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I've always been a Toyota man, but one day, I decided that I loved the big 4.2 diesel, Coil front and rear patrol ute. I hunted high and low and in between until I found the one I've got now, with 182000kms on it!
When I first bought it the day after I got my licence three months ago:
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Noice , very noice .
This is 2 weeks ago, straight after putting a 4" Ironman lift on it.
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Bloody low km's mate, congrats on the new beast!
This is it today, with some 315/75/16 Nitto Trail Grapplers on it, on 16x10, -44 black steelies:
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Shit hot mate, what a great first car.
Super low kms too for these. You've done real well.
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Love the coilys and with low K's as well, sounds like a great buy.
Just so you know... lift and tyres aside, those amber lamps on your roof are illegal under ADR 13 (in case Constable Plod or DoT Inspectors gets interested)
And, yes, my rig isn't exactly legal either, just sayin' is all.
Cheers mateQuote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
Yeah, Thanks for that. I bought it with them and it's always been my intention to remove them!;) That's the next one on the list!:bananarock:Quote:
Originally Posted by the evil twin
And about the lift and tyres... I drove through my first breatho the other day and the cop seemed to be a bit jealous of my tyres!!! You could almost see the green on his face!!
Cheers
Took the Patrol to the dunes a couple weeks ago. Goes pretty hard IMO for a non turbo on 35's!
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P.s. Sorry, no matter how hard I try I just CANNOT upload the pictures vertically!
Beaut looking Yoot, Beaut looking sandy country there Jack mate! Wish us Mexicans here were still allowed, damn them Toyoda wrecking poofs, grrrrrrr :-( !
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cheers mate, it is a lot of fun.:animierte-smilies-f
Got sick of the shoddy wiring, crap audio and the tiny, hard to control woodgrain steering wheel that the previous owner fitted. I went and bought a good condition GU Steering Wheel and almost brand new Philips touch screen head unit off a guy on Gumtree on saturday and fitted it all yesterday, while removing a milk crate absolutely full of unused and shoddy wiring. Took her for a bit of a wheel after and the new steering wheel makes it a whole lot nicer and easier to drive.
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Cheers
183k not even run in yet, everyone loves a ute deep down
I'm looking very hard on Gumtree etc. for a good condition tray for my ute. The current one is rusted out and has shitty wood for the floor. My Dad reckons we should take it off and restore it. I'm skeptical and want to get a custom one made...What do you guys reckon?
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Cheers
Cheers td I'm pretty happy with a yoot myself!
Fitted my tray last Sunday.
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Picked up some near new sliders, brushbars and a new bullbar on Sunday. they were custom built by Ontrack Fabrication and look pretty damn strong. Just gotta fit them now.
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You might also notice the primed rear of the cab.
That's another project. I sanded the back of the cab back and primed it. It's now ready for a final sand and respray. I'm just gonna use rattle cans as I don't need it perfect cause it's behind the tray.
cheers
Long time no post...
Got my Proper licence now so a lot more 4wding on the cards...
took the ute for a spin in the hills and safe to say it was a damn lot of fun.
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Slowly gathering bits for the turbo...
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pretty exciting
Plenty of room under that tray for either a water tank or air tank.
Pretty sure TJM do a slide out shelf for the rear.
Loving the build keep the Mods coming thinking 3" exhaust
to unleash some ponies lol
Yeah definitely a 3" straight thru when the turbo is on.
I'm probably gonna move the TL tray on and custom build my own one when the cash is available.
Cheers
Started the fitting process on Satday
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Had 3 exhaust studs snap on me Bang Head:furious:
Had to drill them out and retap them after snapping 2 ezy outs.
Anyway, bring on the turbo...
Far out mate, stuff nightmares are made of, yeah never had much luck with easy outs, think they should rename them lol. Nice one, good luck with the turbo. .
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Fitted the turbo on Satday:
Ran the oil feed from the hole between the engine mount
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Decided to run the oil drain to a tee in the alt/vac pump drain. I'd heard about the oil backing up story but that highmounts would be fine. In the end I just couldn't be bothered taking the sump off.
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Just need to add an exhaust, and she's finished(well, almost)
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Temporary inlet piping setup:
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Can't wait to get her up and spooling:thumbup:
Funny thing happened...I decided to start her up and get the oil flowing through..All of a sudden I noticed black and white smoke puffing from the turbo pretty badly. I tried to give her a bit of a rev and she wouldn't rev past 1500, and heaps of black smoke. Suddenly I remembered the rag in the inlet pipe:1087::1087:
Now the piping is installed:
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Took it for a drive without the exhaust...definitely a difference already.
Noticed the clutch start to lose its feel. I reckon it might have been the hot exhaust heating the clutch lines...what do you think?
Where did you guys run your PCV breather hose to?
I would change those clamps to HD units as the rubber will get hot and warm and blow them off. Also, make sure the metal joiners have lips so the hose can clamp down on the tube piece. Better still hard pipe it, you won't have a problem then, I have been down this track before and its basically a path to frustration. At least you have a clear mock up for permanent piping though.
Yeah cheers peebee. I just don't reckon theres a hope.in hell of them coming off..getting em on and adjusted took 2 people using all their might!😀
Also I'll soon add an intercooler so the piping will be changed anyway.
Got a full stainless 3 inch straight thru done at mettams. Damn impressive even with no fuel adjustment
Runs cooler than before. Now how do you turn the fuel up on a standard pump?
Dont know of anyone else has tried this?I threw a fibreglass turbo blanket on today and wrapped the dump pipe in exhaust wrap. Made a huge difference in water temp. The underbonnet temps are way cooler now as well. Didnt know it would do so much for me😀. Ill post as ome pics of it tomorow.
Cheers
One thing to watch doing this tho... do you have a Turbo Timer fitted?Quote:
Originally Posted by JackoGQYoot
Yes, the underbonnet temps will be way lower but the Turbo will run significantly hotter and spike on shutdown.
The heat is still being generated but more is now being held in the Turbo and only dumped via the exhaust.
It will be important to idle down the engine esp if it has been on load before you switch off
yeh TET I usually let it idle for 2 minutes or so before switching off.
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Got my boost controller today...What is that second piece that comes with it by the way? can anybody tell me?
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