The Sleipnir of City Sadar Road

[fouadhafeez]

Another thing that deters me from lowering the truck any further, is the simple matter of limits. There's only so much, that you can channel a body. Similarly, there's only so much that you can adjust the suspension height vis a vis that of the frame. Anything beyond that will come at the cost of ride comfort, or handling, or both. It IS doable...just not something that I'm entirely keen to undertake, personally.

[UAHMAD]

Another thing that deters me from lowering the truck any further, is the simple matter of limits. There's only so much, that you can channel a body. Similarly, there's only so much that you can adjust the suspension height vis a vis that of the frame. Anything beyond that will come at the cost of ride comfort, or handling, or both. It IS doable...just not something that I'm entirely keen to undertake, personally.

I fully agree. One has to be practical. This vehicle no matter how unique has to be driven under our local road conditions. And of course drive comfort can only be compromised to a certain degree, not to the cost of just looking cool. By the way it already is shaping to become a very cool ride, Masha'Allah

[fouadhafeez]

I fully agree. One has to be practical. This vehicle no matter how unique has to be driven under our local road conditions. And of course drive comfort can only be compromised to a certain degree, not to the cost of just looking cool. By the way it already is shaping to become a very cool ride, Masha'Allah

Thank you for the kind words, brother. Yes, by Allah's will, I'm satisfied with the way things are progressing. As the next set of photos will adequately show...

[fouadhafeez]

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[Bilalicious]

Why a split windshield? Wont a single long one look better?

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[fouadhafeez]

Why a split windshield? Wont a single long one look better?

I think that's a matter of personal preference. I like the split windshield more, and it goes with the gull-wing bonnet, to my mind. We ARE contemplating a very DRASTIC window chop, though...somewhere in the region of shaving ten or so inches off the windscreen. But we'll do this only after we procure another windscreen (just in case the chop goes horribly wrong, or looks hideous). If and when we do such a chop, we might keep the chopped window long and single, and keep the split window as it is.

[fouadhafeez]

In other news, the hand-fabricated tub is in the works.

The tub will be 58 inches wide, 40 inches long, and a total of 27 inches deep (from top edge to bottom). It's actual "available" space will be 11 inches deep (the remaining depth will form the side-skirting of the tub, between the wheels and the axle tubes). Within this, we'll be incorporating 5 x T-Iron cross members for strength and rigidity, and the insides of the tub will be clad in 6 x 6 inch broad wooden planks. The tub will have a 52 inch long, 12 inch diameter cylindrical petrol tank (with bullet-nosed ends, like a regular CNG cylinder). This should be good for well over 100 litres of fuel. To keep it looking nice and uncluttered, the fuel pump will be externally mounted (under the cabin of the car), and the outlet-inlet sleeve will be mounted at the underside of the tank. The car's batteries (two 70aH batteries, rather then one 100 aH) will be rear mounted in the tub (for weight, and to keep the engine bay clean and uncluttered). These batteries will be placed in two 8.5" x 24" x 12" metal boxes (obtained from a local scrapyard). The remaining space within the tub, will be occupied by the spare wheel (mounted at a raked, sloping angle).

The rear of the tub will feature an 11" x 58" tailgate, which I HOPE will carry "SLEIPNIR" embossed onto it. Side latches and hinges from a 70 series pickup will be used to fasten this tailgate to the tub. Finally, we'll be mounting the original FJ40 bumper (but rebuilt, reworked, and chrome-plated, with LED lights) in line with the bottom of the tub. Excess length of the frame (about 2 feet) will be chopped away. We're putting the construction of the rear mudguards / wheel arches on hold, for now. IF we decide to fabricate them, we MAY just cater for a set of much-narrower wheel arches for the front wheels, too. If just the tub looks good on its own, we won't build the wheel arches, at all.

All construction is going to be in 16 gauge sheet-metal. Hopefully, the side profile should be very dramatic looking indeed...with the chrome-plated fuel tank and chrome-plated battery boxes (which are a foot high each) playing peekaboo over the 11 inch tall tub. Let's see how this punga turns out, eventually!

[fouadhafeez]

Initially, I was averse to this car having a tub at all, but I anticipate that without weight at the rear, there is going to be a LOT of wheelspin. A rough estimate reveals that the items we're adding to the tub/rear will compensate for this (and hopefully aid in traction), as under:-

Tub: 80 kilos
Fuel Tank: 20 kilos
Fuel: 100 kilos (filled)
Wooden planks 10 kilos
Battery Boxes: 20 kilos
Bumper: 40 kilos
Spare wheel: 20 kilos
Miscellaneous weight (lights, wires, mounts etc): 10 kilos.

This comes to about 300 odd kilos. By no means is this enough to ensure that the car becomes "tame"...but it theoretically SHOULD provide a nice bit of flex to the suspension, and keep the tyres firmly glued to the tarmac. If we discover later, that more weight needs to be added on, we can do so by mounting a sootar thick plate UNDER the tub...where it could provide the necessary ballast, but not interfere with the looks of the rear. If this proves insufficient, we'll simply keep adding on weight, in sootar thick plates.

[usmanulamin]

Those Exhausts, Pretty Cool.

[OwaisYunus1]

Looks menacing (Y) Two questions though, why are there boxes before the exhaust pipes? Do they act as resonators to lower the exhaust note? And are the sides going to stay exposed or will there be covers for them too with the exhausts protruding through them?

[waqqasnasir]

Why a split windshield? Wont a single long one look better?

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Split windshield .. give a classic look.... if fouad sir changes windshield ..... then i am sure it will be more amazing, more intresting and artistic..

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with respect i have few observation from above picture to share. Knowing you will keep it top less, window pane-less, without climate control , the exhaust height & angle will be like hell fire to passenger & driver both. please do a test run at variable speeds in sunlight hours & after sunset before finalization. I assume the hot exhaust with forced crossed wind will directly cross flow both sides

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[JUNOON007]

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seems like my post has put fouadhafeez in a whirlpool of thought process. 2 days & no update yet

[fouadhafeez]

Looks menacing (Y) Two questions though, why are there boxes before the exhaust pipes? Do they act as resonators to lower the exhaust note? And are the sides going to stay exposed or will there be covers for them too with the exhausts protruding through them?

These side pipes are one of the very few concessions to 'looks' in the vehicle. For now, these serve a cosmetic purpose, and do not actually contribute to the exhaust system. I do have a couple of things in mind, though, for which this arrangement of pipes will come in handy, subsequently.

The boxes you mentioned, are the mounts for the side-pipes, and will also serve as a heat-shield to prevent accidental injury from the live exhaust manifold, which they cover below. Again, as you mentioned, the sides will stay open. At this point, I'm very much inclined towards enhancing the aesthetics of the engine bay, and leaving it open. In future though, it's perfectly conceivable that some sort of side covers at the sides might be planned.

with respect i have few observation from above picture to share. Knowing you will keep it top less, window pane-less, without climate control , the exhaust height & angle will be like hell fire to passenger & driver both. please do a test run at variable speeds in sunlight hours & after sunset before finalization. I assume the hot exhaust with forced crossed wind will directly cross flow both sides

Answered this query in my reply above.

These side pipes will actually NOT be hot at all, since they won't be evacuating any exhaust gases from the engine. Their sole contribution to the car will be purely ornamental...and add to the looks of the car.