Chridk Brumby, Subie Boys

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:22 pm

Sorry Chris . I stole steve this week . Needed two brackets made to fit l rear suspension to my M.Y. . Need more cold gal and welding wire though. Ya brumby is sucking it up.

chridk · Post by **chridk** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 7:44 pm

No worries Rick, I will see what i can do.

Haven't worked since last thursday cause of the rain (no work no pay) but I will see if i can shake some cash out of the mouldy wallet to keep the project moovin along.

Cheers Chridk

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:28 pm

Dig past those butterflies, spiders, then get out the exit mold and a wire brush. Then put them all down and get ya wallet out. lol

stinky · Post by **stinky** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 3:11 pm

hey rick, I wouldn't mind a set or two of those brackets ... How much for steve to do two sets up for me ?

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 6:33 pm

Off the top of my head , not a clue. I will ask and let you know. I will post a pic so you can see what it looks like. What every you do, dont be in a hurry for it. We are as busy as a one legged man in a kicking contest.

92 brumby · Post by **92 brumby** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 7:33 pm

i would also be interested in some of those rear suspention brackets if you want to knock a few up

brumbyrunner · Post by **brumbyrunner** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 11:57 pm

Are you talking about mounting the L series trailing arm housing in place of the MY torsion bar housing so you can ditch the torsion bars for coilovers? I cut the L series body mounts off one and welded on new mounts incorporating a 2" lift. Pretty big job to get everything to line up properly. I dunno how you'd do it with brackets alone.

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 12:18 am

brumbyrunner wrote:Are you talking about mounting the L series trailing arm housing in place of the MY torsion bar housing so you can ditch the torsion bars for coil overs. I cut the L series body mounts off one and welded on new mounts incorporating a 2" lift. Pretty big job to get everything to line up properly. I dunno how you'd do it with brackets alone.

All i have done is put the l series coil overs in place of the M.Y. shocks. then wound down the M.Y. torsion bar . So now i am running on mostly the l coil overs. If need be , if i have a heavy load , i can always wind the bar up to asist if need be. It may sound sill to some people . But it works for me. Also if i dont like it . All i have to do is unbolt the l stuff ( 3 bolts ) and slip the shocky back in and wind the torsion bar up . No harm , no foul.

brumbyrunner · Post by **brumbyrunner** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:04 am

Oh that all Rick. I used to think that method of increasing your spring rate limited the wheel travel as the L rear shock has only 5.5" of stroke. But after a lot of trial & error and trying to achieve the impossible, I've come to the conclusion that it doesn't make that much difference. The big hinderence to wheel travel will always by the inner trailing arm bush.

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 12:26 pm

cant you simply buy those brackets from Scorpion ?

(more for the others wanting some)

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:44 pm

Jeff dropped in a rex radiator so the mounts can be done now. Ya dont have to worry about the paint being stuffed by doing it later.

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:16 am

Chris has asked us to put his brumby on hold for a while. So we are going to have a small break and try to catch up on some of our cars. Then start again after new year . Dont know if we will be starting on chris's or the next one.

Kappage · Post by **Kappage** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:28 pm

wow, how can you put up with using a mig welder so much? I hate using the Mig i prefer to use the stick welder...

last celtic warrior · Post by **last celtic warrior** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 9:35 pm

Actually, I like both MIG and stick. Each method has it's place, as does TIG and Oxy...

beastofburden · Post by **beastofburden** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 12:45 pm

Whew take a breather guys!!Merry christmas.. great job. Cheers Steve

maxxair · Post by **maxxair** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:40 am

gday boyz. happy new yearz to the crew. have a good one. i had a quiet one, went camping. soz i nvr got back to u on the EJ rick. olmate stuffed me round a bit, upping the price till i couldnt be bothered with him. shame. awwell.
that utes looking good, the chassis will be strong as now illd say. that rust frightens me. im sure mine would be worse naked. havent had a chance to work on mine for a few months, shes tarped up, but went and started it today and she still runs sweet. could be comin past yaz in early march too. mite drop by.

the brumbies are breeding hey?? haha. how many subes Loiter at your workshed now. any progress with the turbo??

catchya guys, take care

chridk · Post by **chridk** » Tue May 26, 2009 8:19 pm

Thought i might post up some pics of my daily driver with some 18 inch shoes on for some inspiration.

kona480 · Post by **kona480** » Tue May 26, 2009 8:29 pm

*drools*
Nice. But the bullbar doesn't suit the on-road style very much

chubby37 · Post by **chubby37** » Tue May 26, 2009 9:49 pm

all i use is a mig till i get my tig and plasma cutter soon

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue May 26, 2009 10:14 pm

That brumby looks DROP DEAD GEORGOUS!!!

Bennie