Hmmmm, Can i enter a lorry in the £999...

[havinalaff]

Now we're talking.

This one really needs a build diary!!!!

[Jaffa]

I'm starting to like 'care in the community' now.

It has a much lighter side to it

[Relentless Rob]

Is that the same unit the sits at 100mph when the govenor accidently (four screws) falls off?

Weld the two rear wheels together and use a pair of 800 section tyres from an Ant?

Could be on to something here.

I know I said "some turbo diesels" could be competetive but Practical Performance Truck?

[fha772]

Put it this way, when the lorry was mine, i went, in the early hours, from Newcastle Town Moor to Mansfield, with a 8 ton trailer on the back. In 2 hour 5 mins non-stop, a few years ago, when i first passed my lorry test, that's 162 miles, that's an average speed of 80.7mph!!!
(I mean, in theory of course, i would never drive that fast on public roads, even in a car).

This lorry is a 1979, so it pre-dates any speed limiter laws.
Silkolene, used to race the same model unit, in the 80's, all they had done to that was turn up the boost and fit a race seat, harness, and rollcage. Monday to friday in was used for haulage. They used to hit over 100mph on the track.

[Relentless Rob]

Do it. They'll be less smoke than Will's BM'.

[OilyFingers]

Ever Rolling Forward....

I like ERF's. Especially the noise a cummins 6 makes when its on cam. They sing.

[havinalaff]

Realistically how much work is involved with this?

[fha772]

Basicly,
A) you'd strip everything you can(like with a car), this would include, the whole cab interior, replace side/rear windows with perspex, take off the 5th wheel coupling, remove the inner wheels on the rear, take off the twin diesel tanks and replace with a single small tank, etc...
This should remove somewhere in the region of 1-1.5 ton.

B) using Cummins data sheets, adjust the injector pump for maximum power/torque, this involves only time, not parts.

C) using either shims/washers or replace the spring, alter the wastegate actuator to increase the turbo boost pressure.

D) weld up the reduction hub gears to increase the final drive to 1:1 rather than 3:1.

E) run it in for a special vehicles test(pretty close to a car MOT), as it is no longer a haulage lorry.

F) win the £999!!!!

That is pretty much it, apart from some odd minor jobs.

You're looking at about £200 for the jobs and about £500-700 for the lorry.

[Jaffa]

And you're looking a time inside under the mental health act

[Relentless Rob]

Section 59 or Section 8?


I'm thinking outside the box for the £999 as well.

[OilyFingers]

This just has to be done. Just for the sheer mentalness of it. 10 litres of cummins for a track-day motor. I love it.

There will be a fair bit of chassis that will be surplus to requirements too, if you have the angle grinder out anyway.

[fha772]

I'm thinking outside the box for the £999 as well...

I didn't even know there was a box!!!!

OilyFingers, It's a 14 litre "Big Cam" Cummins
(it may even get twin, 10 litre Cummins turbos)

[havinalaff]

Sounds like you could get it done for this year!!!

LOL

Rich

p.s. i wasn't coming to 999 challenge but if this happens I would!!!!

[fha772]

I doubt i will do it for this year, "Cunning Plan" is my main priority, seeing as i'll be using it through the summer as a daily.

The ERF would be just a bit of sillyness, and i don't think i'll have time to do anything other than buy it this year.

But we'll see...

[fha772]

Well, the ERF has fell through, at the moment, as he's keeping it to pull a new ride he's bought.

But, his father-in-law is swapping lorries soon, and he has a 265 Rolls Royce Eagle powered 4 wheel ERF.

The Rolls Eagle engine is easier to tune, because it's a linear pump, so it's easier, and less complicated to alter. Plus, i can have it for about £250-300, if i'm happy to wait and can pick it up as soon as he's done swapping over.