So what did you do to your Disco today?
#172
04-16-2012, 08:23 AM
Recovery Vehicle
SO you guys going 33" plus I recommend spending the $$ on some flexy flares. I liked mine naked too but I opened it up a lot more with them and it makes it look a bit cleaner. I used blind rivets on mine and they seem to be on there pretty good. And it they rip thru I can always drill it out and put different hardware in. The fronts sit a little higher than the rears because I had to open it up more cause it was still rubbing a bit on the front fender but I dont think it turned out bad..
#173
04-16-2012, 08:43 AM
Winching
#174
04-16-2012, 08:58 AM
Recovery Vehicle
Jake,
That looks super nice. Now that you've wheeled it for a while with 4.10s(?) and 35s, does it seem to have plenty of power? Or is it still a bit of a dog? Are you using stock Rover axles with upgraded halfshafts and HD gears, or what did you do to strengthen them?
MG
That looks super nice. Now that you've wheeled it for a while with 4.10s(?) and 35s, does it seem to have plenty of power? Or is it still a bit of a dog? Are you using stock Rover axles with upgraded halfshafts and HD gears, or what did you do to strengthen them?
MG
stock axles? I have way too much money in my diffs with lockers and gears to risk blowing them up with stock axles.. I have Rovertracks front axles and CV's and Ashcroft axles in the rear. I would recommend those two companies, especially Ashcroft for gears and axles.
#175
04-16-2012, 09:07 AM
Winching
Oh man it does great, it's a blast. I could and probably will go lower later if I regear the t-case for the highway but it didnt have any problems in the rocks. It's a good combo of street and trail.
stock axles? I have way too much money in my diffs with lockers and gears to risk blowing them up with stock axles.. I have Rovertracks front axles and CV's and Ashcroft axles in the rear. I would recommend those two companies, especially Ashcroft for gears and axles.
stock axles? I have way too much money in my diffs with lockers and gears to risk blowing them up with stock axles.. I have Rovertracks front axles and CV's and Ashcroft axles in the rear. I would recommend those two companies, especially Ashcroft for gears and axles.
#176
04-16-2012, 09:22 AM
Recovery Vehicle
Oh yea the housings are stock - no real need to change those as they are plenty strong and you can do a toyota conversion to the housing if HD rover stuff isnt enough.
A lot of the defenders came standard with 1.4 t-cases vs the 1.2 the Discos have. Doesnt effect your low range so you can fine tune what you gear your diffs to and still keeps it going on the highway.
Ashcroft Transmissions or just find a 1.4 t-case on d-90 source and we already discussed the UNDERDRIVE!!! my dream.. You can pretty much do whatever you want as long as you have $$$$
Last edited by Jake1996D1; 04-16-2012 at 09:27 AM.
#177
04-16-2012, 09:27 AM
Winching
Oh yea the housings are stock - no real need to change those as they are plenty strong and you can do a toyota conversion to the housing if HD rover stuff isnt enough.
A lot of the defenders came standard with 1.4 t-cases vs the 1.2 the Discos have. Doesnt effect your low range but if you regear your diffs to something crazy like 4.75+ then you will have have a wider range between lo and hi if that makes sense.
Ashcroft Transmissions or just find a 1.4 t-case on d-90 source and we already discussed the UNDERDRIVE!!! my dream.. You can pretty much do whatever you want as long as you have $$$$
A lot of the defenders came standard with 1.4 t-cases vs the 1.2 the Discos have. Doesnt effect your low range but if you regear your diffs to something crazy like 4.75+ then you will have have a wider range between lo and hi if that makes sense.
Ashcroft Transmissions or just find a 1.4 t-case on d-90 source and we already discussed the UNDERDRIVE!!! my dream.. You can pretty much do whatever you want as long as you have $$$$
EDIT, after looking at the Ashcroft link, a 1.4 t-case gear would gear you lower in high range, resulting in less of a gap between high and low range.
Last edited by Mountain Goat; 04-16-2012 at 09:35 AM.
#178
04-16-2012, 09:35 AM
Recovery Vehicle
Sorry had to do an edit the 1.4 is higher so it will make it rev even higher which is why it was paired with stock rover diffs and the bigger tires defenders come with stock. So more of a solution for somebody not waiting to run re-geared diffs. With that said they also have a 1.003 that would help with the revs.
My truck runs at around 2500 rpm on the highway at 65-70ish. I am happy with it
#179
04-16-2012, 10:12 AM
Winching
Sorry had to do an edit the 1.4 is higher so it will make it rev even higher which is why it was paired with stock rover diffs and the bigger tires defenders come with stock. So more of a solution for somebody not waiting to run re-geared diffs. With that said they also have a 1.003 that would help with the revs.
My truck runs at around 2500 rpm on the highway at 65-70ish. I am happy with it
My truck runs at around 2500 rpm on the highway at 65-70ish. I am happy with it
Yeah mine runs about the same, 2600 at 70 IIRC. Then again that 70 is probably more like 80 due to my tire size on stock gears...
#180
04-16-2012, 10:21 AM
Recovery Vehicle
I saw that. Then again, I don't want to gear the diffs so low that my speedo is totally out of range, so maybe TC gearing would be overkill (underkill?).
Yeah mine runs about the same, 2600 at 70 IIRC. Then again that 70 is probably more like 80 due to my tire size on stock gears...
Yeah mine runs about the same, 2600 at 70 IIRC. Then again that 70 is probably more like 80 due to my tire size on stock gears...
Yes the t-case would likely be "underkill" especially with 32's and 4.11's
Play with this - Ashcroft Transmissions - Ratio Calculator I wouldnt count on it for exact accuracy but gives you a good idea of what you're looking at