Thread: Stirlsilver's Disco Ute Project

Originally Posted by McDisco

Stirl

Im still so impressed. I dont think anyone has had a thread with this amount of technical information and awesome schematics. I think we will all learn something from this one.

Thanks

Angus

Thanks for the comment Angus, I appreciate it. I would of had more money to burn this month if I hadn't gone and blown $800 on wheels and tyres for the BMW. And I leave for Argentina this saturday for two and a half weeks so it's going to get quiet around here for a while

I'll get back into working on the project when I get back though

Stirl

As a side, what do you do for a crust? Your an engineer right...what takes you all over the world though? Must be a specialised area...

Angus

Originally Posted by McDisco

Stirl

As a side, what do you do for a crust? Your an engineer right...what takes you all over the world though? Must be a specialised area...

Angus

I'm an engineer/project manager... which i'm told is pretty crazy when you are 23 and the projects are USD 1m+ . I work in the gas turbine power station industry (the company mostly designs & manufactures big insulated exhaust ducts), because the company is pretty small and our clients are usually overseas the opportunity to travel is pretty frequent.

Having said that though, the coming Argentina trip is a family holiday with my parents, not for work

Nice! Well enjoy the trip mate!

Well it's time for my comments, you have done this in enough detail for me to consider doing the same myself, the main reason why I haven't as yet is because it was all a bit to daunting to tell the truth. In fact I thought it would be easier to fit a series III or county tub onto the disco but I really like what you are doing and I figure that if I stuff it up I can always go back to my original plan.

I am going to have to read this very closely as I have only skimmed it really but I very much like what I am seeing

Cheers Blythe

Hey Stirl!! Whats happening here mate?!! Made any progress...Im keen to see how its going.

Angus

Hey Angus,
Unfortunately there hasn't been any progress since my last update...

The engine in Waynes Rangie blew up while I was in Argentina and he is currently in the process of building up and installing a replacement. Due to space limitations I couldn't do anything to the disco while this was happening. The engine build should be finished in the next week or so.

I also decided that I should get my other Land Rover back on the road so that it doesn't just rot away where it is stored, so when Wayne finishes up with his engine build I'll pull my Stage 1 out. I'll take out the engine and gearbox, deglaze the bores, install new rings and put the engine back together and I'll also take on the job of swapping the gearbox internals from the broken case into a new replacement. With the stage 1 back on the road at least I'll be able to go 4wding again.

Once the Stage 1 is back on the road I'll move back onto the disco. I'm still putting money aside for the project and should be buying some 35"x10.5" Silverstone Extremes soon for it.

Hey Stirl

Good to here your still on it. I have bought myself a rangie to play with so Im up for some more tough trips now...

Angus