Hi from Adelaide
Hi Everyone,
I've got a '99 4dr iO with no mods (yet). Only bought it recently, and have already been having fun in it.
Has anyone tried Geolandar A/T-S tyres.. I'm looking at getting some of these in stock size.
Hand throttle is possibly coming soon, depends on whther the missus will let me, I felt like doing a different first mod to other people.
hand throttle
Well, i was having a look around in google and stumbled across this http://www.awdirect.com/exterior-throttle-cable-15-foot-control-cable-vcgtx15/throttle/. obviously with a 15ft cable it would need some shortening. also was going to see how easy it would be to rip one out of a bigger 4wd. The bike gear shifter method look fairly easy to do (looking at instructions for a jeep), thought I'd like to cahellnge myself a bit more.
hand throttle
That what io stand for, a bit of challenge, but worth it:) I am not a specialist in 4wd, far from it!, but the hand throttle on a bigger 4x4 can be practical (and dangerous!) but they have a lot more torque. The io doesn't have much of it:( and when I go to do some 4x4 I use a lot the accelerator. Like going up a steep hill with some flat section included in it, I would keep the rpm at around 2500/3000, then off the accelerator when touching the flat and on again when going up; if you leave the accelerator on all the time the car will gain speed on the flat and might not be what you want. The bigger 4x4 have much more torque and they won't pick up as much speed as they don't have to accelerate as much as for the io to do the same hill climb or other.
This said the hand throttle could have other use, like keeping the rev when using the electrical winch or for other thing that have nothing to do with hill climb!
Don't forget the picture, and tell us how you go...
Happy io
hello,
Here I am welcoming people now! Welcome and happy new year. Tyre are a very personal choice and depend on what you want to do with your car. I have now the BFG km2 225/75/16 and they are great for 4wd but I have lost a bit on road. Yokohama doesn't have to prove anything to anyone anymore, it is a proven brand. I might be wrong but there are different sort of tread pattern of geolandar A/T s. I have tried one, that had a similar pattern than the normal road tyres. They were great on road but even they were called A/T (or M+S?) were not good on dirt road at all and they were wearing fast. Still it might be a different tyre. After reading this site, a few years back : http://www.m1911.org/pinin.htm (back by NZIO recently) I decided to try the BFG A/T 215/70/16 and they are great, lasted 80 000km and just been replaced by the km2., very little noise, good on road, speedo perfect. I think that this is a better size tyre for the car without having problem. My lower strut plate is higher than yours, and you might want to try before you buy! Check my built thread, for some pictures and the thread called "best tyres..." Make sure that your geolandar have a similar pattern than the BFG A/T at least! and not the road pattern.
Today I wouldn't put the original size tyres on my car, even if they were free! but this is me, and as everyone know, I could be wrong...ask my wife...
Happy io
Tyres
Hi abd welcome. If you're staying with standard sizes this won't matter, but be aware that as a 99 car yours probably has the lower spring pan and if ghats the case then you can't go much bigger. See the recent threads called strut data and rear springs for more info.
hand throttle & tyres
Hi All,
I am part way through the hand throttle mod. I bought a (well actually 2) hand throttles from an early 80's patrol (went to the diy wrecker and got the one that was factory fitted, then found that there was one sitting in the boot, with no knob though). In the patrol that it came from, it was mounted to the dash, then attached with a slip link to the top of the throttle pedal shaft. I figured I would try to replicate this in the iO, but seeing as it is not desgnied to have something clipped there, I had to make a bracket. Currently I have not finished the mod as I made the bracket (which is approx 6 inches long) about an inch too short (and because of the extra length, I will have to make it a funky shape too). The other problem is that currently when I pull on the hand throttle (i had it connected, but with the throttle permanently on a little, 1500rpm in neutral) the whole switch plate pulls out instead of the inner cable of the hand throttle pulling out from the outer sheaf. this will be fixed with some cable ties. Photos of the mod so far below.
The Cable
Mounted to the switch plate, front view
Switch plate, rear view
The bracket, showing the end of cable and slip link
Mounted on the panel.
Also, today I got fitted (after a 1 week wait for them to arrive at the dealer, so much for "they'll be here tommorow!") 4 Geolandar A/T-S @ $245 per corner. Also got quotes on continental crosscontact AT's @ $295ea and General Grabber AT2's for $270ea.
Although I would've like the contis or the grabbers, I couldn't justify it seeing as the yokos have a road hazard warranty for free.
photos below (no wide angles of the car with the tyres yet, it was too glarey outside for my phones camera)
Isaac
oh, and I haven't quite got the huge spaces in this post worked out yet :(
resurrected and simplified
I am part way through the hand throttle mod. I bought a (well actually 2) hand throttles from an early 80's patrol......... In the patrol that it came from, it was mounted to the dash, then attached with a slip link to the top of the throttle pedal shaft. I figured I would try to replicate this in the iO, but seeing as it is not desgnied to have something clipped there, I had to make a bracket. problem is that currently when I pull on the hand throttle (i had it connected, but with the throttle permanently on a little, 1500rpm in neutral) the whole switch plate pulls out instead of the inner cable of the hand throttle pulling out from the outer sheaf. this will be fixed with some cable ties. Photos of the mod so far below.
I know it is an old post but ...........................
Could it be that the problem with this is that the cable used is a friction cable and what is needed is a choke cable that is twist to lock so it is free to move to the right amount. until locked in place?? That way there is only pulling on the throttle pedal's upper shaft, none on the dash. To me it is like tying a piece of string to the top of the shaft and hanging it out of the dash so you can pull it (and thus the pedal/cable) from inside the cab!
Also why make a slip link when anything flexible such as polyester string between the end of the cable (that's the inner cable) and the pedal would allow free movement of the pedal or even a long loop made from the inner cable?
Syndicate
geolanders
Hey,
I have a set of those tyres on my Io, on 17" rims though. They have no let me down so far, although I have only really been on dirt hills. Am yet to try them on on sand. But my brother, who is a tyre fitter said its the tyre they have the best feedback from, and they also come with a great guarantee.
How are you going about a hand throttle? I was thinking a while ago it would be cool to make one using one of those bike gear changers. But thats about as far as I got. haha.