GQ42 Shorty

[GQ4.2]

Just thought I'd put up a pic of my rig and a few deatils

1989 Nissan Patrol SWB
4.2L TD42 (non turbo)
5spd manual

Modifications

Custom front bar to suit High mount winch
Custom sliders
Custom Rear bar with inbuilt air tank
2" bodylift
2" raised springs
Front & Rear Swaybar removed
TJM XGS shocks
36" Simex ET2's on Beadlock Rims
Custom Stainless Snorkel
High mount Winch with Rope
Dual Batterys with Redarc system
Boss Air Compressor with 20L of Air Capacity
4 Narva 100W on Lightbar


Future Plans

Turbocharge the motor
Front ARB air locker
Set of HID Spotlights for the front


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/VLRB20DET/Pic_0502_010-1.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/VLRB20DET/IMG_5445.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/VLRB20DET/IMG_5450.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/VLRB20DET/rig.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/VLRB20DET/21032010.jpg

[Mark]

Tough looking shorty mate.

If I had the bucks my toy would be a Patrol shorty.

I just need the GU Ute for work and towing but if i ever come across some funds I would definatly go a shorty any day of the week.

If you ever do turbo charge it you could bounce your way through some great tracks.

[patch697]

Very Tough very tough indeed.......Some more pics please mate you can't just leave it at one??????

[GQ4.2]

that was a teeser pic

here is a video

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/VLRB20DET/th_VTS_18_1.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/VLRB20DET/?action=view&current=VTS_18_1.flv)

[GQ4.2]

http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad252/4wdnutscom/otway%204wd/IMG_5445.jpg

[AB]

Great Video mate, loved it!

what a work out!

[Danny]

Awesome Video...Serious track, whereabouts is that?

Looks like great fun!

[GQ4.2]

Otways NP, one of the very few hard tracks left open

[mudduck]

Nice truck mate, hard work with the winch but good fun hey

[GQ4.2]

Yeah that was actually a video of the 2009 Otway trip I ran on MudRhino forum (majority of the guys on there are into the harder style of 4x4n), I ran the same trip again this year and that particular track was was even harder now compared to that video

Think it was around 6-7hrs to complete the track and majority of it was winching :D

[GQ4.2]

Just bought a set of Crystal headlights and a set of 55W HI/Low HID's from ebay

[Trolatron]

Nice set up you got there . Always wondered what mine would look like with lights on top
and now i know.

Cheers
Ray

[patch697]

Thats getting stuck into it....thanks for posting that vid, I showed my brother (big mistake) & he's now insisting on us taking that trip.

Some how I would need to spend some money on the Mav before I would put her in that.

Top Vid

Cheers
Paul

[patch697]

Just bought a set of Crystal headlights and a set of 55W HI/Low HID's from ebay

There are 75w &100w HID kits available now for spottys PM if your interested

Cheers
Paul

[GQ4.2]

I just put the 55w Hi/Low beam HID's in the other night, have to say they make useless gq lights turn into daylight

I'm still waiting on the next 2 sets to come from china they are 55w spot beams they should be here this week

Patch697 - Yeah didn't want to spend a fortune on HID's so just got some off ebay and for the price they work well

Trolatron - Yeah I didn't want to go the whole hog and mount a heap of lightforces etc on the top to get broken by trees etc, so thats why I went the cheapo narva's

[patch697]

Patch697 - Yeah didn't want to spend a fortune on HID's so just got some off ebay and for the price they work well

There cheaper than you think so keep that in mind if you ever decide to upgrade. I just did my brothers & all I can say is.....The Aliens have landed.


Cheers
Paul

[MudRunnerTD]

Looking good mate, Yes Deppler's is getting tougher and tougher. a couple of those holes are so bloody short and deep that they are a real challenge. A long wheel base scab's its nose before it is fully in the things.

Looks great mate, we will have to go for a drive next time.

[DX grunt]

Think it was around 6-7hrs to complete the track and majority of it was winching :D
And how many hours to clean it? What's the name of your high pressure cleaner??

[MudRunnerTD]

And how many hours to clean it? What's the name of your high pressure cleaner??

There is NOTHING like Otways mud!!!! Thick and sticky. I can spend $50 at the drive through without putting soap on mate, most of it on my knees trying to clear the stuff stuck to the drive line. Unbelievable. I am just about to build a big shed for the toys and will be putting 20,000lt in tanks behind it and an area at the front for a wash bay to clean the 4b at home.

[GQ4.2]

yeah there is nothing better than going to a car wash and seeing the look on the attendants face when you leave the wash bay :D

im thinking of rigging up a trailer for next year with a petrol powered pressure cleaner to wash the vehicles before we leave there as there is a water tap at stevo falls i can connect up to, plus im sure that will keep the parks and greenys happy

[Muzza]

I used to carry around a little 5hp pump with a fire hose which blasted mud off underneath.

But you can only really hook it up to larger water supplies like the local towns fill up points so prob wouldnt work on a standard tap outlet.

Unless there was a tank or you bought up a 500l one or something.

It really works well under the chasis, etc.

[GQ4.2]

fire extinguishers work well too but run out of puff too quick

[GQ4.2]

Finished converting all my Headlights and roof lights to HID's

I'd upload a pic but everyone knows how bright they are

[GQ4.2]

Quick Update:

Getting a DTS turbo kit within the next 2 weeks, was going to get a JPC kit but at $4900 to get the same power as a DTS will deliver I couldnt justify spending an extra $1900 for that (a GQ pump will only deliver enough fuel for 100kw!)

[MudRunnerTD]

Quick Update:

Getting a DTS turbo kit within the next 2 weeks, was going to get a JPC kit but at $4900 to get the same power as a DTS will deliver I couldnt justify spending an extra $1900 for that (a GQ pump will only deliver enough fuel for 100kw!)


You will love the MTQ / DTS kit. I have no regrets. the $1900 saving you could put into a pump rebuild and get it really pumping!!

[Finly Owner]

love the two tone paint that mysteriously become three tones

[GQ4.2]

Yeah the DTS kit should be here later in the week also got a pyrometer on its way as well, should have it all hooked up in a few weeks the next thing after that will be to find another transmission as the one I have wont last (got oil leaking from transfer case and gearbox is abit cruntchy...)

[GQ4.2]

got the DTS turbo kit on and running, love the power and I haven't even adjusted the injector pump yet (need a fitting for the pyro)

just got to get a 3" zorst made up for it and then down the track put a intercooler on it

[86GU]

Go the shorty :)

[GQ4.2]

put the pyro on today and wound up the fuel, max egt set to 550 deg C

have to say this thing hauls arse now!

[AB]

hey mate, you wern't at Chirnside last week towing a cage trailer around 7:30am were you?...haha

It looked exactly like yours and had a Mudrhino sticker on the windscreen but I dont remember seeing the spotties though.

[GQ4.2]

nah mate you got me mixed up with someone else

[GQ4.2]

just got a 3" exhaust made up with a straight through 3" hotdog looking muffler

[patch697]

She'll breath now mate, the fist & best mod recommended to do by most everyone.

[GQ4.2]

ripped out the hotdog so its now 3" straight through from the turbo

Mounted the Boost Gauge & EGT Gauge on the pillar, turbo currently runs 12psi boost

Just got a GU 3ltr Airbox for $80, also got a 600x300x75 intercooler which will be top mounted with 2x 10" thermo fans on it to pull air through the intercooler and a Turbosmart Boost controller

To get the Airbox to work I will have to moddify the stainless steel snorkel

[GQ4.2]

Also got a leaking rear seal on the transfer case which needs attention

[GQ4.2]

Just installed a turbosmart boost controller, turbo is now running 14psi

[patch697]

Just installed a turbosmart boost controller, turbo is now running 14psi

So hows it go now?

[GQ4.2]

ditched the 600x300 intercooler for a smaller one so it would fit, now runs 20psi boost, injector pump is maxed out, hauls arse

also bought a new 6hp winch motor and 2x 900cca Optima Batterys

[Woof]

Sounds like you have been busy, well done mate

[GQ4.2]

Mission Control
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/VLRB20DET/17102010002-1.jpg

Engine Bay (brackets for the cooler have all been fixed up)
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/VLRB20DET/03112010.jpg

[GQ4.2]

I haven't been on here in a while but just a bit of an update

Recently installed a ARB front Locker

Went on an extreme trip in the otways and blew my alternator on the first hole on a night run and had to be tow trucked home.,..

So I'm now going to ditch the air con in favor of twin alternators, not just so I have a spare but so I can crank out more amps when winching, im staying with 12v

Also got a mate who is handy with a angle grinder and welder etc so the shorty will be soon chopped into a ute (styleside) and after that a gage will be installed, rear locker will be last..

[Clunk]

thats gonna look brutal mate, love those photos, there's definitely a bit of mud there hey

[Tenchy202]

Looks mad love a good shorty

[Mike E]

What a beast!
Makes my SWB Mav look like a bit of a princess :)

[hit22]

great stuff