Outer Limits 4x4 Board

It depends on how much range your currently getting, and how much more you'll get with the extra 38 litres. You need to do the calculations for yourself. Its almost two jerry cans when you think about it?? I bought the 147 litre main tank and also changed the sub tank to a 70 litre, currently have ...

Just wandering what would be tha max tire size that you can run using any of these after market flares? Will they be ok for 37" tires??

Unfortunately no one seemed interested in the idea, but I still went ahead and had a bonnet with light pod made up. The idea of geting more people in on this was that the overall costs would drop alot more. It would end up costing the same as fibreglass panels. I'm still keen on the idea if more ...

David (dirty),

I want to power up the GQ that we are building up. I'm not happy with just turbo charging the standard 4.2 litre diesel; been there done that.

It time for change, either find a bigger, badder diesel engine on steriods or move onto a natually aspirated straight gas setup.

cheers stuee, the BB is still on the crate at the moment, looks like its going interstate. I've been speaking to a guy who wants to put it into his show car, therefore he'll get priority. This now brings me back to choosing an engine for the 4x4. I'm interested in the diesels, however I don't know ...

Based on the other poll about V8 engines for 4x4's, it seems like there is a fair bit of interest for the deisel V8's. Can somone shed some light on what engine they would pick and why?

I was gonna ditch the petrol V8 idea and source a V8 Diesel via the factory in the USA. But it was just too hard to walk away from the 540 BB.

Struth, This engine is almost bullet proof, its built for the desert racing trucks that run full noise all day. The only difference is that this one has a mild cam in it, its not as lumpy sounding like the others. As far as reliability, its almost bullet proof provided I give it a regular service ...

Yeah, I'm hearing you. I was just gonna stick a small block V8 on straight gas into the truck but the 540 BB showed up. The running gear is a concern, I really need to know what the maximun torque should be? How much torque will start breaking running gear?

Its such a mixed bag of opinions out there!! Faaaaaark, I thought this poll idea was gonna be simple. Part of the reason for this poll was to help me decide which engine to choose for my GQ Patrol. I've got access to every and any combination I want for my GQ, I just have to make a decsion ASAP. I ...

Hey want33s,

I've edited my original quetions an added the type of 4wd one in there.

Cheers,

Mark
www.enginefactory.com.au

I thought it was time to get a poll going about V8 engine choices for our 4x4's. There are so many mixed opinions and I thought it would be good to see if there was a preference for a particular setup. I've had heaps of different opinions from talking to people and most of the time, its always come ...

Hi Guy's, Just wandering how many of you would be interested in getting carbon fibre panels for your GQ's?? We are talking about 100% carbon fibre, no bullsh#t fibreglass mixed in etc The company I'm dealing with have been building carbon fibre products for over 15 years now; they build stuff for ...

Hey DanwinGQ, I used to have a GQ 4.5ltr with a turbo charger, it was great and comfortably did what it had too; like all petrol engines you always have to look into the waterproofing aspect?? However most people spend around $10,000+ on f'n around with a standard factory engine to make it better ...

Hey pom300, I guess it comes down to personnal preference, I have supplied over 70 engines to very happy customers. There's quite alot of them who run straight gas setups which will match the fuel effieciency of you're truck. I'm in the process of building up a serious truck, and I'm putting in a ...

I'd stick a one of our 350 Chevy engines into the truck, for the same money you spend on turbo charging etc you can get a turnkey small block!!!