A gas generator is an apparatus for generating gas from coal, firewood, woodworking waste and other materials. The generated fuel can replace traditional hydrocarbon fuels - natural gas for heating homes and gasoline for cars.
The main idea of using such a unit is to save on fuel consumption... The constant rise in the price of gasoline, propane and methane forces home craftsmen to look for alternative ways to obtain fuel.
To make a gas generator with your own hands, you need to understand its structure and principle of operation.
We will explain how the transformation of solid fuel into combustible gas occurs, denote design features unit and give examples of self-assembly of simple devices. For better assimilation of information, we supplemented the article with visual diagrams, photographs and video clips.
A gas generator is a device that converts a liquid or solid fuel into a gaseous state for further combustion to generate heat.
Fuel options for a generating set
Units operating on fuel oil or mining have a more complex design than models using different kinds coal or firewood.
Therefore, most often it is solid fuel gas generators that are found - fortunately, the fuel for them is available and cheap.
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Gas generation is possible from all of these fuels. The release of energy depends on.
Moreover, more heat is obtained from the combustion of raw materials in a gas generator than from the use of solid fuel in boilers. If the efficiency of a conventional one varies in the range of 60–70%, then for a gas generating complex the indicator reaches 95%.
But here we must take into account one nuance. The boiler burns fuel to heat the water, while the gas generator only produces fuel. Without a heater, stove or internal combustion engine, there will be zero sense from a homemade gas generator.
The resulting gas must be used immediately - it is economically unprofitable to accumulate it in any container. To do this, you will have to mount optional equipment power-dependent.
In Soviet times, gas generators were even used to operate trucks, the gas produced is quite enough for the engine to run. internal combustion
What happens inside the gas generator
The gas generator is based on the pyrolysis of solid fuel, which occurs at high temperatures and low oxygen content in the furnace. Several chemical reactions occur simultaneously inside the gas generating device.
Option # 3: Homemade ICE model
For a car or motorcycle, a home-made gas generator is made in a similar way. Only here it will be necessary to reduce the size of the installation to a minimum. It is expensive to carry a heavy unit with you, and it does not look very aesthetically pleasing.
To make it easier for yourself, for car version generator, it is best to take domestic gas cylinders. The main thing is to make sure before welding that there is no hint of propane in the container, otherwise a small explosion may occur. To do this, unscrew the balloon valve and fill the container to capacity with water.
Initially, the car gas generator produces too hot gases. They must be cooled without fail. Otherwise, on contact with hot parts of the engine, they may ignite spontaneously. In addition, the heated gaseous fuel has a low density, which is why it will be simply problematic to ignite it in the cylinders.
A home-made gas generator for a car can be mounted in the trunk or on a trailer.
The second way is preferable due to:
- ease of repair;
- the ability to leave the gas generating unit in the garage;
- availability of free space in the trunk;
- the possibility of using the unit for other needs besides supplying fuel to the internal combustion engine.
Do not be afraid of road bumps. When bouncing on bumps, the solid fuel in the combustion chamber will be shaken, which will only contribute to its better mixing and combustion.
Nuances of work and operation of gas generators
It is important to remember that the gas produced by the installation is odorless and poisonous. If mistakes are made when welding the metal parts of the gas generator with your own hands, then trouble cannot be avoided.
For natural air flow into the combustion chamber, 5 mm holes can be drilled around the circumference of the body. All installation work and performance checks should be carried out in a well-ventilated workshop or outdoors.
At the end of May 2011 in Irkutsk at the central stadium "Trud" the 7th regional BaikalMotorShow auto-tuning festival (BMSh-2011) will take place. In anticipation of this event, we are publishing a series of articles about cars that will take part in the BMSH-2011. One of them is presented to your attention.
LEGEND OF STEPPES
The moment of truth came when, after a voyage through the dusty hills, we stood next to the sparkling Land cruiser 100. The iconic Japanese SUV looked like an innocent toy next to the creation of Vyacheslav Zolotukhin from the once closed city of Krasnokamensk. It was then that the full realization of the scale of this super SUV with a length of 5.8 meters, a width of 2.3 meters and the same height came. Indeed, given the ease with which the car has just literally fluttered along the slopes and stones, it is difficult to imagine that it is based on the chassis of the notorious military truck GAZ-66.
Vyacheslav has known for a long time nice cars, back in the 90s, he was engaged in driving them from the Far East. He had more than one Japanese SUV at his own disposal; he plowed a lot of things on them. And over time, I wanted much more than standard factory solutions could offer, even in the class of heavy jeeps. Tuning? No, it didn’t suit me. I wanted, so to speak, a conceptually different level, something like a Mega Cruiser, but according to my own ideas about comfort, capacity, reliability, cross-country ability, and so on. So it came to the need to build your own car, freely using the achievements of the domestic and Japanese car industry. 
The GAZ-66 became the foundation of the project. Of course, not by accident, but very consciously. This Soviet "blockbuster", of course, has its own mistakes: a useless engine and gearbox, and the very layout of the car with a heavy cab and an engine over the front axle is an extremely unfortunate solution in terms of weight distribution. But the "shishiga" also has its wonderful sides, especially in the military models of production until 1975, when the car was made only for the defense industry and really conscientiously. In addition, the light army truck was designed with the calculation of its landing from the air. The main advantages are a strong but flexible 6-mm steel frame and strong axles with free axle shafts and effective self-locking differentials. Of the minuses for "civil" operation - constant engagement of the front wheels, the bridge is disabled only in the razdatka. But this problem with skill turned out to be removable.
In general, the bare chassis of the GAZ-66, with the engine, gearbox and cab removed, became the inspiration for the design. So to speak, the skeleton "in the rough" is ready, and with full preservation of the wheelbase. But the heart and body for the future "king-kong" were parts ... also from trucks, but now Japanese, and medium-tonnage. The engine from the five-ton Hino is a 6-cylinder diesel with a volume of 7.5 liters. Atmospheric, completely cast iron, with in-line mechanical equipment, with a timing gear drive - handsome! The gearbox is 6-speed from it, but the transfer case remained native from the 66th, but Vyacheslav went over it with the replacement of our "square" bearings with imported counterparts, after which the noise decreased noticeably.
A huge hood on gas struts opens the immense engine compartment. Of the non-native for the 7.5-liter Hino diesel engine, there is only an air cleaning system - it was borrowed from KamAZ. And the cone adapter to the engine air pipe is made from the sleeve of a tank shell!
The bifurcated exhaust tract is not for foolishness - it was necessary to use two compact "banks" of mufflers instead of one bulky one. In front of the rear axle, a 180-liter tank from the ZIL-130 is completely imperceptibly placed and additionally protected
Do I need to clarify that the adjustment of the power unit required other fasteners and alteration of the frame cross members? In addition, the frame has been "trimmed" at the edges. But it is important to note that the weighty diesel has been shifted as far back as possible for reasons of proper load distribution.
In turn, this had a favorable effect on the very design of the body, which, according to all the canons of classic jeeps, turned out to have a "brought forward" bridge and a short overhang. At the same time, the relatively bulky engine does not "stick out" high - to reduce the center of gravity, it is located as low as possible, for which it was necessary to modify the pallet. And the diesel did not "fit" into the salon at all, like in the same Hummer.
In the park of Vyacheslav Zolotukhin from Krasnokamensk there is Toyota Land Cruiser 100, but
for off-road trips, he created his own version - Mega Cruiser Russia
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Why is there some kind of "Hummer", here the salon is not a Spartan booth, but a spacious and comfortable, one might say cruise cabin with a great view. It is based on a double and "wide-body" cab from the Isuzu Elf truck, respectively, with "his" interior, albeit in many ways modified. But the back, that is, the luggage part is borrowed from the Noah minivan! To dock it with the Elf cab, it was necessary to expand the dimensions with inserts, and rear glass make the original. The front ensemble is no less interesting. The fenders are made using those from the GAZ-3307, the hood is original production, the radiator grill is a composite of two grilles from Prado, the headlights are from Delica.
The steering wheel is adapted from a Honda passenger car - with the steering mechanism from a 5-ton Hino, its smaller diameter did not affect the efforts, but the steering with it is sharper and faster than that of trucks.
"Cabin" freely accommodates 3 people in the back, not very crowded and four, in front of a double passenger seat from HiAce, which "spins" and folds into a table.
Both bumpers self-made, made of metal. In general, Vyacheslav does not like working with plastic, trusts only metal, and makes things out of it as it should, carefully, accurately. Using our own know-how in technology. Adjustment of parts at height, and all butt joints with the indispensable welding of elements are invisible. For example, the front doors in their native version had cutouts for wheel arches, and now they are solid, as if they were stamped with a Japanese conveyor.
Native discs were altered, as it were, "inside out", as a result, the offset of each wheel increased by 10 cm, that is, the track was extended by 20 cm, which, with such a height of the car, added the necessary stability. I put the rubber from the "Tiger", it is smaller and lighter than my own from the 66th. The front hubs are made detachable, and not with the help of fast, but low-resource "switches". Here Vyacheslav applied a much more eternal design of the type of closed threaded engagement couplings on the GAZ-69 and UAZ. It takes two special keys and five minutes of time, but everything is extremely reliable.
For reliability, the body is mounted on the frame on 12 supports, according to the experience of the Japanese, each
the support is made of three rubber pads.
Test drives have revealed "raw" areas in the structure. So, the mighty moment and power roughly applied to the bridges with great gear ratio, "Sharpened" under the frail gasoline engine. The car drove in jerks, with a "catapult" effect. In tuning jeeps, they usually raise the number, but here it was necessary to lower it. In addition, the car was pretty shaking and thrown because of the rigid suspension - the curb weight turned out to be only about 3.5 tons, which the GAZ-66 chassis almost did not notice.
Oddly enough, the solution to the first problem was found with the help of GAZ - in the arsenal of the plant, more high-speed main pairs were found that were used on buses. The second question turned out to be more intricate. At first we experimented with the selection of springs, but somehow we could not achieve good result... Then I found the "highlight of the program" - shock absorbers. The truck is, in addition to everything else, a "parachutist"! Its so-called double-acting shock absorbers were designed for hard landings, which are not the case in the Dakar. Instead of the native "jump" ones, Vyacheslav installed converted shock absorbers from KamAZ. In addition, the shortest and stiffest sheets from the spring packages were removed.
The wheels of the 66th are barely recognizable: the disks are "riveted" to widen the track, the bolts
made of stainless steel, and the tires are off-road KI-115A in the amount of 12.00 R18,
used on the "Tigers". And the front hubs are self-reworked.
with the possibility of "turning off" the wheels.
TRIUMPH OF NEFORMAT
It was then that "Mega-Shishiga" drove as she wanted: smoothly, softly and at the same time very confidently - the traction reserve made it possible not to resort to a downshift in most cases, even in meter-long snow on slopes. And here there is a lot of snow, and in the conditions of the hills it is formed specifically: somewhere the wind blows it out, and somewhere whole dunes are swept out.
Unfortunately, our meeting with Vyacheslav took place in the conditions of melted snow, but even without that we managed to taste the delights of a truly extraordinary SUV in every sense. So huge and empty, it rides surprisingly lightly and softly both on the broken asphalt and on the steppe, dotted with furrows and rocks. It rolls over ditches and stones like a bear, with a calm gait, energy-intensive and without any "concussion". The owner says that if the car is loaded, then it floats like an executive sedan.
The landscape here is, in principle, flat and hard, but a forest begins 40 km from here, with holes and ruts. For lack of time, we did not go there, but Vyacheslav had already managed to travel around a lot. Of course, the dimensions will not allow maneuvering among dense tree trunks, but in this case there is no such need - not the right operating conditions.
The wheel weighs 80 kg, which made it necessary to strengthen more than once
spare wheel bracket. He leans down that
makes it difficult to access the trunk, but its one-piece door
in the future, it is planned to remake into more
comfortable double-leaf.
It is much more important that in winter you can easily go skiing and snowboarding: there are no organized trails in the vicinity of Krasnokamensk, but there are as many wild slopes as you want - choose for every taste, and Mega-Shishiga will take you to the starting point without any lift. No noise or vibration is annoying, although no serious additional insulation has been done. The supply of heat to a large salon is also no problem.
Yes, at the same GAZ there are examples of small-scale construction of bonneted off-road vehicles with all-metal bodies on the Sadko chassis, but those cars are very heavy, with problematic engines - without a reduction gear and huge expense fuel cannot be driven off-road. The notorious "Tiger" on an armored personnel carrier with 7 tons of live weight and an electronically controlled diesel engine is also not a competitor. And the brainchild of Vyacheslav travels freely and economically everywhere - on the highway at 80 km / h it consumes only about 13.5 liters.
It took a year and a half to build the car, but three years have passed since that time! And it is surprising that the car is still almost unknown not only in the region, but even in Krasnokamensk itself - Vyacheslav does not advertise it, almost never drives into the city. So the BMSh should become an All-Russian premiere for this Trans-Baikal legend. Among those rare people who know, there were those who wanted to buy this off-road cruiser for good money and even offered Lexus LX instead. Vyacheslav refuses, but is ready to consider an order for the construction of similar or other interesting cars... One such new project is already maturing and promises another exclusive, but the author has not yet covered it.
Perhaps even among American SUVs not to find similar
"Humiliations" for Toyota LC100.
At the end of May 2011 in Irkutsk at the central stadium "Trud" the 7th regional BaikalMotorShow auto-tuning festival (BMSh-2011) will take place. We present to you one of the participants.
LEGEND OF STEPPES
The moment of truth came when, after a voyage through the dusty hills, we stood next to the sparkling Land Cruiser 100. The iconic Japanese SUV looked like an innocent toy next to the creation of Vyacheslav Zolotukhin from the once closed city of Krasnokamensk. It was then that the full realization of the scale of this super SUV with a length of 5.8 meters, a width of 2.3 meters and the same height came. Indeed, given the ease with which the car has just literally fluttered along the slopes and stones, it is difficult to imagine that it is based on the chassis of the notorious military truck GAZ-66. Vyacheslav has known good cars for a long time, back in the 90s he was engaged in driving them from the Far East. He had more than one Japanese SUV at his own disposal; he plowed a lot of things on them. And over time, I wanted much more than standard factory solutions could offer, even in the class of heavy jeeps. Tuning? No, it didn’t suit me. I wanted, so to speak, a conceptually different level, something like a Mega Cruiser, but according to my own ideas about comfort, capacity, reliability, cross-country ability, and so on. So it came to the need to build your own car, freely using the achievements of the domestic and Japanese car industry.
Title = "(! LANG: STEPPE LEGEND
The moment of truth came when, after a voyage through the dusty hills, we stood next to the sparkling Land Cruiser 100. The iconic Japanese SUV looked like an innocent toy next to the creation of Vyacheslav Zolotukhin from the once closed city of Krasnokamensk. It was then that the full realization of the scale of this super SUV with a length of 5.8 meters, a width of 2.3 meters and the same height came. Indeed, given the ease with which the car has just literally fluttered along the slopes and stones, it is difficult to imagine that it is based on the chassis of the notorious military truck GAZ-66. Vyacheslav has known good cars for a long time, back in the 90s he was engaged in driving them from the Far East. He had more than one Japanese SUV at his own disposal; he plowed a lot of things on them. And over time, I wanted much more than standard factory solutions could offer, even in the class of heavy jeeps. Tuning? No, it didn’t suit me. I wanted, so to speak, a conceptually different level, something like a Mega Cruiser, but according to my own ideas about comfort, capacity, reliability, cross-country ability, and so on. So it came to the need to build your own car, freely using the achievements of the domestic and Japanese car industry.">!}
The bifurcated exhaust tract is not for foolishness - it was necessary to use two compact "banks" of mufflers instead of one bulky one. In front of the rear axle, a 180-liter tank from the ZIL-130 is completely imperceptibly placed and additionally protected
In the park of Vyacheslav Zolotukhin from Krasnokamensk there is a Toyota Land Cruiser 100, but for off-road trips he created his own version - Mega Cruiser Russia
NODE TRANSFER
Why is there some kind of "Hummer", here the salon is not a Spartan booth, but a spacious and comfortable, one might say cruise cabin with a great view. It is based on a double and "wide-body" cab from the Isuzu Elf truck, respectively, with "his" interior, albeit in many ways modified. But the back, that is, the luggage part is borrowed from the Noah minivan! To dock it with the Elf cab, it was necessary to expand the size with inserts, and make the rear window original. The front ensemble is no less interesting. The fenders are made using those from the GAZ-3307, the hood is original production, the radiator grill is a composite of two grilles from Prado, the headlights are from Delica.
Title = "(! LANG: NODE TRANSFER
Why is there some kind of "Hummer", here the salon is not a Spartan booth, but a spacious and comfortable, one might say cruise cabin with a great view. It is based on a double and "wide-body" cab from the Isuzu Elf truck, respectively, with "his" interior, albeit in many ways modified. But the back, that is, the luggage part is borrowed from the Noah minivan! To dock it with the Elf cab, it was necessary to expand the size with inserts, and make the rear window original. The front ensemble is no less interesting. The fenders are made using those from the GAZ-3307, the hood is original production, the radiator grill is a composite of two grilles from Prado, the headlights are from Delica.">!}
The steering wheel is adapted from a Honda passenger car - with the steering mechanism from a 5-ton Hino, its smaller diameter did not affect the efforts, but the steering with it is sharper and faster than that of trucks.
"Cabin" freely accommodates 3 people in the back, not very crowded and four, in front of a double passenger seat from HiAce, which "spins" and folds into a table.
For reliability, the body is mounted on the frame on 12 supports, according to the experience of the Japanese, each support is made of three rubber pads.
The wheels of the 66th are barely recognizable: the disks are riveted to widen the track, the bolts are made of stainless steel, and the tires are off-road KI-115A in the size of 12.00 R18, used on the Tigers. And the front hubs have been independently redesigned with the ability to "turn off" the wheels.
TRIUMPH OF NEFORMAT
It was then that "Mega-Shishiga" drove as she wanted: smoothly, softly and at the same time very confidently - the traction reserve made it possible not to resort to a downshift in most cases, even in meter-long snow on slopes. And here there is a lot of snow, and in the conditions of the hills it is formed specifically: somewhere the wind blows it out, and somewhere whole dunes are swept out. Unfortunately, our meeting with Vyacheslav took place in the conditions of melted snow, but even without that we managed to taste the delights of a truly extraordinary SUV in every sense. So huge and empty, it rides surprisingly lightly and softly both on the broken asphalt and on the steppe, dotted with furrows and rocks. It rolls over ditches and stones like a bear, with a calm gait, energy-intensive and without any "concussion". The owner says that if the car is loaded, then it floats like an executive sedan. The landscape here is, in principle, flat and hard, but a forest begins 40 km from here, with holes and ruts. For lack of time, we did not go there, but Vyacheslav had already managed to travel around a lot. Of course, the dimensions will not allow maneuvering among dense tree trunks, but in this case there is no such need - not the right operating conditions.
Title = "(! LANG: CELEBRATION OF NEFORMAT
It was then that "Mega-Shishiga" drove as she wanted: smoothly, softly and at the same time very confidently - the traction reserve made it possible not to resort to a downshift in most cases, even in meter-long snow on slopes. And here there is a lot of snow, and in the conditions of the hills it is formed specifically: somewhere the wind blows it out, and somewhere whole dunes are swept out. Unfortunately, our meeting with Vyacheslav took place in the conditions of melted snow, but even without that we managed to taste the delights of a truly extraordinary SUV in every sense. So huge and empty, it rides surprisingly lightly and softly both on the broken asphalt and on the steppe, dotted with furrows and rocks. It rolls over ditches and stones like a bear, with a calm gait, energy-intensive and without any "concussion". The owner says that if the car is loaded, then it floats like an executive sedan. The landscape here is, in principle, flat and hard, but a forest begins 40 km from here, with holes and ruts. For lack of time, we did not go there, but Vyacheslav had already managed to travel around a lot. Of course, the dimensions will not allow maneuvering among dense tree trunks, but in this case there is no such need - not the right operating conditions.">!}
The wheel weighs 80 kg, which made it necessary to reinforce the spare wheel bracket more than once. It leans downward, which makes it difficult to access the trunk, but its one-piece door is planned to be converted into a more convenient two-leaf door in the future.
It is much more important that in winter you can easily go skiing and snowboarding: there are no organized trails in the vicinity of Krasnokamensk, but there are as many wild slopes as you want - choose for every taste, and Mega-Shishiga will take you to the starting point without any lift. No noise or vibration is annoying, although no serious additional insulation has been done. The supply of heat to a large salon is also no problem. Yes, the same GAZ has examples of small-scale construction of bonneted all-metal vehicles with all-metal bodies on the Sadko chassis, but those cars are very heavy, with problematic engines - they cannot drive off-road without a reduction gear and huge fuel consumption. The notorious "Tiger" on an armored personnel carrier with 7 tons of live weight and an electronically controlled diesel engine is also not a competitor. And the brainchild of Vyacheslav travels freely and economically everywhere - on the highway at 80 km / h it consumes only about 13.5 liters. It took a year and a half to build the car, but three years have passed since that time! And it is surprising that the car is still almost unknown not only in the region, but even in Krasnokamensk itself - Vyacheslav does not advertise it, almost never drives into the city. So the BMSh should become an All-Russian premiere for this Trans-Baikal legend. Among those rare people who know, there were those who wanted to buy this off-road cruiser for good money and even offered Lexus LX instead. Vyacheslav refuses, but he is ready to consider an order for the construction of similar or other interesting machines. One such new project is already maturing and promises another exclusive, but the author has not yet covered it.
The Land Cruiser looks like a child's play compared to the creation of Krasnokamensk resident Vyacheslav Zolotukhin. His SUV, if you can call it that, reaches 5.8 meters in length and 2.3 meters in width. It is even difficult to imagine that the GAZ-66 was taken as the basis for this giant.
Vyacheslav Zolotukhin is well acquainted with Japanese SUVs. In the 90s, he even ferried these cars from the Far East. He had more than one SUV at his disposal. made in Japan... Over time, the car enthusiast wanted something more than standard factory designs. Vyacheslav wanted to get a car of a fundamentally new level that would correspond to his own ideas about capacity, comfort, cross-country ability and reliability. There was a need to independently build one. The achievements of both the Japanese and the domestic auto industry were used as a basis.
The GAZ-66 was used as a base for the development of an SUV. This choice was made quite deliberately. However, this Soviet model also has its drawbacks. These include a lousy gearbox and engine, and general layout machines with a heavy engine and cab. The front axle in terms of weight distribution was not the best solution. But the GAZ-66 also has its advantages. This is especially true for military vehicles produced before 1975. Then the cars were made conscientiously. A light army truck was designed, with the calculation of the possibility of landing from the air.
One of the main advantages of the GAZ-66 is a flexible and durable frame made of 6 mm steel, as well as strong bridges. However, in the process of "civilian" operation, another drawback appeared - the engagement of the front wheels. But this problem can be easily eliminated, just enough to have some skills.
The inspiration for the design was the bare chassis of the GAZ-66 without an engine, cab and gearbox. The skeleton of the machine was ready. The wheelbase has been completely preserved. To create the body of the future giant, parts of Japanese medium-sized trucks... As an engine, the master used a unit from the five-ton giant Hino. The volume of the engine was 7.5 liters. The gearbox is 6-speed. Vyacheslav left the distribution box with his own, from the 66th, only replaced domestic bearings with imported counterparts. After that, the noise level in the car decreased noticeably.
A huge engine compartment is hidden under a huge hood. Vyacheslav borrowed the air purification system from KamAZ. The designer also decided to add a forked exhaust system. This is necessary in order to use only two compact cans instead of one huge muffler. The tank, with a volume of 180 liters, is positioned inconspicuously in front of the rear axle and is additionally equipped with protection. 
Fitting the power section of the car also required significant changes: the frame cross members were redone and the fasteners were replaced. One frame had to be cut at the edges. From the point of view of the correct distribution of the load, the weighty diesel was combined as far back as possible.
This, in turn, favorably influenced the overall design of the body. It turned out to be quite traditional for all types of jeep: with a short overhang and a bridge brought forward. To lower the center of gravity, the bulky engine was positioned as far away as possible. For this, the pallet had to be additionally modified.
From the inside, the interior of an SUV looks more like a cruise cabin.
The cockpit from Isuzu Elf was taken as a basis. The luggage and rear section had to be borrowed from the Noah minivan. To dock the rear part with the cab, it was necessary to expand the dimensions with inserts and make the original rear window. The front ensemble of the car is no less interesting. For the manufacture of the wings, tank GAZ - 3307 were used. The radiator grille of the SUV is assembled from two Prado grilles. The headlights had to be borrowed from the Delica.
Take the steering wheel from a Honda passenger car. The controls turned out to be faster and sharper than those of the trucks.
The "cabin" of the SUV can easily accommodate three people. At the front is a Hiace seat that can rotate and fold into a table. 
Both bumpers of the SUV were custom made from metal. Vyacheslav does not like plastic and trusts only metal. All welding seams in the SUV's structure remain invisible. In the original version, the front doors were equipped with special cutouts for the wheel arches. They are now solid.
The wheels of the car were redesigned, as a result of which the outreach increased by 10 cm. The tires were supplied from the "Tiger". It is lighter and smaller than the native one from the GAZ-66. The front hubs have become detachable. Vyacheslav used a design of the type of threaded couplings.
For reliability, the body is planted on 12 supports. Each support is made of three rubber pads.
The main spare parts that were used in the construction of this giant:
1) As already mentioned, the basis of the all-terrain vehicle is gas-66, which means that the frame and the bridges are taken from it.
2) The internal combustion engine was borrowed from the Nissan Atlas, the working name of the engine is QD32.
3) The gearbox was also taken from Nissan.
4) Steering column supplied from the same Gas-66 (more precisely, there was supplied a certain mixture from the Republic of Kazakhstan from Nissan and from gas -66)
5) T-150 wheels were used, the author took everything to the maximum!
6) Part of the Niva's body was used as the cabin of the future all-terrain vehicle.
This is the front view of the car:
Pretty impressive, right?
And this is a side view of the all-terrain vehicle during the construction process:
To begin with, briefly about what has been done.
Springs were lightened on the basis of gas-66. The brakes were also replaced: the old ones were thrown out, instead of them a disc of its own assembly was installed, as well as a caliper from classic Lada... Then the Niva body was installed in the form of a cab for an all-terrain vehicle, and T-150 wheels were supplied.
Well, let's dwell in more detail on the assembly stages and consider them in more detail.
The springs were lightened due to the fact that some of the sheets were removed. To be more precise, two sheets were dismantled at the front, and three at the back.
This, of course, can affect the reliability, that is, the S-aspect of the bridge may appear, and this, in turn, will give an increased load on the crosses and cardan joints. But in the tests everything was successful and there were no complaints so far. Otherwise, the withdrawn sheets will be added back.
Well, I think everything is clear with springs, now let's consider the engine:
So, such an internal combustion engine was installed: an in-line four-cylinder diesel, its volume is three and two tenths of a liter, atmospheric, 110 hp. The injection pump is simple without electronics.
Concerning transfer case from gaz-66, it has not proven itself from the very better side reliability, it would be nice to use from the ZIL 157th (they are perfectly compatible), but unfortunately it was not available.
The traverse PK66 was also moved back by 20 centimeters, and the rear cardan shaft shortened. The front one came from the old groove. Work with the traverse was necessary for the reason that the "monoblock" from Nissan is too long.
Brackets for engine mounting were also made.
This photo just shows the rear attachment point of the RK from Nissan.
A intermediate cardan perfectly fit from the ZIL 157, even without interfering with its design.
And here you can see steering also from ZiLka, though in this case the bipod had to be shortened somewhat. The thrust from the Gas-66 was accordingly also shortened:
Separately, it is worth considering the method of attaching the Niva body to the frame from the gas-66:
Its mount is located at three different points. In front, it was placed with spars under the frame, engine mounts from the Niva were placed and drilled through, M12 bolts were used. At the back, one support lay on the PK66 traverse, one is located in the middle.
I would also like to clarify about the brakes. or rather, their work on this unit. Unfortunately, there were problems, possibly related to the plug of the rear circuit (maybe there is air that is not pumped through), brake fluid it does not allow the piston of the front contour to move. And this can affect the loads of the front and rear axles depending on the movement. For this reason, it was decided to make the disc on front axle, this will enable the muffled circuit to be used.
As for the brake circuit, it looks like this:
And here is a thrust with a spool and a cylinder from a gas-66:
The finished version of the heavy all-terrain vehicle looks like this:
