Scorpion's UBER LUX

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:57 pm

Mooi man, Blommie! Ons is uiteindelik terug in Duitsland ( waar die mense BAIE vriendeliker is

) en uiteindelik uit mislike Czech uit. Kuier bietjie by my swaer en skoonsuster, maar dis &%(§ koud ( - 16C !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :evil: )

Gelukkig kom ons Sondag terug,want ek is beslis nie gebou vir die winters hier nie...

Kan nie wag om my baby te sien as ons terug is nie...

ToyX4 · Post by **ToyX4** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 6:01 am

Johann, gaat ons hierdie uber lux van jou 7 Feb in aksie sien by Hekpoort??

blom · Post by **blom** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:40 pm

naaaaiyee master die uberlux staan eers bietjie eenklant toe en wag.
Die skoenmaker maak eers sy eie skoene reg

ToyX4 · Post by **ToyX4** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:12 pm

Post by **Family_Dog** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:40 pm

Went to see Scorpion's Uber Lux today. All I can say is: WOW!

I heard the GROWL of the V8, still not fitted with exhausts but emits a real mean growl. I studied the brakes, looked at the suspension, and inspected the firewall that Scorpion scrubbed so deliciously clean with his toothbrush. The whole job looks good, and the end product will be a job well-done. Nothing has been spared in regards to quality.

Well done, guys!

-F_D

Dadz Toy BFI · Post by **Dadz Toy BFI** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:17 pm

Family_Dog wrote:Went to see Scorpion's Uber Lux today. All I can say is: WOW!

I heard the GROWL of the V8, still not fitted with exhausts but emits a real mean growl. I studied the brakes, looked at the suspension, and inspected the firewall that Scorpion scrubbed so deliciously clean with his toothbrush. The whole job looks good, and the end product will be a job well-done. Nothing has been spared in regards to quality.

Well done, guys!

-F_D

Could this have sparked a desire to build.......................

An Uber Dog

Post by **Family_Dog** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 1:45 pm

Dadz Toy BFI wrote:
Could this have sparked a desire to build.......................

An Uber Dog

Rich, I did ask some questions and make some observations...

-F_D

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:48 pm

Come on, Eric! You know you want one...

Anyway, bonnet is on, so we are finished with the engine compartment. The clutch has been sorted out and most of the brake lines are now run. If the supplier didn't give us the wrong stainless steel braided hose lines, the brakes would have been finished too. Anyway, once that has been done, it's only the propshafts and exhaust left and then my baby will run!!!

BenHur · Post by **BenHur** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:45 pm

Johann

When she is finished you must have a great unavailing/christening party like they have with new ships. Then you can invite us all.

Dadz Toy BFI · Post by **Dadz Toy BFI** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:53 pm

BenHur wrote:Johann

When she is finished you must have a great unavailing/christening party like they have with new ships. Then you can invite us all.

and...........

Do a Lap of honour around RSA so we can all have a look

Jaws · Post by **Jaws** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:42 pm

Johan as hy klaar is laat my asb weet ek en Corne wil kom kyk

Post by **CasKru** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:15 am

Jaws wrote:Johan as hy klaar is laat my asb weet ek en Corne wil kom kyk

Weet Corne dit?

Jaws · Post by **Jaws** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:24 pm

CasKru wrote:
Jaws wrote:Johan as hy klaar is laat my asb weet ek en Corne wil kom kyk
Weet Corne dit?

Nee nog nie

Maar ek weet hy sal saam gaan.

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:47 pm

Got the new stainless brake hoses yesterday, so will hopefully finish it up tonight. Will take the camera too and try to load some pictures.

Herman, ek sal so maak!

2.8 d/cab SFA · Post by **2.8 d/cab SFA** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:50 pm

Hi, tx for all the updates and pics

Nice of you to share, very intersting reading

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:58 am

We finished running all the new brake lines last night and the discs are on the rear axle. Now we only need to fabricate brackets for the calipers and bleed the brakes, then she can go for her new propshafts. I'll post some pics later when my ADSL is up and running again.

Post by **JohanM** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:08 pm

I cant wait to see this finished Uberlux!!!!!!! :D :D

BenHur · Post by **BenHur** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:09 pm

En waas die foudies wat jy gepromise het??

Post by **JohanM** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:35 pm

Bennie, daai Fotos waarvoor ons so wag is `n Telkom glipsie..........

Kom, jong maak `n plan, help daarso......

Scorpion wrote:I'll post some pics later when my ADSL is up and running again.

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:58 pm

Sorry guys, but Telkom has made a boo-boo on my ADSL and don't know how to fix it. I'm running on my 3G card and can barely post, never mind load foudies... :evil:

hilex08 · Post by **hilex08** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:29 pm

ekke dink jou bakkie is mooier as myne

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:29 pm

Ok, so here are the foudies of the disc brake conversion. You'll see we ran all new brakes lines and installed Stainless Steel Braided Hoses. We are currently just making the brackets to hold the rear calipers and should then be done.

(Why doesn't it want to allow bmp files? Irfanview saves everything as such?)

ToyX4 · Post by **ToyX4** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:46 pm

IIRC you can change the format to save as .jpg, in Irfanview, just check mooi!

BenHur · Post by **BenHur** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:55 pm

bmp is uncompressed and too large to use on the net as Riaan said use Infranview to convert to jpg

viewtopic.php?f=21&t=295

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:43 pm

Thanx!

Will do tommorrow

Post by **CasKru** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:59 am

Scorpion wrote:Ok, so here are the foudies of the disc brake conversion. You'll see we ran all new brakes lines and installed Stainless Steel Braided Hoses. We are currently just making the brackets to hold the rear calipers and should then be done.

(Why doesn't it want to allow bmp files? Irfanview saves everything as such?)

Kan julle dalk vir ons 'n drawing post met die afmetings ens om daai tazz 50mm calipers te maak fit?

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:20 am

Ok, let's try again with the JPEG files...

Scooter · Post by **Scooter** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:55 am

Eish, dit lyk mooi Johan.

Im sure you can't wait to get her on the road.

Post by **JohanM** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:52 pm

Baie netjies!!!!!

Kan nie wag om die Hilux in lewende lywe te bekyk nie

Dadz Toy BFI · Post by **Dadz Toy BFI** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:25 pm

Eish Scorps, met Eish :!: :!:

More peekchaz asblf

jontheron · Post by **jontheron** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:17 pm

when my lux grows up she wants to be just like yours

very nice looking lux keep up the good work and the pics

:D

BenHur · Post by **BenHur** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 6:06 am

So biekie die lig aangeswietsh.

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 11:37 am

Thanks, Bennie! Weet nie lekker hoe nie.

hilex08 · Post by **hilex08** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 2:09 pm

jille moet ophou prenkies oppie forum sit, ek het vir ma gewys, en sy se jille sit net idees in my kop....

ek moet eers die lapa bou, en die huis verf..... :roll: :roll: :roll:

2.8 d/cab SFA · Post by **2.8 d/cab SFA** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:11 am

very nice, awsome everything

Cookie Monster · Post by **Cookie Monster** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:45 am

This is going to be a crazy mean van when its done 8 ) Cant wait to see it finished :!:

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:20 am

Thanks guys!

I bought some new spark plugs from Toy yesterday. R120 per plug - and I need 8! Ouch....

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:23 am

Scorpion wrote:Thanks guys!

I bought some new spark plugs from Toy yesterday. R120 per plug - and I need 8! Ouch....

Die prys op daai plugs kan maak dat jy jou spark verloor

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:48 am

Ja, maar die "ouens wat weet" reken daar is niks beters op die mark vir die Lexus nie. Ek het tot dusver nog nie geskimp op my baby nie, en ek gaan ook nie nou begin nie...

By thye way, Cassie baie geluk met die "prysie" wat jy gewen het. Het jy hom al gekry?

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:40 pm

Thanks Johan. Nog nie gekry nie maar het vandag na hom gaan kyk Maar mag nie fotos geneem het nie :evil: :evil: :evil: Ek kon hoim probably al vandag gehad het as metro nie gestaak het nie want hulle kan nie nou die regustrasie doen nie

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:42 pm

Okay, so it's been a while since I gave you guys an update. Unfortunately I keep forgetting my camera, so foudies are a bit scarce, but I'll try to remember it tonight.

Okay, so we have finished the interior. New gauges to monitor Oil Pressure, Water Temp and Volts are installed in a neat dash pod. The radio and all wires were soldered properly and reinstalled - the radio installation place did a CRAP job! :evil: I also cleaned up 20 years worth of dust as best I could from underneath the vinyl flooring and reinstalled everything there. The interior is now done!

(untill it gets new seats and everything upholstered in nice leather...

Don't tell SWAMBO...

)

The suspension is complete, the battery installed in it's new home and the new front propshaft fitted. If the propshaft place will hurry up and get my rear one done, then we can drive it to the exhaust place and have that fitted. We finished welding the new front bumper on the weekend and are busy just finishing it off nicely to have it painted.

Guess what? THEN WE ARE DONE and I can finally drive my baby! Cant wait!!!!

ToyX4 · Post by **ToyX4** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:13 pm

Mooi man, so ons sien jou julle verseker by RDW!

Cookie Monster · Post by **Cookie Monster** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:11 am

Sounds good cant wait to see the finished result :D

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:17 pm

Okay, so we finally got the new propshaft, fitted that last night and went for the first drive! IT WAS AWESOME!!!! The power is absolutely amazing, and there is so much available from very low down. We were doing 40km/h in 4th gear, put the throttle down and she goes like a bat out of hell!

It was faster doing that, than my 4Y could pull away in 1st!

All I can say is who can spin 35"s on pull away - and that in an untuned state....

:wth:

Blom took it for the exhaust this morning and we hope to get it back by Friday, so that we can do the final fine tuning this weekend. (I think Krugersdorp thought they had an earthquake last night, that thing is so loud! A poor teenage boy almost crashed his sooped up Golf when that unsilenced V8 erupted next to him...

)

All I know is I think I still need to upgrade the front brakes...

The rear discs make a huge difference, but with all that power I need more. I already contacted Powerbrake and await their reply, but can anybody recommend any other worthwhile brake conversion?

P.S. I deceided to not post anymore pics untill my baby is fully completed - keep you lot in a bit of suspense...

But for those who want to see it in real life, we'll be at Rust de Winter later this month. (I promise to post pics before then - maybe...

)

BenHur · Post by **BenHur** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:16 pm

Johann

Lyk my ek en jy mis mekaar se calls vandag :? :?

Aangaande die brieke, praat met Hhoppy en maak sommer jou voorste disks ventilated wanneer jy upgrade. As ek reg onthou gebruik jy Cruiser FJ 75 disks net so op jou hubs en moet jy jou bestaande voor calipers split en met 8mm spacers verbreed om om die dikker disk te pas. Hy gebruik dan ook 'n Isuzu master cylinder wat op jou bestaande booster sal pas maar 'n effe kleiner diameter piston het wat die pressure in die lyn ook effe verhoog.

Maar ja met dit als sal ek nog steeds jou aanraai om PowerBrake se disks en pads te gebruik vir die conversion.

Post by **Family_Dog** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:08 pm

Scorps,

I installed Powerbrakes in to Bulldog, and the brakes are fantastic! Money well spent, but run them in in accordance with PB's instructions.

-F_D

Scooter · Post by **Scooter** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:07 am

Powerbrake dont have discs for the SFA at the moment. manufacture will only be starting a couple weeks again.
They offer a pad by Bendix now for heavy duty but I would imagine with the V8 you would need racing pads

I would agree with Bennie on this one, you need to change to ventilated discs to get rid of the heat quicker.

I took a 1978 golf with small square pads and thin discs and dropped a 2.0 motor in it, it couldn't stop for sh!t.
So I upgraded to the CTI vent disc and calipers, what a difference, and far better than the solid disc especially for high speed stopping.

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:52 am

That is exactly why I want to upgrade further and definitely want to go for a ventilated disc as well. The brakes are great with the rear disc conversion, but with the V8 I know I will use the power and need to be able to stop without too much heat build up and brake fade.

What calipers would be the best upgrade (bigger) to go with the vented discs?

Toybox · Post by **Toybox** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:23 am

I believe that Crooser 70 series 4 pot calliper and discs will fit

BenHur · Post by **BenHur** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:21 pm

The problem why your brakes fade when the system heats up, is due to fact that the compound on the pads "emit" a gas when they heat up which is then trapped between the pad and disk, very similar to aqua-planing tyres on a wet road. So yes plain ventilated disks running cooler do help prevent this but the disks that Powerbrake supply have the grooves in running outwards from the centre, it acts like the grooves in your tyres removing the gas so that the pads make contact, even if you have solid disks like mine with the grooves your brake fade is much less.

Another method used to overcome the gas issue is to cross drill the disks (many bikes has this too).

I ran a set of this cross drilled ventilated disks on my GTi as I also had serious brake fade issues.

Johann

This Cruiser70 callipers is not a bad idea, if the combined piston surface area on the 4 pot calliper is larger then stock, you will get the same affect as with a smaller master cylinder as it works on the ratio between the master and slave and the bigger the ratio the more pressure is applied at the wheel from the same force applied onto the pedal but you will need more movement on the pedal.

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:28 pm

So today was the final day of work for me and Blom. We fitted the new bullbar and modified towbar, tighted the bolts and made sure everything is fixed that should be fixed. My old front discs and pads were "kla" and we decided to sommer fit new ones while I sort out the Power Brakes (if they can get back to me! :evil: ). That monster has to stop in the mean time...

This afternoon we took her for her first off road excursion. Very mild, but just to check the articulation and if anything is rubbing. I have to say I haven't ever seen a Hilux flex like that! :wth:

The crawler gears are also amazing. This was the first time I drove a vehicle with crawlers and can't believe what they can do! I can't wait to test him at RDW...

Unfortunately we picked up a noisy timing chain this weekend and instead of driving it this week, it will be going for a replacement. Once that's done I hope to get the long range fuel tank before we tackle RDW and then I'm done - for now...

Post by **Family_Dog** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:00 pm

........ and the promised photos?

-F_D

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:07 pm

He needs a proper bath first, Eric. He is filthy from standing for the best part of seven months. So all in good time, ol' chap. All in good time...

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:07 pm

Okay, so Bosbeer (yes, that's his new name! :wth: ) will be going for a full valet on Friday and then I promise to post the foudies! He went in last week to have the Cambelt and Waterpump done and is now running beeaauutifulll!

Every thing is 100% and so far there seems to be absolutely no teething problems. Blom did a brilliant job!

I have been driving Bosbeer every day this week and have to say... (dare I say this...?) I like it more than driving my Porsche...

I have not had a single car(or taxi!) cut me off. It has the power a a nuclear substation, while being nice and quiet at idle, but depress the funpedal and it sounds like all hell is breaking loose!

I also get more stares and points than in any other car I own.

I think it was summed up the best by a construction worker on the back of a Hyuandai bakkie this morning: "Eish, whatta bakkie!"

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:08 pm

Sien uit daarna om vir Bosbeer by RDW te sien perform

BenHur · Post by **BenHur** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:37 am

Kon Blommie toe al daai rev counter maak loop? Ek het hom try bel maar smaak my sy nommer het gechange, en jy antwoord nie jou foon nie

Jy moet hom geniet

en try biekie kyk of jy 'n taxi kan raakry, jy sal sien dis nogal fun as jy heeltyd vir hulle mik en sien hoe hulle pad maak. Dam ek moet nou begin plan sien...

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 6:40 pm

Sorry, guys! I took the foudies, but 3G doesn't allow me to upload them. :evil: It will have to wait till Monday when I have ADSL.

Post by **Family_Dog** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 7:54 pm

Never, in all my born days, have I ever come across so many excuses to post photos!

Are you sure this is not all a wild dream?

-F_D

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:00 pm

Luckily you saw it, albeit unfinished, didn't you, oom Eric?

Post by **Family_Dog** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:34 pm

I think now that you know how to do it, you should donate that engine to Bulldog and start all over again. Could be an exciting winter project!

-F_D