Making my Own Convertable 4x4
08-16-04, 05:42 PM
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this guy was at Apple Blossoms Festival here in WA this year... i wasn't there, but i saw the pic... apparently he's some canadian guy... but his vert FB is very nice
08-17-04, 04:30 PM
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Wtf Is That ????
08-17-04, 06:09 PM
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I just wanna know what he does with it? It's no rock crawler, and theres not enough clearance for mud bogging nor the tires for it. What does it do other than get stares at carshows and sound loud? lol
08-18-04, 09:42 AM
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haha
Got a question for you all.... ?
with me hacking most of the RX-7 Stuff off.. what should i do to make it look like a FB again... i was thinking of keeping the pop up lights....
Ideas ?
Got a question for you all.... ?
with me hacking most of the RX-7 Stuff off.. what should i do to make it look like a FB again... i was thinking of keeping the pop up lights....
Ideas ?
08-20-04, 07:03 PM
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That sounds like a personal slam. WTF?!
Whatever,...that's a pretty good pic of my car.
this guy was at Apple Blossoms Festival here in WA this year... i wasn't there, but i saw the pic... apparently he's some canadian guy... but his vert FB is very nice
Whatever,...that's a pretty good pic of my car.
Originally Posted by Elysian
this guy was at Apple Blossoms Festival here in WA this year... i wasn't there, but i saw the pic... apparently he's some canadian guy... but his vert FB is very nice
08-20-04, 07:31 PM
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That sounds like a personal slam. WTF?!
Whatever,...that's a pretty good pic of my car.
Whatever,...that's a pretty good pic of my car.
haha it is a good picture, it really looks good... quite the awesome car u got there
08-25-04, 12:28 PM
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Sold the Roof Glass.
still got the back glass,
wheels
and Rear axle i want to sell
headlight motors.
seats maybe
i dunno... little stuff you all want ?
Gotta get some money for Tubing together.
still got the back glass,
wheels
and Rear axle i want to sell
headlight motors.
seats maybe
i dunno... little stuff you all want ?
Gotta get some money for Tubing together.
09-24-04, 08:43 AM
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Starting back up on this soon...
Side tracked. and lack of $$ kept me away for a little while.
I'll be hacking on it some more in the next few days.
Side tracked. and lack of $$ kept me away for a little while.
I'll be hacking on it some more in the next few days.
10-03-04, 08:42 PM
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hi,
looks like an interesting project.
I'm a newbie here, but do a lot of 4+4 - had to reply to poster saying suzuki transfer cases are weak and fail with sj engines so no good for more power. These cases hardly ever fail in normal use and people are running V6 and V8 engines on them so stock rotary torque really isnt going to kill it. I break a few suzukis here in UK and never sold a transfer case to someone whose broken one, just a few folk building up different ratio boxes to swap in.
obviously your using mazda box anyway but someone building SJ rotary might be put off ! (I'm building one now BTW)
looks like an interesting project.
I'm a newbie here, but do a lot of 4+4 - had to reply to poster saying suzuki transfer cases are weak and fail with sj engines so no good for more power. These cases hardly ever fail in normal use and people are running V6 and V8 engines on them so stock rotary torque really isnt going to kill it. I break a few suzukis here in UK and never sold a transfer case to someone whose broken one, just a few folk building up different ratio boxes to swap in.
obviously your using mazda box anyway but someone building SJ rotary might be put off ! (I'm building one now BTW)
10-03-04, 10:36 PM
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had to reply to poster saying suzuki transfer cases are weak and fail with sj engines
Just my .02
01-11-05, 08:31 PM
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Ditto to Darkcyde. My brother got a Suzuki Sidekick sometime late last year, welded the rear end, ran 33x12.50" tires, and pretty much beat that thing all to **** on the trail, and not a thing broke. Well, the fuel filter got clogged, but that was the worst of it :P
However, he sold it before the end of the year and now the guy he sold it to [both my brother and the buyer are on the zuwharrie.com forums] is putting a 12A in it.
And as for the "1st gear is too low", that wouldn't matter with 2 tcases back to back, would it? In 4lo, it would have a fairly decent crawl ratio, so the 1st gear ratio wouldn't make much of a difference.
However, he sold it before the end of the year and now the guy he sold it to [both my brother and the buyer are on the zuwharrie.com forums] is putting a 12A in it.
And as for the "1st gear is too low", that wouldn't matter with 2 tcases back to back, would it? In 4lo, it would have a fairly decent crawl ratio, so the 1st gear ratio wouldn't make much of a difference.
01-11-05, 08:45 PM
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ok guys.... lets not beat this Zuk t-case thing to death.
im using a mazda TII bellhouse B2600 Case and tranny with a Zuk case behind that
im using a mazda TII bellhouse B2600 Case and tranny with a Zuk case behind that
08-15-05, 12:13 PM
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Btt..... i need some encouragment on this.
i got the Toyota axles 2 months ago
have the wheels and tires.
all i need now is Time and effort.
i'll make time if i had the desire...... now i just need desire.
Anyone wanna help ?
or at least engourage me on. ???????
i got the Toyota axles 2 months ago
have the wheels and tires.
all i need now is Time and effort.
i'll make time if i had the desire...... now i just need desire.
Anyone wanna help ?
or at least engourage me on. ???????
08-15-05, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by SlowmoSU
it was a COAL rail 
08-17-05, 12:01 AM
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Any more progress on the 4x4? Sounds like a sweet project.
My first love has (and always will be) 4x4s. The rx7 is just a cheap fun daily driver for me, since my truck isn't really street legal anymore.
My first love has (and always will be) 4x4s. The rx7 is just a cheap fun daily driver for me, since my truck isn't really street legal anymore.
08-17-05, 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Big_Ern
Any more progress on the 4x4? Sounds like a sweet project.
My first love has (and always will be) 4x4s. The rx7 is just a cheap fun daily driver for me, since my truck isn't really street legal anymore.
My first love has (and always will be) 4x4s. The rx7 is just a cheap fun daily driver for me, since my truck isn't really street legal anymore.
the GF doesnt like me spending money on stupid projects like this.
