thegreatestben Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I thought this would have been made out of an AW11. Lol that would have been a lot easier 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpr Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 this is sweet., more rpm will fix it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 The best upgrade has to be pushing the leads on proper, and transforming it from sounding like an old suby, to the sweet, sweet sound of a 4age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 ol springs and shocks look so wrong for application hahahaha its hardly on the ground Does it do wheelies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 On a grippy surface with a slight incline I've had it pop the front a decent height when dumping clutch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Looks like second generation big port 4age 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Saw this IRL today, oh em gee, so bad ass! Also geared to go 38x faster than needed though haha 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Looks like a handful I can't wait to hoon it. Is the diff locked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Bring it down the coast so we can do 100kph plus down the beach in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 Beach would be pretty choice for it. Would be the flashest guy down there yeah? Diff is open, can't be bothered opening a gearbox/removing from cart just yet. But maybe eventually. (free spare gearbox please?) So yeah, drove it again today and had some more failures as shown by VG's film. (Watch me break my neck just after the 1min mark) Haven't pulled anything to bits yet (its welded on one end, bolted the other...) but steering shaft has become broken inside steering column thing. Resulting basically a total loss of steering. Dem angles, doze welds. Here are the bits of steel I loosely attached to try and keep things square after the first jump and the strut mounts moved up on a big angle and began to shear off. The large box bits are only welded onto the frame at the top corners, so was inevitable... A shot of the feet/steering arrangement. Corolla lower front arm Extended, and pointing 90degrees to the outside. You'll also see an arm going to the hub/knuckle and forwards to a pin/bush welded to the strut. On the LH side this has broken off because it causes things to bind/fight each other I think. Going to leave it broken and compare to RH side This little guy just waves around and says Hi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Man this thing is awesome!The engineering that went into it makes my eyes bleed soo much though . 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 But yeah, one front shock has been sad from the word go, visually the shaft is offset and it pumped a fountain of milkshake oil out on the first drive. But its attachment to the front knuckle is a bit loose looking also. Can anyone help identify the front knuckles? Quad bike maybe? And after breaking the steering for the day, one of the shock inserts started to come out to say hi. This will be the death of me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreatestben Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Ha glad I didn't buy it now. Shieet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 Yeah, I have no idea what I'm doing, but pretty sure I will have to re-do most aspects. Will it ever be super good? Probably not, but if I enjoy it I might look at building something from scratch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Take it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 Sweet bro got some courier tickets? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlownCorona Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Lol imagine that guy who lost his shit on my cycle car build, having a look at this. Fucking sweet though, Can't wait get home and watch the videos. Locked diff might make it super sketchy? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 I am unsure about what it will do, with a lot of weight and grip in the back it has a tendency to get light in the front and understeer. It can't make it handle any worse? At least going sideways into things will be more fun than understeering into things. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 I've thought about swapping the 12' wide rears with the 10' wide fronts to see if that helps out enough. Or getting some 4x100 biscuits to put on the back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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