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26 Mar 2020 08:26 #220273 by Reason2doubt
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I cannot wait to see the results of this dyno!!
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26 Mar 2020 16:44 #220281 by Riccy
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I will see about making a nice wee video of it with the gopro and of course pop it up on here ;-)

Thats assuming it doesnt get called off from this corona virus carry on of course :unsure:

J999 MNY, ULYSSES M18 VVT with ITB's Dyno tested at 130hp

Pickup/tipper, R7me gearbox & 6.4 Rocklobster, 31" Toyo MT, 2x ARB air locker 3.9 diffs in braced axles, 6" total lift, Floating rear conversion, Raptor painted, CB, Recaro's, Caged, etc, etc...

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26 Mar 2020 20:11 #220292 by furo
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Speaking of which Riccy, have you seen that Drumclog is closed? Hope you're well.

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27 Mar 2020 08:23 #220305 by Riccy
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furo wrote: Speaking of which Riccy, have you seen that Drumclog is closed? Hope you're well.


Yes sadly, but its for the best at the moment. Even if it was open I doubt I would be allowed to drive up there, being in the 'fit and well but possibly a carrier' group of society.

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28 Mar 2020 16:37 #220362 by Riccy
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Not strictly about Ulysses, but relevant.

I have a small utility/camping trailer thats pretty handy, if a little small. A while ago I was towing it and someone commented 'that trailer needs a lift kit', which was true. It was sat a such a daft angle on the back of the grey one that the tail lights were scraping the ground a bit sometimes.

Having made my own towbar for ulysses (as its so different to a normal jimny) I thought I would try it out to see how daft it looks...

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Not as bad of an angle as the grey jimny but still wrong. I had looked at a drop plate thing for the towball, which would be easy but reduce departure angle a lot. Went for lifting and huge tyres (as is my way!).

I cut some old front stub mounts back to have a flat back and welded them to a 6mm plate and a short section of 3mm box steel. Took the old wheels off and cut back the stub axle the trailer had. Slid my new box section over and welded onto the trailer axle. So now it takes the same standard Jimny front wheel bearings as all the other wheels on my wagon :-)

So on with some jimny front bearing carriers and hubs to cover it all up neatly:











Obviously its not finished yet. Wheel arches and probably a paint in black raptor are on the cards. Sitting at the correct height now at least

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Pickup/tipper, R7me gearbox & 6.4 Rocklobster, 31" Toyo MT, 2x ARB air locker 3.9 diffs in braced axles, 6" total lift, Floating rear conversion, Raptor painted, CB, Recaro's, Caged, etc, etc...

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28 Mar 2020 16:54 #220364 by X8GGY
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AWESOME! (as usual mate ;) ) B) :woohoo:
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28 Mar 2020 20:39 #220374 by Lambert
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It's like a miniature sankey trailer, so so cool

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28 Mar 2020 20:43 #220375 by sniper
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The trailer looks ace Riccy, looks like your about ready to cross Africa....

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04 Apr 2020 16:52 #220690 by Riccy
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More fiddling with the trailer today...

Made up my own version of a leg for when its detached from the car out of bits from the scrap pile:



Then welded a load of unistrut onto the top edge of the sides to strengthen and straighten them. I used slotted strut to give me loads of potential tie-down points along it ;-) Thinking of other uses for this slotted strut now ive got some to play with :whistle:

Wheel arches on too. Trimmed some cheap ones from ebay down and mounted with some simple L steel welded to the trailer chassis. Pretty pleased with it:







Ive ordered some Raptor paint and primer, awaiting that one however.

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Pickup/tipper, R7me gearbox & 6.4 Rocklobster, 31" Toyo MT, 2x ARB air locker 3.9 diffs in braced axles, 6" total lift, Floating rear conversion, Raptor painted, CB, Recaro's, Caged, etc, etc...

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04 Apr 2020 17:50 - 04 Apr 2020 17:50 #220693 by jackonlyjack
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Looks cool mate
If you still have your vac former you could form some light pods
fitted on top of them arches ;)
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05 Apr 2020 05:33 #220709 by Lambert
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That really is looking like a mini penman now! Absolutely love it but I do have a bit of a trailer fetish.

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08 Apr 2020 15:18 #220815 by maverick
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That floor looks like it needs some attention

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