Thread: Nice 130 on portals

I believe the portals have been redesigned over the years, horror stories for first design, but havent heard much from latest design. Anyone heard any different?

Originally Posted by blackrangie

I believe the portals have been redesigned over the years, horror stories for first design, but havent heard much from latest design. Anyone heard any different?

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The first portals tibus made I have ,they are the prototype he developed for Robert with the 130 Rhino in Germany.
They are the steel box 5" low geared .
Tibus then went on and made the 2nd lot out of alloy and 4" normal gearing.
These portals are the ones we heard so much about the failures of from a previous member.
Now there is the 3rd generation portals of which I have heard nothing about there performance.

Originally Posted by Pateyw

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The first portals tibus made I have ,they are the prototype he developed for Robert with the 130 Rhino in Germany.
They are the steel box 5" low geared .
Tibus then went on and made the 2nd lot out of alloy and 4" normal gearing.
These portals are the ones we heard so much about the failures of from a previous member.
Now there is the 3rd generation portals of which I have heard nothing about there performance.

Feedback on 3rd gen..certainly look good!

Originally Posted by Shoogs

Tamiya... bit hard to get into though... unless your 50mm tall.

Its a Traxxas trx4. Ive got one

Cheers Rod

There’s a guy in Vic who built his own portals, for a hybrid Landy years ago. The main thing I remember him telling me about them was he used the gears from Series 3 gearboxes (might have been the transfer gears). He’s a clever guy. He also worked on another LROCV members hybrid with a unique suspension setup which ended up winning Modified 4wd of the year.

Originally Posted by rijidij

There’s a guy in Vic who built his own portals, for a hybrid Landy years ago. The main thing I remember him telling me about them was he used the gears from Series 3 gearboxes (might have been the transfer gears). He’s a clever guy. He also worked on another LROCV members hybrid with a unique suspension setup which ended up winning Modified 4wd of the year.

Thats Bill. Amazing 4x4 mechanical mind and ability to make stuff. He was a member here a time ago.

Originally Posted by rijidij

There’s a guy in Vic who built his own portals, for a hybrid Landy years ago. The main thing I remember him telling me about them was he used the gears from Series 3 gearboxes (might have been the transfer gears). He’s a clever guy. He also worked on another LROCV members hybrid with a unique suspension setup which ended up winning Modified 4wd of the year.

That's Bill Larman AKA Bill Van Snorkel. (Wagoo on here)
And this is his Rover.Bill Van Snorkle's 2A. Bill Larman.jpg
And here in action.<iframe width="854" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MM0oE0q7648" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

The other was a 6x6 which I heard got burnt but that's not confirmed Bill Van Snorkle&#39;s 6x6 Land Rover Series - YouTube

Don

Originally Posted by Don 130

That's Bill Larman AKA Bill Van Snorkel. (Wagoo on here)
And this is his Rover.Bill Van Snorkle's 2A. Bill Larman.jpg
And here in action.<iframe width="854" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MM0oE0q7648" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

The other was a 6x6 which I heard got burnt but that's not confirmed Bill Van Snorkle&#39;s 6x6 Land Rover Series - YouTube

Don

That things insaaaane