my terrano

Wallop Smithy · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:50 am Post subject:

Looking good.
Question, Did you need to cut any part of the arches out to get the tyres and rims in.

jaynomudnofun · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:11 am Post subject:

muffin · Just got MTs Joined: 27 Jul 2011 Odometer: 129

i thought im sure i know that terrano...then saw you were called jay and from chesterfield and realised i do know that terrano lol

im a member at tpore and was at moorside and biggin Very Happy

you missed out at padley it was very VERY muddy haha

btw your truck is lookin mint

jaynomudnofun · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:16 pm Post subject:

ha ha hello matey yes that would be me i couldnt make it to padly i was in malaga but i will be at moreside cant wait to test my tyres what truck have you got ?i may reconise your truck Very Happy

muffin · Just got MTs Joined: 27 Jul 2011 Odometer: 129

you wont recognise my truck but you may recognise me cos i told you at biggin that your exhaust had fallen off!

i had a look at moreside today and must be 4 foot of water in some parts so will be fun when we're there lol

jaynomudnofun · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:49 pm Post subject:

muffin · Just got MTs Joined: 27 Jul 2011 Odometer: 129

haha yeah i went to moreside about a month after i passed my test and in the first 5 mins i had drenched my alternator and had warning lights all on ma dash lol took me 3 weeks to find and fit an alternator (ive got a mitsi lol)

whats next on your list for your truck?

jaynomudnofun · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:37 am Post subject:

rear winch bumper matey its allreay in progress and im welding another terrano

ABCAB · Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 8:36 am Post subject:

Jay, awesome van you have there.

Those wheels are going to start causing you problems with tie rods and draglinks going in a hurry. The D21 steering and IFS setup is rubbish and when I went onto 31" muds, I chewed and spat out at a rate of a set per off road trip. I drilled out my ball joints on my draglink and repalced with 18mm bolts running with vesconite bushes, these last a lot longer, but the tie rods still are a problem.

Last time I replaced with a product called Teknorot, and they seem to be doing much better. BUt I also went back down to smaller rubber due to financial issues Crying or Very sad

...

Here you can see my draglink with that bolt I used to replace the ball joint.

If we insist on taking these things into proper off road places, I am afraid, our only real option is ..

SFA

jaynomudnofun · Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 5:44 pm Post subject:

hi mate and thanks
i am awere of the weak draglinks ball joints ect the tyres are only going to be used for off roading i will run smaller tyres on the road but on the same note im looking into doing a rose jointed set up with plenty of strenthening ive been running 33s for the last year on it and no problems yet but dont worry im waiting for it lol

ABCAB · Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 11:23 am Post subject:

You've done very well with 33's on for a year now. What are your gear ratios like off road. I already noticed with 31's that my speed was slightly up. I love to crawl, and would like an even lower ratio.

This is now also my big challenge with the SFA on a Dana diff. Best ratio I can find is a 4.1 where I am presently running a 4.88. Now I have to change both front and rear diffs. Then look at a re gear which works out nearly double the cost of the diff.

So my SFA is on a fairly lengthy hold for now till I can figure some thing out. I have also been contemplating Hilux diffs and attempting to do a tube swop. They are much cheaper and a lot more options. Then of coarse what I really like is to go the Dana route and add a second transfer case to achieve better crawling speed.

Anyways, still love your Terrano. Here by us the short wheel base was not very common compared to the long wheel base.

jaynomudnofun · Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 6:51 pm Post subject:

im thinking about toyota axles on mine mabe landcruser though with standard lockers
my gearing isnt bad at all to be honest, same here ilike to toddle around and very rarely rev mine up when offroading
thanks the truck is really starting to come together but there is loads more i want to do to it but dont have the funds to do it all in one go so i have to save up

jaynomudnofun · Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 7:31 pm Post subject:

ABCAB
thats an iteresting spring set up you have there
can i ask what its off and where i could get them, im presuming there not standard and with them you have removed the torsion bars
would you be kind enough to give me some info on them Very Happy

parrotveasey81 · Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 7:33 pm Post subject:

they look like kit car coilovers
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KITCAR-ADJUSTABLE-DAM...sh=item3375ac0222
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KITCAR-zimmerride-coi...sh=item4d00f2a39d

jaynomudnofun · Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 7:41 pm Post subject:

cheers mate would you think they would be suitable for replacing the torsion bars parrot ?

and what do you think to my new rubber Laughing

parrotveasey81 · Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 7:46 pm Post subject:

jaynomudnofun · Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 7:53 pm Post subject:

i see so its just a case of bolt it on and get the best suited springs should be loads better than the sh**y torsion bars and easyer accses to fix lol

parrotveasey81 · Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 8:07 pm Post subject:

you got it but i would also add a strut brace to the top of them to stop them flexing

jaynomudnofun · Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 8:10 pm Post subject:

this looks nice and easy you just weld it on then get suitable springs

parrotveasey81 · Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 8:13 pm Post subject:

jaynomudnofun · Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 8:17 pm Post subject:

jaynomudnofun · Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 8:20 pm Post subject:

sorry i forgot to add the link when i said just weld it on and get the spring

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Coilover-Spring-Seat-...sh=item35afe6803d

parrotveasey81 · Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 8:41 pm Post subject:

if you do it the same as ABCAB then its springs and dampers in one
you could then make a strut brace that will go over the top of the engine

jaynomudnofun · Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 6:08 am Post subject:

im going to have a look today if i get chance to see what i can do as mine dosnt have that top hoop to carry the top mount

ABCAB · Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 7:51 am Post subject:

Dan_T · Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 5:03 pm Post subject:

jaynomudnofun · Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 6:57 pm Post subject:

heres what ive just started Very Happy

its all going to be covered by a 3mm steel outer bumper

jaynomudnofun · Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 6:10 am Post subject:

ABCAB · Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 8:51 am Post subject:

That Maverik is a re badged Nissan down to the last bolt. We are now looking into doing a conversion of an old 2.5 Diesel truck to a QD32ETI motor. We are really struggling to get ECU specs and general information of the QD32ETI, but it used the same ECU as the 2.7ETI that came out in the Terrano and Maverik.

I think we have a ECU that we hope to bring in from the US somewhere from a Maverik for like 30 Dollars.

If we can get that thing to work here, that motor puts out 150KW without the EGR, CAT and particulat filter Twisted Evil

(which we don't need here)

jaynomudnofun · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 7:35 am Post subject:

Right got a few updates rear winch bumper finished snokel fitted front synthetic winch rope steering idler brace
Will upload all the pictures later

But the next thing on my list is a live axle conversion
I'm going to be using jeep Dana axles with some special susspension Smile

I won't be starting it till I have all the stuff together to do it
So any tips on doing this would be most appreciated