Rockrover
19th September 2007, 08:57 PM
Well Merv and I have a toy 2 door 81 rangie. We have decided to start building it up a bit better than what it is now encouraged by how well the old girl did in the Mud, Guts and Glory competion in WA a few weeks ago.
What I can tell you about the car so far:
- 4.6 litre motor built by Brians engineering in Brisbane (the original owner is telling us 225 hp ... dunno but she goes)
- electronic ignition
- Twin ARB lockers
- LRA 2.5 inch body lift (done by us)
- 36" super swampers
- 127 litre custom aluminium fuel tank
- twin thermo fans
- custom front bar
- rocksliders
- dual batts
We bought it for a good price and had a 77 Rover thrown in for spares. Also in the process of collecting a 84 Rover for more spares.
The running gear, shocks, springs etc... are all pretty much stock. We were amazed that the axles lasted the weekend festivities and this was more luck than good management.
Sitting in the shed we have new springs, rollbar, racing seats, EFI system, New 36" super swampers with Staun internal beadlocks all ready to go.
On order from Rovercraft we have the following:
Front Toyota conversion kit
Rear Toyota conversion kit
Damper relocation kit
high clearance track rod
HD trailing arms
Once these are received and fitted we will add to them:
New shocks
New custom 2.5" exhaust with resinator only
Air compressor in rear of aircon motor
New paint job (matt black)
Next week it starts with a full rewire of the engine bay and we are going to bring as many relays, battery switch etc... into the car itself to defeat Lord Lucas (who those who saw the pics on here know defeated us a few times). This will make a huge difference we hope.
Lucky for us with a good showing we have managed to attract 4 sponsors who are happy to give us some folding stuff to play with our toy. More are welcome !!!!
I am sure Dave will remind me of anything I have forgotten
What I can tell you about the car so far:
- 4.6 litre motor built by Brians engineering in Brisbane (the original owner is telling us 225 hp ... dunno but she goes)
- electronic ignition
- Twin ARB lockers
- LRA 2.5 inch body lift (done by us)
- 36" super swampers
- 127 litre custom aluminium fuel tank
- twin thermo fans
- custom front bar
- rocksliders
- dual batts
We bought it for a good price and had a 77 Rover thrown in for spares. Also in the process of collecting a 84 Rover for more spares.
The running gear, shocks, springs etc... are all pretty much stock. We were amazed that the axles lasted the weekend festivities and this was more luck than good management.
Sitting in the shed we have new springs, rollbar, racing seats, EFI system, New 36" super swampers with Staun internal beadlocks all ready to go.
On order from Rovercraft we have the following:
Front Toyota conversion kit
Rear Toyota conversion kit
Damper relocation kit
high clearance track rod
HD trailing arms
Once these are received and fitted we will add to them:
New shocks
New custom 2.5" exhaust with resinator only
Air compressor in rear of aircon motor
New paint job (matt black)
Next week it starts with a full rewire of the engine bay and we are going to bring as many relays, battery switch etc... into the car itself to defeat Lord Lucas (who those who saw the pics on here know defeated us a few times). This will make a huge difference we hope.
Lucky for us with a good showing we have managed to attract 4 sponsors who are happy to give us some folding stuff to play with our toy. More are welcome !!!!
I am sure Dave will remind me of anything I have forgotten