Thread: MOG conversion For Tuff Truck defender

I have started my build for Tuff Truck 2009 and i thought i might share the build.

My starting car is my comp defender origionally built by Haultech engineering for the tuff truck challenge in 2005, then rebuilt by me in 2006/7.











Origional specs
- defender chassis with shaved suspension and body.
- 3 link front suspension with 16 inch race runner air shocks
- triangulated 4 link rear suspension with 16" race runners
- jac mac Chromolly axles with toyota 8" LSD centers in strengthened rover housings
- Haultech traction control with individual wheel brake locks
- 3.9 rover motor ex 95 disco, moved back 450mm and down 75mm.
- ZF HP22 auto and LT230 ex disco
- 36 super swamper Iroks on 15x10 beadlocked rims (also had 39 iroks for a few days)
- Full hydraulic steering (like a forklift) with High flowed commodore pump.
- front Warn high mount and rear warn 8000lb low mount connected to axles
- lots of tube and blue paint.

this is a photo to show how far the engine is back.


What is changing

- Axles, 406 merc unimog drum brake (2 steering axles) 4 wheel hydraulic steering with portals and factory air lockers.
- suspension, triangulated front and rear with links made from 50mm solid 7075 alloy with 1 1/4" chromo heim joints.
- Tyres 42x17 inch super swamper iroks in their sticky racing compound
- No origional chassis behind transfer case or infront of engine mounts (remember where the engine is)
- rims, custom 17x9 beadlocked steelies.
- rollcage and chassis from racetech 650 chromolly tube
- rear 9000lb warn on narrowed drum
- front warn 9.0 RC winch with 4.8HP motor
- Disc handbrake and rear transfer output disconnect

- If i have time to play with the motor, i have a T3/t70 hybrid turbo aswell as a t28 that would go sweetly on my 4.0 i have laying around.



40 degree steering lock.








I hope to have it ready for Tuff truck in april, however i may not be able to be there to drive it as my wife is due on the 9th. I am looking for sponsorship as i am quickly running out of funds, i am short of the entry fee and 2 10" stroke double ended hydrulic rams (just under 1k worth) and some nice paint (if i cant find someone to help out with the paint, it will go olive drab). So if anyone wants their company colours on a car that has had a bit of work and money invested already please get in contact with me.

need 2 of these


Work so far, cut off the back with plasma and wheel out in the paddock

What a beast that is going to be!!!