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Andy is well know for his monster trucks,the one below is a range rover chassis with a S1 body shell, sporting a 5.7 small block chevy engine, with 44" Mud Plugger tyres, the axles are from a Unimog.
The Disco was built by Andy Gollins in Newport Pagnell Milton Keynes, it has 12" body lift and uprated suspension using pro comp shocks and springs, everything else on the motor is standard, if you look under the motor everything sits in the normal place.Andy is well know for his monster trucks,the one below is a range rover chassis with a S1 body shell, sporting a 5.7 small block chevy engine, with 44" Mud Plugger tyres, the axles are from a Unimog.
With the ratios, the low ratio is standard across the board at 3.321:1, it's the high range that changes.If you have a look on Ashcroft's site it will give you all the ratios available. If it's mainly going to be use offroad then you maybe better off changing the diff ratios to 4.11:1 as this will do both high & low. If you're fitting lockers as well then maybe just get the diffs when you can afford it and fit both at the same time. I know you would want to stick to standard diffs as they are easy to replace but, unless you can get a different set of low gears for the t-box then the standard diffs will be too over-geared for inclines and you won't have the control that you need.
i was wondering where the best place to buy the arches thanks glyn.
One thing that did cross my mind is that a borg warner T box will fit. Do you know if the low ratio is any lower than the LT230. G
Even the v8 is useless if you dont sort the ratios...ps 4.1:1 only makes it stock with a 32 inch tyre so it is still overgeared.
Lots of good info and tips again . . . as usual . . . especially from Budge.Starting to think 33's will be an easier and much less expensive option and probably result in a far more usefull truck.Gonna get the calculator out and do some sums . . . . :lol: Redundancy payouts can be wondefull things - especially when a new job came along very quickly :twisted: