Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Hey guys!!

can anyone help me!!
i am currently without car!
i wish to get a toyota hilux and was wondering if any1 could help as to wat to look 4 and so on??

thanx guys
kieran(not leb was just a personal jk)

oh and im only on my L's/P's so there r restrictions and shit i dnt no wat to get!

mate can't go past mid 89 to mid 97 lux's LN series (diesel's) no race car but if you can get away with it on your rules a turbo will do wonders and should still be under the power limit your allowed you'll have a blast in it.

Why get a diesel over a petrol^^^(Just curious)Coz my mates got a 2.8L diesel and its a next to usless as its got no power to go up rock steps and get out off trouble.

Any Lux is a good Lux

I would go looking for an Extra or a Dual Cab, I love my single but there is no room to carry anything in the cab it all das to be strapped to the back

LuXaNator wrote:Why get a diesel over a petrol^^^(Just curious)Coz my mates got a 2.8L diesel and its a next to usless as its got no power to go up rock steps and get out off trouble.

I dunno about that, but I love my petrol Hilux.. And it gets going in traffic pretty quick. Also goes good off road, climbs most stuff without much revving.

Might pay to get pump injectors checked and valve clearances done (should be done every 40 thou?) my lux will hold 1st gear line lock on 31 10.5 with locker on bitumen just doesn't like 2nd and haven't tried it on 35's yet it was plenty fast enough in traffic alot of the petrol ones i drive at work are about the same if not slower than mine was and i've driven turbo ones with less go than no turbo one so it comes back to matenance. Don't forget don't buy a IFS one so that rules out a extra cab or sr5.

so from 89-97 are solid axles? but the xtra cabs n sr5 are ifs? and after 97 thyre ifs?

btw im new so i got barely any clue haha sorry

could someone breifly explain the dif:P

This may be of help....

Solid Axle Suspesion:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_axle

IFS:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_suspension




I hear alot of Hilux/4Runner owners may have alot of CV shafts and CV boots constantly breaking when offroad when they have IFS, but I'm no expert.

LuXaNator wrote:Why get a diesel over a petrol^^^(Just curious)Coz my mates got a 2.8L diesel and its a next to usless as its got no power to go up rock steps and get out off trouble.

I have a YN65 1984 model which has been updated to a 2.4 Diesel. I would go up against any 1984 to 1988 petrol ute any day. With or without a load on the back. I go everywhere up, down, across and through. I guess it could be just the diff combination.

Dunno about everyone else but I love the visibility in my dual cab, heaps better than my mates single cab.

a diesel turbo does not apply, if it is diesel it is apparently not classed as high powered as far as i no, thought id let you know.

Exactley right.

You can have a 1000hp twin turbo V8 as long as it's a diesel while you're on your P's.

wat about a converted engine??

i heard somwhere there r setain ones i cant have??

kieran

the toyota 2l and 3l engines arent popular for their brute horsepower, but they are for reliability and being a toyo diesel will just go and go and keep going long after a petrol engine has stopped. on the road my 2.4d is gutless but im glad cos i dont get speeding tickets. non turbo diesel will not be as responsive as a turbo diesel.

how would a 2.8d keep up with a 3ltd offroad? and on the beach