Scorpion's UBER LUX

Dadz Toy BFI · Post by **Dadz Toy BFI** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:18 pm

Mud Dog wrote:Johan, did anyone take any video clips? That would be really nice.

Young Bennie took his Cam-corder didn't he

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:26 pm

Mud Dog wrote:Johan, did anyone take any video clips? That would be really nice.

Cassie took quite a few, but of what I don't know. I'm sure he'll post it tomorrow

BlumTRD · Post by **BlumTRD** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:33 pm

Baie geluk met die Uber-Lux . Daardie lorrie gaan orals uitklim verseker . Eks mal oor die agter suspensie .

Post by **CasKru** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:58 pm

Blomma... daai wa wat julle so lekker aan gebou is darem maar erg nice..... maar ek dink hy beter vinnig by 'n Dyno uitkom anders gaan Johan die Fortuner moet verkoop om die petrol te kan bly gooi

Daai was is stunning!!!

Ek het 'n paar video clips geneem van die trail ens en UBER Lux is tussen die videos. Ek sal die videos so gou moontlik verwerk en op youtube post en julle die link stuur

Post by **Mud Dog** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:12 pm

Thanks Johan & Cassie .... will be interesting for us that were'nt there :D

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:19 pm

Just to also let you know that Bosbeer needs to see a dyno faster than Zuma needs a proctologist...

I currently get 3.5km/l on the open road and I got less than 1km/l when crawling this weekend...

Anyway everybody reckons I should be able to at least double my current consumption figures after a proper dyno, as she is heavily overfueling at the moment.

Dadz Toy BFI · Post by **Dadz Toy BFI** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:22 pm

Scorpion wrote:
3.5km/l on the open road and I got less than 1km/l when crawling this weekend... ............... she is heavily overfueling at the moment.

Ouuuuuch :wth:

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:53 pm

Dadz Toy BFI wrote:
Scorpion wrote:
3.5km/l on the open road and I got less than 1km/l when crawling this weekend... ............... she is heavily overfueling at the moment.
Ouuuuuch :wth:

You can say that again, especially when you consider I used 150l of petrol for the weekend... :wth:

2.8 d/cab SFA · Post by **2.8 d/cab SFA** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:58 pm

ouch, better get it done before the petrol increase

BenHur · Post by **BenHur** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:26 pm

And that was without aircon as well.

I recon if you can just get your idle speed sown to below 900 rpm you woul already save a lot.

Blomma

Why don't you consider speaking to Peet and see if he can help you guys with an idle controller for the V8 that he can modify to work on the Microtech. I believe his idle controller is an external device from the ECU and he may be able to make it work on different ECUs. Then you guys could easily drop the idle speed down considerably. A big 8 like that should easily idle strong at about 650-700RPM. That will already half the trail consumption.

Post by **Mud Dog** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:30 am

I currently get 3.5km/l on the open road and I got less than 1km/l when crawling this weekend...

:wth:

Did you forget to turn off the afterburners! :D

SYRON CONVERSIONS · Post by **SYRON CONVERSIONS** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:25 pm

This has been a very interesting modification, well done chaps, it is nice to see that there are other people who take such pride in their work and hobby like this.

blom · Post by **blom** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 6:24 am

To be quite honest with the lot off you gents.
The microtech in the Scorps truck hasent even seen two seconds off programming
1 the thermostat is not working so M overfeuel by 13% to get engine temp to "normal" 93 degrees
2 Idle controll is still set high to help Johan at RTW and to get "starts" easy and reliable till we can get it tuned(this was done with the throttle boddy somme shortcut)
3 No outside Idle controll is needed on a V8 dude
Long storry short "DO NOT CRY YEAT" we are still bussy

Post by **LouisZ** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:37 pm

Blom, jy't Johan se Lux sommer baie mooi gemaak!!! Johan ek dink 'n paar manne het eintlik jou Lux stukkend gekyk, dis hoekom daar paar dinge eintlik "gebreek het".

WayneSchalk · Post by **WayneSchalk** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:19 pm

CasKru wrote:Ek het 'n paar video clips geneem van die trail ens en UBER Lux is tussen die videos. Ek sal die videos so gou moontlik verwerk en op youtube post en julle die link stuur

Waar is die LINKS????

BenHur · Post by **BenHur** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:08 pm

Ja Cassie

Post by **Mud Dog** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:15 pm

It's already been a month, Ben ... so I reckon that Cas is too ashamed to admit that he was 'filming' with the 'pause' engaged ... or even without a memory card ...

...

DOELLOOS · Post by **DOELLOOS** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 1:41 pm

Scorpion wrote:Just to also let you know that Bosbeer needs to see a dyno faster than Zuma needs a proctologist... I currently get 3.5km/l on the open road and I got less than 1km/l when crawling this weekend... Anyway everybody reckons I should be able to at least double my current consumption figures after a proper dyno, as she is heavily overfueling at the moment.

I wish the Interceptor was so economical...

:problem:

Gunta · Post by **Gunta** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 11:08 am

Where are the updates? everyone has gone to sleep.

Demon · Post by **Demon** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:05 am

I could be wrong but I think I saw this truck moving around in Northriding close to my place about 2 months ago, It was in black and I could hear the V8. Where you guys go ?

To another planet or sumthing ? What discs did you guys get to fit onto the back of that hilux ?

Post by **Family_Dog** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 10:13 am

Seems it's running now! Youtube link recently posted by Bennie.

Demon, not the same truck. Scorpion's one is still to be resprayed, currently it is beige.

Blom (member here) did the disc brake conversion.

-F_D

Demon · Post by **Demon** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 6:17 pm

Ok thanx. Would be nice to get sum rear discs onto this thing.

cbmaxpow · Post by **cbmaxpow** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:49 pm

hi scorpion i want to fit some 35'' tyres to my hilux and would like to chat to you my cell num is 0839457518 christo

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:27 pm

Hi, Christo

Welcome to the forum!

I apologise for the late reply, but I unfortunately don't have the time at the moment I use to have to spend on the forum. However, I am more than willing to chat. I'll give you a PM and send you my cell number as well, then you can call me if I forget tomorrow.

Post by **LouisZ** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 9:16 am

Yip Bosbeer runs Nice!! Just one last issue to fix on the loose radiator this evening and its going for the Dyna finally.

HennieJ2 · Post by **HennieJ2** » Thu Aug 12, 2010 12:52 pm

So when will Bosbeer be complete and tested?

HJ

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Thu Aug 12, 2010 11:52 pm

Bosbeer wil NEVER be finished!

Once you start down the road of extreme mods, it becomes an addiction...

(And an extremely expensive one at that!

)
After the Dicktator conversion, I sent him to Louis for a dual battery system and ended up replacing a few of the suspension components (coils, bushes, etc) with OME and just fixing some niggles. Modified the tank and changed the pickup and changed the HP fuelpump.
Now I'm waiting for a thermostat from Lexus before it goes to the dyno. Can't wait to see what this beast can do!
After that I will drive him for a while (maybe a week...

) and test him a bit. Then I want to start on the interior.
It's been a long road, but it seems we are finally getting there. Louis and Bennie seems to have sorted out most of the problems and now I can start looking forward to using Bosbeer for what he was built... and of course start planning my next mod...

Post by **CasKru** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 6:37 am

Ek het hom laas naweek gehoor brul

Gunta · Post by **Gunta** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:20 pm

Is it running yet?

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