[appsie]

dont go getting too far ahead of yourself now muzza but if you were running a v6 and auto youd go lt230 in my opinion or could make the mq case fit,they are a divorced case atleast from memory

i think mq had 4.3,4.625 and maybe a 4.66ish. i think the turbo diesel had the slightly lower one but to be honest i forget. it has been years now since i done any mq reading or working on them. Dads old MQ as you know muz,was always a reliable rig and driven fairly hard at times.diffs never let him down when it was bodied or when it was ute cabbed and trayed.35s were fine on it for a long while. the rear diff is massive as but as steve said alot can be taken out of them.and they actually have a reasonably small front diff so i think there not too bad a option.

BUT your driving styles shit and youl break anything hahahahaha

[rustyzook]

lt 230 would be the bomb! but yeah motor is miles away yet!! been off work with a stuffed foot so i cant really do anything unless im sitting down

and my driving dose not break shit!, shit just breaks around me!

as for the case, it seams to be bolted to the box in the trol? ill have a good look in the light tomoz.

[appsie]

i thought they were a seperate case,coulda been wrong its been a while

nope,im still sticking to your shit house driving style lol

[rustyzook]

lol maybe your just bad luck or egg me on to much cause my shit breaks when your around lol

[troopy]

The divorced patrol case is quite rare and is found in the petrol auto longwheelbase models and they aren't as strong as the lt230 I recently destroyed one and they are only 2:1 low range

[rustyzook]

thanks troopy, it looks like i my have a lt230 on its way anyway

[appsie]

im still gonna throw it out there and say your going the wrong direction with this haha. talkin all this v6 n different case rubbish

[SierraDan]

Yeah. Go with a tank transfer case and use the tracks. But use the G13a to save weight.

[appsie]

or keep it simple. i see a shit box in the making otherwise

[SierraDan]

Nah I disagree. Get a NASA build plan, unobtanium beadlocks especially.

[appsie]

haha lay off the disco bickys dan

[Fatzook]

rustyzook wrote:

thanks troopy, it looks like i my have a lt230 on its way anyway

Not a bad idea for a comp truck. They don't weigh much more than the sierra case ( maybe 10kg's ) and are fairly compact still. Most have a CDL, and the offset drive is perfect for a sierra. Not sure how easy they are to run in a divorced format, but married to a vit box via custom adaptor, they make for a nice short combo.

Gearing is 1.2:1 high ( 1.4 in the defender) and all LT230's have stock low of 3.2xx :1, so thats not too bad either.

Phil,

Other than for MQ's, what are the proposed specs for this thing?

[rustyzook]

still working on that, rear will be on coils rover setup with a-frame, front at this point will be on leafs just to keep it simple with steering. will be hydro assist

im trying to find a jimny 1.3 and auto box + loom and ECU, if i do it will be sierra case with 6.5's or a vit 1.6 and 3 speed auto & modded vit tc to run a sierra behind, still all on the drawing board but it has started!
will not be for comps just a weekend toy so i stop getting in shit when i break the rover or the missues zook

as for the v6 crappydore motor this really is worse case if i dont find anything better, i was going to run 1ltr but i can only see that running into problems and hearing appsie say "i told you so" or something like that i dare say ill here it off him quite a few times in this build lol
appsie i agree with ya, im going to keep it simplish, i just couldent say no to the lt230, never no where it may come in handy!

Edit: it will be on 35's to start with

[appsie]

i wont put any shit on you or doubt you muz. im a good bloke haha

Ive just raised my concerns lol. na get into it mate

[rustyzook]

appsie wrote:

i wont put any shit on you or doubt you muz. im a good bloke haha

Ive just raised my concerns lol. na get into it mate

I'm not having a go at ya just been a smartass, I know ya a good bloke! Sorry if it sounded like I was saying other or having a go!

And I know ya trying to help me! I do listen evin if it doesn't seam like it!

Also send us a txt when ya want the Stockman I've got a phone again now!

[appsie]

haha your a big softy.
yeah i should pick that up one day hey.

[jonno_racing]

This idea has poped up again,
Pete or any one else do you guys know what has been done to the army barby LJ?
i beleve there MQ diffs?
Phil

[joeblow]

troopy wrote:

The divorced patrol case is quite rare and is found in the petrol auto longwheelbase models and they aren't as strong as the lt230 I recently destroyed one and they are only 2:1 low range

Mainly found in the 4sp manual patrols. 5 speeds were integrated.

[Fatzook]

jonno_racing wrote:

This idea has poped up again,
Pete or any one else do you guys know what has been done to the army barby LJ?
i beleve there MQ diffs?
Phil

MQ diffs, custom reduction box made from some planetary gearset, into a divorced patrol transfer I believe.

[jonno_racing]

any ideas on the axel/cv set up?

[Fatzook]

jonno_racing wrote:

any ideas on the axel/cv set up?

Think they are just running standard GQ cv's Maybe they are heat treated. Not sure.

[SierraDan]

Fatzook wrote:

jonno_racing wrote:

any ideas on the axel/cv set up?

Think they are just running standard GQ cv's Maybe they are heat treated. Not sure.

Garner Heat treated with Birfield rings??

[Fatzook]

SierraDan wrote:

Fatzook wrote:

jonno_racing wrote:

any ideas on the axel/cv set up?

Think they are just running standard GQ cv's Maybe they are heat treated. Not sure.

Garner Heat treated with Birfield rings??

Something like that. I think they'll need to start looking into a CRMO option moving forward. I heard they popped one or 2 at TTC.

[jonno_racing]

i guess thats the benift of a low weight trck and fairly low power! it did spend alot of time on the limmiter tho always gets the crowd going!