4.2l petrol/gas advice

[kool-lights]

This is your first car, right?
EFI or carby isn't that important just now.get the damn thing and drive it. Get a feel for how it handles, how it drives. There are heaps of mods you can do ONCE you know what you need.

[taslucas]

What will you be doing with the vehicle?
Shorter harder 4wding?
What type of offroading?
Longer touring trips?
Will it be a daily driver?
Will it be your only transport?
How many ks a week will.you be putting on it?
Do you like to drive fast or crawl?
Will you need to tow?
Do you have friends that you will go out driving with?

The answers to all these will help pick the type of patrol, the mods that will help you the most and the best order to do them.

I have a tb42 carby auto wagon. I love the auto for the type of driving I do. I don't mind the high fuel use as I usually only do day trips close to home. It was a dual fuel but I converted it back to petrol only.
I bought it with 410,000 ks on the clock......yep these engines are tough!

Read this again dildobaggins (lol, that name cracks me up)
Answer a few of the questions and you'll get a lot better advice. Every mod is relative to the type of driving you'll do.
If you want efficiency, get a 2.8 diesel
If you want power go nothing under a 4.2 (petrol or turbo diesel)
There's threads on here that detail fuel usage of different engines and setups.
What some people won't pay for a fuel bill, others will.

[DilboBaggins]

Thanks guys, I really appreciate your help. I think im just a tad excited about the whole concept of driving myself. So ill appreciate the car for what it is now, and improve later on down the track. Its got just over 410,000kms on it, should I be concerned of when the gas system was put in? And if it were to be a costly fix, it'd benefit me more just to go straight petrol wouldnt it? I just want to get dirty already!!😈

[mrflibbles]

just to add if you plan on keeping the gas set up make sure the system is in date.
For daily drive i would possibly keep the gas if your doing a few kms. My 90l gas tank will get me about 300-350kms on my efi 4.2.
But best if you check everything out, get someone to have a look with you (they may notice something you dont!)
Also check for rust, it sucks trying to get rid of rust!