Build Silver Bullet - BJ74 Tough Offroad all rounder buildup
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Can clock it to anywhere, that was the best position I found, the barrel could not be clocked down any more, hits the rocker cover. As it turned out this position worked pretty well, the waste gate bolted pretty much straight up.
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Cooler is mounted, waiting on pump to arrive and need to order a radiator. Exhaust and some heat shielding is done, have driven about 100km with no problems or melting of stuff. With the 3'' system the car feels more responsive and boosts harder up top. Previiously I would only get the overboost light coming on in 3rd gear at 3000+rpm with my 35''s tyres on, full load and up a BIG hill, and it would only flicker on. Now I can get it glowing full on in 3rd-4th gear easily on the street with 33'' tyres on. Some pics, it only is JUST out of the bonnet, have tidied it up now with some pinchweld do seal against.
Was the first exhaust system I have made and I am really pleased with the result, was tricky getting the welds right though, not pretty but the work, best ones are holding the muffler on.
Was the first exhaust system I have made and I am really pleased with the result, was tricky getting the welds right though, not pretty but the work, best ones are holding the muffler on.
Hey mate the exhaust and cooler are looking sh!t hot.
I bought a rebuilt brake master from a mob in SA from ebay. It was about a third of the price of that. Been in for a year and no probs to date. It took a bit of looking around to get the right one cause the brake lines bolt up on the opposite side of the master to other 70 series brake masters.
Cheers,
Gav.
I bought a rebuilt brake master from a mob in SA from ebay. It was about a third of the price of that. Been in for a year and no probs to date. It took a bit of looking around to get the right one cause the brake lines bolt up on the opposite side of the master to other 70 series brake masters.
Cheers,
Gav.
Try Power Brakes SA
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Well I have given my 10000lbs high speed winch a workout and here are my thoughts.
I went with the Tigerz11 winch over a high mount or Warn low mount as I felt it represented better “value” and is a more advanced feature packed unit, ie in the braking mechanism, than anything Warn currently has to offer, especially at this price point. My previous winch was a warn magnum 9000lbs low mount that I fitted with a Warn high mount motor and Albright contactor pack, after both originals previously failed.
Appears built pretty well and the clutch engagement and free spool is very good. Had some trouble with the wireless remote, got it sorted with a new control box from the guys at Tigerz.
Standard Tigerz11 10000lbs high speed winch into a ARB 70 series deluxe winch bar, fitted straight in, only need to 10mm longer bolts for the fair-lead. Winch is running off two 750cca batteries in parallel, same as per my previous Warn.
Under no load it is pretty quick, loaded it up and wound on my cable which it did with ease and MUCH faster than my previous Warn. I like the battery monitor feature on the remote control, gives a indication on when to let the batteries rest and re-charge. Though I found the LED’s on the wired remote control very bright, to bright even in day time conditions. The wired remote has LED’s to indicate winch in and winch out, unfortunately “in” and “out” are written small below the LEDs and hard to see as they are part of the black moulding, not highlighted white or anything. I had a scary problem with the momentary winch in/out switch. The switch is not sealed, when it operates the switch slides past the housing, when released it springs to centre. Problem is mud and crap can get down into this gap and jam the switch into position! It took me a second or two to realise and push the switch to the centre off position.
I find the wireless remote to be a hopeless gimmick, it worked but there was a delay between releasing the switch and the winch actually stopping, this is not present when using the wired remote.
All up I did about 15 hard winches over the course of yesterday. The winch performed pretty well, no load speed was very good and it wasn’t to bad under load either. Much better than my previous Warn. On my first winch it did slow right down and I nearly thought I would need to use my snatch block. Car was diffed out (front and rear gouged about a 1’’ deep rut) in hard clay being dragged up a steep hill. Other than that it performed reasonably fast on the other winches with a bit of a slow down when faced with big rocks in front of the wheels. When I was able to drive a short distance it was good to have the winch catch up quickly and continue on. Overall very pleased with it compared to my previous warn unit.
Future mods including wiring up incab controls and looking into remote free spool. The free spool works very well but no one can be bothered scrambling up a hill to hook up the line then back down to engaged the winch, I powered out every time we used it.
I went with the Tigerz11 winch over a high mount or Warn low mount as I felt it represented better “value” and is a more advanced feature packed unit, ie in the braking mechanism, than anything Warn currently has to offer, especially at this price point. My previous winch was a warn magnum 9000lbs low mount that I fitted with a Warn high mount motor and Albright contactor pack, after both originals previously failed.
Appears built pretty well and the clutch engagement and free spool is very good. Had some trouble with the wireless remote, got it sorted with a new control box from the guys at Tigerz.
Standard Tigerz11 10000lbs high speed winch into a ARB 70 series deluxe winch bar, fitted straight in, only need to 10mm longer bolts for the fair-lead. Winch is running off two 750cca batteries in parallel, same as per my previous Warn.
Under no load it is pretty quick, loaded it up and wound on my cable which it did with ease and MUCH faster than my previous Warn. I like the battery monitor feature on the remote control, gives a indication on when to let the batteries rest and re-charge. Though I found the LED’s on the wired remote control very bright, to bright even in day time conditions. The wired remote has LED’s to indicate winch in and winch out, unfortunately “in” and “out” are written small below the LEDs and hard to see as they are part of the black moulding, not highlighted white or anything. I had a scary problem with the momentary winch in/out switch. The switch is not sealed, when it operates the switch slides past the housing, when released it springs to centre. Problem is mud and crap can get down into this gap and jam the switch into position! It took me a second or two to realise and push the switch to the centre off position.
I find the wireless remote to be a hopeless gimmick, it worked but there was a delay between releasing the switch and the winch actually stopping, this is not present when using the wired remote.
All up I did about 15 hard winches over the course of yesterday. The winch performed pretty well, no load speed was very good and it wasn’t to bad under load either. Much better than my previous Warn. On my first winch it did slow right down and I nearly thought I would need to use my snatch block. Car was diffed out (front and rear gouged about a 1’’ deep rut) in hard clay being dragged up a steep hill. Other than that it performed reasonably fast on the other winches with a bit of a slow down when faced with big rocks in front of the wheels. When I was able to drive a short distance it was good to have the winch catch up quickly and continue on. Overall very pleased with it compared to my previous warn unit.
Future mods including wiring up incab controls and looking into remote free spool. The free spool works very well but no one can be bothered scrambling up a hill to hook up the line then back down to engaged the winch, I powered out every time we used it.
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Have changed the inlet piping a little, got rid of the silcone bend and replaced it with a cast alloy 2'' to 2.22'' bend. Have received my radiator for the cooler and it is HUGE much larger than the dimensions given on their wed site. I will make it fit though, it will cover most of the radiator behind the grille area and I will be slicing into the support panel below the grille to fit it.
The car also needs more fuel, which I will adjust once I get the intercooler installed. On the weekend just gone I had trouble keeping the engine speed up on steep climbs when in low second. One climb I hit at the bottom, low second on the governor at about 4000rpm, 15psi boost. Just as I was cresting the top it was really starting to die getting below 2000rpm.
Currently the fuel is stock with the tie wires still on the pump, max EGT pre turbo I have seen so far is about 630C.
The car also needs more fuel, which I will adjust once I get the intercooler installed. On the weekend just gone I had trouble keeping the engine speed up on steep climbs when in low second. One climb I hit at the bottom, low second on the governor at about 4000rpm, 15psi boost. Just as I was cresting the top it was really starting to die getting below 2000rpm.
Currently the fuel is stock with the tie wires still on the pump, max EGT pre turbo I have seen so far is about 630C.
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Just got back from a snow trip on the weekend. Was great fun, bit of carnage though. I hit a Kangaroo on the way up there, moved the mud guard back and dented the door, bullbar didnt move. Also hit my mates bullbar, destroying my drivers side mud guard. What is the method to remove the lower front mud guard? Two four wheel drives went home on tow trucks, one we think cracked a piston. The other a Hilux which broke a rear axel, we jerry rigged it together to get it out of the bush for a tow truck though. Another hilux broke a leaf spring, and one of the 80 series kept blowing the cooler pipes off. GREAT WEEKEND!
First is the hut we stayed in.
First is the hut we stayed in.
Nice one!
Is that around Mansfield/Mount Buller somewhere?
How much did the tow trucks cost?
Is that around Mansfield/Mount Buller somewhere?
How much did the tow trucks cost?
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We went over Mt Skene and a few tracks in that area. Need a permit these days to get there and be part of a club or the 4x4 association. Tow trucks FREEEEE!!! guys got RACV total care and have had alot of long tows.
Wow, I'd say they have probably gotten their monies worth out of the RACV membership, tows like that would have to cost a packet if paying yourself!!!
I really should sign up for something like that here.
How did all the trucks go through the snow, anyone have chains, or did you all get through OK without them?
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Yeah I should sign up myself too! None of use had chains, didnt really have any trouble. Two of the guys had to winch cause they went off the track a little. I'll get more pics. We all have twin lockers though and smallest tyres were 35''
Fark that mate! looks bloody freezing! I think I'll stay up here in North Queensland, anything under 10 degrees is too cold.
Nice pics... 
