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okay I have a 1985 swb patrol with a stuffed l28 (whats new) how easy is it to put in a rb30 out of a gq patrol ? has anyone done this? do you need to replace motor and box? reason i am asking I can get a rb30 in very good cond at a very good price any help/thoughts would be appreciated
I have come frrom playing with zooks and don't know too much about patrols
and I have searched the bible
There has been questions on this before...
there are no kits available to the mq box for that motor....
so then u need motor and box which means i need transfer...
then i have a problem.... MQ rear diffs are drivers side offset where as GQ and GU diffs are centre rear offset....
so unless u want ur driveshaft going from the middle of ur car out to the drivers side MQ diff which u dont unless its a comp truck because the vibrations are insane and u bust unis... trust me i know...
Then u need to put a gq rear diff in, which means u need a GQ front diff as well to match the width and ratios....
ideally buying a GQ complete would be cheaper and easier....
if your going down the path of a different motor... then u need to look at a V8 as u can buy the kits from marks and dellows and rodshop etc to match the motor to your gear and transfer case adapters too if u need them....
or u could look at putting a V6 commodore motor and auto in there ( cant get kits to bolt the motor to the box ) and then put an MQ divorsed transfercase on the back or buy the transfer kit to bolt it up to the commodore auto....
again alot of work and u still only have a V6....
the cheapest alternative is to replace ur current motor as u can buy them for like 200 at wreckers as they are rubbish.....
or put in a V8...
screwy
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how easy is it to put in a rb30 out of a gq patrol ? has anyone done this? do you need to replace motor and box? reason i am asking I can get a rb30 in very good cond at a very good price any help/thoughts would be appreciated 