Scrumby

[bluesteel]

Hi all

Ill just chuck up the specs and put in some pics when i find suitable ones

1985 Brumby
Stock standard when i got it, had been sitting in a paddock, plenty of rust, and not much to look at.. the perfect shell to chop up and have a play with

Current Specs
Motor - EJ22 (92 Liberty)
Gearbox - 4 speed VTD Auto (00 Liberty GTB)
Diff - 4.44 VLSD
Wheels - 15x7" Sunrasias (Navara offset)
Tyres - 30x9.5" Mud Tyres

Front Suspension
- L series lower control arms (plated on the bottom)
- 24mm HT Threaded rod adjustable radius rods
- L series steering knuckle
- L series Turbo Brakes
- L series KYB Struts
- King Springs (not sure on part number, but much stiffer then the heavy duty one)
- 98 WRX Strut top
- 2 bolt (brumby) to 3 bolt (98 wrx) 4" Strut lift block
- Hubs redrilled to 6x140


Steering
- Liberty steering rack
- Liberty pump
- Lines were made up to suit
- Modified engine crossmember to suit
- Ends shortened on the tie rods
- Tie rod ends TE3687R from 555 Automotive Parts (SV11 Toyota Camry - 1983-1987)

Rear Suspension
- Brumby Torsion bar
- Torsion bar tube modified with 3 height positions on the inner pivot
- Pedders pump up shocks
- Custom top mounting bracket
- Hubs Drilled out to 6x140
- shortened Stub axles (to make driveshaft removal easy)
- Moustache bar has flat bar welded on at right angles to stop the flex
- All bushes are either nolathane, or standard bushes filled with sikaflex in the gaps

Drivetrain
VTD Auto box
- Custom gearbox crossmemnber
- TCU and associated witing from Liberty GTB
- custom circuit to reverse the TPS signal to suit the TCU
- big transmision fluid cooler
2 piece tailshaft modified to suit
- custom centre bearing mount
4.44 VLSD Diff
- shortened diff stubbs (to make driveshaft removal easy)
Front driveshafts
- Turbo or MPFI L series (25 spline inners)
Rear Driveshafts
- MY Rear shaft
- L series Rear DOJ Cups (gives more travel for the rear driveshaft)

Engine
- EJ22 (92 Liberty)
- WRX Radiator
- 2x thermofans
- remote header tank
- repco overflow bottle
- lift fuel pump near tank
- Surge tank in engine bay
- High pressure fuel pump (VL Turbo)
- 3" snorkel with 2 foam filters (still needs an airbox)

Body
Lift
- 4" HiRise Lift Kit
- all blocks welded together and to the body
- heavily reinforced front lift blocks and floor pan
- rhs along the body seam on the bottom
- chopped out front guards, and flattenend out the firewall of the wheel arch
- chopped out rear wheel arch, and new sheet welded in to fill the gap
Front End
- Heavily reinforced front chassis rails
- all front sheet metal removed
- new rhs removable front end
- bonnet held on with lockable bonnet pins
- RHS frame for bash plate
- alloy bash plate through till end of gearbox
- alloy bull bar
Inside
- Fibreglassed floor with a layer of acoustic foam inside
- bungs in the floor (to let the water back out)
- WRX seats on custom rails
- custom fit auto selector
Tray
- Storage box cut into the tray in front of fuel tank
- self draining bungs that do not work
- custom frame for canopy
- Roll bar
- second battery holder

Inside
- Roof pod with uhf, door and map lights
- custom speaker box/ centre console
- amp of back of cabin
- monit trip computer (handy for speedo and rally trials)
- battery monitor (for both batterys)

Others
- Dual Battery controller
- Driving Lights
- 110AH AGM Battery in tray
- Bushman Fridge in Custom cradle
- sealed power outlets in tray

thats about all i can think of at the moment, and ill ad some specific pics if i can find any

cheers
Bluesteel

[revmax]

Love it thanks for sharing.

How much do you have to modify the crossmember to fit the PS rack and how much did you shorten the inner TR ends on the rack.

[bluesteel]

pretty sure most racks will be different, i had to cut the hole a bit bigger where the splined bit pokes up through the crossmember, and just a tiny bit of reshaping where they bolt on underneath.

i dont know exactly how much i took off the tie rod ends.
just wind them all the way on, then work out if you need them to go further or not
should be pretty obvious onve you have it in there!

[El_Freddo]

I'll be keen to see some pics of this beast - it's been too long!!

And all that floor re-inforcing and front chassis rail re-inforcing is very interesting to me - I'd love more details and/or pics of this as I would like to beef up the radius rod mounts on the L as well

Cheers

Bennie

[NachaLuva]

So its modded then

Yeah i like how you've spent so much time reinforcing the chassis too.

I'm becoming more of a fan of autos for offroad flexibility...

looks like you've not just put a lot of time & effort into it but a lot of thought also...great job!

[steptoe]

Bump !!

[bluesteel]

Well I guess it has been a while, but Merry Christmas all!

For some strange reason the Scrumby still lives, it now has a tent on the roof, but all in all, much the same still.






Cheers
Bluesteel

[El_Freddo]

Bluesteel - now there's a name we don't see on the forum enough! Been quite some time and it's great to see Scrumby still alive and rocking it out bush.

Got any other pics of Scrumby either different angles in the driveway or when out bush?

Cheers

Bennie

[bluesteel]

Ask and you shall receive El_Freddo!

A few pics from the new years trip.

Scrumby in its natural Habitat.




The Beach

[bluesteel]

New Years Eve




First light of 2015


Time to go home...

[JKM]

Great pics!

[henpecked]

fantastic Brumby , fantastic pics. Hope the time away was everything you planned for.

[Tigger]

Looks awesome! I love the colour too!!! Can't beat a red Brumby!

[Proton mouse]

Wow, magic photos! Love the shot of first light of the new year and the Santa hat on the snorkel!!
Has to be one of the unique-iest Brumbys in OZ, looks great

[RSR 555]

Awesome pics and great right up. Well done Bluesteel

Just wondering why the snorkel is on the LHS when the EJ22 normally has the airbox on the driver's side? Which also reminds me.. got any engine bay pics?

[bluesteel]

The snorkel is on the left as it causes less of a blind spot over there.
I don't run the standard airbox anyway, so the intake runs straight out the back of the motor, so it didn't really matter which way it went.

Ill grab an engine bay pick at some stage if i get a chance

[El_Freddo]

Argh! How did I miss those new pics?

Awesome! Scrumby looks right at home out there, love it!

Hope there's many more happy years of 4wd'n and camping.

I'll endeavour to keep a closer eye on this thread for new pics

I don't know how the snorkel creates a black spot. Mine on Ruby Scoo is on the driver's side and fits perfectly in the "factory fitted" blind spot from the pillar - it's quite surprising that yours seemed to enlarge the blind spot.

Cheers

Bennie