deep Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Now I know there are two of you. The other one was working on the 80 at exactly the same time! There is order in the universe though. When it comes to working on my Land Rover, there is rarely more than half of me... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 Well today both of me (according to Deep) have been working, started out by jet-washing the 80" from yesterdays shenanigans in a mixture of rain and snow, bl**dy cold, bl**dy wet and bl**dy awful!! Then I turned my attention back to this and found a place for the fire extinguisher: And then I tackled a job I had completely forgotten about during the build Would've been much nicer to have done before sending it off to the painter, but forgot my plan completely.. The job was fitting a handlebar for the Co driver to hold on to, nothing worse than sitting in the passenger seat and having nowhere to put your hands, so I got creative: POV from the passenger seat: And finally I gave it a quick lick of paint. Going to fit rubber or foam handles to it: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lo-fi Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 I'm almost disappointed that's not the actual steering wheel, Soren Very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous doug Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Bang some ODI long neck grips on those bars søren, your co driver will love you for it and they're dirt cheap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Turning it into a big quad bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deep Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 2 hours ago, landroversforever said: Turning it into a big quad bike Pet peeve - it can't be a quad (four wheels) and a bike (two wheels) at the same time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 5 hours ago, lo-fi said: I'm almost disappointed that's not the actual steering wheel, Soren Very cool. Suppose I could've done something with 2 sprockets and a chain.. 4 hours ago, dangerous doug said: Bang some ODI long neck grips on those bars søren, your co driver will love you for it and they're dirt cheap They would be way to long as I've cut the ends (and the center) of the handlebar down. Think I'm going to fit the MX type 1 hour ago, deep said: Pet peeve - it can't be a quad (four wheels) and a bike (two wheels) at the same time! No more unlikely than there being two of me? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 had a set of dirtbike grips at work that I slammed on there tonight: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 So then, treated the ol' gal to some new shoes today: 37"x13,5"-16" Discoverer STT's and on the pictures they are at 5 PSI at the front and 3,5 PSI at the back, giving me a contact patch of 30x30cm's on all 4 corners and a pressure of 2,25 kg's pr. cm2 A little less than me standing on both my feet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deep Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 I like your emergency handbrake... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Them's some heavy old wheels.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 (edited) 9 hours ago, deep said: I like your emergency handbrake... Well it was either that or the 80", so I choose the one that was easiest to get new wings for.. 9 hours ago, Bowie69 said: Them's some heavy old wheels.... Well yes and no, I expected worse, knowing that my 35" Krawlers was 2 kgs heavier on steel beadlocks its actually not bad. Large Wheels = heavy weight its a fact thats hard to get around. Atleast its weight added nice and low. Edited April 9, 2018 by Soren Frimodt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Soren Frimodt said: Well yes and no, I expected worse, knowing that my 35" Krawlers was 2 kgs heavier on steel beadlocks its actually not bad. Large Wheels = heavy weight its a fact thats hard to get around. Atleast its weight added nice and low. I know what you mean with the large=heavy! Mine at 57Kg a corner . But interestingly my Banded wolfs are lighter than the Raceline Ali wheels they use on the Gigglepin truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 14 hours ago, Soren Frimodt said: 2,25 kg's pr. cm2 A little less than me standing on both my feet Excellent, then you can drive where your co-driver can stand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 1 hour ago, landroversforever said: I know what you mean with the large=heavy! Mine at 57Kg a corner . But interestingly my Banded wolfs are lighter than the Raceline Ali wheels they use on the Gigglepin truck. Yeah I've found that to be the case often as well. Ali Wheels often times being heavier than steelies. But of course they are often much more HD, the Modulars as I have on these are not strong in any way shape or form Had hoped to be able to use my lovely 16" wolfraces but the backspacing is just too far off Would require 60mm spacers 1 hour ago, elbekko said: Excellent, then you can drive where your co-driver can stand Where I can stand, my co driver is considerably lighter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Yeah, the backspacing on my wolf's isn't great, I've had to go 30mm spacers to get full lock. But another 10mm on top of that to be able to get full articulation without hitting the shocks. Not quite so bad because the banded wolfs are only about a 5mm offset I can get away with the big spacers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 Its quite annoying having to have the Wheels stick out so much, but if I wan't any sort of steering Lock they need to sadly You should be better off with your link setup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Not really any better off sadly. My radius arm adaptor brackets push the link joint further back, so I've had to go 30mm spacers to clear that. And looking like another 10mm on top of that to get the tyre to clear the shock at full articulation. so 40mm spacers brings my total effective offset to -45mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 Not much left to do on this, so not really able to bring any savvy updates right now. Did buy and fit some HD steering rods but anybody can do that so not really picture worthy Did spend my day rearranging quite a bit though, and I now have my hoist/ramp in the other garage as it was annoying to have to drive over it every-time I had to use the pit, and I really don't need it when its sat on top of the pit, obviously So now I can actually lift the car up a bit higher and I have considerably more space around it. So next year when I plan to enter the JWH into some competition, servicing between races should be really nice and not get in the way of other projects parked in the more "Fabrication oriented" garage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted May 27, 2018 Author Share Posted May 27, 2018 Finally some stuff done to this thing again! Been a long time, but thoroughly enjoy being back at it Started out by taking the 37"'s off the 10" wheels as I have some new 8" coming (Bet you'll be asking WTF I'm doing ) and boy was that a job and a half! Especially in this heat! Tried using my Tyremachine but had to revert to the old fashioned way after the tyre got stock on the machine Notice the bottlejack So after three tyres I needed a rest and a icy cold Pepsi: After this was finally over with I turned to more easy jobs, first up was fitting a switch to control the winch from the front: Then I decided to move the anchor to the front as we all know how annoying it is to have to run around the vehicle to get it. Took a surprising amount of time to make the bracketry needed, it also has to be easy to remove and reinstall mind you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arjan Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 Awesome read !!!!! Thanks. Love that ramp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Thinner wheels = lighter! You'll need to do all four though, Soren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLineMike Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 On 09/04/2018 at 8:17 AM, landroversforever said: I know what you mean with the large=heavy! Mine at 57Kg a corner . But interestingly my Banded wolfs are lighter than the Raceline Ali wheels they use on the Gigglepin truck. 65kg a corner here with 37" treps & racelines, id say they are stronger than wolf wheels though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Bowie69 said: Thinner wheels = lighter! You'll need to do all four though, Soren Sh*t knew I forgot something.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 15 hours ago, RedLineMike said: 65kg a corner here with 37" treps & racelines, id say they are stronger than wolf wheels though I'd be genuinely interested to know for sure. The heavier ali with more bulk vs less of the stronger steel, but less thickness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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