Test Drive UAZ 469/3151 1973 - 2003 SUV

Long-field guy with a Volga

Foreign companies that attach individuality to cars and their bodies are often called a beautiful word of Atelier. Their domestic colleagues at best go to a modest tuning firm. Meanwhile, the creators of exclusive cars are enough for us. In Togliatti, they are created from the Vase models, gases are modernized in Nizhny Novgorod, but in Ulyanovsk, of course, experiment with the UAZs of all kinds and suit.
 
Products of their auto plant here love. And the fact that it is in modern standards is imperfect, gives only greater freedom to work. So, two Ulyanovsk firms ... No, it is better two ateliers - astro-auto and North Palmyra - created a car called Coyote. Untouched parts left so little that the serial UAZ 31519.10 can only be called the donor only conditionally. The purpose of the deepest alterations is to show what can be made from the immune, according to the majority, cars. The authors argue: everything is not clear enough to take off.
 
Ulyanovsk car accidents paid attention to all the main components of the car: the body, power unit, transmission, suspension, interior.
The base of the machine is elongated with 200 mm by increasing the body and frame. It turned out something average between ordinary UAZ and a long leopard. The rear seats were shifted by 100 mm forward, evenly distributed the added length between the cargo in the trunk and the rear passengers. For the sake of the same passengers, the opening of the rear doors and, of course, the doors themselves made rectangular in the upper part, and not weakened, like serial cars.
Barca is borrowed rear swing door and wide military bridges. Wheel gearboxes significantly increase the ground clearance, which, at a minimum, compensates for partial deterioration of the passability caused by the lengthening of the car. But such compensation was not limited. Coyote has extended wheeled niches under the installation of large tires - with an external diameter of up to 32 inches (in the photo the machine is shod in ordinary). Thus, at the request of the owner, the car turns into a all-terrain vehicle.
 
Changed access to the engine compartment. The hoods of serial machines have roundings, and the cover of the cover is flat - roundings are cut off from the hood and weld to the wings.
Electric hatch is mounted in the roof center, and on its sides - two long tinted glass (see photo). A sense of greater volume of the cabin is created - they are doing now on foreign cars.
 
The engine of the car was UMW-4218.10, a carburetor, a volume of 2.89 liters and a capacity of 62 kW / 84 liters. With. He was disassembled, the channels were finalized in the head of the cylinder head, the last, increasing the degree of compression. Installed another camshaft (manufactured in factory), imported pistons, rings, glands, high-quality liners. They say now the engine is spinning to 7000 rpm (!) And 86 kW / 122 liters lay on the engine stand. With.
The gearbox is a five-percent of the 60th family machines. Her, as well as distribution, disassembled and ... as they should have collected, changing all seals and bearings along the way. On request, even gears and synchronizers are ready to refine to reduce the noise and make more clear gear shifts.
By the way, about noise. After tapping those parts of the body that the serial machines are mounted with screws, and the repaints have installed vibration, noise and thermal insulation of the Neizbaster. Then they conducted an audio preparation with the setting of speakers.
 
The place of standard door seals occupied modified gums from Vazov machines. Weighted vibration insulation, well-adjusted doors began to close, like Gelendevagen. But the main thing, with minus 15-17s behind the board and working crawled the stove on the rear seats does not freeze even in the shirt. The latter, of course, the merit is not only seals, but in many respects - an improved stove with air ducts. The main secrets could not be derived, but we know that everything was collected and installed hermetically, without cracks, including at the air intake. Maybe the secret is in this?
Changes can be listed half a day. It was necessary to climb into the wheeled gearboxes and hubs; Replace cardanis, shock absorbers and springs; establish a combination of devices from the VAZ classics; intervene in the cooling system and steering. Perhaps only to the vertical take-off hands did not reach - even strange.
The car in comparison with the usual is good. However, with all alterations will cost the buyer at 550 thousand rubles. Lot? We remind you once again that this is primarily a demonstration pattern.
 
Customers can choose, for which from the named they agree to pay. If for all - at their disposal will be one of the most unusual UAZs, but still not Gelendeshenage and not a lend cruiser - to this should be prepared. Say, despite the expensive sound insulation, the car is noisy. It still consists mainly of domestic components. In them, even the second parents of the car are not sure. However, enough about sad. Experience shows that tuning UAZ takes well. Most likely as a second or third car in a wealthy family - for fishing, hunting and other forms of communication with nature. Often you have to hear that they are indispensable in this capacity.
The combination of instruments and the steering wheel are borrowed from the VAZ classics, but the hatch is expensive with the electric drive.
At the coyote, wide bridges with wheel gearboxes and spring pendant front.
For true Werish all-terrain, akin to a rescue circle.
Improved front seats are more convenient than regular. Change panels - cosmetic.
UAZ-hunter
An example of more landed tuning and, perhaps, a more target - a car for hunting created by Mega-Motors based on a UAZ minibus. It differs from the serial car in the color, the presence of winch and self-locking interclass differentials. Fully converted salon can be heated with an autonomous heater - this is the Russian analogue of Webasto. Sofas are located on the sides, which are laid out for overnight stay on the entire width of the cabin. In the roof - big hatch; Modified combination of devices and more commodity than in the standard, front seats. There is a hydraulic. Improved thermal insulation. The price is a little more than 200 thousand rubles.
 
Alexander Budkin. Photo by the author
 
 

A source: Journal "Behind the wheel"