Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Posted: **Tue Oct 12, 2004 5:13 pm**

fish_man wrote:i did 2 weeks for placement at 4wd connections in eltham and the guys talked me outa it and off rangies, they reackon there gutless and suck tooo much juice and the issue with getting parts very $$$$$$ apperently if u want genuine ones, kept thinking about a GQ 4.2 desial for a while, but my mate has talked me into a 2.8l deasial hilux, problem is i can't seem to find too many around the place, also interested in bunderas, but there is only 1 in the trading post and its a sucky auto
so i have know idea at the moment, what do u guys reackon?

3.5 rangie gutless????

Do you think a 2.8l diesel slugbox is anymore powerful?? Those things have no grunt at all!

Either rangie / patrol. Dont even consider a hilux.

Dave

Posted: **Tue Oct 12, 2004 7:41 pm**

i say go the rangie or either a 4.2 petrol or diesle patrol if you can find one at the right price

Posted: **Tue Oct 12, 2004 7:56 pm**

ok hilux is gone, down to a rangie or patrol, man my brain is clicking ova it a million miles

Posted: **Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:04 pm**

RANGIE

:D:D:D:D

Posted: **Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:27 pm**

Yeah im with Britswed

Join The Darkside :twisted:

Posted: **Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:16 pm**

yeah ok, i might ask me ol man if we can go have a look at it

Posted: **Wed Oct 13, 2004 1:13 pm**

Can only be the RR.

Michael.

Posted: **Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:03 pm**

ohhhhhhh look what i found:
http://www.carsales.com.au/pls/carsales ... istance=25

Posted: **Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:09 pm**

sounds good mate, the engine conversion is valuable, but harder to work on than an old 3.5.
Seems to have a few extras as well, all good
Take it for a spin, the price seems good and it is only 15min from my house, i might go have a look too :lol:

Just Joking about me buying mate

Posted: **Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:11 pm**

lol and to neone else, i saw it first and get firast dibbs, man, i'm getting bloody exitied, if i get a shiver down my spine when i look at the car then look at the price, does thatmean i'm in love?? :armsup:

Posted: **Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:22 pm**

Looks to be a goodun. Good price on it too considering the motor replacement. Go for it and don't even consider a hilux! :twisted:

Posted: **Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:23 pm**

Looks good, Disco engine is a big plus - your first job is to hunt
down some cheap shocks and flog thos bilstiens - they are 2" shorter
in travel than any equivalent shock - cause of their gas resevoir.

But that would all be ahead of you - EFI is definately the way to go and they are a good engine to work on

Tom

Posted: **Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:29 pm**

yeahsweet, i'lll show me old man when he gets home hopefully go and look at it on saturday, man i hope its not sold, but yeah the guys at 4x4 connections were talking bout EFS and he reckons they're awsome, and the good thing of 2 weeks work placement, they an't getting ascrap of $ from me for labour, they taught me how to do everything.........suckers :twisted:

Posted: **Wed Oct 13, 2004 5:23 pm**

apperently its a 4L with 3.5L injecters on it, if that makes sence

Posted: **Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:40 pm**

fish_man wrote:apperently its a 4L with 3.5L injecters on it, if that makes sence

IIRC the injectors are the same anyway - shouldn't matter, check to see if it has 3.9 written on the plenium and has a solid fuel rail that go down to the top of the injectors - if it has 3.5L rail setup it will have small fuel line connecting to the top of each injector with a hose clamp.

Look at what air flow meter it has - should be a lucas 3AM or 5AM
(may have hitachi written on it) make sure it doesn't have a huge old vane flap style meter

Tom

Posted: **Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:59 pm**

kool, but i have hit a snag, the insurance, aami won't insure me :finger:

Posted: **Wed Oct 13, 2004 7:26 pm**

just cars will but for $2,387 for full comprehensive, gotta find out how much 3rd party will be

Posted: **Wed Oct 13, 2004 7:33 pm**

i think i might surround the rangie with steal and get 3rd party:Third Party Property Damage Only $406 niiiiiice

Posted: **Wed Oct 13, 2004 7:34 pm**

I had my first truck insured under my Dads name with me listed as a 50% driver with RACV.

Made it heaps cheaper and i also got a rating.

I just paid the insurance bill.

Dave.

Posted: **Thu Oct 14, 2004 12:07 am**

Try NRMA - they were very rangie friendly for me

Tom

Posted: **Thu Oct 14, 2004 11:52 am**

kool thanks ragin, will do, also Y don't i want the huge old vane flap style meter on the engine?

Posted: **Thu Oct 14, 2004 1:38 pm**

fish_man wrote:kool thanks ragin, will do, also Y don't i want the huge old vane flap style meter on the engine?

Because

I would have difficulty believing that they put the 3.9L top end on it and reto-fitted the 3.5L EFI system to it. The hotwire EFI is much better than the Flapper system - they are also easier to fit gas to. The 3.5L injection is in-efficient and they Air Flow Meters don't take kindly to back fires.

Tom

Posted: **Thu Oct 14, 2004 2:45 pm**

so have you put a deposit down yet? I cant imagine it lasting long if those are genuine kilometers.

Posted: **Thu Oct 14, 2004 3:39 pm**

oh man i wanna, but havn't seen the inside or driven the car yet, hopefully we are going down on sunday afternoon, i have to convince my dad, cause i an't riding my bike therre

Posted: **Thu Oct 14, 2004 4:18 pm**

mmmm,, it doesn't have a engineers certificate, am i just asking for trouble?

Posted: **Thu Oct 14, 2004 5:13 pm**

There are no mods on it that would require an engineers certificate.

Posted: **Thu Oct 14, 2004 5:24 pm**

As long as the engine number on the block matches the rego papers it will be fine.

Posted: **Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:04 pm**

tuffrr the rangie has had an engine swap

Posted: **Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:06 pm**

fish_man wrote:tuffrr the rangie has had an engine swap

ISUZUROVER wrote:As long as the engine number on the block matches the rego papers it will be fine.

Posted: **Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:19 pm**

mmmmm dads getting on the piss tonight, maybe its a good time to ask him to drive me down there

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