Corrugations and Land Rovers, which is best

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by 81V8

In answer to the OP's original question.

Landrovers are best - corregations suck! :D:D:D:D

Ian.

---

Well, a Peugot 4 or 504 might change your mind there. Apart from the other French classic, the DS19, it's hard to think of a regular car that handles corrugations as well as a Pug. Gelignite Jack Murray was famous for driving one. He also did things in a Mimi and a LandCrab ( Austin 1800 ) that would make a lot of 4WD owners shudder, 60 years ago when the roads were worse than most of our tracks. That said, I have an old RRC that is awesome on the corry. Dampers are stuffed, that's what does it.:lol2:

I converted the rear of my 110 to air springs before i did the canning. In the middle of the track with the worst corrugations we did a comparison with a mates 110 that was almost identical apart from having coils all round. Mine rode a lot better.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by isuzurover

I converted the rear of my 110 to air springs before i did the canning. In the middle of the track with the worst corrugations we did a comparison with a mates 110 that was almost identical apart from having coils all round. Mine rode a lot better.

---

thanks a lot, can i ask what kind of air spring system you're using.

anyone tried a dual shock setup on the rear axle ?

Richard

The D1 certainly pitches more than the 110 Defender on roads with undulations, performance on corrugations I don't think will affected by wheelbase.

There are a few threads on this forum on airbag conversions, isuzurover's thread has lost most of the links to the photos which make it less informative than when it had its photos so I did not link to it.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by slug_burner

The D1 certainly pitches more than the 110 Defender on roads with undulations, performance on corrugations I don't think will affected by wheelbase.

There are a few threads on this forum on airbag conversions, isuzurover's thread has lost most of the links to the photos which make it less informative than when it had its photos so I did not link to it.

---

Ah will have to put them back up...

I have a D1 so possibly biased - but I have driven a fair bit of corrugated road over the years ( Cape York, Melville NP, Gulf, Simpson and surrounds ) often with my Landcruiser mate in tow. In my experience the quality of the suspension setup will be the big factor in how the D1 handles things. If well setup for the road and load it is pretty good, if a little prone to pitching from time to time. Also in my experience the D1 on 31's is nicer to be in on the same roads than my mates 79 series ute on 32's - unless the shocks are not up to the job. I am not confident that std billies are sufficient for me for expedition type loads so will look to get some Koni Raids ( or something else tbc ) for the rear next trip. I think the shocks need excellent rebound damping on the rear in particular to keep the car suitably controlled.

thanks to all of you

Never would have thought about airbag springs without you lot.

To keep it simple i would like to use the Disco II System, without the controls, just tire valves to pump the bags up to the needed level.
As for shocks, ill try to fit another set facing the rear end, same angle as the standard ones.

Any one running this setup on a disco I.

Isuzurover do you have any footage of your airbaged 110 going up chopped up sand dune tracks?;)

Richard

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by furianer

thanks to all of you

Never would have thought about airbag springs without you lot.

To keep it simple i would like to use the Disco II System, without the controls, just tire valves to pump the bags up to the needed level.
As for shocks, ill try to fit another set facing the rear end, same angle as the standard ones.

Any one running this setup on a disco I.

Isuzurover do you have any footage of your airbaged 110 going up chopped up sand dune tracks?;)

Richard

---

I would opt for firestone air springs. They are heavier duty than the d2 items but a lot cheaper.
You will need to have a compressor and valve connected to them. That is the setup i have.

I have a couple of videos from the csr and gclro trips. Will see what i can dig out.

thanks, looking forward to the clips.

we don't get much of chance to see how our Disco performs compare to others.
We are most of the time on our own, not much traffic at time and places we like to go to.

Thanks for the tip with the firestones, would the ones you used on the 110 fit the smaller diameter top spring bracket on the Disco.
What you reckon about the dual shock setup.





www.stolz-rostfrei.ch