Ulysses

AWESOME! :woohoo:

That's one angry sounding Jimny, it's fantastic. People are going to expect it to be a tricked out JDM, not a 4x4.
Mike

Brilliant, proper sleeper now

Ulysses is definitely becoming quite the thing these days, sounds fruity.





















I still reckon that with a fixed head gasket Dreadnaught could take Ulysses in the twisties though! One day we will have to find out! :laugh:

The steering damper had been bugging me for a bit.

The one on Ulysses was a left over from the grey one and been fairly well used by now. It still works, but has a little soft spot in its travel, which is weird?! I was getting issues with bump-steer at speed so decided to buy a new damper for it (rather than a whole new kit). RTC is something I had wanted too add as well.

The brackets are ones that came with the original damper from Dave and are still as strong as they day he made them.

Balls! the new one I had ordered is for a defender and is 1) longer and 2) different fitting (eye instead of pin at one end). Its also RTC (return to centre) style, which means the spring forces the steering back straight if left alone.

Old one off and new bracket made for the steering arm end of it:







OK on the test fit so new bracket off for some paint, then as it had dried in 3 hours, it was full fitting and test run out.



Works well. The steering self centres much better (even when not moving, which is a bit disconcerting!). It doesnt feel any heavier than before and seems to help with the bump steer from the short test run out. Overall happy with it and it only cost £65 for the damper/spring combo

In other news, I have welded a couple of tiny holes in my home made exhaust and that has toned down the overrun pop and crackle a fair bit, but not totally. Theres probably more odd gaps, but I quite like the noises I get with it like this :evil:
The new throttle bodies are working well, have had an issue or two with getting the original injectors seated correctly, but seems sorted now. Power is nice, but the fuel consumption hasn't exactly improved (though my heavy foot could be the problem there!). The new S80 ECU has arrived at JDM dyno, so I need to get booked in to get the second set of injectors wired in and the dyno run re-done to see if makes any difference.

Be nice to get out in Ulysses for a trip with the lads, but thats all on hold at the moment of course Drumclog has opened up again with pre-bookings so that might be a good place to scratch that itch!

Riccy Riccy Riccy.... you are one inspirational individual thank you