FridgeFreezer Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Does that say something about Disco owners? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
najw Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Back to the original question I've got a set of 306 portals under a Vitara body. Ford 2.9i V6 with 5 speed manual box Fourlink suspension with Fox Airshox all round Hydraulic steer front and rear MSA spec internal cage Featured in Total Off Road this month For sale for a cool £4k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Divster Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Back to the original questionI've got a set of 306 portals under a Vitara body. Ford 2.9i V6 with 5 speed manual box Fourlink suspension with Fox Airshox all round Hydraulic steer front and rear MSA spec internal cage Featured in Total Off Road this month For sale for a cool £4k Neil, That was a blatant plug!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
najw Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Just answering the question... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollythelw Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Happy with your braking on the 303's? Ive got a nice shiny disc brake conversion for them that uses Rover stud pattern and rover calipers B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top90 Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Happy with your braking on the 303's?Ive got a nice shiny disc brake conversion for them that uses Rover stud pattern and rover calipers B) Oooooh. Disc conversion. B) (PM sent) Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D9OSV Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Hello Adrian, Good to see you here...... Intresting bout the fit, and ground anchor bit............. Tough trucks 2004 We choose to intergrate one of our co drivers into a ground anchor (Thank you Shaun) This him invloed him being throughly unfit and the size of my house....... End result First place No you are right, teams are getting quicker and the cars are getting to a very similar level (WHich i think is great) Team work is proving the winning combination. However said it before and i will say it again.......Portals bring em on! Adrian you at the Baskiville challenge ??????????? All the best Jim *Thread hi-jack over* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D9OSV Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 End result First place This is a LIE!!!!!!!! Shock We First in 2003 Tough Trucks Third 2004 Tough Trucks SORRY Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollythelw Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 However said it before and i will say it again.......Portals bring em on! So does that mean you will be entering the TR3 class in Ladoga 2007 to prove your point?? You know I couldnt refuse that one mate having said that Aus Pritt did exactly that.... Cheers Jez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D9OSV Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 I have said it before, and i'll say it again........ Yeh , Probaly, i am quite stupid Been watching the dvd.......awesome, totally awesome! The size of the B**tards Amazing Thinking might take a standard RAV 4 Yeh know, to sort of use as a brigding ladder..... Jim Yes they ALL have portals (nearly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollythelw Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Let me know when you are down my patch next and we can sort it out in the pub and do the DVD thing Cheers bud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B reg 90 Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Jim, Proberly not doing any thing until Muddy Truckers. Been busy at work (day job) and setting up a buisness (night job) out of hours (anybody wanting a horse box please check out www.hartcliffhorseboxes.com, ta.). Ground Anchors - we got fed up with the 'normal' size units. They just can't hack it if you only winch. We have developed a monster version with a 2 foot wide blade that stopped our tractor on test. Intention was that we would take it only on events with realy soft ground (highland enduro etc). However it's far better (in our opinion) to the std size ones. Now we can winch up 95% of hills just on the winch. As I have a PTO winch, thats fast compared to an 8274. Drop me a PM if you are interested, my brother could knock you one up! Adrian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 We have developed a monster version with a 2 foot wide blade that stopped our tractor on test. Intention was that we would take it only on events with realy soft ground (highland enduro etc). However it's far better (in our opinion) to the std size ones. Now we can winch up 95% of hills just on the winch. Be interested to see some pictures of that, living as I do in a land with no trees and lots of peat bogs Be interested in a price too.... I can pull both my anchors out at the same time (chained together) with the Milemarker without any bother so anything bigger is definitely of interest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR90 Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Be interested to see some pictures of that, living as I do in a land with no trees and lots of peat bogs Be interested in a price too.... I can pull both my anchors out at the same time (chained together) with the Milemarker without any bother so anything bigger is definitely of interest Ooh, I hope its STRONG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Ooh, I hope its STRONG Bogbuster Anchor Stress Testing And Rapid Destruction Ltd at your service. Free anchor elongation and 3 dimensional spade bending services available Good acronym too - must work on the corporate logo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Bogbuster Anchor Stress Testing And Rapid Destruction Ltd at your service. Free anchor elongation and 3 dimensional spade bending services available Good acronym too - must work on the corporate logo you need a Tonk grippa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Brock Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 H14 PTO = 1 totally mullered KittyGripper.....I need a stronger spade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will_warne Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Nope, you need what I'll hopefully be picking up at the end of next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Be interested to see some pictures of that, living as I do in a land with no trees and lots of peat bogs Be interested in a price too.... I can pull both my anchors out at the same time (chained together) with the Milemarker without any bother so anything bigger is definitely of interest Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo he's a killer ......don't listen to him...... ...........Unless is "BS666SCL'd"........... its not up to spec Nige RIP KG no2 I'm sorry I didn't know you had a lunatic as your adopted new home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Be interested to see some pictures of that, living as I do in a land with no trees and lots of peat bogs Be interested in a price too.... I can pull both my anchors out at the same time (chained together) with the Milemarker without any bother so anything bigger is definitely of interest Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo he a killer don't listen to him...... Unless is BS666SCL'd its not up to spec Nige RIP KG no2 I'm sorry I didn't know you had a lunatic as your adopted new home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 You're repeating yourself Nige As I've said before there's nothing wrong with it, its just a different shape to when it left the factory. Only a couple of weeks since I last used it in fact - on the Blue Mountain trip (better than being pulled out by a Pajero, which in any case was stuck in the same ditch right next to me, and all the others were wetting themselves at getting me stuck in almost exactly the same spot as last time we were in that area ) The limitation is the spade size not being big enough for v soft ground - but I worry if I doubled the spade size I'd start breaking something else, hence the interest to see what this "tractor proof" (mwahahahahahahaha evil cackle) one looks like Moglite is gonna be along with a stick soon as we seem to be drifting eversoslightly OT again Drifting back on topic, and accepting that I'm not going to do the mod anyway, what's the verdict on portal axles for very soft ground, or are they more a tree stump hopping sort of thing? I can see they would help, as you wouldn't be dragging diffs etc until much later, but I can also see you might end up "a lot more buried" if you ventured into ground that didn't have anything solid for 6 feet below ground level? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D9OSV Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Speak to Jez bout Ladoga Does not get much wetter and all the big boys seem to use portals..... They also seem to have trucks that are 8ft tall as well......... I rest my case Jim B) Ps: Adrian let me know if you do anything before Muddy Truckers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 (edited) Some pics of a st of Volvo portal on a 110 Attached are some pics that I had showing various aspects of mods to fit a Volvo C303 front axle to a 110 Defender V8. This is not my vehicle The same person that modified and fitted this axle also made the same mods to the front and rear axles that I bought it (I bought my pair from someone else who was intending to fit them to a rangie but that project fell through). These pics show the mods to the pitman arm, steering links etc, the rotation of the diff pinion, the coil spring mounts and the 3 link suspension arrangement (2 lower links and an offset to left upper link). The rear axle is mine. Note this axle housing is the from a C304 (6 wheel drive), not a C303 (4x4), but has a C303 diff centre so the ratio matches the front. The diff centre is not offset as much as the C303, which suits me better as I am using an Atlas transfer case (centred rear output). The pics of the rear axle show the brackets for the trailing arms, upper A-frame ball joint and coil springs. The bracket for the A-frame ball joint would be a bit different for a C303 axle. Regards John Edited November 15, 2005 by white90 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Just tripped over this thread whilst searching for something else, interesting read! First off I suppose I should add my name to the list Interesting to see DirtyDiesel hasn't got any more subtle since his 9th post Interesting to see an earlier incarnation of Al's build - wonder how much of that has remained in the plan / how many versions down the line we are from this one? Interesting to see Will did have a working truck once Interesting to see Jim threatening to enter TR3 two years ago, will he finally make it in 08? (Not being controversial, just curious if it's on the cards) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 This thread is one of my favouites, along with the Mog axles thread, Its very interesting to see how people plans evolve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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