Hello from the other side of the world (Iceland)

[ThePolarbear]

Hi all, I am a 1997 Nissan Patrol 260 owner from Iceland and I like to be in contact with you Patrol owners from down under. As I stated before I own a Patrol 260 but that´s a Spanish built car that was sold mainly in Europe. It has the same body as the older 160 models, 2.8 RD engine, 5 speed gearbox leaf springs and is modified for 38" Ground Hawg tires. The car needs a little attention, just a little of rust but the engine and drive train is good. What I plan to do is to turbocharge the engine, putt in diff locks and change the suspension over to coil springs and maybe a slightly bigger tires, 44" or at least 40"
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Greetings from Iceland ThePolarbear

[krbrooking]

Hey man welcome aboard, great bunch of ppl and heaps of info. Have a fish around and join in the conversations.

How does the motor go with turning the tyres? I have the rd28 turbo and that struggles to get going with 33's. keep us up to date and do t be shy to ask any questions.


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[ThePolarbear]

Hey man welcome aboard, great bunch of ppl and heaps of info. Have a fish around and join in the conversations.

How does the motor go with turning the tyres? I have the rd28 turbo and that struggles to get going with 33's. keep us up to date and do t be shy to ask any questions.


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Hi and thanks for welcoming me. I know I will have a lot of fun in here and I am sure to get some nice info too.
The motor has no problem turning the 38 inch tires due to lowered gear ratios but I am not sure what that
ratio is and former owner did not know it either so I guess I have to find out. There is no problem to take
off in second gear. I bought the car recently so there are many things that I still have to take a look at and
finding out the gear ratio is one of them.

[fracster]

Hiya mate, great bunch of guys on here (other than being Aussies) and they know a lot about Patrols.

[growler2058]

G'day mate welcome aboard


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[MEGOMONSTER]

Welcome mate, surely the best forum on the net. If you need it, you can get it, if you want to know it, just ask it.
If you want to find it, go to the search bar for a universe of information.
Enjoy the sights and sounds of the greatest show on earth.

[taslucas]

Gday mate, welcome aboard. Thats a nice looking patrol you've got there. Can't wait to see it with 44s on!

[threedogs]

Hello and welcome to the forum, heaps of info here for you,
so jump In anytime and enjoy

[AB]

Welcome to the forum mate, feel free to ask any questions and join in the conversations.

[Skitzyrex]

Great looking beast you have there. Welcome.

[threedogs]

Would be great if you could source some Y61 diffs, laminate, as your coil set up is half done and wider as well I think.
You'll have to start a build thread

[Stropp]

welcome along polar bear, enjoy your stay with us and post plenty of pics of your beautiful country.

[Dhuck]

Welcome to the forum mate

[Madden]

welcome m8.iceland aye .i hear its really green there?

[happygu]

Welcome aboard, and great looking Patrol.

I want one like yours, or else i'll just have to get over there and hire one.

Mic

[NissanGQ4.2]

Welcome 2 the forum

Great bunch of members on here always willin 2 help out when they can

Enjoy the forum and what it has 2 offer

Cheers

Toddie

[Gecko17]

Welcome to the forum Polar Bear.... Great looking rig you've got there! Can't wait to see the mods....


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[ThePolarbear]

Thanks for all the warm welcome. I am now starting to gather parts for what needs to be fixed for my upcoming vehicle inspection (MOT). As winter is approaching fast over in this part of the world I think that only the most necessary repairs to be made now and any major changes will wait for next spring.
Winter here can be very harsh and sometimes a lot of snow in the lowlands and towns. I plan on using my Patrol as the primary means of transport over the wintertime but but also to go for a few tours in the highlands of Iceland.

ThePolarbear

[NissanGQ4.2]

Thanks for all the warm welcome. I am now starting to gather parts for what needs to be fixed for my upcoming vehicle inspection (MOT). As winter is approaching fast over in this part of the world I think that only the most necessary repairs to be made now and any major changes will wait for next spring.
Winter here can be very harsh and sometimes a lot of snow in the lowlands and towns. I plan on using my Patrol as the primary means of transport over the wintertime but but also to go for a few tours in the highlands of Iceland.

ThePolarbear

What's the MOT like over there, are they fairly strict when it comes to mods???

[Drewboyaus]

What's the MOT like over there, are they fairly strict when it comes to mods???

Not if he's planning 44 inch tyres! LOL.

Welcome to the Nissan nut-house Polar Bear......


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[ThePolarbear]

Well MOT in Iceland are rather strict and especially on heavily modified cars. Speaking of the 44 inch tires, they are legal on street cars and up to the 54 inch, but there are very strict rules to so much modified cars. I think that 54 inch is the biggest tires we are using under a truck in Iceland, at the moment but you never know when they go bigger. You need fairly big tires under a Ford F350 fully modified for snow driving in the Icelandic mountains in the winter. As you probably know we drive on top of the snow rather than driving through it and that calls for a big tires to get the car floating on top of the snow. I will maybe start a new thread her in the forum to show you some heavily modified Icelandic Patrols, if you guys are interested.

[NissanGQ4.2]

Would love to see some pics, we all love pics here :)

[BigRAWesty]

Welcome mate.

[taslucas]

Would love to see some pics, we all love pics here :)

Yep, I would too. I love the look of those massive beasts!

[Tas GQ]

G'Day mate, welcome to the forum.

[ryandewar92]

Welcome to the forum! There is heaps of info on here so good luck with it!

[Avo]

welcome mate,great info and advice to be found here..would love to see some pic's of them Icelandic beasts

[my third 256]

hi and welcome to the forum a great mob of people here and a lot of very usefull information
best wishes with your patrolling
stephen