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F-O-A & the link is: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/F-O-A-Coilo...6#ht_1046wt_732 For $323 per shock & thats with springs and they will valve these shocks to your specification of Light, Med, or Firm on compression, and Zero, Light, Med. for rebound. I think 4x4x454 has mentioned these as I have before. Cheers Mike.

Tim, in the latest Joyner 2009 catalogue http://www.thunderinc.com/2009_Joyner_Catalog.pdf the UTV and Buggy models have been reduced to just a few models. Is this what they are going to concentrate on or are they retaining the whole range & just promoting the more popular models because more of these are available to sell. Any other info on the new owners from anybody would be greatly appreciated. Cheers Mike.

Man you guys are so lucky in the States to have the competition with retail stores to help drive the prices down and keep it real. The retail I paid for the Bosch over here was us$170 on special. I could of got 3 of the fuel pumps Lenny just got for that price. Good find Lenny so defiantly add this to the list Kinarfi Cheers Mike.

BeeZee62, I had a look at the pics & it's another good looking Trooper. All the different mods that have been applied to Troopers in general look and work great. If I was you though BeeZee62 I would be thinking seat heaters and a full enclosure after looking at that snow. Nice job mate and I know you will be smiling with those King Shocks. Cheers Mike.

Hi Gumball, Thanks for the offer, I might end up ordering some and I'll just get it sent directly but it'd the freight bill that is the killer. You end up buying something worth $20 that ends up costing $120. Looks like a really good product so might even bring in a shipment from the supplier to on-sell. Cheers Mike

Looks good Gumball that's what I need out here where mud is a major part of going off road. I know about the plastic roll but unfortunately nobody imports it. Good job. Cheers Mike.

I found this device yesterday called a FMU or fuel management unit that automatically adjust fuel boost to the engine when required. The FMU is plumbed in after the stock regulator and works by reducing flow back into the tank and increases the pressure. Lenny, from what I can make out, this is a simple way to get extra psi of fuel to feed your super charger so you might already have one, but you will need to upgrade the fuel pump for sure. No computer reprogramming is needed, but the FMU will have to have the correct calibration for your supercharger. Here's what I mean http://www.superchargersonline.com/content.asp?id=84 Hope this helps. Cheers Mike.

The external stock pump for the 800cc & 1100s is only rated at 3 Bar and 115L/H. 3 Bar equals 43.51psi, however the fuel regulator is rated at 55psi so adjusts the pressure up & then on to the fuel rails at this factory setting. The upgrade external fuel pump (thanks to Art) is the Bosch 0 580 254 910 . It looks just like the stock pump with the same colour blue plastic wrap and it's the same size so will fit the stock bracket. It is however, an upgrade because the specs are 5 Bar (73.5psi) and 130L/H . Don't worry about the extra flow, that's feed back into the petrol tank. I do see one major benefit for upgrading your fuel pump and just to quote from the Troopers owners manual "The temperature of fuel has a great influence on pump function. When working under high temperature for a long time, the pump pressure will drop rapidly if fuel temp. is over a certain value....." The Bosch 910 fuel pump will be able to cope better than the stock fuel pump in this saturation by having more fuel pressure. So for you guys & gals riding around in the desert all day long and have experienced the engine missing, stopping or hard to start a hot engine, that could be why. Kinarfi, could you put the Bosch 910 fuel pump in the Parts, Pieces, and Information for our Troopers please. Cheers Mike.

Roc, just thinking further with a donor engine & tranny for the Trooper and found out a Subaru engine could possible be to wide. That is a Boxer engine anyway. Although you do get a pretty good balanced engine and a low centre of gravity, at the end of the day she's a fat engine and the plugs are down low which can't be that great for river crossings. I have however come up with another possible engine. The wife's car is a Toyota Gita which I think you call it a Lexus IS300 over there which has a fantastic engine in it and it light. The bonus is, it is a AWD & the tranny is a 5 speed auto tiptronic (the best of both worlds). You would still need the transfer box I would think but I've done a quick measure up and yep she would go in with maybe the Rad. moved up onto the cargo bed. The max power is a crazy 220PS (217 BHP or 162 kw) @5800 rpm. That's more than enough from this lite aluminium block which has a power to weight fig. of 143 bhp/ton in the car. Don't get me wrong, I think the Trooper's powerplant is fine but it's fear to say, "it's got me licking my lips". The Lexus engine is the 2JZ-GE and here is what I mean and is for sale on ebay USA now for $1k. with an uncut wire harness, ECU and the Tranny. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/99-Lexus-SC...45#ht_806wt_938 Cheers Mike.

OMG, your right. On ebay there is a good range of motors at a good price. If you have already done a suspension upgrade, the extra weight of a bigger block will be OK. The Subaru's are AWD so will have to run through a transfer box I guess. What to watch out for is size, you know, will it go in the gap without to much dramas lining up the drive shafts (will that make the donor engine to high or low) and the wiring. Not a bad option at all. Cheers Mike.

Roc, if you are thinking of replacing the drivetrain and instilling a auto tranny, why not go the whole hog and replace the motor too. It would be a lot easier but would cost more. I'm not a fan of autos in a 4x4 but if that was the case or not, it would have to be a Subaru. Someone's got to do it one day. If you muck around in the shed with that in mind you could end up with something like this. But the engine would be in the back and have better off road ability. Just a thought. Cheers Mike.

Here are some other links for Trooper Turbos ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Joyner-Turb...45#ht_500wt_961 McCoy's http://www.tobefast.com/joyner-1100-troope...pr-1651364.html Unleashed Motorsports http://www.unleashedmotorsports.net/splash.asp No Limits Powersports http://shop.nolimitspowersports.com/main.s (site not working today?) Buggy World page 94 of Parts/Manual http://buggyworld.net/CATALOG-09.pdf Cheers Mike

Hi Art, as it happens I've done a lot of research this week about Kymco and it's all good. They are well organized, have all areas covered and make a quality range of products. A very formidable competitor indeed. Man, they are heaps bigger that would i thought. Cheers Mike.

Lenny, it was my understanding that the Commando diff problems were just the mis-shimmed teeth on the gears. I just wonder that in your case that caused the gears to walk away from their settings slightly making them to far away from the ring rear if that is possiable. I don't think that happened with the Commandos, maybe they snapped because the strength was less than the Troopers. Anylizer might have the inside word with that issue. Cheers Mike.

I think your find that the Commando gears in the front and rear diffs where not meshing correctly. In other words one gear would ride on the top of the teeth instead off fitting the gap fully. The result was the tips of the teeth snapped off. Not too dissimilar, different problems with same result. All new Commando from the middle of last year have correctly shimmed diffs. Cheers Mike.

Even though I import Joyner products in NZ, 80% of my daily hits on my website come from mainland USA so what I've done is included the top three dealers that I have found in the last three years in my mind that you should consider buying off, if they are in your area. It's just a guide, however the reason I have named these three Dealers is, in no particular order, product knowledge, websites, trust, after-sale service, range of products, after-market products, proactive on forums such as ours, and feedback from customers that I have heard about. There are a lot of Dealers who are more on the Buggy side of Joyner that could be named too, but because I deal more with Joyner UTVs and get UTV inquiries from the States, these are my top three and yes Tim, you make the grade. I hope that helps any future buyers in any way. http://www.lifestyleutvs.com/apps/links/ Cheers Mike.

Hi Megz, how's motherhood going? I was having a look at McCoy's website the other day & looks like they have a lot of new stock. Any info on the 2010 models and or new models. Cheers Mike

I've sent you a PM Todd. Cheers Mike.

Thanks Cinda, sounds like they came out of the same mould. I did a quick edit on that post because I was rambling on a bit. Back to business... I mentioned the zip upgrade because when the mud dries in the zip area where it is under tension, it separates. The better quality marine zips handle this problem as well as being more water tight. Cheers Mike.

Well I have had an absolute crap of a week. My Uncle who has been fighting cancer for 20 years has finally lost his battle but the real shock was the man who designed and made my Renegade Enclosure, Leigh at only 47 years old, passed away, however my 98 year old Grandma, bless her, survived 3 small Strokes this week. kandlinaz, don't throw away those soft doors, your need them for winter but I would suggest you upgrade the zips. If you don't, your know what I mean the next time you go through mud with them. Upgrade to thick plastic marine grade zips. brostar

I'd leave comments on Ruesch vids that are on youtube and invite them to have a look at UTV Boards. I don't think I have seen an organized forum for your brand yet, so it's just a matter of one of you to start the ball rolling. Cheers Mike.

Hi ruesch 95 and welcome. I have read alot about Ruesch and I'm impressed with both machines and the Company itself. They have faced the same battles as Joyner with the American public and like Joyner, are going forward. PM admin and ask for your own Ruesch section and hopefully it will grow as more Ruesch owners find you but in the mean time hang out with us, I'm sure all of the Joyner guys and girls will make you feel more than welcome. Cheers Mike.

Kymco is going into partnership with Kawasaki and will be manufacturing a series of motors in China. While Kawasaki operates eight facilities in China, only one supplies the company's Consumer Products & Machinery division. I guess we are all about to learn more with Kymco and that will pretty much make the Kawasaki's with the Chinese engine 100% made in China. Cheers Mike

Not yet had that pleasure. I was referring to the circlip that holds the front of the rear driveline. flatbed had no worries but I couldn't move it with two pry bars so got my mechanic to do the deed. He made a slide hammer that worked well. I like the sound of that roll plastic you mentioned. I'll check it out, thanks. Cheers Mike.

Kinarfi, it's strangely quite over on RA now most of us old Joyner members their post here or on Joyner Forum. The UTV section does not get hit for days on end. I think all the crap that went on was because they saw a threat because they recognise a good Side X Side when they see one. Now the Rhino has turned into a Killing machine, the Prowler 951cc has bigger problems than the Trooper had to deal with the and the RZR has had multiple issues, those bullies are now busy wrenching and not typing. Life's sweet, what goes around comes around. I think the only one to come out of all that was rocmoc, who always held his head high, didn't defend by putting the boot in(like me) because he recognised the fact that "it's all about getting out there and doing it, in whatever you drive". So Admin, for me it's here and Joyner Forums with the occasional look at RA. Cheers Mike.