Bloodyaussie's GQ

[taslucas]

I have had to have a re-think at this point as I dont see in the next 2 years I can afford the td conversion?

I think I am going to have to fix my petrol engine and be happy with it for 2-3 years at minimum (could change?) as I have to get a bigger house before my kids get to much older and kill each other.... and I go crazy watching it happen...blah.

Maybe a new head with hardened valves and whats that mod thats done to the head to help atop them doing a head gasket?????

I will weigh everything up over the next couple of weeks and try and make a decision ?

Is that mod your talking about the one where they drill extra water entry/exit holes in the side of the head?
I don't reckon you'd need to go that far. Just get an exchange reco head with gas valves (hardened) and it should last for years.
Mine had a reco head put on around 2008 (before I had it) and it was run on dual fuel till I got it (only petrol now). As far as I know, there was no other work done apart from the head and it just clicked over 430,000kms.


But yeah:

Turbo your TB Jonathan! You will love it!

[Alitis007]

I have had to have a re-think at this point as I dont see in the next 2 years I can afford the td conversion?

I think I am going to have to fix my petrol engine and be happy with it for 2-3 years at minimum (could change?) as I have to get a bigger house before my kids get to much older and kill each other.... and I go crazy watching it happen...blah.

Maybe a new head with hardened valves and whats that mod thats done to the head to help atop them doing a head gasket?????

I will weigh everything up over the next couple of weeks and try and make a decision ?

If you can find a td trol with good running gear a rusted out body you could get away with it cheaply. If you did the head i would get a back grind on the valves too so the motor will breath better, i did it on my vl and made the standard valves 3mm bigger.

Turbo your TB Jonathan! You will love it!

It would be fun for a play car but as a daily tow vehicle his fuel consumption might kill him lol

Is that mod your talking about the one where they drill extra water entry/exit holes in the side of the head?
I don't reckon you'd need to go that far. Just get an exchange reco head with gas valves (hardened) and it should last for years.
Mine had a reco head put on around 2008 (before I had it) and it was run on dual fuel till I got it (only petrol now). As far as I know, there was no other work done apart from the head and it just clicked over 430,000kms.


But yeah:

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Thats mod but it makes the engine bay cluttered but if you bleed the air out of the motor out correctly you dont need to do it.

[taslucas]

It would be fun for a play car but as a daily tow vehicle his fuel consumption might kill him lol

Have a look at Scottys (bigrigs) members ride thread. He went a turbo'd efi tb42 and his fuel consumption went down, even when towing and the power went up

[MudRunnerTD]

Give Brett at 4x4Obsession a call mate, tell him your a mate of mine and from here. He has a cut down ute with a Water injected head TB42 Turbo that goes real well mate. Have a chat with him.

[Alitis007]

Have a look at Scottys (bigrigs) members ride thread. He went a turbo'd efi tb42 and his fuel consumption went down, even when towing and the power went up

I'll suss it out when i get the chance mate. A mate of mine had a straight gas turbo tb42 that would take off on r33's when he used to race them at the lights lol

[Bloodyaussie]

Here is a bit of an update... well from the last trip the shocks have shat themselves, it seems they looked all good but must having been sitting around for awhile and all the seals and rubbers have gone to the hard side!!!

On the trip I was getting a lot of banging noise from under the car and stopped a number of times to see if I could work out what it was... so now I have put my old Pedders shocks back in (one bent rear shock) and all the noise has gone.

They will be sent off to ARB in Thomastown to be rebuilt with all new shaft and seals.

As for the engine it held up very well with the chemical treatment for the trip and the gas tune Georges dad did got it running smooth but this was always a band aid fix until I could figure out what to do.

I have tracked down a whole engine for a good price and will do the swap very soon.. it is running 2 head gaskets and was set up for turbo but I have gone through my finances this week and there is no way I can go down this path at the moment.

So very much sooner than later it is going to be another big effort to fit and engine.

I used my locker on the trip for the first time with Winnie sitting next to me doing a hill climb while I screamed like a little girl!!!!!! I frickin love it!!!!!

Oh well more money I should not be spending is on its way out the door!!!

[Parksy]

Bugger! After reading about your score on eBay I now check regularly for awesome deals. Haven't had any luck.

[Drewboyaus]

Give me a shout mate if you need a hand with anything.......


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[Winnie]

Same here mate ,give us a call if you need somebody to pass you tools

[Clunk]

thats a bit of a buggah there BA........ so how was that adjustable steering dampener you got?