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SierraDan

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Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:41 pm

aznstyler wrote:

SierraDan wrote:

Yeah no need to shave an ifs diff :lol:

Learn to drive before spending money.

learn to drive? What If I got the money to spend? Can't I build my rig up?

No point having all the gear if you dont know how to drive

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shark

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Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:45 pm

I had a twin locked patrol on 35's.
Sure it climbed anything, even my girlfriend could drive it but there was no real skill involved.

shark

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Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:46 pm

The sierra is open diffs, no gears and crap tyres and is a bucket load more fun!

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tanshi

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Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:07 pm

No one is saying you cant build your car how you want. But you need to understand the work involved. You also need to understand that saying may as well buy a patrol is asking for trouble around here

albie200

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Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:12 pm

SierraDan wrote:

aznstyler wrote:

SierraDan wrote:

Yeah no need to shave an ifs diff :lol:

Learn to drive before spending money.

learn to drive? What If I got the money to spend? Can't I build my rig up?

No point having all the gear if you dont know how to drive

Amen to that.. I've driven alot of my mates hiluxs and surfs further than they dream of. Suzuki driving is all about skill hone em up before you go spending big coin on all the fruit.. Mind you i can't talk about having all the fruit.. 35s lockers
But I still prefer driving on 31-33s as it's more of a challenge.. Armsup

sideways

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Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:17 pm

shark wrote:

The sierra is open diffs, no gears and crap tyres and is a bucket load more fun!

Bloody entertaining to watch too! :lol:

alien

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Location: Perth
Vehicle: '92 Sierra, 1.6efi, SPOA, 31s.

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:30 am

i drove a vitara on 32x12.5's with no lift for a while years ago... the guards were chopped like crazy, and they still rubbed all the time =) haha it got yellow stickered pretty quick too cos the tyres were WELL out of the guards.

Looked awesome though.

aznstyler

Joined: Sat Apr 13, 2013 3:19 am
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Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:49 am

plan to shave the diff & put a minispool in it & keep the 31's Any opinions?
Where can I get the diff shaved also?

aznstyler

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Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:56 am

Also where can I find more info inregards to shaving the diff

aznstyler

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Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:57 am

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atari4x4

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Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:06 am

looks like a fair bit has been taken from the back of the front wheel arch, a spring lift will get the chassis rails higher + giving you more clearance under the diff.

there are some pics in this thread viewtopic.php?f=14&t=38240

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Gwagensteve

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Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:35 am

There's diff shave info in here: viewtopic.php?f=14&t=38240

Ignore the stuff about flipping the housing and the floater install obviously.

Stece

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Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:37 am

Doh! Should have read that link Atari :oops:

SiKiD_01

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Location: Darwin, N.T

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:07 pm

this is my SWB with 31"s. 3" suspension, no BL.

very minimal cutting. stock gearing, welded front, lock right rear.

SiKiD_01

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Location: Darwin, N.T

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:09 pm

this was my LWB on 32"s. 4" suspension and 2" BL.

lots of cutting, welded front, mini spool rear.

Advice: mini spool is not DD material. you will hate it. and cops will love you. go lock right or spartan rear.

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SiKiD_01

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Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:12 pm

my current LWB on 31"s, no lift.

i have front and rear spartans to go in.

some cutting of guards required.

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aznstyler

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Vehicle: Vitara

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:43 pm

How about weld the front and auto lockers in the rear?
A auto locker is like a 2way LSD? Am I correct. i don't plan to daily drive this car .

SierraDan

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Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:50 pm

Its a ratcheting locker. Under power it locks two halves of the locker against the side gears giving 100% lock.

Off the pedal there is enough give for the varying wheel speeds while cornering to overpower the spring load on the two halves of the locker allowing differential action.
Most here call it an auto UNlocker.

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aznstyler

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Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 1:02 pm

I'll see if anyone got a cheap 2nd one lying around before i order a new one.

Will a auto locker in rear and a welded front be a good combo?

atari4x4

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Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 1:09 pm

nope, welded front is going to blow goats, even more so if you're still running the alloy housing.

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SierraDan

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Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 1:10 pm

I rocked welded front and auto rear for ages. It did the job, but wasnt awesome. Auto front and back, or throw some air in there somewhere IMO, especially with Vit front..

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Matthew

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Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:17 pm

Based on the op's statements, welded front is not going to end well. Every trip will result in breakages.

OP, If you really have money to spend, air lockers front and rear is the way to go.

jdk81

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Location: Ballarat, VIC

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:30 pm

Matthew wrote:

Based on the op's statements, welded front is not going to end well. Every trip will result in breakages.

OP, If you really have money to spend, steel front diff and air lockers front and rear is the way to go.

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KEENSY85

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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:27 pm

SiKiD_01 wrote:

What's the welded front like with power steer?

SiKiD_01

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Location: Darwin, N.T

Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:38 pm

KEENSY85 wrote:

What's the welded front like with power steer?

sh!thouse still.

I don't think the power steering likes it much either.

KEENSY85

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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:44 pm

I was hopeing to hear all good bro

atari4x4

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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:45 pm

shep reckons that grey thing was terrible all round. :lol:

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SiKiD_01

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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:48 pm

atari4x4 wrote:

shep reckons that grey thing was terrible all round. :lol:

not wrong about that. nothing worked, and had chronic cancer.

shep

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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:00 pm

SiKiD_01 wrote:

atari4x4 wrote:

shep reckons that grey thing was terrible all round. :lol:

not wrong about that. nothing worked, and had chronic cancer.

Worst road car I have ever driven and I used to DD a 40 series :lol:

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SiKiD_01

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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:14 pm

shep wrote:

SiKiD_01 wrote:

atari4x4 wrote:

shep reckons that grey thing was terrible all round. :lol:

not wrong about that. nothing worked, and had chronic cancer.

Worst road car I have ever driven and I used to DD a 40 series :lol:

that's saying something.

I still fitted bigger wheels on it though.

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