Mark90
-
Posts
2,733 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Gallery
Blogs
Posts posted by Mark90
-
-
Early RR chassis mounts will be imperial and are smaller than the metric mounts on later vehicles. Both the internal and external radius on the early bushes are smaller than the later metric ones.
A mate who is fitting 300 type axles with later wide type metric raduis arms front and rear to a comp safari racer based on an old RRC is having to replace the chassis mounts on the front as well as the rear.
-
I expect it would need a fan - I know Mark90 had a 32(?) row cooler with a 9" fan on it on his bulkhead behind a 4.2 V8
Yep, the cooler was about a foot square, mounted in front of bulkhead above bell housing. The fan kept it cool, running all the time off road, and also had the added benefit of drawing hot air out of the engine bay through the gearbox tunnel.
-
-
I have heard good things about these...
-
I know of one that may be available. I'll make some enquiries. It was a dealer fit replacement of an LT77 in a 200 disco.
-
Often used in 80/88" motors due to the short length of the combo compared to a ZFHP22/LT230. Overall length and the 2wd option (yes I know you can get that with an LT230 too) are really the only reasons I can see to use one over the stronger ZFHP22.
-
Any money they might return will be charged as an admin fee for amending your policy
-
Die Hard 4! Now what image does that give?
Balding bloke in a mucky white vest
-
I think ORRP relayed a caravan once
Aye, from Bristol to Durham.
-
What info you after Tim?
We race with AWDC, there's some info on there about regs etc (basically MSA spec cage, belts, helmet, fire extinguisher, cut out switches, etc) and also a few cars for sale. Now's the time most cars come up for sale at the end of the season. We find the AWDC events friendly and well organised with a good level of competition, good decent length courses, and good value for money. Looking to do approx 6 events next year, probably missing the ones that are further afield, most of the AWDC safari's are typically easily reached from the SW.
Marches 4x4 for info on BCCC and Hillrally events.
There is also the option of local club events, although these tend not to offer the same milage as the 'national' events. We usually get around 8 laps of a 6 mile course with AWDC, but varies a bit from site to site.
You can usually find frank and open views on Mad Landy Forums.
You still got my number if you chat about options?
-
I would say you could borrow mine, I can still fit 8x4 sheets of ply on the floor, but I don't think it'd go in via the side door. Don't suppose that helps much.
Could help on the trailer front if needed, 10x5 (IIRC) Ifor-W 'builders' trailer.
-
How about combining two of your interests and building an off road speed event vehicle. If you like off roading and speed, then there is no better way!
Yeh come racing next year Tim. More suited to your driving style than challenge anyway
How about this race proven car all ready for next season
-
Oh god I could go on all day about the standard of driving in this country.
Agreed. Including those who think might is right. It's kinda understandable why many people are so anti 4x4 given how many of them are driven.
One of the joys of owning something like a big Defender. Default right of way
Works the other way too. I naturally assume I have the right of way at all mini-roundabouts. -
CB is good in vehicle, as mentioned more people seem to use them. For more mobile 1-2-1 comms I prefer GMRS to PMR, there's just the slight problem of the legality
-
Cooper ST's would be a good replacement for trac edge, they are a bit more agressive than AT's but not quite an MT either.
-
Coiler or leafer?
IIRC leafers have the uj's in line on both front and rear props.
Coilers however have the front uj's out of phase by 45° as a fudge to reduce vibrations due to the diff angle.
You may be able to rotate the prop on the splines unless it has a master spline.
-
Thought I'd give a little update on the TLE-6EX upgrade I got for my 4D Maglite. The batteries in the torch are a little weak so with the standard bulb the light was starting to drop off quite a bit. However with the TLE-6EX it's like having new batteries in, or maybe even better. I really need to get some new batteries to see if the LED is better than standard bulb at full power. Quoted figures suggest it should be an improvement from standard 110-120 lumens up to 140 lumens. But the main advantage is that the LED is regulated so you should get this output over almost all the (extended) battery life, and with my current weak batteries it certainly appears to be the case.
Beam spread and pattern is on the whole as good if not better than with the standard bulb in most instances. The Maglite reflector isn't the best so you still have some rings and dark spots at certain 'zooms', but generally the spread of light is a bit softer with less sharp transitions from the light to dark areas. The one case where the standard bulb is marginally better is it can be focused into a slightly tighter spot.
I tried taking some comparison pics to show the differences. The problem I had was taking pics with a 'point n press' compact camera is the limited control over the exposure, therefore it was difficult to show the real differences. On the geeky torch forums such as http://www.candlepowerforums.com they always take pics with two torches side by side, I don't have the luxury of two 4D Maglites to do such a comparison.
From other peoples reviews it appears to be much better than Maglites own LED upgrade which uses older LED technology, although having not used a Maglite LED upgrade I can't comment directly except to say that I'm well impressed with it and think it a worth while addition to a D cell Maglite.
And for something more portable I'm adding a Fenix LOD Q4 to my xmas wish list to replace the aged and feeble Maglite Solitaire on my key ring. 75 Lumens from single AAA torch is amazing, or for even more power stick in a AAA form factor 3.7V Li-Ion.
-
A mate has his comp safari car insured with http://www.competition-car-insurance.co.uk, no probs with any mods and cheap with only 1000 road miles.
I use Adrian Flux for modified motors, always seem open to any mods, although some mods rule out some of the underwritters they use they can usually find someone to provide cover.
-
I'm thinking of running a bar behind the seat to put the strap over then secure the end to the bulkhead lower down behind the seat. Not ideal, but best of a bad situation as far as I can see.
Nothing wrong with that solution, as long as the bar itself and bar and strap mounts are up to the job. Many comp safari cars use this method, especially if rear engined.
-
Are you sure it was a wave and not some other hand genture?
-
As for eating bushes that's more about the suspension arms you use (and how the suspension is setup) rather than the axles per say. However we've done about 8 events on the same set of bushes that where in the racer when it was purchased and they are still fine. There are quite a bit more expensive than 'normal' bushes when the time comes to replace.
-
They seem to be more common in the comp safari world, though I'm not sure what upgrades are usually applied. This may be partly due to the desire for the disco2 type radius arms, although the car I co-drive in uses disco2 arms fitted to modded 300 series axles. I understand that service parts, seals bearings etc, are rather more expensive for disco2 axle but not had the need to investigate this for myself.
-
Or there is this little baby with 5-600 Lumens at 12W and 1.5 hours burn time.
-
I've gone for the 3W 140 Lumen TLE-6EX which should get 20 hours from 4 D cells.....
Working and making mods on your own vehicle
in International Forum
Posted
Do you speak (or read even) french........ http://www.iritrack.com/
Speaking of the French they have another view on the road legal argument. As I understand it the cars in their Tout Terrain championship wouldn't stand a chance of being road legal in france but their event insurance covers all entrants during the event, that's while on stages and transit sections both of which can use roads.