A few months ago I had the idea of turning my T18 into a off roader. designed for jumps, mogals etc

Still need front tires and small bits n peices to finish.

Will post more info and pics soon.

Edited November 13, 201213 yr by simon

FCUK INFO AND PICS I WANT VIDS OF THIS TEARING UP A PADDOCK!

 

this was my girl friends dad and me in his maveric at the loveday track. pretty much spawned the idea.

Don't listen to that keyboard warrior :lol:

I want more info and pics. Whats the diff from ? How'd you lift the front ? Going to keep it a 'orrible rwd or convert it to 4wd ....

Yeah whats up with that diff it looks insane. Is it a stock T series with box steel welded on to strengthen it?

This is cool! what engine are you going to run, as I'm sure a 3t would have a hard time turning those wheels haha.

Cheers for the interests.

 

engine and drive line stock at the moment. has extractors (straight out) and a Webber. I do have a fair hot cam for the 3t but don't know weather to run it as i will lose torque. Hopefully the loose dirt will help with the lack of power.

 

diff welded. 5mm plate to stop the housing bending. i do have a complete hilux diff to put in once i break this one which will probably be on the first lap.

 

Rear lifted with 70 series cruiser front springs and rear shocks. Front lifted by lowering shock towers 4 inches. Strut inserts drained and new oil added. Removed half inch spacer from inserts to get more travel from front.

 

Will put up some pics of the build tonight with a bit of luck.

 

Cheers

I hope you got the diff straitened after welding that on? Would have bent more with all that weld on there.

Not too stressed about it being slightly bent. I did tack (inch welds) 6 spots (approx) on the vertical plate to eliminate as much bend as possible. The hilux one will go in a press to weld up so it flexes back to straight.

 

The pea shooter axles in the std diff will let go, from stress. way before the seals leak or any thing else chews out due to a warped housing. If it does hold up i wouldn't be too stressed about a weepy seal or noisy wheel bearing.

Edited November 2, 201213 yr by simon

Its hard to weld coke cans! :P

The truck I bought to drag it around. The repairs on the truck slowed progress of the build down.

Edited November 2, 201213 yr by simon

Love it !

That is a very interesting front setup.

Yeh i wanted to have some rake on the lower arms so the suspension will absorb some of the larger bumps instead of forcing the wheel back against the pivot axis, which would lead to premature failure.

Hope that sort of makes sense.

I also wanted the arms to be as long as possible with the pivots as close to center as possible. Keeping the angle of the arms at either end of these travel to as little as possible.

The whole sub frame has been reinforced with 5mm Plate. The caster rod supports and engine sub frame are joint with 30x3mm square tube and 40x4mm across the front. Used rose joints on all the pivots.

hahaha thats awesome

reminds me of my sisters boyfriends falcon