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If anyone is looking for one of those cool new Warn PowerPlant winches that also has an inbuilt air compressor there's one on Ebay at the moment!

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All I need now is to win lotto!

Sorry guys - Gosford NSW.

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Hi all, I know this has been asked before, but would somebody have a Safari Snorkel template for a GQ they'd be willing to lend me. I will ensure that if someone sends me the template not only will i return it I'll also make sure you're not out of pocket ;) Please PM me if anyone has one. Cheers :)

Thanks for all the info guys - mine coil was getting so hot I couldn't touch it either - LPG or Petrol, it doesn't make any difference, when I broke down I was on Petrol in a effort to run the car that little bit cooler! My extractors are also wrapped which made a big difference to under bonnet ...

Hey joe, Mine is breaking down under load a bit too - I think my problems are to do with tappets that are out of adjustment and possibly the fact that the heat under the bonnet is getting so hot that the coil is loosing it's efficiency. I've disconnected my MSD 5 and Blaster coil at the moment and ...

Hey Mulisha, I PM'ed you about 2 weeks ago as I was planning the same mods - to be honest you certainly haven't put me off as 195hp at the rear wheels still sounds pretty good to me! Mine currently makes 81hp at the rears - so you've more than doubled that ;) I know it's hard for me to comment ...

Hey everyone, Well the car really spat the dummy tonight in a big way - it dropped down on to what I can only describe as being 2 cylinders in total :x The problems are only occuring as the car gets hotter, don't get me wrong its not overheating or running hotter than it should but I figured out ...

Thanks madmac - I ended up doing mine with a dremel type tool which worked well and removed the need to remove the dizzy and redo the timing etc

Hey bilby,

It did indeed get re-torqued at opp temp, and they were also adjusted approx 1000km's after that.

What are mono torque gaskets??

I don't know how they determined the level of vaccum - it wasn't a compression test though - i'd imagine they would have put a vaccum gauge on it...

Update on my GQ's poor idle and mis-fire. Took the car to the mechanic today who's diagnosis is that the engine has very low vaccum pressure suggesting that my tappets need adjusting due to some valve seat recession. The new head has been on for about 13,000ks so they believe that it's "settled" in ...

Thanks - I have an old set that I might throw in (bar the one that was stuffed last time) and see how it runs....

Thanks bilby - I'll try it tonight whilst checking the plugs and leads

Just out of interest what gaps does everyone recommend I've heard some people say 0.6 where as others have said 1.1

Thanks Jesterock, I'm gonna check plugs and leads tonight, then if I fail from there it's off to the mechanic's for diagnosis..... :cry: I've looked for vaccum leaks but as you probably know they can be almost impossible to find sometimes, my experience is you find them when looking or fixing ...

Yep - it's got an MSD Blaster 2 in it which is only about 4 months old.

Whatever it is it seems to be getting affected by heat...

Thanks for everyone's suggestions, a little update on the problem. This morning when driving into work I confirmed two things: 1) It only starts to idle badly once it warms up - prior to that it's pretty smooth, or that the miss is so minor that it's not noticible. 2) It's now missing badly under ...

Thanks heaps for the photo's mate. Did mine tonight and used the dremel tool which worked well however took quite a while to get ground down :? Unfortunately it is still missing badly so for all my efforts it hasn't solved my problems :cry: The plugs are only 10k old and were the lower temp one ...

Hey JeSTeROCK, Thanks for the info - I'm gonna try and do the job with it on the car as I don't have a bench grinder :cry: I do have a dremel like tool with grinding wheels and if it's only a couple of mm all round I need I'm hoping that'll do the job :?: I will let everyone know how it goes - I put ...

Hey rod,

I'm gonna order mine from here:

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Thanks for all the info guys - guess I'll grab one and see just how much material needs removing...

I do have a dremel equivilant so hopefully that'll be enough - better still hopefully it'll fit without any mods

Thanks mudmav - what year model is yours?

If there's no machining (other posts say there is ) then I'll be ordering one straight away

Hi all, I'm thinking of purchasing a Pertronix and believe that in order to fit it there is some machining of the shaft required? What's peoples experience with this - can it be done a home without needing a lathe, or is it something best left to a competent mechanic - if so how much have people ...

Thanks for the info mcgill, Do you run one or two gas tanks? If the T03 your running comes on at those revs then i'd imagine my WRX turbo will probably come on even earlier - I can only try I guess.... Where about's do have you located your airbox - do you run custom snorkel to match? Just finally ...

I don't suppose you have some pictures you can post up do you - or even email me if it's easier? :?: Was the $2800 including the turbo setup, or did you put that all together and just deliver the car with everything ready to go bar the Gas Research system fit-up and tune? What type of turbo are you ...

Hey jimbo, Thanks for the info mate! It has been tuned on a dyno and in normal day to day running I get about 360km's from 90ltrs which from what I can ascertain is pretty much the norm - I used to get 420 on 31's, I now run 33 after getting rid of my 35's due the lack of power :cry: Mine is ...

Hi all, I (like many others it seems) am thinking of going down the turbo LPG gas route - I currently have a duel fuel setup which is gutless and frustrating when faced with a hill/head wind or slight load. I recently did a trip to Tenterfield and back with a 12x6 trailer on the back fully loaded ...

Thanks again for the info chimpboy ;) I will definately try connecting the tacho wire direct to the signal wire coming from the distributor. When you mention using a diode after the tach but before the MSD - where do you mean to locate it, and what capacity diode do you reckon to use?? I found this ...

Thanks chimpboy, I have already tried hooking it up to the orange, white and red wire - none of which provide the desired results :( The unit has definately improved the car - it is smoother, pulls that bit better and starts alot quicker than before - it's a pretty cool looking thing to have under ...

Thanks for the suggestion - my sparky has tried a couple of different resistors to no avail at this stage..... The car did original have a balast resistor however the instructions that come with the blaster coil tells you to remove it.... I'm tempted to wire it in again but don't want to either ...

Hi all, Has anyone installed an MSD 5 ignition along with a Blaster coil on their GQ Patrol or Maverick :?: If so, did anyone have the problem of the tacho no longer working as a result? :cry: My tacho, when the signal wire is hooked up to the negative side of the coil as it should be bounces ...

Thanks Nixon - will look into that! ;) When you say a 96 Coily do you mean a Sierra or a Vit? This is my 4th Suzi, started with an 84 narrow track, then a 96 coily, then a 400hp WRX, then the black 92 you see on the left. I now have a 97 Vit V6. Both my Vit and the 96 coily should have lit climate ...