Buying an 80

Post by **terra88** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 8:57 pm

Hey all , the time has come to get a bigger 4b and about the only suitable one is the 80 series .. need some advice what to look out for, what is the early carby model petrol like compared to the injected model , would love the turbo diesel but everyone is asking too much for them, have driven alot of cruisers over the years but never owned one so tell me the most comon problems , rust areas, gearbox problems etc etc .. have seen a few 93-93 gxl multi point inj models for around the 8-9 grand .. is that the going price ...

thanks in advance ... Lee

Post by **terra88** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:00 pm

Oh man .. just saw the cruiser bible ...

Post by **Emo** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:32 pm

Get the 4.5 litre petrol. Good motor.

Post by **sniper** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:33 pm

mate you should be able to pick up an early model GXL factory TD for around 15k easy enough.

Post by **sniper** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:34 pm

and dont even look at a carby model

Post by **terra88** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:35 pm

sniper wrote:and dont even look at a carby model

yeah that was my thought , aren't they the motor from the 60 series ?

Post by **terra88** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:38 pm

Just a though , what is the auto like on the 4.5 mpi models for towing etc ..

Post by **Hardcorr** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:07 am

Depends on what you are towing. I can tow my tinnie OK, 4m, maybe weighs 500kg, but if I hook up my ski boat, 5m, Chev powered, weighing around 13-1500kg, it kills the economy, but does it easy.
I don't take it easy either, I set cruise and make it do anything it has too to remain on 110kph.

Cheers
Corry

Post by **terra88** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:08 am

Mainly ask ask sometimes tow a car trailer and wasn't sure wether the autos handle it ok, other then that its only a 7x5 box trailer ...

Post by **MUD000** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:30 pm

I've got a 4.5 auto & we towed the buggy with 4 people in it fully loaded to Sydney no probs to we rock
Gets 15l/100 on highway & we got 20l/100 towing buggy not great but not

either
Bought with only 160000kms on it in as new cndition
Cheers Dan

Post by **known 2** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:51 pm

hey terra, i got a 80 for sale 91 gxl deisel with 196000k's for sale.

got all the mods u could want for touring and a bit of playing.
asking 21k pm if ur interested.

Post by **mud4b** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:07 pm

not that i ever thought id help you but...

there is tons of 4.5 petty 80 series on the net for $4000 to $8000.

if your really after a turbo diesel i know of 2, one going for 10k and the other for 11k, both gxl one has high ks but has had the engine rebuilt and he has reciepts, the other was average ks, clean on the outside but could use some of your missos cleaning touch inside, both on the sunny coast..

also there is a few diesel pov packs here for $4000 to $6000...
if you can bring yourself to pm me for the details go for it.

mark

Post by **Tapage** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:19 am

I'm a turbo diesel fan .. if you like a petrol engine 1FZ-FE ( choose this one ) it's a excelent engine .. but the 1HD-T engine it's most amazing engine that you ever drive ..

You can tow a 40 series easy with this engine .. also ou get extreme reliability .. you can tunned it up to 14 PSI stock internals and get a fantastic power ..

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