Ditto on that. Love to know about it...
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Ditto on that. Love to know about it...
Peachy got rid of it a while ago and bought a patrol :(
I helped him with the Ford EECIV wiring via another forum and from memory he said the rangie went pretty good. I can't remember why he sold it though.
I put a V6 commodore motor in a hilux once. Was so dissapointed with it.
Sold it just after I finished it
Know how he feels
Geeeezzz... Been a long time since I was on here.... :o
Anyway the donk was a great conversion, and would do it again if I had the chance. Had double the power of the old 3.5 ( which isn't too hard I know) and used slightly less fuel.
Only had it out 3 times off road, awesome !!
I sold it about 6 months after, Thought I'd put it up for sale for what I thought was a good dollar just to see what would happen as I wanted to get rid of the 2 cars (dedicated 4wheeler and general driver) for 1 that would do both, and free up some garage space for a project I have. The old girl sold the next day..... Should have had more on it !
Another reason I thought I would let it go is the extra power it had, It needed some money spent on diffs and axels upgrades to keep up with the engine :D
All in all, a great conversion, alot of work, but worth it ! Not a daily driver for me though as I travel over 500klms a week to work and back.
Billy Bob, no wonder you were disapointed.... It's a holden motor.. lol
Banacus, thanks again for your help mate !
Found some more photos of the old girl !!
This is when I got it
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...011/06/585.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...011/06/586.jpg
Painting in progress
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...011/06/587.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...011/06/588.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/a...f/PIC00445.jpg
Nothing a 3" spring, 2" body lift, some fibreglass flares, a coat of Vermillion Fire, some bar work, a set of 33" mudders, and a nice donk can't fix :p
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...011/06/589.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...011/06/590.jpg
After reading a thread about your hardtop a few months ago, I don't blame you wanting to make room in your shed. Looks grouse peachey :)
Supoib Peachey!
Hey banacus, check out my 351W EFI into Classic Rangie...
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/wa-aulroia...2-zf-auto.html
Cheers,
FIXR7 aka xr9ute
Hey Peachey,
I notice your radiator support was removed/removable. Is that a standard thing?...mine is spot welded but it appears that it has holes which could be bolted through. Sure would help the conversion process if it unbolted.
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Originally Posted by FIXR7
Yeah mate, it was all bolted together. Good thing I like about the old Rangies, they're almost like a big mechano set ;)
Good to know, I suppose I could drill out the spots and use the bolt holes but that would mean a lot of tidy up work afterwards. Wonder when they switched to welding them up?