Mad custom 90 series with 80 Series running gear.

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thats fine mate you can repeat yourself as much as you want its a free world. i would have to say its way cheaper and easier just to get one over from the states then to try and build one. showtime was a way better looking buggy.

I haven't looked into costings of buying/importing vs building, but yes, I wouldn't be surprised if it's cheaper. My concern though would be availability of parts. I'd want to have something I can repair pretty quickly, not wait for imported gear.

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I haven't looked into costings of buying/importing vs building, but yes, I wouldn't be surprised if it's cheaper. My concern though would be availability of parts. I'd want to have something I can repair pretty quickly, not wait for imported gear.

what do you think a 500ph+ motor would cost u then u got the auto gear boxs that can handle that kind of power. Thats like $20,000 or more. A cheap atlars tranfer case is like $4000. My mates 37s where just under $800 each so who knws what 44s would end up costing. 44s plus rims would be $6000+. The coilovers are about $3000 a pair. Thats $36,000 just in parts. Still need diff, a cooling system, hydro steer.

Its cost about $10.000 2 ship one over with all the tax n paper work done. So that leves about $25,000 to 30,000 to spend on a buggy n you can get some great buggies for that which would be worth alot more then that here.

As for part its only three weeks at the max to get them shipped over. Had mail just from perth take that long befor. Anything we get from over east takes about the same amount of time as well.

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That 80 brings a tear to my eye, seeing such a vehicle like that. I am glad nobody got hurt. Yes, I remember those photos of the Prado last year. Once again, glad no one got seriously hurt.
Breakie time must go, the Roo.

the 80 was a great car anyone could drive it and make it the hard tracks look easy. Sometime doing it better then the owner. Hahahahahaha.

When you walk away from crashers like that it makes you see that all your gear in the car needs to be tied down and why would you want to have feet up on the dash?

[Maixxs90 Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Maixxs90]

nine lives hey. lucky guy. well everyone people in the prado where lucky.

so getting back to this dream build you got anything in mind for the transfer case and auto gear box?

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ther is 25% lower gears and trail gear make a trick Rear Disconnect for the tail shaft. that would be sweet

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this dream project will keep your mate poor forsure but dam what away to go out in a prado like that. would be one hate of a rig. not a great tourer but im guessing thats not the point. hahahahahahaha

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well its just in the pipeline/working out stage yet. put he think about but getting a cheap 90 from over east sometime at the start of the year. to drive aroung in and do some real ruler work to see if it will all come together. then it just start ordering the gear. the plan would be to get everthing together in the shed befor even starting the project. beacuse when we start it we will need the motor half in to see what to do with the front diff when its at bump. there is no point getting a realy good one when the plan is to bin most of it.

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im glad someone like the mad god winch. it would be something to see in real life thats for sure

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OK so my mate found a pto for his 80 tranfer case. which will be the base of the winch we will build. now we are working out how to build the winch. we know its a bit early for the winch but at some point its got to be realy to bolt up in the rig. any ideas on the winch would be great? was thinking about trying to use the half shaft on a prado diff as the free spool that way the drum will be free when ever we pull rope off and have a wheel hub and bearings as the carrier for the drum.

oh been looking hard at how to link up the diffs. looks like a single triangulated set up for the rear will be the go. looking at doing it the same way as a desert race truck with the coilover and shocks mounted on the lower link to get the most flex and help with wopps at high speed. will just do at 3link kit for the front. going to have to stretched the wheel base out alot more then we where hoping. the front has to go forward 100mm or so and the rear has to go back about 200mm. so it maybe to long and we may have to end up doing something different.

[Esses Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Esses]

Not to speak heresy, but I'm thinking that a GQ Patrol chassis may be more suitable for everything you're thinking about?

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Not to speak heresy, but I'm thinking that a GQ Patrol chassis may be more suitable for everything you're thinking about?

what makes you say the GQ would be the best chassis? its going to have that many mods that what ever we use its still alot of work. we can kits to link the diffs that go on hilux chassis which is close to a prado and iv got all toyota running gear. which means its dont as hard to do then into a nissan. well thats what iv found from alot of looking on the net.

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I didn't say BEST, buddy. I said "more suitable". Purely because you said that the length was now much more than you originally thought & a GQ LWB chassis is plenty long. Plus there's been heaps of tough comp-trucks based on GQ's, so just being logical. No brand wars here - just a thought.

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I didn't say BEST, buddy. I said "more suitable". Purely because you said that the length was now much more than you originally thought & a GQ LWB chassis is plenty long. Plus there's been heaps of tough comp-trucks based on GQ's, so just being logical. No brand wars here - just a thought.

ok sorry for adding BEST.

but then we would have to mount the prado body on to a nissan chassis man thats alot of work. we would most likely cut the chassis where it ends behind the cab and make a tube rear end up as it will be a ute after all. i dont see it being that logical to use a nissan chassis at all just alot more work then we need.

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sweet you got that pto. good luck with the winch build.

not use a nissan chassis it would be way to much work. as you are planing to do all custom suspension and links just stay with the prado. with the kits that you can get from the US for the toyota diffs to go into a hilux and other chassis thats the way to go for sure.

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forgot to say that half shaft would be a great idea for the free spool. but what kind of braking are you going to have on it becuase you need it when going in comps