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Turbo ferret is complete and runs amazingly. No heat problems. Does up hills in 5th gear abns keeps up with traffic:) running 5 to 6 psi.

The radiator fan basically makes the engine compartment a wind-tunnel.

Hot side done...

Yeah except they blew 2 gearboxs and a few bevel boxes trying to film the toyo commercial. 

Not to mention the engine is exposed on top and they replaced parts with aluminum. 

Im in the process of making my second ferret better than the toyo ferret. 500hp, no gearbox bevels or hu  gears. And an unchanged hull.

Doing a few performance upgrades.

A t3/t4 turbocharger is being fitted to the exhaust manifold. Original exhaust outlet will be used. 
Upgrading the oil filter housing to a modern unit that can have an oil output to lube the turbo and use a standard auto canister filter.
6-8psi of boost should boost  power by about 30%. It will boost at low rpm so it wont have turbo lag and will basically behave more like a 6litre engine instead of a 4l.

I means ill be able to go up reasonable hills at reasonable speed without dropping down gears.

Ill be installing a good heatsheild for the dizzy.

As per a helpful ferreters suggestion, i may upgrade the head bolts and gasket.

I realize there is a risk i might break something but i have spares for everything and its only money and i can always earn more haha

For brakes i have added a vacuum booster where the old air filter used to be, and remade all the lines. It pulls up super quick with only gentle pressure on the pedal, so much nicer to drive! 

Because of the turbo the manifold won't have vacuum so ive added an electric vacuum pump with a pressure switch to maintain a constant vacuum.

They have a few but perished.

$500

someone on a ferret forum mentioned this one..

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/.../Mowag_4x4_armored...

This was the Swiss recce veh thwt served the same purpose as a Ferret. They chose to have armoured wheel covers. Most likely because: the vehs were primarily for roads and gravel tracks; the vehs were to be used in Switzerland and they knew where their own minefields were; and, the vehs were also to serve an internal security role. They were superceded by the Piranha family and became anti tank training target vehs. A number are in private hands in the UK.

any interest?

After replacing the old runflat tires on my ferret  with modern non-runflat tires, i started to think about  the aliens movie APC.

I couldn't find any real vehicles that actually have an armored plate in front of the tires. I thought there would be 2 main benefits of doing it.

It would be a certain level of resistance to a bullet penetrating the steel and puncturing the tire.

But also, if the tire was punctured, it would retain a large amount of its rolling diameter with the steel plate actually taking the weight of the vehicle. The lip/edge of that plate could also be widened to increase the surface area in the event of this.

So anyway, does anyone know why this seems to never be used? I wouldn't think the increase in unsprung mass would be too much of an issue.

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Not sure what they are worth.

Great, thread. thanks!  

Sorry for silly question but how do you check the level( or top up) of the FFW without removing the engine?

Oh i just realized there is a classifieds section if a mod would like to move this thread there

thanks guys. 

Open to offers

Does anyone knownofnone for sale?

Can anyone help me with a possible source of parts?

Ive found a guy called ballistics International 10 minutes away from me. We supplies the aussie army with ballistic armour and runflats etc.

We is doing some research for me to dind what is the best fit for the ferret. 

I was wondering if any have fitted a bit of tube or even retro fitted little reservoirs to their bevel box or inner wheel hub filler holes?

Here is the Hutchinson runflat information, I mentioned this in another thread to you. We used them in the British Army Fox armoured car when the Dunlop Trackgrip runflat was changed to a standard Michelin tyre. If you want to retain runflat capability then this is your answer, but I guess it will be expensive.

 

http://www.hutchinsoninc.com/CMS/index.php?page=Tactical_RunFlats

THanks mate, ive emailed them twice with no response. fingers crossed

Has anyone been able to retain runflat capability on their ferret after replacing the old dunlop trak grips?

i really want to retain this feature on my ferret.

Options might be:

• finding a source for thick-walled tires like the trak grips.
  
• ridged inserts inside the tires like the bulldog product.
  
• external plate bolted to wheel which is close to the diameter of the tire.
  

Looking at one of the other threads in the Forum I was thinking the same thing. Full torque at zero rpm would eat a V8 for breakfast.

 

Andy

ill look into it!

if anyone has links to appropriate motors please send!

ill do a little test and let my tire down and see how it holds up too

Ok thanks for the info guys. I thought the sidewall of the michelin xzl would also be thick enough to support the ferret if the bead was held in place.

there is a company that does polymer inserts for most rim sizes which would work as long as its a tubeless tyre.

here is a link:

http://www.bulldogdirect.com/crf-run-flat-tire-inserts-installation/

has anyone done a tubeless conversion to a split rim like the ferret?

I assume it would be possible by using a sealant between the rim halves and sealing the stem hole and fitting a valve to the rim?