Volvo Portals. N.A.M?

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2002 4:53 pm

Hey that gym instructor that drives a green 40 on big boggers is getting Volvos too! Now I got somebody to split shipping costs with.

Joined: 22 Oct 2002

Mate, that is a huge downer about the price increase after the RFC.

On the upside... has anyone found any sites with decent pics of the event? I'd like to see some of these rigs with coil-sprung portals.

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2002 6:37 pm

Sam I'm going with the VR V6 + TH700 + single G52 for the time being. No pics of chopping cos I haven't started yet. I'm busy this weekend so I'll get around to it soon hopefully. Smile

Joined: 20 Oct 2002 Location: Greenbank

N*A*M wrote:

I've seen it happen a few times. Also, I wanna run street tyres and a beadlock set of offroad ones. Discs will be good to have, so might as well convert the stud pattern. Thanks for the encouragement, but I bet you're just waiting for this to blow up in my face. Either way, it's fun to watch from the sidelines.

WTF street tyres??????
There is no way you will ever get this thing regoed with a wheel track like you will have on a zook. And if you are going to risk driving it on the road then good luck to you cause the first time a cop drives past you may as well get out and start walking.

Joined: 20 Oct 2002 Location: Springfield/ QLD

Tony if you like i will bring the spareparts Fishe ( or prints of ) down to Sams on the weekend.

you can see how it all fits.

You can also still get parts for the C303 and C304 at the local Volvo dealer
or give me a yell and i will see what i can do.

Jamie

Joined: 20 Oct 2002 Location: Greenbank

Thanks Jamie but i worked it out now it was just that the torque tube thing was confusing me but now Rob pointed out what Steve was talking about(traction bars) it made sence. Ive seen heaps of pics and info on them and i am still not totaly convinced they will do the job with what we drive here. Especialy now Steve said he knows of an axle breaking just from getting some traction in mud.

Joined: 24 Oct 2002 Location: On the end of the phone

Tony, I had the same thoughts as you are having, thinking that the volvo was going to be a cheap portal, but after talking to alot of people and doing my homework I found that they are no stronger than what I already have, and for anything bigger than a 37" tire you will be pushing it.
If you are running a light rig and big tires things will probably be ok but on a heavy rig, I dont think so.

Joined: 20 Oct 2002 Location: Greenbank

Yeah a lot of guys say they are as strong as a D60 but i cant see the CVs being strong enough. Also i dont understand why you would import them when there are heaps of them allready here. You just got to know where to look.

Joined: 08 Nov 2002 Location: Malaysia

Sorry about the torque rod/tube confusion I was just being descriptive, forgetting the technicalities as the "traction bar" really is just a triangular shaped tube. My bad.

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You can also still get parts for the C303 and C304 at the local Volvo dealer or give me a yell and i will see what i can do.

Could you do me a favour and see how much the rubber boot for the CV joint costs? We can get it from Volvo Malaysia, but at MOD prices.

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Especialy now Steve said he knows of an axle breaking just from getting some traction in mud.

Well, the guy was apparently gunning it, and I think that's asking for trouble no matter what axles you've got. You can imagine the destructive torque loads on the half shaft going from a few hundred rpm to zero in a split second.

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If you are running a light rig and big tires things will probably be ok but on a heavy rig, I dont think so.

The axles were made to haul 5 tonnes (truck + load) so I would guess that they would be strong enough for any truck up to 3 tonnes. Then again, I'm not sure what kind of torture you guys put your rigs through in rock crawling!

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Also i dont understand why you would import them when there are heaps of them allready here. You just got to know where to look.

Did the Oz military use C3's? If they did, maybe you guys can help me get the 5.99:1 third members ;-)

Joined: 22 Oct 2002 Location: Your Mummas House!

we break our shiat

we would break volvos, mine and cheezys rigs, weigh upwards of 2300kgs, with huge tyres and big horsepower

Joined: 20 Oct 2002 Location: Springfield/ QLD

Steve i will try and rember to get you as price tomorrow Smile

Joined: 12 May 2004 Location: Kenmore, Brisbane

what ever happened with this project N*A*M?
what were the specs etc?

Hey RUFF, do you have any pics from this tread before they got deleted?

it sounds like it was going to be awesome! armsup

Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Location: Darwin

De-lux wrote:

what ever happened with this project N*A*M?
what were the specs etc?

Hey RUFF, do you have any pics from this tread before they got deleted?

it sounds like it was going to be awesome! armsup

Have a look in the members section. Was like a 17 page write up of what was going on......... then... well you know N*A*M started the P*C*O*D thing.