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[rainsey]

G'day Rainsey, exciting times mate ! If it's not too rude to ask, how much are they asking for a 6.5+turbo these days? PM maybe if uncomfortable with a quote divulge I understand ! Was Auto options quoted too? Cheers mate !

More than happy to share.

$33k drive in drive out including front & rear diff gearing changes.

I stuck with my existing manual transmission, as much as I would like an auto.

Cheers Rainsey


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[MB]

G'day Rainsey,
Just noticed on another thread that your beast sounds like it is back !
How is it mate, loving it :-) ?

[rainsey]

Picked it up on Friday. Had to go down to Sydney to get it so had a bit of a drive to get home... Shaws transport shipped it back from Perth. I was going to remove my brush bars before I sent it over... Thank god I did not. The Brush bars now have flat spots either side and the drivers door has dents all over it ... This I'm not happy with ... Pay big bucks for transport but obviously no responsibility on their part. And the fine print states they take no responsibility for damage...

First immediate impression .. The sound is to die for... Friggin fantastic.

Second impression... Definitely not going to race any one off at the lights ... But heck... This is not what I need.

Third impression ... Torque... By the time I managed to hit the freeway .. Never got out of fifth. Absolutely fantastic.


Took me near to half an hour to get the engine up to temp.. But the EGT's ... Wow... My ZD30 on the hill up to Berowra.. I'd be hitting 550 degrees. With the 6.5... Only just hit 200.

Had a few teething probs with some wiring issues but managed to sort them out tonight. Spent the weekend stripping gear off to get the weight down so I can get my tare weight under 2504 kg for Rego.

I still have the old engine sitting on the back so tomorrow I will be dropping it off at Simms Metal to get rid of it. Once it's off I will get out and give it a good run.

So far ... I am pretty stoked. Do not think I am going to regret it at all.

Stay tuned.

Kindest regards
Rainey


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[rainsey]

First fuel economy figures came in just driving around town, no towing.

13.8l/100 km.

About the same if not better from the original ZD30. Just goes to prove how crap the original 3 litre is on fuel.


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[the evil twin]

13.8 around town is extremely good... almost too good.
Be interesting to see if the figures stay there over a longer period.

[MB]

G'day Rainsey,
That's gold mate! Agree with ET though, amazing L's used in start/stop city conditions!
I do need maths lessons;
(all 80L maintanks I believe?)
Our stock GU 3.0L made 600-650kms
Our GU 4.2TD with 3" makes around 550-600kms
My 6.5NA makes around 450 to max 550kms.
I'm sure it's the hilly highways and air lacking.
Please do keep us posted, we're all in this together, great song :-)

[rainsey]

13.8 around town is extremely good... almost too good.
Be interesting to see if the figures stay there over a longer period.

I totally agree. Did the maths 3 times. This was, as I said, the first fillup since getting the truck back. Put it this way, I will not be overly surprised if it was a one off. But as I said ... Stay tuned.


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[rainsey]

G'day Rainsey,
That's gold mate! Agree with ET though, amazing L's used in start/stop city conditions!
I do need maths lessons;
(all 80L maintanks I believe?)
Our stock GU 3.0L made 600-650kms
Our GU 4.2TD with 3" makes around 550-600kms
My 6.5NA makes around 450 to max 550kms.
I'm sure it's the hilly highways and air lacking.
Please do keep us posted, we're all in this together, great song :-)

Interesting your comment re ' air lacking'. One thing I have noticed is this almost metallic sucking sound that I am assuming is the engine trying to drag every cubic mm of air out of a standard Safari snorkel.

Do you or anyone else following this post noticing the same?

Kindest regards
Rainsey


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[Kimbo63]

Yep the sweet sound of the turbo sucking air

[MB]

I wish I had that noise you lucky buggers ;-)