The "Tank" - Big, Grey and Ugly ..

[NissanGQ4.2]

Do you reckon we could fit this 383 Chev motor into Tank

Scotty.JPG

Thought the cover suited TANK

Only going for 10g on fleabay

[Bigrig]

Do you reckon we could fit this 383 Chev motor into Tank

Scotty.JPG

Thought the cover suited TANK

Only going for 10g on fleabay

Ummmm .... maybe??? lmao

[Bigrig]

Well, just punched out nearly 4000klms with a range of issues, and he still got the family home safe and sound ... as per Patch, I've got to tip my hat to Tank for not letting go on me!! Bless him!!

Sooooo ... as of Wednesday he's in for some serious love and attention - LPG coming out, 148 litre long range petrol tank going in, high flow injectors, new fuel pump and sender, the original throttle body, TPS and distributor, along with a new Wolf ECU to control everything. New cylinder heads going in also to decompress the engine a little for petrol, and a full touch up whilst the engine is open ...

Auto box coming out for an overhaul, including possible new torque converter if needed, band adjusting etc etc. Getting new flexi oil lines put in from the tranny oil cooler to get them away from the turbo and dump pipe, as well as new power steering lines and cooler.

Annnnnd (but wait, there's more!!! lol) - Rodney is going to give it a going over to test all the electrics and get those bugs sorted also - this is going to include ripping out ALL old and unnecessary wiring and cleaning things up in general ...

Hopefully things will be back to fairly standard (ignition etc at least) and then to throw it on the dyno for a final tweak and tune ...

It's the least I can do - yep, it's more money, but I love this truck and quite frankly, through a myriad of issues (which the Vic boys saw first hand) it never let me down in times of most need ... no more band aid fixes and touch ups to keep things moving - time to sort it once and for all.

Fingers firmly crossed!!!!

[Ben-e-boy]

Well, just punched out nearly 4000klms with a range of issues, and he still got the family home safe and sound ... as per Patch, I've got to tip my hat to Tank for not letting go on me!! Bless him!!

Sooooo ... as of Wednesday he's in for some serious love and attention - LPG coming out, 148 litre long range petrol tank going in, high flow injectors, new fuel pump and sender, the original throttle body, TPS and distributor, along with a new Wolf ECU to control everything. New cylinder heads going in also to decompress the engine a little for petrol, and a full touch up whilst the engine is open ...

Auto box coming out for an overhaul, including possible new torque converter if needed, band adjusting etc etc. Getting new flexi oil lines put in from the tranny oil cooler to get them away from the turbo and dump pipe, as well as new power steering lines and cooler.

Annnnnd (but wait, there's more!!! lol) - Rodney is going to give it a going over to test all the electrics and get those bugs sorted also - this is going to include ripping out ALL old and unnecessary wiring and cleaning things up in general ...

Hopefully things will be back to fairly standard (ignition etc at least) and then to throw it on the dyno for a final tweak and tune ...

It's the least I can do - yep, it's more money, but I love this truck and quite frankly, through a myriad of issues (which the Vic boys saw first hand) it never let me down in times of most need ... no more band aid fixes and touch ups to keep things moving - time to sort it once and for all.

Fingers firmly crossed!!!!

is the auto up for the job??? or world money be better spent on a turbo 400 or something????????

[growler2058]

Bring it on I say lookin forward to the final dyno figures

[Sir Roofy]

Bring it on I say lookin forward to the final dyno figures

x2 good luck tank hope it goes well for ya

[Bigrig]

is the auto up for the job??? or world money be better spent on a turbo 400 or something????????

The auto is up to the task mate - just been hammered as of late due to other issues - it might be perfectly fine truth be told, but I'm having it fully checked out anyway ...

[Bigrig]

Bring it on I say lookin forward to the final dyno figures

Me too fella ... should be interesting ...

[Bigrig]

x2 good luck tank hope it goes well for ya

Thanks champion - he'll be right ... and just in time for replacement diff centres (4.325:1) and 35"s!!!! lol

[Ben-e-boy]

The auto is up to the task mate - just been hammered as of late due to other issues - it might be perfectly fine truth be told, but I'm having it fully checked out anyway ...

oh ok, I dont know what knid of power a patrol auto can handle....your probably right about it being ok it has just done 4000 kms. if there was something really wrong it would of sh!t itself by now?