http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM5zgUiUa5s&eurl=http://www.lro.com/news.php?sid=155&page=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM5zgUiUa5s&eurl=http://www.lro.com/news.php?sid=155&page=1

Just when I thought that was the lamest thing ever, I noticed the link for the "Monster Rang Rover". Now it's the second lamest thing ever.

Just when I thought that was the lamest thing ever, I noticed the link for the "Monster Rang Rover". Now it's the second lamest thing ever.

x2...did you actually cross the log? or just showing approach angle?

Your truck is gayer than aids.

i love the monster range rover. he can't make it up that tiny ass bank at an angle b/c of the open diffs. and complete lack of axle articulation...i think my dodge aries could make it up that.

pretty sure just about every rover here could do that...beyond lame

you guys are all haters. Those wicked cool flares that are attached to the hub somehow are clearly God's greatest creation, outside of pop tarts. Maybe.


that must be the UK version of Big Foot. If I had the time and skills to do all that, I would not do all that. To each his own, the Disco at least could be useful. Hard to tell from that.

Can I once again on behalf of all right-minded off-roaders in the UK disown this guy?


Ta.

Unlike the hostile and culturally insensitive chaps who have already responded, I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt. My guess is that you have watched a number of US TV series that were flogged to ITV well past their sell-by date and that you believe that say, the Dukes of Hazard, is an accurate picture of contemporary American automotive culture? Or perhaps you subscribe to some obscure cable channel that shows nothing but tractor pulls and corn dog eating contests and have again drawn the conclusion that this is an accurate reflection of the interests of a wide swath of the American population?

However regrettable, it is understandable. The same phenomenon explains why many Americans believe that Benny Hill remains a widely revered cultural icon in the UK, why there is some consternation over the British fascination with televised hare coursing, and why a friendly American whose exposure to Britain derives entirely from television might query you on whether you regularly put ferrets in your trousers.

Just as, outside large portions of Yorkshire, those would be wildly inaccurate views of the contemporary United Kingdom, so too your efforts at putting lipstick on a pig are unlikely to generate an erection among most of the members of this site (for those of you who would indeed find that arousing, you know who you are and should remain silent). There are Americans who would find your non-articulating Disco, on what to be honest aren't very large tyres, somewhat interesting. However, most of them are literacy-challenged and unlikely to subscribe to internet services that do not involve depictions of man-beast sexual interaction.

Therefore, in the future, should you wish to share videos of your :rainbow:mobile with appreciative audiences (accepting Jon's assertion that you are anathema in your own country) perhaps you should post to the likes of www.goatfcuk.com or www.popularmechanicaldisasters.com Please don't show them here as they are offensive and inept.

Best of Luck:flipoff2:

www.popularmechanicaldisasters.com

Damn you, I clicked that one.:mad3:

:laughing:

Uptravel is overrated :flipoff2:

Unlike the hostile and culturally insensitive chaps who have already responded... here as they are offensive and inept.

Best of Luck:flipoff2:


Well done sir, well done indeed.

you haters can all get fucked, the log might look small on the vid but look at it compared with the tyre which is a 39 , i can lock them mog portals and go most places , anyway the tyres are replaced now with some 49 iroks i got yesterday ,

you haters can all get fucked, the log might look small on the vid but look at it compared with the tyre which is a 39 , i can lock them mog portals and go most places , anyway the tyres are replaced now with some 49 iroks i got yesterday ,

Yet more confirmation that the distribution of hillbillies is not restricted to the US of A... :shaking:

so still gonna be able to do 80 with the 49" tires:flipoff2:

fuck those 49's. just after putting them on, he realized how lame they were and ordered some 53 inch michelins.

fuck those 49's. just after putting them on, he realized how lame they were and ordered some 53 inch michelins.

54" Boggers bitch!:flipoff2:

Seriously, if the monster disco is really a monster and really does well on a trail, why isn't the video of that, not some log in a Tesco parking lot?

[QUOTE=maxyedor;8194542]54" Boggers bitch!:flipoff2:

QUOTE]

:smokin: agree!:flipoff2:

After the previous bunch of flaming weren't we promised some video of this getting muddy to prove us all wrong?

anyway the tyres are replaced now with some 49 iroks i got yesterday ,


I should think some new photos or video are in order then....:eek:

you haters can all get fucked, the log might look small on the vid but look at it compared with the tyre which is a 39 , i can lock them mog portals and go most places , anyway the tyres are replaced now with some 49 iroks i got yesterday ,


hater geyh meh

rut your own road!

when the rig is sitting at the beginning of the video, there appears to be 2-3 inches of bump travel before the tires rip the fender flares off. so one might wonder how the owner fit 5 more inches of tire in the wheel well....i'm thinking 5 inch body lift.

when the rig is sitting at the beginning of the video, there appears to be 2-3 inches of bump travel before the tires rip the fender flares off. so one might wonder how the owner fit 5 more inches of tire in the wheel well....i'm thinking 5 inch body lift.

Ask this guy for some help:
http://image.minitruckinweb.com/f/miscellaneous/2007-ludikrs-custom-car-and-truck-show/6968792+w640+cr1+re0+ar1/lifted-truck.jpg

I saw that yesterday, with the new big tyres. :eek:

Now I want to see this thing. It's like a train wreck, you just can't not take a look.

Come on Rik, don't be a candyass and post up the pics! :D

i'm dying to see how he fit those things.

when the rig is sitting at the beginning of the video, there appears to be 2-3 inches of bump travel before the tires rip the fender flares off. so one might wonder how the owner fit 5 more inches of tire in the wheel well....i'm thinking 5 inch body lift.

i'm dying to see how he fit those things.

:lmao::lmao:

You nailed it! I pulled this off his site:

"rockers have just been replaced with 49 irok's and 5 inch body lift has been fitted youtube video made front cover of lro"

Whats even better is apparently in England driving up on a log is so frekin cool that it gets you a covershot! :laughing:

Post a link to said website, I could probably Google it, but I'm feeling lazy.

Unfortunately the state of UK off-road magazines means that this is one of the more interesting train wrecks they've featured, if only because they usually piss their pants in fear at using non-Land Rover parts on a vehicle.

Previous cover stars have included an '07 90 "the ultimate truck" which the owner took from the dealership straight to Scorpion Racing and dropped about $100k or some stupid amount into. It was all bolt-on shit, running Rover axles and maybe (ooooo) 36's. They were raving about this gaymobile, surely a complete coincidence that Scorpion Racing have SIX pages of adverts in their magazine...

But I won't waste time going off on one about the UK comics when there's so much fine engineering in this thread to talk about :D

For what it's worth: http://www.lro.com/news.php?sid=155&page=1


Can anyone recommend a decent 4x4 magazine from over there that I can subscribe to? I've been getting Petersen's but it's not got as much decent fab/tech as I'd hoped and recently they've done a load of shiny late model rubbish.

Funny, he's been pimping this on all the web sites. I asked on one (LRO) for wheeling pictures but of course he couldn't because they were going in a magazine. The only thing I'm interested in is the supposed intergration of the SLABS with these axles but we haven't heard anything about that. Guess that's going in the magazine too.
I don't know, this thing resembles the over size Chevysthat sit in mall parking lots across America.
I could imagine every fill up, "Take that thar thing muddin'?".

Integrating ABS/TC shouldn't be rocket science, the sensors (which are magnetic/inductive or hall effect) just read a toothed disc or surface connected to the wheel, sometimes it's the CV, brake disc, hub etc. so all you really need is to reproduce that. Hell, if you're lucky it'd be happy with being pointed at the teeth on the portal gear although it may assume you're going the wrong speed depending on tooth counts and tyre sizes. I think the speedo takes it's feed from the transfer box so that probably wouldn't matter much.

Not sure I'd like to try the SFS brake conversion under hard enough braking to engage the ABS though, the ones I've seen look like they were knocked up with bits of plate they just found on the floor and were roughly the right size when tacked together.

On the D2 we get our speed from the SLABS.

Well, all LR mags are rubbish. I had four cover stories last year (obviously not all of the Tonka) which should indicate the poverty of writing in said rags.

But LRO has taken us to a new low with their "Monster Discovery" story. This is red-neck booty fab and 4x4 pomposity at levels that, while merely offensive in the US, are absolutely dangerous in the UK :(

:homer:
Pop Tarts and Corn Dogs. I <3 this thread.

The only thing I'm interested in is the supposed intergration of the SLABS with these axles but we haven't heard anything about that.

Thats because he is full of shit and he still hasnt figured it out.

This thread makes me wonder what the UK equivalent is of an '81 Camaro (metallic blue, jacked up in the rear on cragers)

-Jeff

Oh come on Riks! Don't be a pansy and just post the pics. :rolleyes: We know your watching.

This thread makes me wonder what the UK equivalent is of an '81 Camaro (metallic blue, jacked up in the rear on cragers)

-Jeff

Pick any one of these (http://www.barryboys.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=29270&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=) :shaking:

as requested

http://lh3.ggpht.com/fiveonadventure/SCni4oen9AI/AAAAAAAAATM/WzdNgCniP0U/IMG_2660.JPG?

as requested

http://lh3.ggpht.com/fiveonadventure/SCni4oen9AI/AAAAAAAAATM/WzdNgCniP0U/IMG_2660.JPG?

Who requested a red x?

:flipoff2:

Who requested a red x?

:flipoff2:

Cheers

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t27/adrians3109/2486459731_80e632c5c9_o.jpg

Off to hide...........

Grem

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t27/adrians3109/2486459731_80e632c5c9_o.jpg

Off to hide...........

Grem

That is absolutely retarded.

wow.

why...but seriously, are the portals strong enough to support those tires?

For driving round the car park they'll be strong enough :flipoff2:

they built 2 of those things :shaking:

why...but seriously, are the portals strong enough to support those tires?

No, absolutely not. The 406 could potentially handle those on a light rig. But the 404, which I am sure they used, could not even come close.

Of course, they are probably strong enough to cruise through LR shows really slowly, as the picture clearly demonstrates. I think this is the most extreme he will get with it.

Wonder why boggers, where are the 49' Iroks?? :laughing:

thought so...

Is it just me or does that one look... bigger than Rik's :rainbow:mobile?:flipoff2:

OH NOES! AM IT TIEM 4 BIGGAR TYAZ?

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t27/adrians3109/2486459731_80e632c5c9_o.jpg

Off to hide...........

Grem

OMG, it's a row crop sprayer.:D

its funny that it has what looks like a 48" highlift bolted to the roofrack. that'll come in handy one of these days, I'm sure.

its funny that it has what looks like a 48" highlift bolted to the roofrack. that'll come in handy one of these days, I'm sure.

With 1in of travel, it may just work out. You know, when you run into those pesky mall sinkholes.

http://www.westtexaslee.com/Spray%20Rigs/RICE-BRO.jpg

:smokin:

laughing my ass off.....:laughing:

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t27/adrians3109/2486459731_80e632c5c9_o.jpg

Off to hide...........

Grem


Have you seen the kid next to it? hahahahaa

What do you guys make of the photo caption on this page?

http://www.discoverybreakers.co.uk/

...from the same photobucket album from the top of the page


http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t27/adrians3109/2446451597_c930fcc172_b.jpg

Glad he put flares on so he won't muddy the body.

He still doesn't have radical under-axle clearance.

Fawk the haters-that gives me wood

I want to take on Kong or Gravedigger with it!

Does it say "Trailer park" on the sign behind the truck?

hah what a total fuckin waste of coilovers and rockwells

hi all just read all that you've been saying about Rik's "monster"disco i'll be laughing for months :smokin:
and coz you guys made me laugh so much and Rik hasn't got the McNugget's to show you the new and improved monster i thought i put a pic's on but i can't so if someone want me to email them and they can post them feel free to ask! btw 54" boggers over here are around £450 each (900$ each)ish and ain't road legal
Ian

e-mail them to me

timbentley@btinternet.com

Would love to help out by posting them!!!!!!!

hi all just read all that you've been saying about Rik's "monster"disco i'll be laughing for months :smokin:
and coz you guys made me laugh so much and Rik hasn't got the McNugget's to show you the new and improved monster i thought i put a pic's on but i can't so if someone want me to email them and they can post them feel free to ask! btw 54" boggers over here are around £450 each (900$ each)ish and ain't road legal
Ian

plus the shipping you fucking idiot air frait cost over a grand ,
anyway im getin hitched on sunday so ive had little time for the truck, the blue one is bigger on 54's my one is only on 49's , the blue on is completly finnished and will be as eastner show on friday , my truck should all be done in a few weeks, the abs rings fuckt up as they were made sligtly to big some new ones are being made up and shold be redy soon . the discobreakers blue truck has done 1500 miles now on the 54's with very little problems. my truck has had a few wheel bairing isues . i have uprated all the front 8 bearings and uprated the oil seals from blue to brown so they can hanle faster speeds .

Can I get some go fast brown oil seals? Crushed any freelanders yet?

Do you drink tea or coffee? Glad to see no one is keeping you from your dreams. Carry on-I suppose

what speed are my regular old black oil seals rated to? could you provide a link for the fast brown oil seals?...that was a close one. i might have assembled my axle with the slow black seals...

*nevermind, i'm never actually going to build my axles and run them. the black oil seals will work just fine on the pipe stands.

Only familiar with the black ones, but in my book, larger tires reduce revs, not the other way around!?

plus the shipping you fucking idiot air frait cost over a grand ,


who you calling calling a fucking idiot your driving round in a vehicle that isn't road legal and will burn off the tread on them very expesive "off road tyres" on the road

i'll also be at Eastnor over the weekend lets see if you've got the McNuggets to say it to my face!

oh and i got a set of 5 35-14,50x15 boggers and 5 MRT 11"x15" beadlock rims shipped over "air freight" 3 days from order to my door total cost £1500

Britfight!
Britfight!
:bounce::bounce:

...the discobreakers blue truck has done 1500 miles now on the 54's with very little problems...

I reluctantly applaud your effort to go with larger tires...but "with very little problems" is not good enough offroad...there are still problems...any truck has the inevitable "problems", but to build it WITH problems...not my cup of tea...(if I'm not making sense it's the Internet and the fact that this is my 3rd language...)...:flipoff2:

Britfight!
Britfight!
:bounce::bounce:



I've seen both these trucks.......................................

:laughing: and I'm keeping out of this one

Maybe Eastnor needs a new bomb crater these two can get lost in for a while. Till they can work it out.

Mcnugget makes baby hesus cry. Has Ronald Mc D infultrated with his poison worldwide now?

the discobreakers blue truck has done 1500 miles now on the 54's with very little problems. my truck has had a few wheel bairing isues .

My truck has gone 125,000 miles with zero issues, my tires were $800 for a set of 5 and I have had no wheel bearing issues, what's your point? There's very little a full bodied Disco on 49's or 54's can do that a full bodied Disco on 32's can't, but mine will do over 100 miles and hour on the freeway all day long, or at least as long as I have gas, which really isn't that long cruising at 100:laughing:

Don't shoot me, I am just posting the pictures!

I don't think you can see the go fast oil seals but AWESOME pictures! :flipoff2: :flipoff2:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j242/timbentley/gaydisco.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j242/timbentley/gaydisco4.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j242/timbentley/gaydisco3.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j242/timbentley/gaydisco2.jpg

Tim

PS And while we are at it what's with the "my tyres cost blah blah"?

good photos, myn should look beter when the bumpers are lifted , but they give all you haters a look at what we have done. thanks for posting pics

good photos, myn should look beter when the bumpers are lifted , but they give all you haters a look at what we have done. thanks for posting pics

:lmao::lmao::lmao:

I have a golf cart that can easily conquer the same terrain, and its not even lifted.

:homer:

My crop sprayer is jealous.

Why? I just must miss the point, spending big ££ on tyres/axles on a vehicle that is used on the road and driven around arenas at shows

Why? I just must miss the point,

To pose on top of a log in a parking lot of course. Jeese, try to keep up....

i thought "what is that vehicle missing..?" a bumper lift...obviously.

i've actually started working on my rover. i'm putting on a scorpion racing fog light lift kit this week...

those damn English..... hahahhahahahahaha lmfao!

[QUOTE=uninformed;8337037]those damn English..... hahahhahahahahaha lmfao![/QUOTE

Not fair. :flipoff2: This stuff is some bizarre minority interest thing.

Just interests me why they posted it here.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/landrover598/Land%20Rover/14-2.jpg

well apparently it bust a diff or some thing doing this extreme manouvere

bust 2 diffs, had to be trailer back ,

Sad!

bust 2 diffs, had to be trailer back ,

I'm sorry, but :laughing: You built something with tires so huge, you can't even not wheel it without braking. Awesome.

Yes Awesome

How much action did you get car crushing before the breakage?

Disco Kong

its a problem with how the diff had been set , it ripped teeth of the wheel

Yes it usually is the parts fault. How many cars did you crush first?

The diffs should be pegged, that will fix it!

Might be able to break some Longfields that way!

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll151/kdwalmsley/60th/SANY0435.jpg

Why?:confused:

Discovery breakers. Well at least it lives up to it's name.:flipoff2:

Discovery breakers. Well at least it lives up to it's name.:flipoff2:

HA! that's exactly what I was thinking...:flipoff2:...talk about "sponsorship fit"

I'm surprised they aren't using the stock spare tire mount.

wow these discos are by far the coolest eva! i want one.

Crushed any freelanders yet?
Hey, don't rag on Freelanders - they're more capable than either of these pieces of shit! :flipoff2:


And considerably less gay...

Hey, don't rag on Freelanders - they're more capable than either of these pieces of shit! :flipoff2:


And considerably less gay...


That Discovery is epically gay, but your comment is debatable.




:flipoff2:

That Discovery is epically gay, but your comment is debatable.
I'd be willing to put it to the test. Just got back from Ladoga and if I had to choose I'd sooner take the FL into the woods than either of those things. That or an SJ on muds...

I'd be willing to put it to the test. Just got back from Ladoga and if I had to choose I'd sooner take the FL into the woods than either of those things. That or an SJ on muds...

Sorry for the misunderstanding. I was not questioning that Freelanders are more capable. They all clearly are. I was just saying it is arguable that they are less gay. :laughing:

[QUOTE=Buckon37s;8368407] I was not questioning that Freelanders are more capable. [QUOTE]


More capable of what? Needing replacement engines?

[QUOTE=Buckon37s;8368407] I was not questioning that Freelanders are more capable. [QUOTE]


More capable of what? Needing replacement engines?

Come on PT, try to keep up. :p We are using the lameness of the FL to show the extra lameness of Riki's giantolameo. Everybody seems to be lacking their coffee this morning. Or maybe I am.

[QUOTE=PTSchram;8368510][QUOTE=Buckon37s;8368407] I was not questioning that Freelanders are more capable.

Come on PT, try to keep up. :p We are using the lameness of the FL to show the extra lameness of Riki's giantolameo. Everybody seems to be lacking their coffee this morning. Or maybe I am.

You guys know by now that I'm not one of the cool kids:flipoff2:

I can't work out why people slate the FL for being assembled to Rover's usual exacting standards :confused:

I still say the Discos are gayer - you'd get more respect turning up to go wheeling in a FL than one of those things. And you'd get further up the trail :flipoff2:

Seriously, even :homer: would know that high lift just isn't big enough to change one of those tires!!!

I agree that the spare needs to go up on the factory mount because it would be :grinpimp:, but he probably doesn't have the minerals to heave it up there :flipoff2:

First thing that is going to happen when he crushes one of those old British pile of rubbish cars is that :rainbow: tail pipe is gonna get messed up and he'll have to get it polished again! Note: I am not saying all old British cars are a pile of rubbish, but there are a few out there that are (and some from here too).

I think The HOFS should challenge him to a duel! Top Truck Challenge style Think he's up for it FridgeFreezer? I'd chip in for an imperial gallon or two of petrol for ya if you get some good video of the carnage. I would, but my rig is in pieces and on the wrong side of the pond... Bet you could beat him with a FL!

His tent does seem nice though.

I can't work out why people slate the FL for being assembled to Rover's usual exacting standards :confused:



LOL, of the last three Freelanders in the shop, all three needed engines.

So far, of the five I've had come in, only one left under its own power. Three needed engines, one a transmission. I know of no other Land Rover product with such a poor track record. I cringe when I get the call inquiring about Freelander service. My cat named Freelander however seems much more robust.

this thread is hilarious,

that monstrosity needs BURNING asap:mad3:
as do all freelanders - well the 1.8 K series powered ones anyway.


as for the bloody roof tent on the stupid disco, no way would i go up there! Surely you'd need oxygen at that altitude, and if you fell out..................:eek:

sorry but i just don't get it. all that $ to get laught at as ya blow 2 diffs!

what's it like on fuel? 15 - 18 to the gallon at £7 a gallon! ya MAD! MAD i tell ya

The only freelander that I have see that was actually pretty cool, had to original freelander parts left on it. Another was made into a baja style desert truck, but all that was original was the body. The engine sucks (a complete design turd) and well as the gearing, no real low range.

The monster disco, i think is funny. Its a giant mud truck. Even if you were about to articulate those axles, it would fall over. We have a guy at the park that has a similar setup on a old jimmy that has that problem. But if u have the money u can spend it anyway you want that makes you happy. We will all sit back just laugh and question why.

7 a gallon. A wheeling buddy's brother came over from England and he made fun of us for complaining about the gas prices. Then he told us what they are paying. And 15-18 that has to optismtic. probably more like 6-8 to a gallon.

The engine sucks (a complete design turd) and well as the gearing, no real low range.


ohhh, harsh!
if you are talking about the 1.8 petrol K series donk - i would agree.
but the td4, especially mated to an auto, is a blooming LOVELY engine. Yeah it has no low box - but being an auto it is still a highly capable machine for your average lane etc.

This is veering dangerously away from the fine pastime of taking the piss out of these Discos...

But I can't agree on the K-series, they're a very good engine assembled very badly. When they're working (or built properly in the first place) they're a very good power unit. Unfortunately Rover thought they could assemble a modern engine design with the same set of hammers they've been using since 1948.

OK so a FL is not going to be an extreme crawlin' rig but for what they are they're a great little car, now they've hit the sub-2k mark over here they're springing up all over the place.

Considerably less gay than the Discos:
http://cautionovercrest.com/Rallies2004/BORC_Rd4/Car%20025-07%20%20BORC%20Rd%204%20Eridge%20Park.jpg

Ask Jules and Vicky just how much abuse this FL took, it's a 1.8 albeit built by someone who can find their own arse without a map and GPS.

This is veering dangerously away from the fine pastime of taking the piss out of these Discos...

But I can't agree on the K-series, they're a very good engine assembled very badly. When they're working (or built properly in the first place) they're a very good power unit. Unfortunately Rover thought they could assemble a modern engine design with the same set of hammers they've been using since 1948.

OK so a FL is not going to be an extreme crawlin' rig but for what they are they're a great little car, now they've hit the sub-2k mark over here they're springing up all over the place.

Considerably less gay than the Discos:
http://cautionovercrest.com/Rallies2004/BORC_Rd4/Car%20025-07%20%20BORC%20Rd%204%20Eridge%20Park.jpg

Ask Jules and Vicky just how much abuse this FL took, it's a 1.8 albeit built by someone who can find their own arse without a map and GPS.

Nope. Still the gayest.

Pretty much anything post '58 is a little light in the loafers. The degree increasing exponentially in inverse proportion to its age.

Pretty much anything post '58 is a little light in the loafers. The degree increasing exponentially in inverse proportion to its age.

Once again, Ike brings teh funnay. Although, I'm more than a little surprised at his less than PC comment, especially as long as he's lived in Oregon:flipoff2:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b289/cewtwo/06212008/TireOneOn.jpg
Maybe monster truck can drive over monster Discovery, smash a few Freelanders, then wreck, thereby reducing the gayness in the world.

Cool looking Ford but it was the same problem the Monster Disco has. There is no wheel travel with those tires. Dont get me wrong it looks great but its mall queen. My good friend put tires on his truck that size and (put it through hell) quickly pushed the fender up and in until there was room for wheel travel. Not the best approach but he's hard headed.

Cool looking Ford but it was the same problem the Monster Disco has. There is no wheel travel with those tires. Dont get me wrong it looks great but its mall queen. My good friend put tires on his truck that size and (put it through hell) quickly pushed the fender up and in until there was room for wheel travel. Not the best approach but he's hard headed.

if by "looks great" you meant "looks gay" then you are right...those are some hardcore offroad wheels:shaking:

I do like the overall look of the truck. Its a show truck and that is all those tires are good for on that truck (and I know those wheels on that truck will never see real action or more than just the pavement). My point was that even under mild offroading or mudding the tires would make their own fender flares. I just have never understood the point of going that big if you cant use them. (those are expense tires for just show). But to each his own. Built it how you want, ----- everyone else because its your truck not theirs. I like the truck, but i am a Chevy guy. :)

I've never really seen the point of show trucks, or cars. Cleaning the tyre tread with a toothbrush is definitely in the category of things life's too short for.

I've never really seen the point of show trucks, or cars. Cleaning the tyre tread with a toothbrush is definitely in the category of things life's too short for.

Then you've never had the joy of a well cleaned tire tread. Until you do your life will be a void.

Then you've never had the joy of a well cleaned tire tread. Until you do your life will be a void.

Yet another void in my life I was unaware of:flipoff2:

One that does not need to be filled, regardless of how much nature abhors a vacuum.

I do like the overall look of the truck. Its a show truck and that is all those tires are good for on that truck (and I know those wheels on that truck will never see real action or more than just the pavement). My point was that even under mild offroading or mudding the tires would make their own fender flares. I just have never understood the point of going that big if you cant use them. (those are expense tires for just show). But to each his own. Built it how you want, ----- everyone else because its your truck not theirs. I like the truck, but i am a Chevy guy. :)

That person would never take that truck offroading anyway, look at how clean it is! I really don't see the point of lifting a 3/4 ton truck, it renders it useless for towing, and just about everything else it might have been useful for.

this is the best thread ive read in a long time. you know he didnt want to try to crush those cars, he had to know his rig couldnt take those tires but you know he was pressured into it by the people there and probably by the "haters" on here.

P.S. i know my 89 toyota pickup could easily conquer those already crushed cars and its stock with a rear locker and 31's. i spent 3000 on mine, how much do you have in yours?

Yes, the thread that won't die!!! Love it.

ive got a problem with the hydros steer, upto about 35 its ok , then it shackes the wheel from left to right violently , its not balencing or buckled wheels though any ideas?

Don't drive over 30! Get a slow moving triangle like the farmers use!

the bigger the tyre the more unround they are until the air inside gets warm and the rubber softens thats why they aint road legal

Don't drive over 30! Get a slow moving triangle like the farmers use!

Pendy, don't you mean one of those gay pyramid triangles?

the blue one has been up to 75 , thats on the 54's my ones on 49 's running same axle setup.

Strange that you're having problems considering it was built by *the* portal experts :laughing:

Is the hydro steer the usual borrowed-from-a-fork-lift-truck affair?

i did not think it was balancing , but it could be , im fitting another damper aswell, it only does it between 31-36 mph you can drive through it quick had it upto 70 today did about 25 miles at that speed no probs , straightforward did the axles originaly and the hydro , ive rebuilt them with new hubs , difs , shafts , drag link. from milatry surplus from belgum.the only part left from straightforward is the casing , i have spare brand new casings that im geting the diff ofsett done on.anyway with the tyres does anyone think that beads in the tyres might cure this?the hydro is just a new ram tapped into a standard lr box .

what castor is that thing running?

Based on this overall build, I can say with certainty that your problem is a lack of chrome. If you chrome that tie rod, you should be able to go 100 no problem.

Put the 59's on it to check it out.

what castor is that thing running?








i would guess.......












all of it...

as exciting as mog axles can be to some people I think using jizz to seal the diff is wrong in so many ways....

i agree with fridge and dollylw (as ever:P)

that disco was built for looks alone, the engineering is of a low standard.

the argument of whats gayer a freebie or a disco..... well they dont call freebies hairdressers cars for nothing.

no doubt they make pretty good racers in the right hands, but for offroading in general, and towing, and driving the disco beats it hands down.

As I am in the U.K I have actually seen this disco

He doesn’t just drive it round the LR shows and does go off road; but nothing to hard.

I have found some videos of it on You Tube:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MrjsL0KJOk&feature=related
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYdtaIX4ct8

It defiantly seems to be more of a show car. A he didnt even use the diff locks in the last video :shaking:. Maybe they just have not be setup up yet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYdtaIX4ct8
You can really see that traction control working in this one! Great job!

I really like the way it looks now with the 49s. It's got the proprtions and some of the looks of a Lada Niva, not that it's nearly as capable as one, as seen in the Manby Mud vid...:flipoff2:

:shaking:

Can we get those tires added to the "don't buy these for mud" list?

Can we get those tires added to the "don't buy these for mud" list?

Iroks kick ass in the mud. It helps to have the diff locked and enough power to clean them.

I think those were Boggers. Why no lockers?

Those videos are classic, my mum's driven harder stuff than that. :flipoff2:

Those videos are classic, my mum's driven harder stuff than that. :flipoff2:

Shouldn't it be, "Me old mum..."?

Would you feel better if I added "Gor blimey guv'nor, up the old apples'n'pears" as well? :p

If you could prefix all your posts with "Yeeee-haaaaw" that would be splendid, what-ho good form old chap. Pip pip. :flipoff2:

Nice winch safety as well.

He "must" have broken something. He can't really be that stupid to not lock the center diff.............

This sort of thing must embarrass the whole country.....

the blue one is on 54 bogers the diff locks are not engaged as cables have not been made yet. that was the return mark made it through first time .im on 49 iroks and they kick more ass , mark drove sbout 150 miles to be there that weekend with a 3.5 tonne trailer behind full of lr parts seelin stuf to the people who break the rigs regular he actuly completed the mud run that many people did not , and the motor drove back with the trailer behind no probs .many of you in england who attended that weekend brought you rigs on trailers broke them and trailered them back.

so you guy's drove that WITH a trailer behind it...:laughing: At what speed?

also, how many times did he stop for fuel

Okay, let's put the suspension mods aside for a moment...

The 4.0 in my wife's '99 D1 has trouble moving 235/85/16s at much more than an angry snail's pace, so what have you done to re-power these "Monster" Discoveries so that they can actually travel on the motorway?

it does about 55 with a full trailer (16ft ifor williams plant trailer) trailer full is about 3.5 tonne, there td5 deisels they have full size intercoolers ,no cats , egr bypass, performance custom remap all work done on both cars by td5alive in uk, my car will out axcelarate a 300tdi no problem upto 55 ish

dont forget the portals have stupidly low geared diffs, so the overall gearing might actually be somewhere near standard.

however there would be massive unsprung weight issues with those axles and the size of them tyres on the road.
and i'd LOVE to see the size of the drop plate and chassis reinforcement used to hook a 3.5T trailer to that ballsup..... :grinpimp:

This sort of thing must embarrass the whole country.....
^ This ^

it does about 55 with a full trailer (16ft ifor williams plant trailer) trailer full is about 3.5 tonne, there td5 deisels they have full size intercoolers ,no cats , egr bypass, performance custom remap all work done on both cars by td5alive in uk, my car will out axcelarate a 300tdi no problem upto 55 ish
so what kind of mileage...feet to the litre, or inches

so what kind of mileage...feet to the litre, or inches

since this thread is useless, i will hijack.....


frank you never call, you never write.....how is the disco coming?:flipoff2:

finishing up the rear end do over...got the arb and detroit installed in the thirds, working on the air system...too much work, not enough free time

.many of you in england who attended that weekend brought you rigs on trailers broke them and trailered them back.

If that is referring to any of the vehicles that were competing I think they were driving stuff that was a bit harder.

so what kind of mileage...feet to the litre, or inches

would you happen to mean "so what kind of kilometer-age, meters to the litre, or cm's"

:shaking:

come on now, you know better then to use standard measure on a LR!

would You Happen To Mean "so What Kind Of Kilometer-age, Meters To The Litre, Or Cm's"

:shaking:

Come On Now, You Know Better Then To Use Standard Measure On A Lr!
yep...

Just found another video of it on you tube, this time it makes it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXYtfkchG0s&feature=related :)

He made it this time because he went in where he got stuck in the last video. And Oh ya, he had it locked.

as exciting as mog axles can be to some people I think using jizz to seal the diff is wrong in so many ways....

that's the funniest fawkin' thing I've read all day.

back to the grandness....if Rick has a stereo in that heap, I'll bet .02 that the knobs all go to 11....

back to the grandness....if Rick has a stereo in that heap, I'll bet .02 that the knobs all go to 11....
^ This wins ^ :laughing:

they indeed all go to 11

just look at that sustain......
















ladys and gentleman......nigel tufnel

they indeed all go to 11
At least no-one can accuse you of doing half a job of this.

When's your feature in Max Power magazine?

At least no-one can accuse you of doing half a job of this.?

I don't even know what most of that junk is, but I have a really good idea that it wouldn't survive very long at all in my heap.....that actually gets driven off road now and then for reasons other than "lewk at me!!" :shaking: come to think of it, Ricks Landy wouldn't come even close to getting into any of those places anyhow....wouldn't fit 'tween the trees....

Does it float?

Does it float?
There's a pond at Billing, and we have a winch... :D

Who wants some tech shots then? No, I thought not, but here they are anyways:
http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/gallery/random/gaymonster_disco_1.jpg
http://fuddymuckers.co.uk/gallery/random/gaymonster_disco_2.jpg

and the tech here is?????

the tech i can see is to run your panhard rod at a rediculously steep angle and have brake lines sat loosely on things that can chafe their way through leading to complete brake failure.

i think thats a watt's linkage...

i think thats a watt's da fawk linkage...

fixed :flipoff2: