Stage 1 V8

landdani wrote:Since sterling is most readed article , I am using his article to wish you all a marry Christmas and all the the best .

Merry Christmas Dani and everyone else.

Hi Sebastian,

Great looking purchase there

I don't think you will get too many photos from here. As far as I am aware the Stage 1 was not produced in that form. Have you tried http://forums.lr4x4.com/ ?

Good luck.

stirlsilver wrote:Solution - Raising the ride height of your car or bigger tyres Bigger tyres are the best option because this also increases your diff clearance.

Or get a spade out and dig the crest off

Gary's last photo is of a specialist army vehicle used in NZ. They were built by the army and were never certified for legal road use.

Very informative site. Well done. Some good links on there too

It is fairly common for Stage 1's to have overdrive. It is a third party addition,for exanple the one provided by Fairey.

The purpose is to increase the top gear ratio. This provides a higher top speed with a slower running engine, and that means less fuel being used.

what are you after?

I think you will find there is not just one parts list, but that there are different lists depending on where the vehicle was based.

Hi Seb, The temperature is dependent upon which thermostat you put in. And variations will occur if you are using lower or higher octane petrol or LPG, whether the spark is retarded or advanced. A person may choose, for example, to run slightly hotter. However, the thermostats come in two 'sizes' 82...

landdani wrote:Do you have any activities with gary_in_nz ?

No, not outside the forum. Gisborne is a long way from where I am (about 6 hours drive, more or less).

No, that's the bit that sticks out the front. On Stirling's again, he has bull bars attached to his.

Dani, Have a look at Stirlings signature. The left photo shows the front mudguards and the area we are talking about. Where the headlights are. A quick lesson in English :) Mudguard is two words. It is a piece of the truck's body that stops mud from being thrown all over the place, and so it guards ...

Here come the rocks!!!

Agreed. If the crack is small you could probably halt its advance with Aradite or Sikaflex 252, or something similar, and slap a smallish aluminium plate on the underside of the damaged area.

I think you have got some of your answer from the aulro forum. I haven't encountered this myself, but I would think that any cracking would result from stress fractures and possibly caused by the headlamps flexing. I would think that any remedial solution would best be performed by installing a back...

I use unleaded 95 octane in mine and no issues with it. But of course, given local conditions, YMMV.