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Are there any challenges or series around the midlands or south yorkshire this year ? Trying to work out a calender for the year but they all seem to be mud monsters (south east) de-cider (devon) KOV + welsh xtrem (south wales) will be nice to do some more local ? Cheers guys

Im currently running a RRC v8 rad at the rear of my challenge truck with a 3.9 RV8 up front. Ive got a single large fan and a custom cowl to suck through the whole rad. The fan is on a thermo switch so cuts in and out automatically but is also adjustable as to how sensitive the switch is. The fan turns on intermittently usually switching off after a few minutes and I dare say 90 % of the time the fan isn't needed. Its never got hot yet even with some right pain ! I think the extra pipework and water volume help greatly with cooling providing kore surface area and deep water runs are good too !! Always a cloud of mist off the cooler pipes when wading which must help it cool a fair bit Id say it was a brilliant improvemnet as its helped me move my winch back as far as possible at the front too No in lime water pump either. Gravity does alot of the work

Put it this way im wire wheeling all the mating surfaces on the axles im building up then undercoating everything else with red oxide primer and thick topcoat alot easier to repair paintwork when it gets damaged than powdercoat

Cheers for the call today nige I took the diff to a local fabricator today to see what he thought and he said that he would struggle to do it so I might have to visit you in the new year

Cheers Derbyshire near ashbourne

Thanks nige I thought that would be the reply. I need to invest in a TIG tbh theres so much I can use one for Would you quote me on pegging 2 diffs and quoting on 2 peggings and 2 ashcroft built up diffs (I have all the parts) I may give it a go ive got a few spare diffs lying about but I expect it may crack by what youre saying. Ive got a beast of an arc a shot blaster and a parts cleaner but if it doesn't take it doesn't take

Im building up ashcroft lockers and shafts into D2 axles for my challenge truck and adding ashcroft pegging kits to the diffs while im at it. But there doesn't seem to be much instruction on how to DIY the casings. Nige and ashcroft both TIG which I don't have but would arc work well enough or is it really a tig job ? I would think pre heated casings (not mad hot) a good strong arc and through threading would be adequate but dont want to blow stuff Cheers guys

i shall be there

Im monting my winch in a custom tray on or part of the front crossmember so should hopefully be as far back as possible. Ill remove it for trials too

yes you do love showing off

im not bothered about it being higher at the front as i'm adding a winch and associated kit so it will sit down an inch or so from its current position

mine has the same springs front and back and the front appears to sit higher ?? 3.9 v8 mounted fairly far back though, thats on 133 springs for trialling flexes brilliantly i would definately reccommend for slower stuff.... not fast corners... ive tried ... it ends upside down remote res shocks and all shocks infact need nitrogen as its inert.

mine just has a seperate loom for the engine ive removed alot of wires too that connected to the transfer box and other gearbox related ones, ive just got wiring from the selector sensor so it only startes in park or neutral all the rest are engine related

Mine are 42mm from memory, mostly steel with rubber joins, not had it runing full noise yet but doesnt get hot road running& thermo fan kicks in though but guess theres no airflow through the rad, so itd going to

That will never get finished