Daan
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Ok, so what MPG are you getting from the 4.6?
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One consideration here is fuel consumption; since that is the whole reason for doing your swap, I would look at that. The 300 might be a bit old fashioned, but its fuel consumption has never been bettered by landrover from what I know. Not sure what a VNT does here, but if you just fit the turbo without overfueling it too much, things could even improve.
Daan
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I think if I was in the same position I would consider leaving the country
explain?
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why dont you stick to the series swivels and graft the disk and caliper onto that. There are a few write up on that subject on this forum, and I think it involves less adapting.
Daan
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did you consider LPG?
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Ps, gods fuel is great!
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looks a bit scary to me with the outer shock cantilevered that far away from the chassis. Whats wrong with a shock either side of the axle.
daan
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I used the devon ones in my mudzillas. They work, but only on very smooth roads. on less smooth roads, they get upset and dont really work, giving you the shudder as before. Of course in my simexes, I run tubes, so you cant use them. But they are pretty well balanced without anything.
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No, they are technically not legal. However, my understanding is that this does not cause a problem, unless they fall off and cause an accident, which IMO is very unlikely.
Daan
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Other than they seemed incredibly heavy, they looked ok quality.
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Zim, are you also running the normal vehicle brake through this? Or are these calipers fiddle brake only?
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Good to know, indeed every day is a schoolday...
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I cut off the double skin, with the main aim to loose weight. If you fit a tankguard, the double skin becomes redundant. The problem of it rusting is than also solved.
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If it's on a Q plate it shouldn't be tested for emissions either way, according to my tester.
That's interesting, if this is true, they have done the smoke test for my car unnessecary for the last 3 years.
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In my experience, the moment you throw a turbo charger in the equasion, those kind of mods dont do a lot for you. If it is normally aspirated, it would be a different matter. But no real life experience on a 300 tdi.
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We also disscussed the problem of running pumps dry at steep angles. He has a solution! He can change the pump he already sells to 'self lubricate' the scavenge sections. It'll look the same on the outside, but do the job! No need for strange dam-baffles to keep both pumps wet
You could drill conections into your existing sump I recon, and still get the benefit
rev to low amounts by comparison. So no reason it won't work and bigger pulley means more drive area
But I dont see a problem with it running dry; running on a steep angle is for the pump the same as driving fast through a corner I think. The thing is that 'running dry' isnt really happening, it is more a case of running damp, very oily air as such. As said, I haven't seen a problem with this myself.
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Gears - if you have an appropriate motor power / torque envelope, I'm not convinced of the need for more than two gears. My electric Freelander has a top speed of 93 and accelerates better than a Petrol - but only has one gear!
Yes, but your electric freelander does not have an on/off switch as a throttle, does it? I agree that different gears with electric motors is not needed, unless you are trying to do something with a motor that it is not meant to do. It needs a controller to make it variable. Expensive to do, a controller for an electric car can cost as much as the motor, but think it would work.
Alternatively, if you dont want to go variable, how about switching between series and parallel? With a 24volt system and 2 motors that would be worth a go I reckon. Especially if your batterys are nearly flat, I think series could be a saver for both motor and batteries.
Anyway, trading on ice when I talk about electrics!
Ps, my winch has 5 speeds.
Daan
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Les, whats your way of making sure the seal is fitted straight? I normally use the flange and the old seal as a tool, and use the nut to wind it in, but the last time that backfired badly on me. Obviously, I dont have the special tool (true cheapskate!).
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Yes but might be opting for travel lodge
make sure you're not parking your landy there though.
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even though its the road wheels turning them.
Nick.
That is the biggest problem you are trying to solve though. it is incredibly inefficient to drive a crown wheel pinion in this direction. Hence, if you have permanent 4wd, it is not such a problem.
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I always had them on my series, and I loved them. Less noisy and less draggy. I had grease nipples fitted to the front kingpins to get round the lubrication issue, which had the added effect of making the steering very light.
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I have another idea which needs prototyping - which actually came from Helicopter winches! Essentially a winch head with the motor and a self tensioning helical capstan which feeds the rope into a remote storage device. The potential advantage of this is unlimited space available for the rope and a very small form factor for the winch head, with constant line pull / speed. The 'clever' bit is the rope storage!
Si
Is this not what the nokken winch on the 101 does?
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wats wrong with PTO?
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Good. Pretty bad marketing though, if it wasn't for this thread, I wouldn't have known about it.
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you could go back to standard height springs (or maybe 1", if your garage can cope with it). You can still use your +2" shocks if you raise the mounting points. There is enough travel in the springs to do this, so the gain will only be on droop travel.
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New uk / eu tyre law - noise end of decent off road tyres ?
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I reckon we get away with it on the professional use clause. How can tipper trucks and the likes function otherwise. Many rules like this would affect us, such as bumper height, but there is a clause in this regulation for vehicles with drive on all wheels being exempt.
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