Thread: Defender 2007 : What did you want?

Originally Posted by Greylandy

.. until I hand over the keys to my unborn son!!

Did I read that correctly

Are you to spawn?

. until I hand over the keys to my unborn son!! [/quote]



And may the tradition continue...............

this:




http://rovering.squarespace.com/jour...t-concept.html

or this:



http://rovering.squarespace.com/jour...r-concept.html

I like the seating on the LCV. To add insult to injury, it's even a genuine LR product.

Steve

Originally Posted by scrambler

this:




http://rovering.squarespace.com/jour...t-concept.html

or this:



http://rovering.squarespace.com/jour...r-concept.html

I like the seating on the LCV. To add insult to injury, it's even a genuine LR product.

Steve

There is something not right in that rollover on the front end

The curved glass removes one of the key attractions of the Defender - low insolation problem and the ability to replace broken glass easily and cheaply.
No thanks.
John

new defender should have:

150mm wider track and body
50mm wider chassis width
100mm longer front doors
same bonnet and gards as now(no hump)
latest tech diesel about 3lt 5cyl
CLOSE ratio 6 speed man (6th is 1-1)
high pinion hypiod diffs, 4 pin, 9 inch ring gear
approx 4.1 r&p to protect props and to disipate engine torque.
35mm dia axles
101 size cv's
move front axle foward 25mm(radius arms 25mm longer/use same mount)
move rear axle rearward 50mm
o/a chassis lenght is same as now
move engine/gearbox/transfer case back 200mm
rear trailing arm at chassis to continue up and mount at body outrigger
bigger rear ball joint with the abilty to angle more
complete new wiring
very basic (like s11a dash but moden) and nice new dash options
keep front vents
set up for dual batterys one under both front seats
standardise nut and bolts all metric

COMPLETE NEW WIRING

cheers serg

Originally Posted by uninformed

new defender should have:

150mm wider track and body
50mm wider chassis width
100mm longer front doors
same bonnet and gards as now(no hump)
latest tech diesel about 3lt 5cyl
CLOSE ratio 6 speed man (6th is 1-1)
high pinion hypiod diffs, 4 pin, 9 inch ring gear
approx 4.1 r&p to protect props and to disipate engine torque.
35mm dia axles
101 size cv's
move front axle foward 25mm(radius arms 25mm longer/use same mount)
move rear axle rearward 50mm
o/a chassis lenght is same as now
move engine/gearbox/transfer case back 200mm
rear trailing arm at chassis to continue up and mount at body outrigger
bigger rear ball joint with the abilty to angle more
complete new wiring
very basic (like s11a dash but moden) and nice new dash options
keep front vents
set up for dual batterys one under both front seats
standardise nut and bolts all metric

COMPLETE NEW WIRING

cheers serg

Very specific, some of which I would agree with, some I don't ( for example, 150mm wider would cause problems with trees on a lot of the tracks I drive on regularly). Unfortunately, a lot of the changes you are looking for, such as the body dimension changes, would require major new tooling - and simply has zero chance of happening before a complete redesign, which is certain to use an existing platform, probably the D3, and have nothing except the name and perhaps styling in common with the Defender.

re the track width, I'm with John, maybe 50mm, 75mm max wider (to help turning circle, keep front radius arms/chassis as is)
I've often thought of having a spacer machined to fit between the axle tubes and swivels and get longer axles and steering arms made. Keeps scrub radius reasonable, unlike offset rims, and fix's (helps) turning circle. Also looks 'more' legal, just isn't. It's just $$$$$

Interesting that a mates older brother who used to be a RAEME used to tell us that on joint exercises in the top end, HUMMVEEs used to stake tyres all the time as the track was so wide one wheel/tyre ran where all the scree/crap was pushed aside by conventional vehicles.