The Decepticon

[XLR8]

A few pics of my GQ - from humble beginnings to pride and joy

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/Passenger.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/flex2.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/IMGP1360.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/VH41DE%20Conversion/IMGP1065.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/VH41DE%20Conversion/IntakeManifold.jpg

[patch697]

Nice..... Very Nice indeed......

I'd like some of that power under my bonnet.....lol

[Russell1974]

very nice rig there how do you find that v8

[XLR8]

Very happy with it, although it could use a little more torque down low. Looking into options for the torque converter to try and help it

[Maxhead]

Very nice rig mate, I;m drooling over that motor....mmmmmmmmh

[Finly Owner]

interesting rig

[jpvm]

Very nice engine & GQ !! ... A question please : from which Nissan car does it come from (assuming you are claiming for low end torque) ?

[XLR8]

The Donor car was a Cima. They run the same auto box as the Patrol, making for an easier mate up. I think the main problem is the size of the converters.

Patrol on left - Cima on right
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/VH41DE%20Conversion/IMGP0806.jpg

There are plenty of pics on my photo bucket site for all to see - http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/VH41DE%20Conversion/?start=all

Here are a few of the better ones showing the custom fabbed stuff to make it all fit

Engine Mounts
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/VH41DE%20Conversion/IMGP0830.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/VH41DE%20Conversion/IMGP0833.jpg

Gearbox to X-Member Spacer
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/VH41DE%20Conversion/IMGP0858.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/VH41DE%20Conversion/IMGP0862.jpg

X-Member was simply rotated 180 degrees
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/VH41DE%20Conversion/IMGP0854.jpg

Transfer Linkage to suit body lift and everything moving forward 100mm
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/VH41DE%20Conversion/IMGP0893.jpg

Rear shaft lengthened and front shaft shortened (both by 100mm)
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/VH41DE%20Conversion/IMGP0866.jpg

A/C bracket to fit Sonata pump without fouling on chassis rail
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/VH41DE%20Conversion/IMGP0899.jpg
Factory manifold reshaped to clear chassis
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/VH41DE%20Conversion/IMGP0917.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/VH41DE%20Conversion/IMGP0919.jpg

What was referred to as The Spaghetti Incident

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/VH41DE%20Conversion/IMGP0753.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/VH41DE%20Conversion/IMGP0933.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/VH41DE%20Conversion/IMGP0936.jpg

And finally ……………….. The first start
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/VH41DE%20Conversion/th_Default_0.jpg (http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/VH41DE%20Conversion/?action=view&current=Default_0.flv)

[jpvm]

OMG , that is a completed TASK !! Congratulations man !! great Job.

[GU89]

Spaghetti incident indeed! Wow that would have been intense!

[patch697]

Now thats the sort of stuff im into (makes me drawl).

Top work, I love seeing the hard core side as much as the finish product.

Cheers
Paul

[XLR8]

The car has been parked up for a bit and I recently got motivated to get it back out there. In the last few weeks I've finished off some of the stuff that has been bugging me for ages. Then after the trip up the powerlines last weekend, I stripped both diffs out and did a full rebuild on them both. So with all this new found motivation for the car, I started on the rear drawers this weekend.
And this weekend I started on building my new drawers

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/R26032011032.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/R26032011034.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/R26032011035.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/R26032011036.jpg

Then I got a little side-tracked with this
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/R27032011037.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/R27032011038.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/R27032011039.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/R27032011040.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/R27032011044.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/R27032011049.jpg

[nowoolies]

strike me sideways Mike ... that has not take you long at all
fanfriggingtastic

[Dark 1]

Top stuff mate love the addition of the speaker box into the draw compatment.

[Sir Roofy]

What a project excellent and interesting will be waiting with baited breath
for the finished job

[Bigrig]

The car has been parked up for a bit and I recently got motivated to get it back out there. In the last few weeks I've finished off some of the stuff that has been bugging me for ages. Then after the trip up the powerlines last weekend, I stripped both diffs out and did a full rebuild on them both. So with all this new found motivation for the car, I started on the rear drawers this weekend.
And this weekend I started on building my new drawers

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/R26032011032.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/R26032011034.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/R26032011035.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/R26032011036.jpg

Then I got a little side-tracked with this
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/R27032011037.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/R27032011038.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/R27032011039.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/R27032011040.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/R27032011044.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/R27032011049.jpg

F'ing outstanding mate!!! Not sure that frame will be strong enough though!! LOL

That's a pro job by any mans standards - well done!!!

[GUte]

Nice custom ride you have there Mike!

A mate has the same wheels, he masked them up and painted with a grey hammertone, then polished the spokes, look very similar to yours :)
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f253/In_Elysium/4x4/IMG_0893.jpg

[big_fletch]

Very nice pics there mate, keep em coming lol

[timbar]

some very nice pics m8 how long did it take to do the conversion ??

[XLR8]

Took me about 3 months to do the engine swap, 6 weeks of that was wiring alone. Alot of time was spent just looking at it and figuring out the best way to do things. I don't like doing things twice :)

[Clunk]

blimey mate you don't hang around do you, superb work there mate..........

[XLR8]

Cheers mate, just waiting on my drawer runners from QLD (hopefully here in a couple of days) to finish it off. so fitted the new deck, amp and door speakers today. It's going in to the exhaust shop tomorrow to get the new system fitted so will whack some pics up when I get it home

[timbar]

so wat was the $$$ damage for the conversion ??

[XLR8]

The car was purchased 5 years ago for $5K and as it sits today with all the mods it owes me no more than $13K including a low Km TB42 i had fitted 18 months after picking the car up.

The V8 conversion was a little over $5500. A rough break down - Front cut ~ $2200, Power Steering mods ~ $300, Drive shafts ~ $450, A/C ~ $600, Exhaust ~ $1000 so far (ceramic coated extractors approx another $3K), Fuel Pump, filters & lines from a GU 4.8 ~ $500, plus another $4-500 on belts, fluids, plugs etc. There were other expenses such as diagnostic tools and software, special tools etc but these were all covered by the sale of parts from the TB42. I priced up getting the same conversion done by "professionals" and it was going to be $12K without A/C.
By doing everything myself, I saved a fortune and most of the stuff I had to pay to have done was done by either mates or mates of mates so prices were kept to a minimum.

[XLR8]

Been a bit busy lately so haven't had a chance to update the build-up. I finished the drawers and fitted the runners
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/RIMGP2816.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/RIMGP2821.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/RIMGP2811.jpg
Heavy duty drawer runners courtesy of Rustynails4x4 on Ebay. Great price and excellent service!!
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/RIMGP2812.jpg

Then I moved the rear seats back 70mm to give the tinlids a bit more leg room
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/RIMGP2813.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/RIMGP2819.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/RIMGP2820.jpg
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/RIMGP2814.jpg

Fitted the LED interior lights
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/RIMGP2817.jpg

And the biggest improvement of all HID Headlight upgrade
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/XLR8777/My%20Patrol/RIMGP2822.jpg

[growler2058]

Good job mate drawers look cool and the lights brilliant haha

:bigthumbup:

[big_fletch]

Thanks for the update pics mate, looks like u have been a busy boy lol..
Amazing how much better he hids are isn't it

[XLR8]

The difference is amazing, the factory lights are no better than candles by comparison

[big_fletch]

The difference is amazing, the factory lights are no better than candles by comparison

I know mate, now imagine a set of hid driving lights lol..
Which kit did you end up getting? And what wattage are they? 35w

[XLR8]

I did a contra with a local supplier. Got the Britax/Revolution kit 35W/6000K. I wasn't keen on the 6000 because everyone has said the reflection off traffic signs is bad but I haven't found it to be a problem. I've adjusted the lights down a bit so they don't blind oncoming traffic. Now people only get annoyed when I pull right up behind them at traffic lights

[Clunk]

as always Mike, some top work there mate, looking very good indeed.