daisy 2.0

hippie_basher · Apr 22, 2009

hi all, ive been a member for a while but never posted. i am off work at the moment with a broken wrist and have nothing to do. thought i would share whith you what i have done

when i was 18 bought a 300 disco bought it back and started violating it,chop chop and some shiny things,

was looking through the uk forums and diddnt like what i saw, evereyone with a gwyn lewis suspension kit(what i had) simex tyres and tray back conversions. BORING! the disco was slowly turning into that and i diddnt want it to not to mention everey james blunt and his dog were buildign disco trucks, i wanted to be a little different so next time i went over to my garage i decided i diddnt like it(again) and the violation began (again)

diddnt need that

diddnt need that

and diddnt need that

got a lick of black paint and lost its axels

still doesnt sit back enough

thim that down and all should be well

how it stands now

plans.....when my bloody wrist gets better, are not clear.

C303 portals
coilover shocks
tubular front end
40" boggers

that stuffs for defenate, cant decide on weather i should go 4-link on the front or maby 1-link front and rear. cant decide on weather i should put 2 hydro winches on or 2 lecci ones and a home brewed centre PTO winch

let me know what you think
doug

Discosaurus · Apr 22, 2009

Tell me more about the bodywork from the B-pillars back...
Was this a 2-door Disco ? Is the entire cab a replacement from something else ?

That's exactly the idea I had for mine - 2 door cab, pickup back end.

hippie_basher · Apr 22, 2009

the arse has baisically been pushed forward. the top of the cab is the rear door members and i fabbed up newe rear wings for it. and rivveted the pannels for the rear lights. photos to follow....

hippie_basher · Apr 22, 2009

yes it was the 3 door one. the entire rear door pillars have been moved forward and the body has been cut down to the rear wheel arches. it had a 90degree departure angle with 33" BFGs on it

it will not fit to start, you will need to cut it in the middle and put a 2" (ish) piece of plate in there to extend it a little

XtremeMarine · Apr 22, 2009

Looks great. I love the styling of it. Keep us posted.

mightymg1 · Apr 22, 2009

I heard you can use a early 90s mazda b series pick up bed, and that the body lines match the ones on a disco? I havent seen pics, but its an idea.. :evil:

Discosaurus · Apr 22, 2009

hippie_basher said:
yes it was the 3 door one.

I figured it would be

The 4-door cabs with the stepped floor are so much harder to deal with. by the time you finish cutting you might as well just make it ALL go and attach another back end...

DiscoDino · Apr 22, 2009

NICE! I used the rear section of the roof to close my truggy up!

DiscoDino · Apr 22, 2009

Pictures on how you routed the snorkel...

hippie_basher · Apr 23, 2009

Discosaurus said:
I figured it would be

The 4-door cabs with the stepped floor are so much harder to deal with. by the time you finish cutting you might as well just make it ALL go and attach another back end...

it is doable with the 4 door one....infact easeyer in some aspects.
why can you not weld the door shut and fill up all thegaps? or fab up a replacement pannel?

hippie_basher · Apr 23, 2009

air intake is made out of 3" bore solicone hose and 3"x1mm alli tube. i origionally had the airbox from a 300defender in there but took that out and put a rediction hose onto the back of the turbo, as soon as i did that the reaction time improved. im looking at putting a VVturbo on there with a dump valve too.....no perticular reason for the dump valve just want it to go ptssssssssst when i lift off the throttle :flipoff2:

i miss having a tig set

PTSchram · Apr 23, 2009

Alright, I want to see more!!!

Specifically, inside and outside pics of where the rear bulkhead meets the floor. Also, I'm assuming the big-ass tubing means the rad is gonna be rear-mounted at some point, I'd like to see more of how this is going to be done.

Afi's truggy build has slowed down, but we now have our own tubing bender and it's time to get going with it.

Hope your wrist gets better soon so we can see more build pics!

Cheers,
PT

hippie_basher · Apr 23, 2009

yes, the rad is going in the back,i doubt there will be room for that and a big intercooler up front. before the wrist insodent i was playing around with glass fibre. going to chop the roof off and replace it with a glass fibre one with an air scoop for the rad. errrm.... photo bucket hates me at the moment so i cannot get pics for you but the rear bulkhead is just infront of the step. any further forward i would have had to cut it up more any further back the proportions wouldnt have looked right

will be buying a JD2 soon so there may be some new pics. i think i could manage dispite my wrist

i dont live close to my workshop anymore

im going there this weekend if anyone wants photos of spacific things let me know.

hoggyn · Apr 23, 2009

PTSchram said:
Alright, I want to see more!!!Specifically, inside and outside pics of where the rear bulkhead meets the floor. Also, I'm assuming the big-ass tubing means the rad is gonna be rear-mounted at some point, I'd like to see more of how this is going to be done.
PT

I believe that the 3" tube is actually the air intake.

PTSchram · Apr 23, 2009

hoggyn said:
I believe that the 3" tube is actually the air intake.

It doesn't look that way, see above post.

hippie_basher · Apr 23, 2009

sorry for the confusion, the 3" tubeing is the air intake, the rad will however be in the back aswell

DiscoDino · Apr 23, 2009

Looks good...PT...get AFI on that truck! it's been ages since we've seen your photo skillz out on here :flipoff2:

PTSchram · Apr 23, 2009

hippie_basher said:
sorry for the confusion, the 3" tubeing is the air intake, the rad will however be in the back aswell

WHY??? Seems like this would be one of those cases where shorter length and bigger diameter (although that looks plenty big) would be better.

PTSchram · Apr 23, 2009

DiscoDino said:
Looks good...PT...get AFI on that truck! it's been ages since we've seen your photo skillz out on here :flipoff2:

Bah! I got a new camera and my skills have improved immensely-it REALLY was the camera!:flipoff2:

Now that we got our own bender, hopefully, the cage can progress quickly-if AFI ever make sup his mind as to what it's gonna look like.

hoggyn · Apr 23, 2009

PTSchram said:
WHY??? Seems like this would be one of those cases where shorter length and bigger diameter (although that looks plenty big) would be better.

You are right PT. I expect the pressure loss on a 3" pipe that length will be noticable.

It does, however, get the intake as far away from the muck and water as possible.

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