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new project V8 Jimny

 
 
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bigdave
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 5:58 pm    Post subject: new project V8 Jimny Reply with quote

as the title says really!! I did have all this written out nicely until I hit the wrong tab and closed it and lost everything!!!

basically its a jimny shell on a shortened RRC chassis!!

Spent 3 hours on it today, my first day of the build, wont prob do anymore til the New Year and after ive sourced some bits that are missing. ie the auto box cooling system I think, and the oil cooler. Also the loom has been cut where it goes thru the baulk head to the ECU, so I have no ECU plug!! If anyone can help on these bits itd be greatly appreciated!! I will post in the Landy section too.

I just intended to remove the tank and cut the rear over hang off today, but in the end I had it shortened down to 90", a tad longer than the Jimny.

This is only a build thread, so I can share with you guys what i'm up to, and to get input from you Smile

Please don't turn into a bunch of nasty folk tryin to slate it like a lot of people did Kevs orange jimny v8, about insurance, ministry checks etc etc, that has nothing to do with my build Smile

Anyway, I'm getting the jimny shell home sunday, but these are pics as far as I am today, with just 3 hours work











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PostPosted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 6:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I will be plating over the joins too.

Heres the Jimny I'll be collecting







so far, my build total is £600 Smile

if anyone has any of the parts I need, please get in touch.

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 6:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

you going to brace that mid weld any? (plates over the top etc)
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 6:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yes mate, that's the first thing I said above the jimny pics Smile

will use a bit of the chassis I cut out and weld that over the top.

I started on the shortening today and then thought ******....I cant leave it on my drive til the new year, so had to weld it up. its strong, but its only like that to move it around the yard Smile

I cant see me getting anymore weekends in til then as ive got every weekend planned out.....well, the mrs has and I only have a standard size garage Sad

roll on the lighter evenings too Smile

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 8:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

90" will give you chance to knob around with rear articulation. I'm at 87", which is a standard Landy series rear prop. It has quite a lot to do! There were 80" ones built, but that is a very short, hard working rear prop shaft.
Good chassis you have there as well Cool
We've enjoyed thrashing a V8 rangy chassis about the place for 20 years now. Gotta' love that roar!

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 9:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cheers for the nice words buddy!!

can you give me any ides for the rear suspension?? never had much to do with landys. I put 200tdi axles on one sj I had but never completely completed it haha.

I have a big, what looks like shock??? on top of the a frame, whats that??

I've heard of cutting off one of the mounts on the front axle for the hockey stick, to give better front articulation, that's bout it!! haha but ive not really looked much!! would be good to get done without a body on Smile

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 9:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think I must be missing an airflow meter too.....im guessing they have one???
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There were two ecu systems, flapper and hot wire. Yours is probably hot wire. If I were you I would dump it and megasquirt rather than trying to reconnect it all. If you do keep it there are really good manuals on lr4x4 for the electronics.

The big shocker thing in the middle of the rear axle is a levelling device. As you drive it's supposed to keep the back end level regardless of load. You can dump it for an off-road only vehicle.

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i've recently got a hotwire efi running that had had the lom cut, i had the ecu plug though but had to make the wiring to go from bulkhead to ecu, wasn't too bad. theres only a couple permanent live feeds, and a couple switched live feeds to the ecu, plus earths. no immobilisers etc to mess around with.
i used the pin out etc from this site to help:
http://www.britishv8.org/articles/rover-14cux-efi.htm
hope you get it done, i had to give up on my v8 jimny Sad

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 8:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rear Axel; The rear top ball flexes quite a long way. So with Xeng ball ended radius arms and longer shocks, the back end can be made to flex a long way. But even with the standard parts I run, it flexes a lot with longer and weaker springs. Not a clue what rating those would be in this build though? The lightest you could get probably? I'd maybe be looking at fitting springs off something else later in the build....

If you ditch the top ball and put two links on the top, it'll twist a really long way Cool

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 6:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Al, thank you for your input, much appreciated. Is mega squirt not mega expensive??? It could be an option, a lad at work recommended that also!!

Teamidris, thank you also! I was looking at the x-eng joints for my derv build on landy axles Smile

and ansleigh..................I was only reading your build the other day Sad why you give up on it??? and I don't suppose you know where I can get any loom bits from??

I think ive sussed the oil/auto box cooler situation......does the rad not hold the coolers as well as the rad??

cheers

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 6:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Also cynic-al.........how do I know whether its a flapper or a hotty???



here comes the jokes................... Smile

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 7:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The engine oil cooler might be in the header tank of the rad, but the auto cooler is separate and in front of the rad (on some landy products). I'm chucking some guessing into this.
If the oil cooler is in the rad, it is described more as an 'oil conditioner', as it will cool or heat the oil to roughly the same temp regardless of the air passing over the sump. Unless the thermostat is shut? Which probably explains why the Td5 has the oil cooler in the side of the engine block Idea

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 9:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Megasquirt is expensive, I did mine for about £400 but if you buy a kit your looking at over £1000 however it gives you complete flexibility. Plus my engine will sit idling submerged like a diesel will. You can do a lot to improve the standard system but I never got mine as good as that.

You have to enjoy electronics and tinkering off the laptop though.

That said I do know someone selling a 3.9 serpentine engine with megasquirt fitted. It's still in the car so you can see it running and take it out so that you know how to put it back. They want less than a new kit for the whole lot.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 10:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I believe the 14CUX is the hotwire, if your keeping it I would recommend getting the manuals off LR4x4 as they are really good. I'd have been lost keeping my flapper system going without them.

Hotwire;
http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=164...hotwire+%2Bmanual

Flapper;
http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=164...flapper+%2Bmanual

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 5:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bigdave wrote:


and ansleigh..................I was only reading your build the other day Sad why you give up on it??? and I don't suppose you know where I can get any loom bits from??



Dave


Ran out of time, and as i didn't have space to keep it inside it was going rusty as quickly as i could work on it, by the time i'd finished it i would have needed to start welding all the rust up! painting it all would have stopped it rusting as quick but would meen everything i did to it would take longer as would need to grind paint of first then re-paint after, which wouldn't have helped with the time thing!

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 7:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not much of an update really, no pictures, just got a wiring loom, and an airflow meter, and i kinda got angry today and kicked the cr@p outta the jimny (ive got a temper like a 5 yr old)

Its mainly cos i do everything myself, on my driveway, and my gravel/soggy mud yard, and this time of year its horrible, and with the weight of the jimny, tryin to engine crane it up, then chock out with tyres, the crane again, it takes an age to get anywhere!!

So my mrs came out, gave me a telling off.....so i cut the jimny up haha.

well, ive started to trayback it as it wont ever be road going, might tube all the front too, will see how it goes. Least ive halved the weight issue and can move it around easier now!! haha

just need to find a good solution to closing the rear off again. i have the rear door, and rear corners, but everythin is like triple skinned and is really hard to cut straight Sad

will try tack some bits in place tomorrow.

if anyone else has done a jimny trayback, please show some pics, ill ask in the suzuki section too Smile

thanks for reading

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

good luck it will be worth it Cool
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cheers kev!!

got jimny resting in place, and sorted the steering out, hopefully will be able to make some mounts for the body this weekend!!

just got the elements against me at the mo.



only pic i have on photobucket at mo.

more updates to follow next week.

sorry for the poor effort this week!!

Dave

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You might want to consider relocating the steering wheel. You'll wear out your trousers pretty quick with that seat.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 9:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ha ha ha i was waiting for someone to pick up on that Smile

ive sorted the steering out now, so i atually use the jimny one, inside, rather than that rangy one stuffed under the arch!! should have seen me pushing it around tryin to steer Smile

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