Jumbuck 4wd

[RicKii``]

So i just laid a deposit down for a Jumbuck. Pretty excited to join back into the "sleeper" category.

I was looking into 4wding them. Now I want to know whats involved? if there is alot of fiddling and mucking about, I'll just dismiss it altogether and look towards just a 93t in FF mode.
Couldnt find much info here on them, even reading over 100 pages on evocoupe of members rides builds, i couldnt get much info.

Cheers!

 

[RicKii``]

Also whats this Siemens/mitsubishi thing? I mean, in the mitsu cars, so easy to mod over to another mitsu engine but I heard if its a Siemens ECU car, gotta change wiring looms, dash loom and ecu to change the motor and get it running? is that correct?

 

[4piknup]

Yep. Thats correct.
Join up with jumbuck yahoo group. Neil runs it and there is heaps of info there.
Awd is not too bad. The floor is correct just need to get a diff and cut it down to size. You can run a libero solid axle or a hilux or commodore or whatever.
The siemens mitsi ecu stuff. Um. I pulled mine out and now am mitsi ecu and dsmlink. Not hard but time consuming. Yep you need a ecu and a engine loom. Its nearly plug and play...

 

[4piknup]

You have read my members ride?

 

[evopwr]

yessss do it!!!!

 

[4piknup]

If you look at back axle you can see the wheel c/l is offset up by 3" or so. This puts wheel c/l in same height as the spring.
This is the biggest issue I believe. Others have just put the diff above the spring. But then you reduce suspension travel to sfa. I will be doing some chassis mods to maintain travel
Probably best to just bang a 4 link rear in and coilovers. If you have the coin

 

[JayRome]

if you want to check one out, we can call Rob down and take a look over his AWD Jumbuck.. I'm sure he will be up for another meet..

 

[RicKii``]

If you look at back axle you can see the wheel c/l is offset up by 3" or so. This puts wheel c/l in same height as the spring.
This is the biggest issue I believe. Others have just put the diff above the spring. But then you reduce suspension travel to sfa. I will be doing some chassis mods to maintain travel
Probably best to just bang a 4 link rear in and coilovers. If you have the coin

id like to say i understand what you said but i dont. the whole leaf spring setup in the rear is something ive never learnt before.

if you want to check one out, we can call Rob down and take a look over his AWD Jumbuck.. I'm sure he will be up for another meet..

that would sound great for another meet J! always good for regular meets I say

 

[4piknup]

Would like to see a few pics of the diff install. Diff above or below springs, bump stop mods, hanger mods, etc