Mad custom 90 series with 80 Series running gear.

[williade Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close williade]

Maybe a cable operated drum brake could be used. The shoe and crank assembly could be welded to the diff centre and the drum mounted to the spool.

[Tones120 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Tones120]

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.

the wheel base on a toyota 80 is 2900 and a prado around 2700 thats only 200 in it and im still short at lest 100. my guess is that the wheel base of a nissan is about the same as the 80 so still alot of work.

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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

we are looking at fitting a rachet brake on the short side of the diff and a small disc brake from a gokart to the drum that has a hydratech hand brrake thats all so tierd in to the foot brake as well. the small disc is to help stop over run when the winch is in free spool.

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

Ok, like I said, just a thought. I was more thinking of a rolling GQ chassis AND body that you could transplant your running gear into. The GQ chassis has the added advantage of already being 2 x live axles on coil springs, but each to their own. Good luck with it.

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Maybe a cable operated drum brake could be used. The shoe and crank assembly could be welded to the diff centre and the drum mounted to the spool.

the only thing with this idea is that its got to have a auto brake for comps cant rely on someone to operate the brake as it mey be to slow or something.thats the rules

the rachet idea is on just about most of the winchs in comps. the high mount is the winch that most use. well a highly mod high mount.

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Ok, like I said, just a thought. I was more thinking of a rolling GQ chassis AND body that you could transplant your running gear into. The GQ chassis has the added advantage of already being 2 x live axles on coil springs, but each to their own. Good luck with it.

may as well just build a nissan comp truck then would be alot quicker and cheaper, and be the same as everyother person out there!!!! but there is not fun in that at all

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

Each to their own. There's a reason why there's a lot of GQ comp trucks, isn't there?

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im with maixxs90. one of a kinds are great. the running gear in the nissan thats good. but the plan is that the prado will not have as many kgs as a 80 so the running gear will be up for it. the 80 auto that we are using got lock up torque converter in every gear with a switch of a button and can take 600hp ever day of the wk is we so wished to go that mad. with chromoly axles in the diffs with locker up grades it will take it.

anyway at the end of the day we can only work with what we got with out having to do everything over again.

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Go for it. Enjoy yourself & I hope it all works for you.

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i can understand why you have to push the front end forward to get the wheel away from the flywall to make room for bigger wheels but do you realy have to take the rear tha fare back.

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the extra 200mm in the rear was for links that are as a kit for bigger cars in the US have found someone that can make links any size we want do its not going to be as long now thank god.

[williade Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close williade]

Have you decided what you're doing for the front suspension?

Long travel coil overs, yeah? What about the arms? Compared to everything else you're doing, the super flex arms seem a bit tame. Have you considered X-link or some custom radius arms like these:

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/somer...rms/1009724114

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Have you decided what you're doing for the front suspension?

Long travel coil overs, yeah? What about the arms? Compared to everything else you're doing, the super flex arms seem a bit tame. Have you considered X-link or some custom radius arms like these:

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/somer...rms/1009724114

its going to be a 3link kit up front. heres a link to the guys that make it

http://www.trail-gear.com/trail-link-three


we are going to try and run coilovers and triple bypass shock with hyro bump stops to stop up travel and to take the harsh hits out as well and some kind of torsion sway bar to keep it flat when going around corners hard this kind of fornt end will flex way better.

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thats good find someone to make custom trailing arms up for you.

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heres the PTO that we got.







was thinking about using a air ram instead of a shifter. what do people think?