elbekko
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37 minutes ago, Stellaghost said:
Would someone mind explaining the differences, pro's and cons of Thor and gems engines and any other variant I might of missed, also which one is easier to mate up to an lt77,( not a massive issue, pretty sure I could make something either way) also reliability.
Thanks regards Stephen
Thor (Bosch engine management) - later version, intake manifold that looks like a bunch of bananas. The manifold gives better low-down torque, trading off a bit of top-end power. Never factory mated to a manual, but that only matters if you want to keep the stock engine management, as the 60-2 trigger wheel is on the flywheel. Runs higher fuel pressure (3.5 bar). Also has an aluminium sump.
GEMS (Lucas engine management) - earlier version, rectangular intake manifold. Was available as both manual and auto, manual flywheels are pretty rare. Again only really matters if you plan on using the stock engine management.
Blocks are all the same. Ancillaries are different, but can be swapped over freely.
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1 hour ago, FridgeFreezer said:
My mum's there today and I'm not sure it's "all about" the Grenadier - so far she's sent me pictures of a Lambo, an Aston, and a WRC mini but no grenadiers...
That was a screengrab from one of Harry's Instagram stories - I guess it's all about the Grenadier for him
Just figured the picture itself was relevant here.
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I think a good hydro set-up would suit Sid very well. But they're not cheap...
Then again, with Stephen's knack for finding stuff in the scrap bin at work, I'm sure he can find some hydraulic motors and cobble something together
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It depends a bit on what sort of usage you think the winch will see. Especially for mainly self-recovery, it's unlikely you'll be winching for 10-20+ minutes continuously.
But a bigger alternator is never a bad idea, I would say.
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53 minutes ago, Ed Poore said:
It's not quite that straightforward @FridgeFreezer, we've had some dealings with them after we were after some quite specific LEDs and getting them built to spec in China was one of a very limited set of options. They put a lot of effort into the first small batch to make them as requested and very high quality and then once they've nabbed you and secured the order for a bigger batch then the quality control gets thrown out the window. I'm guessing not everyone can be tarred with the same brush but we've not been alone in our experiences. We were lucky enough that we were able to work with Plessey and they designed and built the LEDs we wanted at a reasonable price.
That's exactly what I read and hear everywhere.
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1 hour ago, muzaz said:
Are you using a separate battery for the winch or the main battery should be good enough?
I just have it on my main battery. The P38 has a 150A alternator, which helps.
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1 hour ago, muzaz said:
Thanks, good to have some first hand experience, enough to convince myself! Just placed an order for one.🙂
Hope it works out!
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2 minutes ago, muzaz said:
But then again, I don't think there'll be any particular hurry while winching as long as I get unstuck.
Precisely. And honestly it's not even *that* slow, plenty fast for non-competition use.
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10 hours ago, Bowie69 said:
Calling @elbekko.....
Yup, I have one. Same reason, cheap enough to take a punt on. Just the winch rope costs that much.
It works well. Seems well constructed and good quality. The rope held up to some heavy pulling on @Stellaghost's lightweight dead in deep mud.
So far the only thing I can fault it on is that the wireless remote is wired the wrong way around, but I'm sure that's just swapping two wires in the control box.
Picture of it in my bumper:
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Is it an option to get it explicitly included in a building's insurance, instead of specifically on the car?
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Shouldn't be too difficult, no. There was a thread on here a few months back of someone doing exactly that.
The top mount needs a cutout for the airline to stick through. Top and bottom are held in place with a pin.
I'd go for some Arnott (or knock-off) bags that have the bag crimped onto the pedestal.
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27 minutes ago, FridgeFreezer said:
TBH I've watched a few videos by these off-road recovery outfits on youtube and they ALL seem less than professional to say the least - haven't seen a single one that actually impressed me with their techniques. Seems odd in the land of the lawsuit.
The Trail Mater crew is by far the best and most professional. Casey LaDelle is decent, but does silly things as well. MORR has gotten more professional, but still very much sand-recovery-with-a-rope guys that now also have winches.
Heavy D is a commercial with cool equipment. But by far the most yee-haw and sketchy of all. Cool shots, godawful editing.If you want to watch someone do very safety-minded (non-off-road) recovery, go watch Ron Pratt operate his rotator, that is impressive to watch.
On the flipside, most people on here think even looking at a kinetic rope will murder a bus of nuns...
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Just to clarify for some readers:
The beadlock talk is because Sid was having issues with almost no tyre deformation, and dropping down to very low pressures seems to help - but at the risk of losing a bead.
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That thing is horrifyingly ugly too. At least the Earth Roamer stuff is functional and decent-looking, even if they weight more than the moon.
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The steering bars should probably be changed out anyway? They looked to be stock LR items that were flexing quite a bit?
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12 hours ago, dangerous doug said:
Each ring comes in 3 pieces per wheel(total of 6 per wheel), you weld them straight on to the rim then fit the beadlock rings to the rim to ensure all the tabs lock together. It looks
a very nice system and they have allowed for water to drain out
Ah, couldn't really make it out from the pictures.
11 hours ago, Bowie69 said:Can't imagine the Belgian authorities being especially happy running beadlocks on the road, they are a grey-ish area even over here - probably worth checking.
Probably not, but I have a separate set of road tyres and wheels anyway.
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17 hours ago, dangerous doug said:
They are just a ring with holes in them mate. Some have a bead of their own for a bit more calming and others have a bit more steel on the back so they don’t deform when you do the bolts up.
did find these which are the most complex weld on ones I’ve seen and look pretty good
another way you could do it is to cut your wheels in half, weld a pare of bolt rings in and have a spacer tube in the middle to make a crude double beadlock
Those look interesting, and ok priced. How do you install these, cut off the existing outer bead and weld these on instead?
A certain incident at 7S may have prompted me to think about this
As another option, @Escape used to run air beadlocks. Like this:
https://www.innerairlock.com/beadlocks
I've also seen people use old motorcycle tyres for this. They're a faff to stuff into the wheel though.
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Maybe look around the Ultra4 teams for an old set of tyres?
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43 minutes ago, Stellaghost said:
That looks a whole lot better than what we were seeing at 7S!
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1 hour ago, Stellaghost said:
So my thoughts are this, tyres are probably not too bad, I think the main issue is that the tyre wall is short and not as easily deformed as a higher tyre wall, it may be a case of making some bead locks and running lower pressures
I think beadlocks would definitely help there. And more sidewall = more better, but I think beadlocks would be a good first step. And not wasted in case you step up to bigger tyres!
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I think all very valid plans.
On the turbo front, maybe a sequential setup would work better?
A 4.6 V8 is definitely the right fix.
Something I noticed driving behind you: some of your wheels looked to have quite a lot of runout.
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If you start counting from the moment you pick up the slack, it shouldn't be too bad? And when you get one that's close, you can always open it up to be sure.
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4 minutes ago, Ed Poore said:
They're not labelled up so it means my next foray over there needs to take some spanners with me to open up the boxes to have a look
Or just count rotations?
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EFI is only as complex as you want to make it, tbh. Nige offers full pre-made looms, can't speak to the quality of them, but I'd expect it to be fairly plug-and-play. Hook up some grounds and power wires, put in a high-pressure fuel pump, and bob's your uncle. Do some tuning once you get closer to grown-ups like @Bowie69 or @FridgeFreezer, but the base map should work just fine.
Or fit a carb and an electric winch, as you'll need it to get yourself off sideslopes