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Re: jfarsang's new ride the 'White Elephant'
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 3:49 pm
by jessef
Fresh boots, brakes and fluids.
Suspension lift kit on it's way.
Fluid changes are fun.
Engine - 12.5L
Coolant - 14.5L
Transmission/tcase - 11L
Diff - 5.9L
chrome is disappearing slowly and being replaced by Mr. Satin Black
Purrs like a kitten delica-L400-esque. Soft idle until you hammer the throttle. Turbo pickup is smooth. All in all, an enjoyable JDM project rig to work on similar to Turtle.
Re: jfarsang's new ride the 'White Elephant'
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:52 pm
by josh
Sick.
I cant wait to see it finished.
josh.
Re: jfarsang's new ride the 'White Elephant'
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:30 am
by nxski
Re: jfarsang's new ride the 'White Elephant'
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:52 am
by jessef
The driver reacted extremely well. Tapping the gas as soon as the bottom two tires hit the sand prevented him from rolling a looooong ways down.
Re: jfarsang's new ride the 'White Elephant'
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:46 pm
by jessef
shed most of the chrome bits
snorkel added
injectors re&re
seafoam IP treatment
2" OME lift installed w/ procomp 9000 shocks
Ride is much better. Not harsh as I had anticipated with HD coils.
Re: jfarsang's new ride the 'White Elephant'
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:57 pm
by nxski
Looked even better driving along the streets of Vancouver!
Re: jfarsang's new ride the 'White Elephant'
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:08 pm
by DelicaMark
Nice! Hurry up and get this finished and sell it to me!
Re: jfarsang's new ride the 'White Elephant'
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 2:36 pm
by jessef
The elusive Jay worked his magic on installation of 2M antenna and Icom IC-2300H radio.
Fitment was slick. The unit slipped right into the stock ashtray location.
Was able to hit NSR from function in whistler. Good range.
Re: jfarsang's new ride the 'White Elephant'
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:01 pm
by claude
Very nice looking elephant Jesse!!
Love the snorkel
Re: jfarsang's new ride the 'White Elephant'
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 2:17 pm
by jessef
Front procomp shocks fitted.
A lot more downtravel than I had anticipated (good thing). Need to grab 1/2" springs spacers to compensate for the springs dropping down.
Manual hubs fitted (my auto's self destructed)
Re: jfarsang's new ride the 'White Elephant'
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:04 pm
by DelicaMark
Have had a chance to get it dirty yet?
Re: jfarsang's new ride the 'White Elephant'
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:10 pm
by jessef
Hopefully this weekend at Chilliwack or Stave Lake area. 4-5 Safari's playing around.
Re: jfarsang's new ride the 'White Elephant'
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:11 pm
by jessef
Mud & Snow. If you look closely, you'll see the marker for advanced ATV trail.
Re: jfarsang's new ride the 'White Elephant'
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 10:56 pm
by shealy
Wow. Looks awesome! You've managed to do more mods on your rig in a matter of weeks than I've done on mine in a year....
Just curious, are those just ATV trails out in Chilliwack? I've heard there's some good 4x4ing out there!
Re: jfarsang's new ride the 'White Elephant'
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:46 pm
by jessef
Hey shealy. You're correct. They were ATV marked trails up on Vedder Mtn. Fun day out.
Dual filler installed for 2nd auxiliary tank (mounts under the frame/driver's side underneath the rear passenger area)
Didn't think it would fit but it did.
Now the fun part. Routing the 1 1/2" thick fuel hose. Last time it took David, Jay and myself all three of us pulling and wiggling it through. I was hoping it was a one time deal. Now, it appears it will have to be done .. again.