My Touring Wagon EJ25 build, Part 2

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:44 am

guyph_01 wrote:Seriously, spot it:(

What are we spotting? I'm confused.

guyph_01 wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbqVwP-cnXI

Was that some ken block style or just a really loud exhaust with a high revving EJ?? And were you meant to swerve around like that? Looked good none the less, got any more videos of your L in action?

Cheers

Bennie

d_generate · Post by **d_generate** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:07 am

Those hills were much steeper than it looks, the tracks were so rough that they just threw the car wherever they wanted to cos you needed a pretty quick run up.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:36 am

d_generate wrote:Those hills were much steeper than it looks

Yeah I understand that - all of my videos don't really show the steepness of what we're on no matter how hard I try to get it right!

d_generate wrote: the tracks were so rough that they just threw the car wherever they wanted to cos you needed a pretty quick run up.

Always fun - I only asked because it looked like he was either out of control or picking a certain line

Cheers

Bennie

MTB92 · Post by **MTB92** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:59 am

El_Freddo wrote:What are we spotting? I'm confused.

i think it was infact not a spot, but a stop. as in "stop spamming my thread" :P

man, the difference in acceleration between that and a stock L is unbelievable! now even more keen to get this ej out of the lib and into the L...

good luck for the rest of your build Guyph, cant wait to see it in action

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:32 am

Yeah sry stop,, lol.

Unfortunately theres not many vids of my L in action:(

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:50 am

guyph_01 wrote:Unfortunately theres not many vids of my L in action:(

You know you'll have to make up for this once you've got the beast back on the road

Cheers

Bennie

Post by **TOONGA** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:44 am

guyph_01 wrote:Yeah sry stop,, lol.

Unfortunately theres not many vids of my L in action:(

El_Freddo wrote:You know you'll have to make up for this once you've got the beast back on the road

Cheers

Bennie

hopefully I will be there to document the return of the maccas wagon

TOONGA

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:35 pm

TOONGA wrote:hopefully I will be there to document the return of the maccas wagon

Hehehe... Someone should get the macca's "M" symbol made up, ~10 or 15cm high should be a good size.

Then stick it on his subi when he's not looking and wait to see how long it take for him to notice it if he ever does!

Cheers

Bennie

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:45 pm

Update on the macca's Wagon:p

Well since i lost my old thread i'll slowly add pics of the stuff i had done in preparation for the stage 2 build.

Best looking engine ever...

The little ARB air supply,

Home made Cup holder

The rear suspension bits

Front suspension

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:59 pm

Now what i've been up to since the thread crash....

Modding the floor for the hi/lo lever

Modded gear link

Modded tailshaft from Drive shaft Australia

Putting back the carpet

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:02 pm

Changing the plugs with long life iridium ones while the engine is out..

Engine and box together

Getting it in

Me hard at work, Yes i know, beer doesn't work great with me:mrgreen:

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:15 am

El_Freddo wrote:Always fun - I only asked because it looked like he was either out of control or picking a certain line

Cheers

Bennie

That's just his Ken Block driving skills !!

guyph_01 wrote:Now what i've been up to since the thread crash....

Looking good there Guy.. shame it won't be as good as my L

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:37 am

Looking good there mate!

guyph_01 wrote:

I hope you won't get confused as to what you need to check under the bonnet, the universal colour for this is... Yellow, which also happens to be part of the colour scheme for your maccas wagon!

I'm pretty impressed as to how far along this thing is, and I'm jealous that I've not had any shed time recently, just waiting on a package from frog!

Keep up the good building work.

Cheers

Bennie

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:52 am

RSR 555 wrote: Looking good there Guy.. shame it won't be as good as my L

Haha, we will see about that on the playground:)

El_Freddo wrote: I hope you won't get confused as to what you need to check under the bonnet, the universal colour for this is... Yellow, which also happens to be part of the colour scheme for your maccas wagon!

I'm pretty impressed as to how far along this thing is, and I'm jealous that I've not had any shed time recently, just waiting on a package from frog!

Keep up the good building work.

Cheers

Bennie

Thx, There's plenty left to do, like getting the gearbox built, Finishing off the liftkit, and more.

I'm aiming to get the engine started this weekend or the next depending on dave's availability and if i can get everything ready:)

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:07 pm

This arrived in the mail today, So much money for such a small, light weight box and a few wires:( Ohhh well, apparently its worth it:p

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 4:41 pm

Nice.. can't wait to see it working offroad

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:28 pm

guyph_01 wrote:This arrived in the mail today, So much money for such a small, light weight box and a few wires:( Ohhh well, apparently its worth it:p

How much extra did you have to pay for the thumbwheel ? If you look it will have a nissan logo on it - can get them from nissan wrecks for virtually nix. Of course it won't have Centre Diff written on it but will still work exactly the same. If you want a manual controller you can also buy a PWM (pulse width modulator) kit and build one yourself for about $50.

Or you could do what I did and get a Subaru controller with the complete gearbox

But yeah I believe these DCCDpro boxes are pretty swish in auto mode.

Looking good Guy

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:43 pm

Hi guys,

Did some more work on the car. WHAT have i painted now???? LoL

First thing first, I got board working without musik so i made a Mauritian style Radio to keep me company, Works great:mrgreen:

I started to work on the rear parts of the car. Removed the old lift kit. And yes for those who remember, i swapped the old trusted umbrella stand for stronger car stands!!

Next i cleaned the under-car with a high pressure karcher, let it dry and gave it a fresh coat of paint. No neither RED or YELLOW, i stuck with Grey Underbody coat paint:)

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:44 pm

Next was to copy the 3inch kit and make my own 2 inch kit., $11 worth of bar, $8 to cut them from the supplier, and some great amateur Arc welding skills and VOILA!!!!

And finally, I got to install my new headlight kit, some might be jealous ( dobo ), some might detest it ( Paul ) but i got to install those:D

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:02 pm

Headlights look good

I've got a set of quads on their way for my brumby so I gotta say that I guess