Thread: 4BD1 into Defender

*awed silence, followed by 200 PMs to AM to mass produce them*
Very nice work, Sir!
Craftsmanship.

Many thanks was just for the ideas 40 years to late for the production side of things

Originally Posted by Ancient Mariner

AMs senile drivell

If that's senile drivel then what are the rest of us spouting?

Great work, I hadn't seen that photo before. Looks much nicer than 2 days CNC.

As far as the perentie's towing ability. I have had no problems moving things around and she handles a pretty good 95kph on the flat.

cheers,
Brian.

That looks brilliant AM, shame you aren't selling them

...but then 2 days CNC looks better than nothing at all

Lots of us don't have the life time of industrial experience - contacts, access to materials, metallergic knowledge and planning processes.

I'm not sure why the derogatory focus on the CNC case. The case is the least issue. From my point of view it was the shaft that was the major issue.

My constructive suggestion then for those still hankering for an adaptor, but with cost concerns, would be to buy the shaft from Outcast and build your own adaptor case. But make sure you get the case right or you'll potentially screw the shaft. Nice work by the way AM.

Options:
- do the lot yourself if you work in the industry and have the contacts
- if you have no industry experience then spend a lot of time developing the contacts, do it yourself and hope any mistakes on the way don't cost more than buying off the shelf
- hope that aulro members with industrial knowledge will really come up with serious help to allow you to make your own prototype
- wait for Sheldon
- go fully Outcast (and offset the redicule by knowing you are getting somewhere)
- go shaft Outcast, case self (probably still get redicule cause you weren't man enough to file your own splines using the best NZ jade cutting tips )
- cannabalise another vehicle, or buy ex-army or open market
- wait til someone finds another kit manufacturer
- look on for the rest of your life (possibly with an engine/gearbox sitting on your shed floor for ever)

Serious question. For $AU3-4k for an adapter & gear/TC linkage set (buy your own gearbox and LT230) what is the demand?

I would think there is small demand, but enough to keep the question bubbling along about where to get an adaptor. Small demand I think kills the idea of getting professional casting services to set up for it. Hence CNC.

I have a furnace that can handle 2 litres only. And I'm still trying to tune it for cast iron. I could build bigger but $$$$. Then getting reliable source of materials, degassing, moulding, warranty/public liability etc. Vague idea that if I got Outcast unit as mould template I could try casting one and feed it back to Outcast for evaluation. But I don't want to upset Outcast cause they have put a lot of time into product. And I want the case on my vehicle and not sitting around as a template while I make up a wooden copy.

As said, the shaft is the real issue.

Got any imperial jade you could send me for my min collection?