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I think this is still sitting in Nelson. Obviously not going to work with what you want but hey... I'll put it here just to give the thread some more oldschool flavour.... I was having a yarn with Pog the other day about this. Ive had similar plans for a few years.. but to build with a Bedford K series cab. This stems from not wanting to lose my legs in a head on accident involving our 4wd hiace that make me want to build a more 'solid', end of the world, truck for life. I ran it past my local certifier, A Barry no less, last year. He said that I can swap axles and drivetain from a Toyota etc onto Bedford Chassis and he can cert it. But If I lower a Bedford cab onto a Toyota chassis he cant because he doesn't have relevant ticket. @cletus will clear this up. My engine choice, based on lots of experience having owned one, will be the Isuzu bighorn 2.8 turbo. I want to build as light as possible and remain well within wof weights and as small a size as possible. If I can load sheets of ply in the tray I am happy. Will build removable wooden camper box for camping trips.

To me it actually sounds a bit lazy. I was expecting more. So much potential..The doorts are nice but either the driver is a bit pussy footed with his throttle or its because its just having to haul around 1700 kgs of car which is a big ask if you want your engine to rev up quick. Gearing too high? Needs that engine in a light weight car.

The great 'Tour de Oliver' of NZ....

more more more please!!!! I realise the single cam BMW v12s are probably a better engine but the jag v12 looks so choice.

...and while you're on your way to Marahau.....

OK cool !!!

I shall be chatting to you at Hanmer then ...

What that ^ man said. Dont fuck around keeping a shitty old dizzy. Apart from obvious tuning benefits you'll have a much cleaner engine bay without a bloody ugly octopus sticking out from your block. Plus it means you can do all the wiring at once and make a neat job of it. Also I think we worked out previously that if you're careful you can build a speeduino for circa 100 bucks.

The boffin at Extra Efi has some good videos to watch. These two might be useful just to help you double check a few things (handily this boffin is a Rover V8 barry Boffin, hence the initial settings in the 'Extra' code one uploads onto an MS2 are for an RV8)

It should do I would have thought. Speeduino uses Tunerstudio to do the setup and tune. But I guess it depends on the code that is loaded on?

Cheers- Now you go back to your workshop and get that test rig finished. Then update your thread

Calling @nzvohc dont forget about this meet tomorrow night.

I reckon you should put your time and money into just fixing the engine you have. You might be pleasantly surprised at the condition inside when stripped. That motor in above link could well have issues.. you'd never know until you get it. Plus it'll need the counter weight swapping over because its an auto so wont be a straight swap.

Its all GM and its all good i was referring to burning the headlining

i can bring a lighter. that'll fix the whole problem.

Oooooohhhhh yeah... a bit of homework eh?.. nudge nudge, wink wink...

That's so simple and so cool. Osh would love that !

Ha ha brilliant! Just enjoyed the whole episode over breakfast and coffee. Margo saying "people don't take things seriously and then we wonder why we cant produce a decent motorcar"...

Oh man that was such a good series but cant remember that one. I must look it up. Yeah I fancied her too. Along with that Elizabeth who played Samantha from Bewitched.

It wont be a cage so much as a roof rack for timber. But yeah- not keen on a quad squashing me. However, where we'd be riding it you'd have to do something very silly to get it to tip so it should be OK. Now that 'Im already getting used to it i may well yet convert it in the future to forward control. Especially as the main track will get smoother and smoother as we ride it and tidy it up. Damn I fancy a 'mini landrover FWD control spec' type vehicle with a little tipper tray. Itchy modification fingers... Spotted a landie forward control last week in for lots of work at local garage. So cool. Cant find photos i took dammit!

well now I wont sleep....

Not got a good pic of the latest one but heres a pic of two of ours plus a mates one, in blue. Our latest one is a 036 and with the 20" bar its ideal for most of the pines we have. Anything bigger and I could do it in bits but would be sketchy so we'll get our friend to help. My favourite is the little one, an 017 I think, for its shear guts and longevity. We've had it for 11 years and its done so much work. Bought for 100 bucks in england and has never let us down. I'm a big fan of using the smallest saw I can get away with because the bigger saws just screw my back after a day. That little one in perfect for bush work, climbing with, de-limbing felled trees etc. Plus its thrifty. It been through a lot, been attacked by my brushcutter, dropped all sorts of places, carried by bicycle trailer up alpine climbs in the French alps to feed our Bedford woodstove and just gets the job done. I like chainsaws. I have too... there are so many trees to be felled yet! That's my story for Pete.

Yeah something like that would be great for carting firewood down and gravel up. I'm gonna ask a neighbour if he has any old quad wheels- he used to run quad bike tours for years so he must have old bits about. Hannah has built a cool little trailer for the van, Its about a sheet of ply big inside and shes making removable frame sides so we can load it up with kanuka brush etc. The quad will tow that easily which will be better than running the hiace about the place. I think the quad is rated to tow 380kg.

Yee haa! Bush block donkey has conquered the ridge! After an afternoon of digging and removal of tree stumps in the way we had knackered backs and a track that was safe enough t ride. Managed to skirt around a section of mtb track I was worried we might have to alter. It was getting late by the time I finally saddled up and rode the beast up the final push. Up the last section which until this evening we couldn't get through to.. Man and donkey.. There was a bloody big tree stump right there this afternoon. Bike track passes across about there. Also, after lunch I had whipped up a quick plywood box for the back and will make one for the front. Later on I'll make some drop in cages so we can bring down firewood, of which there are ever increasing piles of everywhere. Very happy to have easy access to the ridge now . We can now start prepping to build a cabin up there! My uncle is giving us his spare motor mower so I'll get that up there and start mulching down the grass for future lush lawns.