Hilux Max build thread

[white_hilux]

looks like you fellas had a tough day. good to hear that there was no damage

[Hilux Max]

Good to see you putting yourself to good use Max...............

That unweighted rear moments feel like shit when your in the hot seat.

Are the youtube vids working or is it just cause I'm at work?

Yeah was fun driving down.......i false move and it could have gone either way.

Yeah, vids are working mate.

[Hilux Max]

Had trouble uploading to youtube so I ended up putting them in photobucket instead.

Heres the 1998 Hilux struggling to get up a rocky section of track. This was this guys first time doing any sort of offroading like this so I was trying to guide him up and take the easiest line....

Gee what a hinderance the torsion bar front end is on these and no lockers. I think he did well for what it was. I ended up pulling him up this segment.

http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/mmaaxx1977/Cobaw-Feb12/?action=view&current=IMG_0521.mp4

Heres a vid of George crawling up between the boulder and the tree.....the tree had exposed roots that caused a few problems, having the boulder on the left didnt help either or the off camber situation itself.

http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/mmaaxx1977/Cobaw-Feb12/?action=view&current=IMG_0523.mp4

Heres me towing/helping Rocky in his 1998 luxi get up -

http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/mmaaxx1977/Cobaw-Feb12/?action=view&current=IMG_0522.mp4

As i said earlier, the track was a dead end. Lucky we didnt get the Jeep going up there, so he turned around below and came up to help us decend. I felt guilty that I had led them up this awesome ttrack only to have to safely get everyone back down in one piece. And boy was going down an experience

Heres a view from below of DLUX coming down around the tree.....problem was you couldnt steer left too soon as the vehicle would tree and overtake the LHF tyre with the RHR lifting up. We had to get the front of the vehicle onto the opposing embankment to lower the rear and try and steer left slowly then which ws damn difficult with all the hiluxs weight over the front.

http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/mmaaxx1977/Cobaw-Feb12/?action=view&current=IMG_0524.mp4

And here I am with the snatch strap tied around the RHR of Rocky's tray holding him back from going over. I had the hilux in compound low and gently feathured the brakes. His brakes were stuffed and weren;t holding his hilux back which was another reason for anchoring him onto me.

http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/mmaaxx1977/Cobaw-Feb12/?action=view&current=IMG_0526.mp4

When we got him through the hard bit around the tree, we disconnected the strap and I went down. I didnt want the strap attached to Rocky's hilux incase he accidently pulls me over.

http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/mmaaxx1977/Cobaw-Feb12/?action=view&current=IMG_0527.mp4

As is always the case, the last track of the day is usually the one that either gets you unstuck or throws out something unexpected.

[felix]

that bloke in the white ute would do a whole lot better with at least half a tonne of weight in the back

[Hilux Max]

Agreed....the rear end was extremely light.

[czechdave]

Agreed....the rear end was extremely light.

Yeah I have the same problem with mine.
Looks like you boys had a good time out there, a few of those moments would have had the heart rate going up and the adrenaline pumpin

[Luxasaurus]

Awesome run Rambo

Awesome video's, Few scary parts and even i would of been worried doing.

Fav line from all the videos would be " Alright, They're just f$@#&% ants"

[DLUX]

Great footage maxx. cant wait to get the dvd going. had a great trip. AND TO ANSWER UR QUESTION "YES U MAKE MY BALL TICKLE MORE THAN MY MRS DOES" LMAO that track was unbeliveable,

[Hilux Max]

More vids uploading.....

[dute]

Good to see your getting out and having some fun Max.

[Hilux Max]

Thanks Pete....been a while, trying to catchup now....

[dans hilux]

I would certainly be feelin ALIVE after that!! , good to know youse all got out at the end.
Great vids too!!

[Hilux Max]

More Vids

Instead of watching neighbours or Home and Away, grab yourselves a beer and watch some wheeling vids here!

Me going up a track - http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/mmaaxx1977/Cobaw-Feb12/?action=view&current=maxrockytrack2.mp4

Me and the Jeep going up another one - http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/mmaaxx1977/Cobaw-Feb12/?action=view&current=max-jeep-rockytrack.mp4

Jeep almost rolling on first attempt at rut - http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/mmaaxx1977/Cobaw-Feb12/?action=view&current=jeep-1st-rut.mp4

75 Series Crusier not doing well on rut - http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/mmaaxx1977/Cobaw-Feb12/?action=view&current=75series-1st-rut.mp4

FJ40 on Rutted Track - http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/mmaaxx1977/Cobaw-Feb12/?action=view&current=grandpa-rutted-track.mp4

FJ40 Boghole 1 - http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/mmaaxx1977/Cobaw-Feb12/?action=view&current=grandpa-boghole1.mp4

FJ40 Boghole 2 - http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/mmaaxx1977/Cobaw-Feb12/?action=view&current=grandpa-boghole3.mp4

FJ40 getting snatched - http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/mmaaxx1977/Cobaw-Feb12/?action=view&current=grandpas-snatch.mp4

DLUX Boghole 1 - http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/mmaaxx1977/Cobaw-Feb12/?action=view&current=george-boghole1.mp4

DLUX Boghole 2 - http://s61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/mmaaxx1977/Cobaw-Feb12/?action=view&current=george-boghole2.mp4

[Jack S]

Great videos Max, good to see some action shots...

Have you got the sway bar disconnects fitted yet?

[Hilux Max]

Yes Jack, I got the swaybar disconnects fitted a while ago....and even thou a litle noisy at times (clunking) they do help up the rutted and rocky tracks.

[Jack S]

Yea I thought you had them fitted but couldn't remember, when I was watching the videos was wondering if you had them on and how much difference they made....

[Hilux Max]

They make a difference....each side works more indepedantly. Which benefits offroad when front tyres are alternating between ruts.

Still planning on removing swaybar completely... which will help even more.

[KTM525EXC]

Great vids max, your lux makes tuff tracks look easy

[Hilux Max]

So the bullets been bit....

4.5's are getting ordered.

This will change my 1st Crawl ratio from its current 125.86:1 in Compound low to 151.85:1

Not that its not slow enough already but Im planning on going bigger tyres and cutting the sh!t out of the guards to make em fit for offroading. So that'll slightly offset it.

Daily driving will give me some much missed performance and economy back.Even on 33's.

Looking at the chart below, you can see that 35's will bring the revs at 100kph back to same as stock, on 33's it'll be 200rpm higher at 2,900rpm. The tyres being wide and the extra load that comes with it shouldnt be a problem.







Thats it.

[Monster Rides]

So is the plan 33's for road... 35's for off road?