84 rocky Turbo diesel intercooler.

[mid9-5's]

just thought i'd chuck up some picks of my red rocket. its a fullyrebuilt td but its now running a intercooler installed by myself an a mate 3weeks ago. it pulls loads alot easier an temp gauge dosnt move past a quarter very well worth the work.. heres a few photos for anyone interested..

[1600dave]

nice work!
you considered putting some sort of scoop or vent over the open cutout on the bonnet, would possibly increase flow to the core, and also cool air into the engine bay in general, then again its also letting heat radiate out leaving it open

[mid9-5's]

yeaa i know thanks mate im in the process of finding an fitting a gu patrol scoop an then painting the bonnet red also.. next up is the snorkel to make up in stainless, an then probli a new zorst something abit neater an more free flowing.

[dai-hard]

looks cool

[RockyF75]

How old was your engine when you turboed it?

Did you do anything with the engine before you slapped the turbo on, like rebuild it?

I've got a spare turbo lying around but don't know whether its worth putting on such an old engine or not, got about 200 000 I think

[BundyRumandCoke]

F75

Reading it, only the intercooler has been added, not the turbo.

I did the same thing a few years ago, but mine was a standard, later model Daihatsu intercooler. Its reletively easy to do.

MID, have you got any type of fan under your intercooler? Or are you just relying on airflow from forward motion to cool it?

[RockyF75]

F75

Reading it, only the intercooler has been added, not the turbo.

Yeah but 84 Rocky's didn't come out with Turbo's if I'm not mistaken, so its either a later model engine (doesn't look it by the rocker cover ) or he's added the turbo at some stage.

[mid9-5's]

okay! the cooler has only air coming in from the bonnet no fan should pump plenty in there once i put scoop on also... an no mine wasn't a factory turbo it came factory with aircon an powersteer i bought the turbo an new pump an had the whole motor rebuilt from bottom up.
BUILD UP
g,day my names lindsay an this is my 1984 red f70rv hardtop turbo diesel 5speed rocky it runs 2inch efs lifted springs all new bushes a 4wd1 steering dampener a set of noisy 31x10.5 tsl swampers on new king offset f100 rims black arb bullbar black in colour with a set of narva spotties inside it runs full original dash in very good condition alpine 9884e headunit an a set of alpine 6inch speakers with tweeters sounds clean. its has factory aircon an power steering an only has 99 thousand kms on the clock it runs a fully rebuilt motor all new head an components crank has be re ground all new ball an roller bearings all pressure tested bored an honed all new cam bearings an cam rods runs proper 300psi lines for oil inlet an return motor powder coated in gloss black an slightly polished rocker cover i'll finish it soon all new breaks swivel bearings an new rear wheel cylinders replaced new wheel bearings an swapped over an put on my set of vented disks stops well for what it is. on its last run on the dyno it made 98.2hp at 125kph on the 31inch tyres an 648lb of tractive effort its running 10psi atm with the stock turbo an the pump only opened slightly

[BabyGodzillaGTi-R]

That's one sweet ride.
Always liked the SWB.
Looks so cute and adorable.

As for the Rocky anoraks what are the diesel engine models and code name fitted to it?
Are they Toyota, Hino based engines?

Only thing of a small concern is the tow hook on the front bull bar.
Isn't it an odd place to mount so high up?

[mid9-5's]

they run toyota parts like the powersteer system an shit like that the motor is daihatsu. an no not really for my toe hook i couldnt fit it underneath as the bottom of the bullbar is in the way i figure it shouldn't matter the bullbar is well bolted so thats not coming of anytime soon lol. 2thousand more kms an it goes back up on the dyno an well see wat power we can make?

[money_killer]

this thing is tuff as how does it go much power>??

[mid9-5's]

yeah monkey ive got it written in there atm its got 100hp at wheels but that was done before the cooler went on so in not sure wat its making now? its running 9psi fullboost but thats getting put up to about 12-14 an the pump timing to create a slightly larger window, that will be adjusted an played around with when we put it bak on the dyno in about 8weeks or so.. so im not gettin my hopes up but i wouldnt mind getting another 30hp at the wheels but well see how we go i guess. pulls well as it is now so anything from this will be an improvement, i need to make up my snorkel so i can pump down some colder air an im going to make up a larger exhaust so help it flow alot easier probli 2.1/2 or 3inch see wat i can fit in there lol.

[money_killer]

yeah monkey ive got it written in there atm its got 100hp at wheels but that was done before the cooler went on so in not sure wat its making now? its running 9psi fullboost but thats getting put up to about 12-14 an the pump timing to create a slightly larger window, that will be adjusted an played around with when we put it bak on the dyno in about 8weeks or so.. so im not gettin my hopes up but i wouldnt mind getting another 30hp at the wheels but well see how we go i guess. pulls well as it is now so anything from this will be an improvement, i need to make up my snorkel so i can pump down some colder air an im going to make up a larger exhaust so help it flow alot easier probli 2.1/2 or 3inch see wat i can fit in there lol.

cool as love it

[Shambles]

okay! the cooler has only air coming in from the bonnet no fan should pump plenty in there once i put scoop on also... an no mine wasn't a factory turbo it came factory with aircon an powersteer i bought the turbo an new pump an had the whole motor rebuilt from bottom up.
BUILD UP
g,day my names lindsay an this is my 1984 red f70rv hardtop turbo diesel 5speed rocky it runs 2inch efs lifted springs all new bushes a 4wd1 steering dampener a set of noisy 31x10.5 tsl swampers on new king offset f100 rims black arb bullbar black in colour with a set of narva spotties inside it runs full original dash in very good condition alpine 9884e headunit an a set of alpine 6inch speakers with tweeters sounds clean. its has factory aircon an power steering an only has 99 thousand kms on the clock it runs a fully rebuilt motor all new head an components crank has be re ground all new ball an roller bearings all pressure tested bored an honed all new cam bearings an cam rods runs proper 300psi lines for oil inlet an return motor powder coated in gloss black an slightly polished rocker cover i'll finish it soon all new breaks swivel bearings an new rear wheel cylinders replaced new wheel bearings an swapped over an put on my set of vented disks stops well for what it is. on its last run on the dyno it made 98.2hp at 125kph on the 31inch tyres an 648lb of tractive effort its running 10psi atm with the stock turbo an the pump only opened slightly

Where did you purchase the rims from?

[mid9-5's]

highway tyres mate there king rims f100 set. $75-80 bucks each from memory.

i actually just took them off my rocky tonight an put on my alloy rims with micky thompson baja claws i'll put some pics up tomorrow night of them..