| Author | Message | ||
     peter nova (Peter) Member Username: Peter Post Number: 78 Registered: 07-2003 |
has anyone put in dana 60`s and 37`s on their disco. wanting to do, put need some advice if can be done. | ||
| Steve Rupp (Steve_rupp) Member Username: Steve_rupp Post Number: 121 Registered: 03-2003 |
Why bother doing it with a disco? | ||
| Dave_lucas (Dave_lucas) Senior Member Username: Dave_lucas Post Number: 455 Registered: 02-2002 |
Peter, If you want a 60 talk to Keith at Rover Tracks. http://www.rovertracks.com/salisburys.htm They sell a salisbury (Dana 60) that will bolt in without modifications to your disco. | ||
| Adrian Strata (Adrians) Member Username: Adrians Post Number: 64 Registered: 02-2003 |
Or you can get a 960. (Ford 9" w/D60 axles) Look on the Pirate board for pics, very nice!!! Adrian | ||
| Will Cupp (W_cupp) Senior Member Username: W_cupp Post Number: 402 Registered: 07-2003 |
I think Steve at Rovertym has helped do this to a RRC. | ||
| peppy (Chrisseries1) Member Username: Chrisseries1 Post Number: 104 Registered: 03-2004 |
why not do the volvo portal conversion. they have the strong gears, factory lockers are offset like the hummer h1 axle. just a thought. not sure of any links so that you can see what i mean! | ||
| Adrian Strata (Adrians) Member Username: Adrians Post Number: 65 Registered: 02-2003 |
Check Pirate board for portal axle conversions. Adrian | ||
| Dave_lucas (Dave_lucas) Senior Member Username: Dave_lucas Post Number: 457 Registered: 02-2002 |
Well, If I were going to swap in a different rear it would be the Salisbury. 1. It is a standard Rover part 2. You can buy Dana 60 parts at any parts store (lets see you do that with a portal, custom or even you stock disco rear) 4. You do not have to modify anything on your disco. It just drops in. 5. Not much more money than buying a full-blown GBR setup and the sals is much stronger. The reason I would get the one from Rover Tracks��... 1. They install disc brakes so you are not stuck with the standard drums that come on the Sals from the factory. 2. They remove the weak rover axles and add 1.5" 35 spline stuff. 3. 5 year warranty on the shafts  4. They are only about 30 miles from my house Just my .02 | ||
| Adrian Strata (Adrians) Member Username: Adrians Post Number: 66 Registered: 02-2003 |
Dave, Any idea on the price for RT's salisbury axle? Adrian | ||
| Chris Browne (Chris_browne) Senior Member Username: Chris_browne Post Number: 697 Registered: 02-2003 |
Salisburys are stock 110 equipment, and while the 93 110 we saw here is drum brakes, they are now all disc and have been for several years. Be interesting to compare cost of a new or salvage unit inc shipping from the UK to the reman unit sold by Rovertrak.... | ||
| tom johnston (Reincarnation) New Member Username: Reincarnation Post Number: 5 Registered: 02-2004 |
i am almost finished putting dynatrac 60's in mine with coilovers and all new link bars. the truck will be setup on 38" boggers. of course there is alot of cutting involved. mine is all tubular now (rockers, fenderwell and wheelwells) and the doors are cut up about a foot. anything is possible. depends on how much of a headache you want. | ||
| peppy (Chrisseries1) Member Username: Chrisseries1 Post Number: 106 Registered: 03-2004 |
yum 38 boggers i am drooling and want them. i had a ford on 38 swampers. enough said! | ||
| Steve Rupp (Steve_rupp) Member Username: Steve_rupp Post Number: 135 Registered: 03-2003 |
Doing something like this to a Disco is a sin. If you guys want like the redneck look of 38 Boggers, build up a Suburban and put 800 hp in it. What a waste to build a LR that way. That's only my opinion. "To each his own" I guess. | ||
| Dave_lucas (Dave_lucas) Senior Member Username: Dave_lucas Post Number: 458 Registered: 02-2002 |
Adrian, I have been talking to them about a few different options so I would not want to post a price and get it wrong. Chris, I had thought about that option, but you would still need to upgrade the gears, lockers and shafts. Steve, While I might not agree with the tire choice people are kicking around what is redneck with installing a stronger rover rear end? | ||
| Roger Fastring (Fastring) Member Username: Fastring Post Number: 70 Registered: 02-2003 |
When I redid the axles on my D1 (Just rear to the bigger Summer Bros, gears, lockers), part of the deal had me picking up a pair of unimog axles and delivering them for him. His intent was to take the unimog axles, 'make them fit' his D90 while using stock Rover 3d members, which just so happend to be the exact same gearing as most the Unimog 404s that came to the US, at least at the 3d member, as they also have geared hubs. The point of this digression is just to throw out that its definitely to each his own. Thats a whole lot fo work, but if thats what you are into, great, thats why its a hobby. I'd be interested in the used Salisbury shipped to CA price myself. | ||
| Steve Rupp (Steve_rupp) Member Username: Steve_rupp Post Number: 139 Registered: 03-2003 |
Rear end....fine. I don't think Land Rovers are designed to be mud boggers though. | ||
| tom johnston (Reincarnation) New Member Username: Reincarnation Post Number: 6 Registered: 02-2004 |
well steve when your pretty little disco gets stuck with its little tires or breaks an axle, i'll be right behind you to pull you out. god forbid you break a nail or scratch the side of your truck. let's face it, yuppies just can't "hack it". to each their own. see ya half way to the top. | ||
| Mike Rupp (Mike_rupp) Senior Member Username: Mike_rupp Post Number: 334 Registered: 02-2002 |
Tom, I can't wait to see your poor little Disco when it has 38 Boggers. I'd love to see the puny 4.0 V8 try to spin those boggers. And "hack it" must be what you've named your truck. "and the doors are cut up about a foot". Must look great. Please post some pics! I can't wait to see this sawzall special. | ||
| Steve Rupp (Steve_rupp) Member Username: Steve_rupp Post Number: 142 Registered: 03-2003 |
Tom, I went to the disco because I was tired of wrenching on my redneck truck. Yeah it doesn't have 38's. It had 35's with 550 hp. Most of us use a winch in case we get stuck too. Believe me, I'm no yuppie with a disco. I know all about rednecking. That's why I have a Suzuki Samurai with 33x10.50 Swampers. I know what you're thinking, 33's? I have 38's. That thing doesn't stand a chance with me. Well at 2000 lbs, i'll take it anywhere you point me. And I really don't care if I "scratch" it. This is why I have the rednecker and the disco. Yeah the disco is in mint cond and I don't have shit all over the dash like all these other guys, but I can still pick up a broad and go out to dinner. Try getting laid with a redneck disco with 38's. I could really care less what people do with their vehicles. That's why I say "to each his own". Everybody has a different opinion on what looks good. I like the look of 38 boggers, just not on a disco. That's only my opinion. Also, don't worry about what people think on this board. If you want 38 boggers on your disco then do it.   | ||
| Steve Rupp (Steve_rupp) Member Username: Steve_rupp Post Number: 143 Registered: 03-2003 |
Oh, I forgot to mention. That Chevy has a GM 14 bolt rear and a Dana 60 in the front. Look at thing flex | ||
| eric johnson (Eric2) Senior Member Username: Eric2 Post Number: 303 Registered: 05-2003 |
Folks are working on the solution to the Rover axel/diff. issue as we speak. 'Bout a month or so away | ||
| Dave_lucas (Dave_lucas) Senior Member Username: Dave_lucas Post Number: 460 Registered: 02-2002 |
Eric, And who might these "folks� be? | ||
| Nathan Hindman (Nathanh) Member Username: Nathanh Post Number: 169 Registered: 07-2002 |
Eric, And whats wrong with the RoverTracks Salisbury solution. Let's face it, it doesn't get much stronger than a 35 spline Dana 60. Thanks, Nathan Hindman http://www.pangaea-expeditions.com | ||
| Chris Rosato (Zeeto) New Member Username: Zeeto Post Number: 21 Registered: 03-2004 |
that sort of attitude that only rednecks would do something like that is the main reason i wasn't sure about buying a rover. seems all the people i know/knew who had one had that attitude of me being a redneck becauase i don't have a problem with dented/hacking/cutting the crap out of something to make it off-road "friendly" my plans for my disco are big. fully locked, custom axles, tdi/nv4500 conversion, 325 XMLs. and that'll be my fiance's rig. my whole "mantra" has been to build what you have and just how you like it. my comp rig is a hacked nissan pathfinder with chevy and toy drivetrain. the main reason i used that body was to be different. oh and if my puny tired 22r could push 37s with 4.10s in teh diff i'm pretty sure a v8 4.0 could... | ||
| Ho Chung (Thediscoho) Moderator Username: Thediscoho Post Number: 698 Registered: 02-2002 |
hey chris, no attitude here. just facts. you got a pic of your pathfinder? thanks. Ho Chung | ||
| eric johnson (Eric2) Senior Member Username: Eric2 Post Number: 305 Registered: 05-2003 |
And whats wrong with the RoverTracks Salisbury solution If I didn't know what I know, I'd say "nuthin". It's an excellent solution...for now. (Prolly shouldna' posted in the first place.) | ||
| Keith Kreutzer (Revor) Member Username: Revor Post Number: 227 Registered: 11-2002 |
Timm will still run an Eaton | ||
| eric johnson (Eric2) Senior Member Username: Eric2 Post Number: 306 Registered: 05-2003 |
Ach So, Herr Kreutzer. Tsk, tsk. | ||
| JC (Hcdisco) New Member Username: Hcdisco Post Number: 21 Registered: 01-2004 |
38" boggers are nice. I'm hoping to be able to squeeze some 39-42's onto my rig. ah well, whatever works. |
