404? ;o)
>>
>>you'll have a job finding one...
>
>
> Yeah he needs a 200...
>
> I tried to get a 408 once but they take ages to find and I gave up.

C303 Volvo?

There was someone making portal ends for the Land Rover axle but the
trail has long since gone cold on that one - unless anyone knows
otherwise.
 
"Landy Man" <nospammers@mymailbox.com> wrote in message
news:ba83h.2153$Wd5.1513@trnddc05...
>> not a lot of point - you'd do better to find some portal axles for it.
>> It
>> will improve the breakover angle, and approach and departure angles, but
>> they're quite good anyway on an 88", but not the diff clearance.
>
>
> Thanks Austin, Geof, Rich - I am now considering those portal axles. Maybe
> a 404? ;o)



I think the French Marman ? has portal axles these were quite common a few
years ago, lots about for sale and only about £1500 might be worth a look
and had a flat head ford V8 in it.

Rich


 
On or around Sun, 5 Nov 2006 17:10:16 +0000, Ian Rawlings
<news06@tarcus.org.uk> enlightened us thusly:

>On 2006-11-05, Austin Shackles <austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> wrote:
>
>>>Thanks Austin, Geof, Rich - I am now considering those portal axles. Maybe a
>>>404? ;o)
>>
>> you'll have a job finding one...
>
>Yeah he needs a 200...
>
>I tried to get a 408 once but they take ages to find and I gave up.

Hmmm. I don't know if I've been out-punned, now.

404 is the "not found" error in HTTP. not sure what error 408 would be.
aha. Timeout. 200 is "ok" According to RFC2616, anyway.

only LR-related number I can find is:

101 Switching Protocols

The server understands and is willing to comply with the client's request,
via the Upgrade message header field (section 14.42), for a change in the
application protocol being used on this connection. The server will switch
protocols to those defined by the response's Upgrade header field
immediately after the empty line which terminates the 101 response.

The protocol SHOULD be switched only when it is advantageous to do so. For
example, switching to a newer version of HTTP is advantageous over older
versions, and switching to a real-time, synchronous protocol might be
advantageous when delivering resources that use such features.


There are some nice ones, like:

10.4.11 410 Gone

10.4.18 417 Expectation Failed
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"It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured"
Tacitus (c.55 - c.117) Agricola, 45
 
On 2006-11-05, Austin Shackles <austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> wrote:

> Hmmm. I don't know if I've been out-punned, now.

Out-nerded at any rate!

> There are some nice ones, like:
>
> 10.4.11 410 Gone
>
> 10.4.18 417 Expectation Failed

You might get "301 Moved Permanently" if trying to visit the UK Land
Rover factories..

--
Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 
Dougal wrote:

> Ian Rawlings wrote:
>
>> On 2006-11-05, Austin Shackles <austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> Thanks Austin, Geof, Rich - I am now considering those portal axles.
>>>> Maybe a 404? ;o)
>>>
>>>
>>> you'll have a job finding one...
>>
>>
>>
>> Yeah he needs a 200...
>>
>> I tried to get a 408 once but they take ages to find and I gave up.
>
>
> C303 Volvo?

A typical conversion with Volvo C303 parts:
http://www.scorpionracing.co.uk/OFFROAD/readers_rides/portal axle/

> There was someone making portal ends for the Land Rover axle but the
> trail has long since gone cold on that one - unless anyone knows otherwise.
 
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