Newbe

[Pattastic]

Gidday all.

I am a Brissy lad.
My whole family has owned patrols for YEARS.
My Dad owned a Gas/Petrol Ti Patrol in the late 90's and now Gu6 s a Gq TD42 And swears by it.
My younger brother us the same. He had a ST Gq TD42 for YEARS and now is s a 2012 50th Anniversary edition with the ZD30.

Me on the other hand loved my fast cars with 2 built R33 Skylines and A Ve L98 6lt Calais.
I have been renovating my house and needed a rig to tow trailers and cart materials and bit the bullet and bought a 2009 Gu Zd30 Patrol.

The lag and the lack of get up and boogie has been a bit of adjustment but I actually quite like it.
I have cars to take to the track and to drive Normally but my brother asked me to go to Bribie Island today so got my 12 month permit and an esky full of food and a footy and loaded my car with 3 of my 4 son's and my missus and off we went. And I must
WE HAD A BLOODY BRILLIANT DAY.
How good is this shit.
I am now a 4x4 addict.

4x4'ers are a different breed.
Yeah that's some complete tossers but mostly a bloody great bunch of people.

So next stop is the 4x4 supscentre. For some awnings and awning tents and a roof top tent to accommodate all 6 of us
Then it's a e Locker exhaust and some other mods.

Will upgrading my turbo to a External Waste gated turbo as the VVT Set up is shit. No control over boot peak and spool time and ramp rate.
I will stay around the same geometry turbo but will go a twin scroll manifold and I'll build a custom steam pipe top mount manifold for it then a eboost controller and a ECU remap and should be on a winner.
More torque more control over the boost same power more volume. Not chasing a racecar just a consistent predictable vehicle that allows more control of the attitude of it so as to be able to adjust to differant situations.

Cheers
Pattastic.

[Pattastic]

What mods has anyone else done.
What mods would you like to do.

I know I will have really get the dreaded
"The turbo for the zd30 is quite adequate for it. And can supply heaps of boost" comment.
I am not chasing more boost but more volume at the same boost.

Thank You

[GQtdauto]

Hey there Pat , nice to have a decent intro for a change , welcome to the forum mate heaps of good info here and questions fire away .
Most of the tossers drive Toyotas and pull Jayco vans .

[threedogs]

Shhhhhhh dont tell everyone how good 4x4ing is eh
As for Mods where do we start, first check your Intercooler
if its oily its leaking and will need replacing with a tig welded
and tested one, Id also invest in a Scan-gauge to correct any
errors, Boost wise most would run anywhere from 14 psi to up to 25psi
Your rear LSD is the best in the business combined with an E-locker your
right on the money. Snorkle would also be high on my list. Another member
has asked the same thing so maybe have a read of that.
Ask anything you want and most of all enjoy

[Addy]

Welcome to the forum mate!


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[4bye4]

G'day mate and welcome to the forum.

[Dhuck]

Welcome to the forum mate.

[AB]

Welcome to the forum mate, feel free to ask any questions.


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[Cookie George]

Welcome to the forum mate, I am also a newbe.

[Seyko]

Welcome buddy, good read. Did you do the turbo upgrade? If so have you got specs on it. Cheers