Hi Brian, I had to modify the oil pick up to get it into the wrong place. I didn't want to swap the pickups as the SJ has a much smaller diameter pickup which would have caused a restriction.
I don't want to mess up a good engine so I thought I best ask for advice on determining oil level.
My buggy uses the chassis and running gear from a Suzuki SJ413 / Samurai, which is a solid axle based car. But I've fitted the engine from a Suzuki Vitara / Sidekick. It's same engine family so it...
I found a couple of websites with another possible explanation, that exhaust flow is turbulent in the front sections of exhaust, and therefore requires larger diameter tube:
Some quotes:
Koracing have compared 2.5 inch downpipes to 3 inch downpipes. They observed power comes in sooner but peak...
I've noticed two of my cars use bigger diameter tube in front exhaust sections. Eg my Vitara had a big down tube from manifold to chassis, slightly lower diameter cat section, and then lower diameter again for the silencer and tail sections.
Is there any reason for this? If I'm building an...
Thanks for the replies. I'm now a *little* wiser. For the record, I'm not certain that Mobile one recommended 0W40 as the fully synthetic option for my Suzuki, it may have been 0W30, but the point I was making is that the viscocity was different to what they were offering in the semi synthetic...
I'm going to use Mobil 1 and Suzuki Sidekick / Vitara as an example. This is an old 1990's car. When I used to look up the recommended engine oil on the Mobil 1 website it would come up with semi synthetic 10W40 and fully synthetic 0W40 options (the site no longer recommends any oil for my car...
I've had to make some modifications to an engine to fit into a custom buggy. One of the modifications is a custom oil pickup to fit the new sump. This is basically a tube with a mesh that sucks oil from the bottom of the engine and then distributes it to all the bearings.
Plumbing copper and...
Brian, I have gone for ~50% anti dive.
From what I've read, how much anti-dive is exactly needed is not above anyone's pay grade, as all factors are a compromise, so it's a creative process to decide on the right blend, rather than thinking there's a magic number (says the man who has zero...
Hi Brian. The buggy is based on the Suzuki SJ413 as it's very light, strong for what it is, and the gearing can be modified for bigger wheels and for low range crawling. It has a Vitara engine which is one of the lightest in it's class and fits beautifully. Unfortunately I had to go for Jimny...
I'm building a 4x4 buggy. I've "mocked up" the front suspension using cheap thin tube for now just to check it all cycles correctly and parts aren't colliding with each other. The buggy uses a ladder chassis and solid beam axles from a donor car. I've gone for long travel 3-link suspension at...
I need to adjust the preload on new axle kingpin bearings. I've seen a lot of eBay and Amazon listings selling generic foil under the title "shim" and it's a lot cheaper than purpose made shim stock. How risky is it to use this stuff? I've bought brass foil and was going to use that but am a...
@greglocock would a sealed bearing have been too much of an expense for Suzuki? The top bearing is a low cost open ball bearing.
I've managed to find an aftermarket replacement, it's being sent from India where these jeeps are still very common as they produced them for much longer.
I'm trying to figure out what to do with this worn out bearing from the bottom of my 1989 Suzuki Jeep steering column. The column has a ball raced bearing at the steering wheel end. But at the bottom end the inner shaft runs in a soft "rubber" bush. 40k miles on the clock and it's totally worn...
The Milliken textbook gives the formula for braking force as follows:
I've tried to find what Ax is but can't :/ Does anyone know?
This is used in the context of deriving anti-squat from first principles. I need to understand it from first principles so I can figure out how to adapt...
Hi Buggar,
You asked once before in another thread of mine ツ
I am using a lot of parts such as wheel spindle and driveshafts from a Mercedes commercial vehicle because they are low cost and strong. The uprights are going to be simple custom ones similar to these:
Thanks everyone. Greg the car is a 4x4.
I'm not obligated to use the same parts at the rear, they have to be different as the differing castor will result in different sized wishbones. Plus being at the rear, the rear wishbones would be a mirror of the front ones.
On the same topic. I'm using...
God these projects take time.... I started this topic back in August and I'm only just sitting down to finalise the rear suspension design.
So I don't get a lot of the complex stuff in this thread, but basically I'm understanding "no need for caster at the rear". My plan is to make the rear...
