Thread: 4.6 Disco doing its thing !

i'll drop in soon mate

Originally Posted by Disco_owner

Thanks Jezz , I had aschroft 4.11 CW&P put on my disco while ago , just for sole purpose of going to bigger tyres , I suspect 2" Body lift is still in order , re: your Creepy Crawler we must talk

Good Stuff ! they work a treat ! I have a 40mm body lift but do thinks I should have went 50mm But i'm getting there !
PM me on tyres, im happy to do a good deal !!.. I also have a newbie on an old rim as a spare thats never been used !.............. but if not wanted I can sell that separately !

I can send heaps of pic's and willing to go halves on freight over there if interested !

Cheers
Jeremy

Originally Posted by Jezzaol

That track can be a bit tough on a standard vehicle, I had with me a fairly standard 2" lifted Patrol and a 5" lifted geared up Patrol (with no lockers) come with me on Sunday, they did cover some quite tough parts of the track but both opted out of a couple of the harder bits that I idled over without so much as a bump on the under body ! You would be quite suprised at what you standard D2 will do !

I'll second that. I was out with a mate just before new years and last sat on the powerlines. Funnily enough no one else was out when we went on both occasions which was a first!!

I find the biggest limiting factor on my car now (complete stock D1) is the tyre size. I used to be able to do almost all tracks in the disco (a while back now) but since all the nupties have been out there with massive wheels and ripping the crap out of the track (not idling over like Jeremy here) I can't even get close. Whats wrong with driving with a bit of brains instead of thrashing the crap out of your car and track.

Whinge aside, the mate I was with had a 79 series td v8 with 2" lift, 35's and twin lockers. My car was equalling his on occasions and going further in some real tippy sections mainly due to his having no flex and being on the verge of tipping over. Mine would sail through keeping all wheels on the ground and giving nice flex shots

However mine came unstuck where all the massive boulders are, you need at least 35's now for a lot of sections otherwise its chicken track for you. Even then some of those are getting a bit hairy.

Jeremy, do you have any bigger shots of your car on the powerlines. Its hard to see where abouts you are on the track in those shots. Also seen you driving around berfore when I've been up to rovacraft for spares. Nice looking truck

looks great!

The photo's I have are large and good quality !!........ But I cant get them up on Here ?? If you PM Me you normal email address I can email you some !

Cheers

Originally Posted by stuee

I'll second that. I was out with a mate just before new years and last sat on the powerlines. Funnily enough no one else was out when we went on both occasions which was a first!!

I find the biggest limiting factor on my car now (complete stock D1) is the tyre size. I used to be able to do almost all tracks in the disco (a while back now) but since all the nupties have been out there with massive wheels and ripping the crap out of the track (not idling over like Jeremy here) I can't even get close. Whats wrong with driving with a bit of brains instead of thrashing the crap out of your car and track.

Whinge aside, the mate I was with had a 79 series td v8 with 2" lift, 35's and twin lockers. My car was equalling his on occasions and going further in some real tippy sections mainly due to his having no flex and being on the verge of tipping over. Mine would sail through keeping all wheels on the ground and giving nice flex shots

However mine came unstuck where all the massive boulders are, you need at least 35's now for a lot of sections otherwise its chicken track for you. Even then some of those are getting a bit hairy.

Jeremy, do you have any bigger shots of your car on the powerlines. Its hard to see where abouts you are on the track in those shots. Also seen you driving around berfore when I've been up to rovacraft for spares. Nice looking truck

Hey Jezza, I'd just like to say I hate you
I have wanted to do the 4.6 change over for quite a while but - had the money for it then bought a harley instead. still need to do it though.

The biggest trouble is I dont have the access to all the necessary equipment to carry out the work and the cost of paying someone to do it on a Disco I in Darwin is not economically viable.

I need to make a desision soon as the 3.9 is just about buggered as the previous owner never used coolant and it is pretty eaten out

Oh by the way I was joking about hating you, only envious

Cheers Blythe

Sweet rig Jezz

Hi,
Finally got arund to uploading some footage to Youtube today !

Enjoy !
YouTube - Landrover Disco 4.6 Powerlines 09


Jeremy