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Re: Orange rig is getting a makover!
« Reply #75 on: January 05, 2006, 06:47:00 AM »

"Walker, your the greatest!" (Golf clap) ------------------------(Mike pukes) :-X

:)

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Re: Orange rig is getting a makover!
« Reply #76 on: January 05, 2006, 06:56:36 AM »
I'm not sure if this was posted ealier, (To lazy to review the thread).  Here is an IFS IRS wonder.

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http://truckworld.tenmagazines.com/tenArticle.asp?aid=795&sid=42&cat=4&sc=1

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Re: Orange rig is getting a makover!
« Reply #77 on: January 05, 2006, 07:19:55 AM »
Well gentlemen,

A bit of light humour:

Yeah you can join my fan club Zig ( Wishfull thinking, I know what you meant :P )


You have a fan club too  ;D

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Re: Orange rig is getting a makover!
« Reply #78 on: January 05, 2006, 11:30:28 AM »
Not sure if you would call it a fan club - I just seem to work on everyone elses vehicles :-\ and not enough on my own :(

But - I have just installed a Calmini 3" suspension kit into my V6 ;D and fitting the body lift maybe this weekend :D. It required a few modifications to some of the parts but it is in and works VERY well - I plan on sending the prototypes back to Calmini so they can offer  a kit for the early shape V6's and Kick Sports ( I think it will fit these as well ) if they wish to. Europe , Australia and New Zealand got the 2.0 V6's so there is some potential there - and they go really well, the motors have a LOT more torque than the 1600 16V and sound soooooooooooooo good with a 2.5" exhaust 8)

Fan club ???

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Re: Orange rig is getting a makover!
« Reply #79 on: January 05, 2006, 05:14:37 PM »
Not sure if you would call it a fan club - I just seem to work on everyone elses vehicles :-\ and not enough on my own :(

Snip:

Fan club ???

ZeusZuki

Eric and Zig are talking about the Walker Evans fan club in which they claim I belong too. I met Walker on a trail in Moab 3 years ago. He was a huge jerk. He did somethings that offended me more than I have been. Also when he was wheeling up obsticals his buddys or  "fan club" would say things like "walker your the greatest!" and follow it up with a golf clap.

Eric we need a puke smiley!

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Re: Orange rig is getting a makover!
« Reply #80 on: January 05, 2006, 06:18:10 PM »
Hi Mike

I got the gist about the Walker fan club bit but I did not realise there was a story like that behind it :o

Some people just let Shit get to their Big Fat ego's - this would appear to be one example ::)

So how is the plan coming along anyway ???

ZeusZuki.
1600 Escudo / Kick, beam front, coils all round, 37 MTR's, 97" wheelbase, locked fr & rr,twin stick, front stock ratio, Calmini 5.14 t box rear, Warn XD9000i winch, blah blah!

2.0 V6 auto, Calmini 3" kit, 33" jandles, LT struts, blah blah

2.5 V6 man GV, Calmini 2.5" kit, 235/85x16 jandle

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Re: Orange rig is getting a makover!
« Reply #81 on: January 06, 2006, 04:28:30 AM »
Not sure if you would call it a fan club - I just seem to work on everyone elses vehicles :-\ and not enough on my own :(

Snip:

Fan club ???

ZeusZuki

Eric and Zig are talking about the Walker Evans fan club in which they claim I belong too. I met Walker on a trail in Moab 3 years ago. He was a huge jerk. He did somethings that offended me more than I have been. Also when he was wheeling up obsticals his buddys or "fan club" would say things like "walker your the greatest!" and follow it up with a golf clap.

Eric we need a puke smiley!

Mike

I was talking about Evan's ass kissers untill:

Not sure if you would call it a fan club - I just seem to work on everyone elses vehicles :-\ and not enough on my own :(

But - I have just installed a Calmini 3" suspension kit into my V6 ;D and fitting the body lift maybe this weekend :D. It required a few modifications to some of the parts but it is in and works VERY well - I plan on sending the prototypes back to Calmini so they can offer a kit for the early shape V6's and Kick Sports ( I think it will fit these as well ) if they wish to. Europe , Australia and New Zealand got the 2.0 V6's so there is some potential there - and they go really well, the motors have a LOT more torque than the 1600 16V and sound soooooooooooooo good with a 2.5" exhaust 8)

Fan club ???

ZeusZuki

After seeing that post I'm ready to sign up  8) Prototypes, custom building, and working on others rigs so much you have little time to work on your own. If a fan club would get benefits like that, I'm ready to start it,  But I refuse to golf clap during off-road events (or any time now that I think about it)  ;D

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Re: Orange rig is getting a makover!
« Reply #82 on: January 06, 2006, 05:45:26 AM »
Eric and Zig are talking about the Walker Evans fan club in which they claim I belong too. I met Walker on a trail in Moab 3 years ago. He was a huge jerk. He did somethings that offended me more than I have been. Also when he was wheeling up obsticals his buddys or  "fan club" would say things like "walker your the greatest!" and follow it up with a golf clap.

Eric we need a puke smiley!

Mike

 :o :o :o  ;D Hahaha!

He was a huge jerk. He did somethings that offended me more than I have been.

You can't say that without explaining..... can you?  :P

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Re: Orange rig is getting a makover!
« Reply #83 on: January 06, 2006, 01:12:34 PM »
So how is the plan coming along anyway ???

ZeusZuki.

Im bringing it over to Stans (37Kicker) on Monday. Ive got a pretty good idea of what I want to do. I have 2 plans in my head. One is pretty radical and I may run into a steering snag but the performance would have clear advantages. My plan is to build a quick crappy mock up so I can see everything in place under the rig and decide if I have room for all of it, will work and/or if I like it. If not then plan B which I am certain I will like and work but will not have the added aproach angle and will not have the geometery Im shooting for. Either way this is a lot of suspension to squeeze under there!

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Re: Orange rig is getting a makover!
« Reply #84 on: January 06, 2006, 11:00:30 PM »
Either way this is a lot of suspension to squeeze under there!

No shit Einstein! Mr Suzuki did not have any radical ( if any at all ) modifications in mind when he put these things together. Things sure are tight :-\

I am really looking forward to the final set up - always interesting to see someone stick their neck out and "go where no man has gone before" 8)

REMEMBER: The whole of Zukiworld has their eyes on you now - good luck and do forget - when things get tough Mr Hagen, "Use the force" ;) - or just a F N big hammer :o


I was thinking about my  ??? Star project the other day. Q: Why did you not do a big lift on the arms as well as the front stretch - I mean isn't one of the advantages with IFS the clearance potential ( among other things ).

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Re: Orange rig is getting a makover!
« Reply #85 on: January 07, 2006, 10:41:08 AM »
I also remember a tube buggy that was zook based but had 1 ton chevy IFS  front ends front and rear. I dont remember who owned it or anything though. :P

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Re: Orange rig is getting a makover!
« Reply #86 on: January 07, 2006, 11:21:09 AM »
here is to Walker Evans fan club


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Re: Orange rig is getting a makover!
« Reply #87 on: January 07, 2006, 12:00:43 PM »
here is to Walker Evans fan club


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Re: Orange rig is getting a makover!
« Reply #88 on: January 07, 2006, 07:45:06 PM »
I also remember a tube buggy that was zook based but had 1 ton chevy IFS  front ends front and rear. I dont remember who owned it or anything though. :P

Randy Elis. He called it the Red Racer. It was fricken sweet. I seen it in Prichet canyon 4 years ago.

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Re: Orange rig is getting a makover!
« Reply #89 on: January 07, 2006, 07:57:21 PM »
I was thinking about my  ??? Star project the other day. Q: Why did you not do a big lift on the arms as well as the front stretch - I mean isn't one of the advantages with IFS the clearance potential ( among other things ).

ZeusZuki


I only added enough lift to level the tierods after I flipped them to the top of the knuckel. This keeps the front from lifting during steep climbs.

Mike
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