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Addition for you pebble, I've seen a constructed unit from an aluminum water bottle. Drill the holes, one long tube, fill with shot, place wire mesh (screen) into neck, replace cap and plumb into place. # 21 for me as I have eliminated one of the breathers to custom K&N filter but, cannot see a way around the PCV valve. The crank gasses must be vented via pump, of some sort. The engine vacuum seems best, if the crud/oil can be redirected. I think that this is the best way to go.


Slider update:

Got one email back from southern Ontario. Joe @ Polyzone is very nice to deal with but, there is no way around it. Exotic materials are EXPENSIVE. Looks like it's going to be the DuraPro bed liner. Cost effective UHMWPE with a coefficient-of-friction of 0.12. Compared to DrySlide @ 0.09 and a few other products go as low as 0.08. That's comparing polished steel @ 100.00. The problem is that his product comes in sheets of 120" widths, but can be cut to length...like 31"..width vs length switch...looks like I'll be doing the full length of the truck @ 10 foot. No matter, damage has been costing me $ from day one. Crank shaft pulley, CV boots, front diff mounts, (bent to hell) oil pan dents, coolant rad deformation, transmission mounts, A-arm drag link mounts (as per previous post, bent-to-hell) etc, add infinitum. Money well spent, in the long run. Can you understand the kind of dynamic forces that can be achieved by catching a 5lb rock, from a center line suspension bounce at 120kph...could end up in the gas tank...

But, at 90 bucks a linear foot, plus tax, plus shipping, plus tax on the shipping...
Gonna be like 500 bucks before it's done...

Anyway, want to have a good laugh? Search pirate 4X4 for UHMWPE...guys are going on the cheap, and grabbing HDPE for their rock-crawling applications. You get what you pay for...3" thick applications being "ground-down" to 1/4" after a single summer service trail ride...

Oranges are not apples, and carbon is not plastic, and polycarbonate is not polyethylene and HDPE is not UHMWPE...


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Learn that sh!t...


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I managed to make a deal with the above supplier for a custom cut piece of Tivar-eco. 1/4"x31"x60" for $220 to the door. Just took pity on me. They usually sell by the 10s to 100s of linear feet to manufacturers that make the end user products. Like control arm deflectors for just about every ATV and side-by-side out there. At $300 for a set, I think that I'll make up my own, thanks anyway. Very difficult to find a retail-level supplier in Ontario for this stuff.

I should be getting it next week.

Side note for Grainger Supply. They have a US and a Canadian (Acklands) supply chain, and they don't cross product supply. So, can't get any in Canada but anyone in the US should be able to walk in the door and pick it up. I think it was $216 for a 1/4"x48"x96", with all dimensions available, in all Tivar application grade types (1000 vs Eco vs 88).

It'll be nice to be able to blow through ditches at speed and not have to worry about breaking something anymore...

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that's not a bad price delivered...can't wait to see the finished product

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will you have to heat it to curve it like that or is it pliable enough on its own ? I see a high speed water crossing video in your future

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My dad calls it "the toboggan"...we're going to mount it under tension with a couple of herc straps. 1/2" might need some heat but I want to avoid that. Annealing will alter it's hardness properties. This stuff is suprisingly resistant to deformation. It will bend across it's length, either way, but can't deflect a corner more than 1/4".
As long as the truck is kept moving forward, the engine bay should stay dry even in deep water, deep sand should be no problem now as well...
It'll be fun testing it out.

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Yea, the engineering is starting to get a little out of control now. This usually happens when me and the old man get together to build a project. Doesn't happen too often though cu'z we just can't work together. A year and a half since the last one. He's more of a "we need to use some 1/2" walled high tensile square tubing here, and install it with the sledge hammer". I'm more of a "we need to use the micrometer to measure this and install it with the laser equipment". Funny, that we can be so different. Strangely enough, we both enjoy the work, and insight of the other, for two days, maybe three, then the yelling starts. icon_noidea.gif Should be done by then, hopefully...






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That was a retarded amount of work...




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[fupabox]

looks like some evil weapon from "Battlebots" bet it's strong as hell

[greg0187]

That's looking fabulous! Can't wait for the test procedure!

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THREE DAYS,
I'm calling it complete. A few loose ends to tie up but, neither of us could hold up for another day working together. It's out'a there...


The beast has been mounted...





121 welds and 4000 curses. What you see at the far side is the mud flap, not the diff...





I was shooting for a "0" protrusion profile but, I'll take the half inch. Stupid steering rack boot...





You can see a few mistakes in this next one but, not bad. Fasteners to be cut-off...





You can see here that it was designed to be rotated to flush-mount at the top as well. About a half inch here, same as the bottom due to the steering rack boot rub consideration and adjustment...







I knew that it was going to be a crazy amount of work. That's why I put it off for three years, but it's done...


Interceptor 2.0


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[fupabox]

Sweet first Daihatsu airboat..can't wait to see the trial vids. excellent job..like a toboggan for rocks..cool...

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greg0187
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That's looking fabulous! Can't wait for the test procedure!

Thanks Greg, the caliber of work here is no where near the fab work for your beast. I'm more of a "micrometer" man. It's just a little project, but I know that I love to read about the other builds, in fine detail on this site; if I can find them. So I thought that some guys might enjoy it. I'm getting really tired of the "my truck won't start" (member post #1). I just shake my head. We need a "nubey section" on this site, really bad!!!......

AND, yes I will be going out this weekend, and maybe post up some video but, quid-pro-quo man. You know that I really enjoy seeing your beast out on the trail. You don't have to go all crazy and stuff, either...just the norm is cool. Fupa does his video stuff all the time, and it's great. You need to get yourself a "GOPRO"...

Acerguy
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Acer, now you know why I was asking about the additional lighting positions...Can't even figure out where to put the front license plate...need it to look "OK"..."Bush Truck" VS "Street Machine"...
Your thoughts are welcomed, cu'z your machine looks WAY COOL...

fupabox
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Sweet first Daihatsu airboat..can't wait to see the trial vids. excellent job..like a toboggan for rocks..cool...

At first, I'm like what? Then I'm like...he's just had too many beers. Then, I get it... just on a fishing expedition. I mean, "he knows it's a Suzuki"....right? Yea right, nice try...

Just for that, you get to chose the first testing trial...what do you want to see the Interceptor 2.0 do Fupa?

I'll try to make it happen... Think about it...


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LOL...you had it right on the beers..my brain was on Sapporo and my fingers typed Daihatsu ..who types toboggan sober..lol,but yeah I know it's a Suzuki...the shame of it all
I would love to see how far you skipped across a shallow water crossing before the front wheels touched bottom...not crazy fast to break anything