Just some Mu Mods

[jer0]

Just thought I would post up some things I have done recently.

After accidentally driving into a deep hole while on a night trip I managed to fill up the auto with water which I hear isn't great for
them (The auto still worked though after a quick flush) So I decided to fit a manual

I originally cut off my front mounts and gave them to a mate for his conversion, so I had to weld some 2nd hand ones on.

Really easy conversion though, everything just bolts in.

I wanted to do something with my fuel tank as they are so low normally, after starring at it for awhile I took the tank out and cut off the LHS mount and welded it back on 50mm higher. For the other mount I just welded 2 25mm square tubes together and used them as a spacer.

With my 40mm body lift I managed to raise it 50mm. Also made some extended shackles out of some 10mm plate with a crush tube.

[jer0]

Next up was the engine. I've had an intercooler on it for awhile but I didn't like the way I set it up after hearing the housing can't be rotated.
The way it was:


I wondered why the housing can't be rotated so I took the turbo off and found you can't rotate the compressor side like the 2.8's but you can remove the front of the turbo. I then just turned it around one hole and bolted it back together, 3 holes didn't line up but a file took care of 2 holes and I drilled a third hole and put a m6 bolt with nyloc for the 3rd hole. I also had to make a new mount for the waste gate actuator.
Heres a shot of the torx bolts that hold the front housing on


Heres how it ends up

I also fit a 2nd washer bottle and wired up water spray for the intercooler, it's controlled by the red button on the gear lever

I also upgraded my wheels to some wrangler 33/12.5x15 on speedy black rims

Just have to triangulate the shocks and extend/cut off the leaf retainer clips and it should flex fairly well on the back.
One more thing I did was make up a set of swaybar disconnects as per James W's plans, they seem to work quite well.

[MuZila]

Hey jer0 thats a busy drivers seat lol. Almost as bad as mine. ha ha ha. I see your in ch-ch?

We should catch up some time...

nice mods there 2.

Graeme