January madness.

brumbyrunner · Post by **brumbyrunner** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:40 am

Now that the race ute has been converted to 5 stud with the Crossbred kit, I have a spare set of Superlite 4 stud rims. Not wanting to leave them laying around, I thought I'd throw them under my old silver ute. Bolted in the left over MY suspension while I was at it.
Looks good too. Pay no attention to the bullbar, it was already on the ute when I got it and it appears I've got chridk's lined up for it now.

Post by **Captain Obvious** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:02 am

Monster Truck Madness!!!!!

Point · Post by **Point** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:29 am

but can you drive it? or do you need some 'serious' guard trimming like the race ute?

Outback bloke · Post by **Outback bloke** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:46 am

LOL, that poor little motor. Looks good mate.

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:01 am

even funnier is how small a 28" tyre looks under the racecar

Wilbur · Post by **Wilbur** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:24 am

I'm bringing a car trailer to 'borrow' that ute

I like it ALOT.

Outback bloke · Post by **Outback bloke** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:34 am

EJ22 on the cards? Maybe a spare Ej20T?

brumbyrunner · Post by **brumbyrunner** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:54 am

Point wrote:but can you drive it? or do you need some 'serious' guard trimming like the race ute?

Haven't driven it yet. Got some problems with timing and carby so I'm putting a carby kit through it and see what happens. Gearing is going to be horrendous. It will be like driving with std tyres and a 3:1 diff ratio!

brumbyrunner · Post by **brumbyrunner** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:02 am

BYB-01 wrote:EJ22 on the cards? Maybe a spare Ej20T?

Dunno yet. EJ25 SOHC with 4.444 dual range would be nice but working on the racecar comes first. I've just wanted to do this for some time and I'm still mucking around with the strut towers and lower arms on the raceute.

I do have a spare EG33 gathering dust here somewhere...

Wilbur · Post by **Wilbur** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:03 am

I can see this turning into a pre-runner....so it would have to be an EJ20T

Outback bloke · Post by **Outback bloke** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:20 pm

I do have a spare EG33 gathering dust here somewhere...

Now you're talkin'

brumbyrunner · Post by **brumbyrunner** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:56 pm

front on

chridk · Post by **chridk** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:16 pm

The Bullbar Ive got for you will look a sh$tload better than the one that fitted now.

ps. what year model is your targa brumby

Cheers chris

brumbyrunner · Post by **brumbyrunner** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:50 pm

It's a 1987

Bumpty · Post by **Bumpty** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:30 pm

haha looks better then the Brumbyrunner... But only while that has those dorky little 28" wheels on it

brumbyrunner · Post by **brumbyrunner** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:38 pm

They're only 26"s and the 16" rims for the 30" Bridgestone rally tyres can't be too far away.

Been driving it around for about a week now. Nowhere near as unstable as I thought it was going to be. Just leave it in lowrange all the time. So easy to get in and out of too, don't have to bend down at all. I was worried about the lack of aircon but with the sunroof open it's not that bad.

Wilbur · Post by **Wilbur** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 2:02 pm

Got sick of the triton already hey ?

brumbyrunner · Post by **brumbyrunner** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:44 pm

Actually been driving the Triton as well. No aircon in it either though. I'm surprised where it will go in stock form.

stamp_licker · Post by **stamp_licker** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:18 pm

What size are the tyres?

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:41 pm

EG33 Twin Turbo (insert Tim Taylor grunting)