HOT News: Chris Abel and Jim “Gigglepin” Marsden confirm Taurus Chassis
Hot news from the D&G workshop:
We are very proud to announce both Chris Abel and Jim “Gigglepin 4×4″ Marsden confirmed they will be using a D&G Taurus chassis as a base for their new competition truck!
Of course you will be able to follow the build of these trucks on this blog!
In the meanwhile Chris Abel’s chassis arrived at our workshop straight from Protection & Performance. We are very pleased with the result and can’t wait to start the build!
More updates will follow very soon!
Some Pictures:
Special deal: Twisted Customs Chassis!!
Grab your chance to get yourself a Twisted Customs chassis!
Now available @ D&G 4×4 Tuning a 2 and a 4 seater Twisted customs chassis which you/we can build to your own spec!
We have one of each on stock which we can offer for the special price: € 2.999 + VAT
For more info contact us @ info@dgtuning.com
The New D&G 4×4 Tuning TAURUS chassis is now available!
Discover the latest product from D&G 4×4 Tuning:
The TAURUS Chassis!
This chassis combines the best of both worlds, meaning that you can enjoy from all the benefits of a full tubular chassis and still have the look of a normal car (Land Rover Defender).
The Taurus Chassis is completely designed in house @ D&G 4×4 Tuning and produced by Protection & Performance to ensure the best quality of our products.
Some pictures of the first Taurus chassis made @ Protection and Performance:
Protection & performance uses a CNC Mandrel Bender which is especially designed for rollcage production:
The Taurus chassis uses standard Land Rover panels (front/rear bulkhead, doors. roof, window) which bolt on to the chassis.
On the Taurus chassis you are able to choose from several different options such as suspension/axles:
- you can use the standard Land Rover Defender trailarms/A-frame/springs/shocks or
- use a 4 link front and rear with coilover shocks
- re-use your standard Land Rover axles or go for the Bullet Proof Spidertrax Spider 9’s (other options also possible)
Chassis are available in both CDS and T45
Price of a complete chassis start at € 4.999
For more info contact us at info@dgtuning.com
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
The whole team @ D&G 4×4 Tuning wishes you
a merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year
with lots of offroad pleasure!!!
New Project: Tomcat 6l LS2 V8 on Spider 9’s
After finishing the yellow buggy on portals we’re already working on the next project!
This project will be pretty different than what we did with the last few trucks. Instead of using the Twisted Customs chassis or our own Taurus chassis, our customer has chosen for a Tomcat chassis which is Land Rover based.
The Tomcat will be powered by an LS2 V8 with 490bhp and 680 Nm torque with a TH350 gearbox and a 2 speed Atlas transfer case. With this huge amount of power the land rover axles are replaced by the Spidertrax Spider 9 axles with Hi9 differentials!
As the tomcat will be mainly used for speed events it will be running small 35″ BF Goodrich MT KR tires, especially designed for speed events on the new STAUN racing TX wheels with staun internal beadlocks!
Off course the suspension on this a racer is very important, so it has Radflo 2″ coilovers and triple bypass shocks on each corner which will make the tomcat very stable on high speed!
A huge 170l ATL FIA Approved fuel cell will be placed in the back, to be able to do long speed races.
First pictures on the built so far can be found below. Further updates on this unique racer will follow very soon!!
The Baskerville Challenge 09: Humbug and Fire Ant
Last weekend the Humbug had its first test at the Baskerville Challenge in North Wales.
Andy Chaplin, co-driver of Pete on the Humbug wrote a short report of the weekend:
After some very late nights and early starts at D&G Tuning we left with the humbug on friday evening for its first outing the baskerville challenge in north wales.
We arrive at the hotel at 1.30am and people come out to see the car at 7.30am we go outside to load our equipment for the day to find the car surrounded by people asking what things do how things work.
We start at stage 6 and it does take long for pete to get into the swing of 450 hp and he powers up though a boulder strewn gully we collect and power out of this section and into section 7 a steep hill climb we lost the front arb locker so we we just went for the power option and used the winch the winches are Gigglepin GP82 and now 24volt into 12 volt motors and pull like a ls2 at full chat. once we got to the top of the hill we fixed the arb hose which was a simple rerouting of the ARB air pipe to fix.
stage 8 was a very steep descent and gave us a test of the rear steer and the year winch both worked very well we collected the punches and got onto stage 9 a reverse winch down hill for 38mts pete just hit the winch button and descended using his rear steer all the way down collecting his punches on the way
stage 10/1112 went with out drama but for stage 13 it all ended up on the side then the roof and then the side pete was making lots of funny noises once he came to a rest we got him back on his wheels and on his way the only damage was a piece of lexon popped out the roof and peters ribs a little sore but he’s a big lad and he will get over it!
on to stage 14 last one of the day a rock crawl that was more like a few pebbles when you have 500mm of ground clearance then a 38mtr winch pulls followed by a long winch down and the a big rock crawl and then back to parc ferme
for a test weekend first time out the workmanship that D&G have produced id fantastic a brand new buggy completed 2 days in a very tough uk competition and is now back in belgium having a view tweaks
thank you to D&G and all help we have received in building this buggy!!
In the meanwhile the Humbug is back in our workshop for a last finishing touch, and we took the axles apart and are very happy with the result. After a whole weekend of tough testing, the new portal boxes didn’t had any problems!
Some pictures and a video from last weekend, thanks to “Alan” and “Kevin Thomas”.
The Humbug: Ready for the first test!
After a few very busy weeks, the humbug was finally able to drive out of the workshop, ready for its first test “the Baskerville challenge” in Wales!
Some pictures of the finished truck, more pictures of the truck in the competition and a report on the event will follow ASAP!
The Humbug: D&G – Spider 9 Portal Axles!
As you could see in earlier topics, the Humbug will be the first buggy using the Spidertrax Spider 9 axles in combination with the D&G Portal boxes!!
These Portal boxes are completely designed in house @ D&G 4×4 Tuning and bolted on the new Spidertrax Pro Series 60 Knuckle. The axle shafts are 300 M shafts with 35 splines with CTM U-J’s and the very strong Hi Pinion Ford 9 inch differential.
For the steering we have chosen for a complete HOWE setup for the front and rear axle (as the truck will have rear steering as well).
Below the first pictures of the axles ready to bolt on the Buggy!
Lightforce Promotion: Special deal on Striker 170
Available at D&G 4×4 Tuning, the Lightforce performance Lighting range with a special deal on the 170 Striker!
Prices:
The 140 Lance - € 215 / pair
The 170 Striker – € 225 / pair
The 240 Blitz – € 300 / pair
All other Lightforce products, such as HID lights etc are also available.
Please contact Hendrik@Dgtuning.com for more info and prices!
The new Spidertrax Pro Series 60 Knuckle!
Light as always. Stronger than ever.
Spidertrax introduced their first fabricated knuckle over 5 years ago. Today, the Pro Series 60 Knuckle takes professional offroaders to an all new level. Better materials, bigger bearings, & larger bolts make this the strongest knuckle yet. All while holding the same compact & lightweight design philosophy you have come to expect.
Chromoly construction.
No cast or mild steel parts found here. All components are CNC manufactured out of domestic grade 4130 chromoly steel. Best of all, nearly every single component is made right here in Colorado, USA.
7/8″ bolts & bearings.
The use of 7/8″ spherical bearings & 7/8″ Spider Bolts makes this hardware assembly both easy to install & virtually indestructible. The entire bearing assembly consists of nothing more than a Spider Bolt, shim washer, spherical bearing, shoulder washer, & type C nut. Combined, each knuckle can withstand over 21,500 lbs of axial loading & over 130,000 lbs of radial loading. No grease, no weak links, no hassle.
An OEM style 60 knuckle can turn only 38°. The Pro Series 60 Knuckle can turn all the way to 50°, tighter then any steering knuckle on the market. Plus, the use of a 6 bolt interlocking chromoly steering arm makes it one of the strongest as well (steering arms sold separately).
An entire Pro Series 60 Knuckle, complete with inner knuckle, outer knuckle, & all hardware needed for the assembly, weighs less than 33 lbs. This is roughly 2 times lighter then OEM style 60 knuckles, making it by far the lightest knuckle in its class.
