Starting from scratch

big_patrol · Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:31 am Post subject:

last lot I think

g1oves · Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:51 am Post subject:

That's coming along real nice , well
Done Danny !!!!!! Cool

big_patrol · Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:53 am Post subject:

Thanks mate did you ever carry on with yours? I check on here from time to time but have never seen it?

minimog · Off-Road Guru Joined: 25 Nov 2004 Odometer: 1700

wont be long before you can thrash it dan Laughing

RL12 · Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:23 am Post subject:

Sweet! this build is amazing!!!

ali-lee · Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:03 pm Post subject:

she's a beaut! was definitely worth the wait.

can i ask where you got that sump ? i was looking for aaaages (i'm no good at looking) and all i could find was an aus site that didnt sell them anymore, ended up making my own from scratch but it'll never be as good as that one

big_patrol · Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 6:20 am Post subject:

Same story here, this was just made.

ali-lee · Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 10:20 am Post subject:

big_patrol · Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 6:51 am Post subject:

I think yours looks really good.

g1oves · Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 2:18 pm Post subject:

big_patrol · Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 2:21 pm Post subject:

Yeah get them pics back up. Mine will be out and being tested very soon

g1oves · Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 2:36 pm Post subject:

put some removable wings on , so you can get it on the road if weather repeats its self again next year. tax , mot, and off you go.

big_patrol · Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 2:38 pm Post subject:

bonnet and wing tops are all one peice. my road going patrol is quite a monster in the snow, but yeah this will be out if it repeats this year

big_patrol · Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 7:43 am Post subject:

Well for those of you that are interested it was a little test day on saturday that went very well. The motor worked better than I could of imagined.

This is a link to the youtube page of a mate that was videoing not the best videos but you see some footage. Turn your speakers up for the sound it makes, sadly there as always with off road videos there are people chatting away that forget the camera is on so sorry for some of the colourful northen language lol.

Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bai...1ac.1.nJaoDcm77RM

teamidris · Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 2:32 pm Post subject:

Looks like it works......

Very well indeed Very Happy

It floats well without being soggy Cool

ali-lee · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 7:11 pm Post subject:

that thing is awesome! well done man

Rizla 1 · Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 1:42 pm Post subject:

Perfect for Eurotrial Italy this year Danny - looks well good mate

ScottieJ · Guest

Awesome to see And hear this buggy out in the mud Danny! Bet you are well chuffed! looks and sounds amazing! Cool

big_patrol · Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2013 5:50 pm Post subject:

Thanks guys yeah I'm over the moon can't wait to final build it when it's all painted.

THUNDER TRUCK · Gate Opener Joined: 29 Apr 2011 Odometer: 21

Awesome

ali-lee · Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 8:30 pm Post subject:

good write up on TOR ! what a rig!

nj111 · Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 10:35 am Post subject:

big_patrol · Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 11:00 am Post subject:

Thanks guys im really happy with the article

ali-lee · Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:27 pm Post subject:

hows the truck holding up? every one says things like this are never finished but you pretty much got it cracked! cant really be anything to change or make better?

big_patrol · Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 7:59 pm Post subject:

Well first outing at Kirton was a fairy tale ending to the build really going out and winning against some pretty good established cars. Sadly in an attempt to tweak the suspension and gearing we dramatically hindered our chances at wales. We were still holding our own until an unfortunate turn of events ended our campaign. We dropped into a river crossing and I got hung up on a rock on the way out. So out came the winch, 2 mins later I had pulled a tree onto the car. DOH! Not to worry we moved the tree and re rigged to a sturdier shrub. Winch pulled me about 6" then stopped bloody working. This resulted in no choice but to cut the rope. So I resorted to some old fashion abuse and got the car out of the situation. As I travelled round the corner to be me by a slippery staircase of river bed rocks, I lost my cool and buried the throttle only thinking of my lack of winch. This resulted to me shearing the rear output from the t/case. Then to rub salt in the wound I realised the only issue with the winch was that the old mechanical free spool lever had popped out.

So we have come away with some good experience and shall have the car right for next time.

nj111 · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 2:18 pm Post subject:

Well done anyway, great achievement I'm sure there will be more sucesses to follow. Out of interest, what's the plan with the T box? Rebuild as standard and go steady on the right foot or strengthen the shaft? I guess that may move the weakest link to elsewhere though. Always difficult to solve this problem with an immense amount of torque, large diameter wheels and a fair amount of weight to move around.

ali-lee · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 8:32 pm Post subject:

ah cool i missed yer post, nice one. i guess its true then Laughing

stuff like this is never finished.

wondering how long it'll be before you ditch the toyota boxes in favour of a th400 auto box with an np241 behind it. gotta get it to the point where your able to spin the tread off a tyre without a breakage Laughing

nj111 · Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:12 pm Post subject:

Think this thread deserves to be back at the top given your amazing result at KOV last weekend! Well done, sounded very refined, and was great to watch. Nick

big_patrol · Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 9:07 pm Post subject:

thank you for your kind words the car was fantastic and did not miss a beat all week end, did some pretty impressive giant slaying too. Shame about our miss hap with loosing the wheel, as we would have been fighting for a podium spot with out that time we lost. Still we turned up with one intention and that was to finish every lap, and that we did.

nj111 · Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 1:07 pm Post subject:

Was chatting to you briefly just after you lost that wheel. How's the LT230 transfer box holding up? Interested to know as my build also uses one of those.