jules

How about you run round I drive your truck I promiss I'll be gental

Anyone going to this LRO thing at the weekend I want to but the misses is not too keen I will probibly head down on the Sunday with or in one of the racers .

There is only one IRD on the market there all the same the older one led to the tyre problems that gave the freelader such a bad name so it was changed to the current type. Trust my I have bought enough of them I'm wrong there is a nother one on the market but the gearing is the same it's just much much stronger and a french chap is developing them but there not cheap at about 3500 euro's each.

If you take the pump feed into the box out and redrill the small hole inside the box making it a bit(a few milimeters) bigger then refit the hose that will make the steering much lighter. I would not recommend it on a road car because the steering on the motorway would be too light but racers do it all the time. Jules

QUOTE (Mark90 @ Aug 22 2005, 09:07 PM) twin shocks are routinely fitted, these days more often than not, to comp safari racers. And I've never see spring seat ripped of due to the shock mounts. Maybe it's a combination of teh weight and/or corrugated roads. I have seen the spring seats ripped off the chasse and front hocky stick pushed through the chassie and the radius arms bending. the spring seat bracking off the chassie, apart from your pushing too hard in the car is under damped and the massive impactes in racing is just too much, its hard to do but its normaly around the piont that your shocks are overheating and becoming ineffective that the springs are putting so much strain through the seats that they just give up. Thats if your own spine has not given out. Thats why I stopped racing beam axles I got fed up with the back pain after the event.

I do alot of towing and the D2 is the seconed Air sprung car with the LSE before it I have not had any trouble with either and the RR had done 70k when I sold it and the Disco is on 80K. I do like the ACE. Jules

I may have to sell my D2 its a ES 7seat on a W plate its done 80K and want's for nothing The disco had every extra on the list when it was made so its a nice truck it was the one on the gold one on the Disco club stand at Billing R90EAD I was hoping to get around £13k for it does that sound about right. ??? Jules

I'd forgotten that I remember Mine laughing at it when she watched it with me.

Nice to see your getteing value for money out of your parts and wasting nothing. That similar to the state of the misses last clutch, Very used.

Mine does not work at a dealer but I've got her racing in my last years car which ment I was allowed to buy my current racer. I is cool when the other half is just as keen to up rate the truck you are. Jules

I think a "few" people who have got some recently are being a bit coy about saying how much they paid, just in case the missus reads it over their shoulder My missus (my co-driver) jumped out of the Truck at the end of the Inch by Inch challange last year and told me that the 10.50 Simex we had were **** and the first thing monday I was to order a set of 12.50's. the team next to us wanted to marry her on the spot I could not find anyone that sold 12.50's in the UK so I still have the small 10.50's the she hate so much..... I have Married her

Sorry I can't spell Imitions Bulk head next to you fuel pump reset is a funny shaped thing with two fuel lines and two plugs. I have forgoten which one it is and I've sold the car so mmm bugger which one Pass I will get back to you

Nop You can think that if you like but there are too many difrances overland is very hard on a car don't get me wrong but there is a reson why peolpe pay between £500- £2000 per shock your not bracking as hard or power sliding or just the flat out speed and the fact that your pushing the car so far past what it was ever desined to do. sorry to sound harsh but I have this argument with so many people D4x4 could not comprehend that I have watched a 4.6 simbie racer come in after 3 miles 8 OME shocks 4 of them have melted (limp oil leaking from everywhere) and the other for are doing nothing as there are mid overheat. that in less than 3 miles slowing down for coners and stuff. people will not ever understand the pounding that a comp racer goes through untill you compete at a high level in one. the normal african roads you talk about with the pot holes and wash boarding are regarded as a cat 1 thats flat out 115mph in my case or 130mph in the top cars and Dakar is 150mph. can't see a overland 110 doing that can you....... If you do, you had better get you dakar entry form off so you can go and win it in your overland truck . it cost's the winning team £30m to do it last year with three cars but you seem to think its just a contry drive....... Sorry to sound harsh but you did imply it was easy Jules

Yes but the gear box from the td4 will not fit nor will the 1.8. and the v6 is a hole load not worth bothering. heve you unpluged the initions valve it makes the engin labour less.

Nice to see I'm not the only one to get air of that hill climb. It was dry I would like to see the 2.8 do it in the wet I photo proff that a V8 can. Jules

I tend to disagree with Andy on that one as I have had polybushes on the 90 longer than he has owned his Ibex. Ive only just replace them due to replacing the radius arms etc. If the bush is bracking up you will also be pushing the matel componets too far.

OK thats a fair comment have a look at the new Procomp 2 1/2" there very cheep in the states its is just getting them over here but you will need a rose joint affar. my first racer had Bilstin(I was never happy with them) twins on the rear by double mounting the rr shock mounts on the chassie and axle. the Front was a home made copy of the LSE that I had at the time basicly re-enforce the shock turret and mount a nother shock in front if you can weld it easy. For racing in normal twin shocks value for money use Pro-comps. Richard Hopkins the other Bearmach driver ran them two years ago at the tonbridge round of the BORC and set the fastest lap of the day. In his Disco 4lt. The OME have a very strong sharft but there expensive to replace. Pete Barret did all the shock work to the RR I raced years ago if you want any help give me a ring 07976 819947 julian

I have the Hummer down 1 and 2 and yes there all nutters did you see the bit were his CV explods on the road section betwen rock crawls. I got it at the Auto sports show in Jan I forgoten about that DVD I will have to dig them out to have a nother watch. Jules

Why do you feel you need twin shocks.. Beamach do Tomcat will do a twin shock kit. QT do There only anygood on racing trucks the only Idea behind it is to reduce the work each shock does and reduceing the heat build up in the shocks but you will still get to a piont in racing when even good quality shocks like OME's will just melt and fall off half way through a lap (seen it too many times). Then you need to go for a far better cooled shock like a 2"Milner,tomcat,Fox or the new 2 1/2" pro-comp and then you still have the Ohlins and Rieger as the best money can buy. but this is only needed for racing trucks Challanging and laning dose not need twin shocks the car will simply be over damped.. and ride like a bag of s--- just buy good quality singles unless your planning to race. Jules

The 2004 Good year British off road championships DVD I like the most only because I'm in it. Yay me

I run both the freelander racers on polybush's (orange) but the challange 90 runs majority Blue as did my old Disco. the freelander has slotted polybushes on its more flexible parts I have suffered no macanichal or chassie components wearing out because of the polybushes over the last ten years of using them If you ask Ian at polybush they will make what ever you like if it is for the improvement of the product. I have spoken to him in the passed about slotted bushes and he has said before that it is not a problem to make them. Jules

3 or 5 dr and have you checked for lose connections. Nither of my freelanders have rear windows but hay I may be able to help... jules

No body has talked about the QT range of toys whats up don't you boys like good quality kit... just kidding I was gutted to see that QT have got a new range of rear radius arm's that are better movment that dodn't chaff the bush I have only just replaced the rear radius with scrap iron ones in Jan this year. The challange truck hardly gets used any more so I cant justify getting the new arms. Jules

Keep a eye on SCOR they race on Sidbury hill as do the AWDC. I know Scor are always after Marshalls when racing up there which meens you get to have a play on the scor's permit and watch some racing at the same time. Jules Only milk and juice comes in 2 litres