Project TONI Update.

Alan
It responds to pedal input very well indeed, it should do concidering the torque and power difference over the Nissan

ZD30------- 113kw & 314Nm
1HD-FTE-- 150KW & 430Nm
Chalk & Cheese.

Alan I have still to do the sums yet as the project is still to be finalised, but I would guess at around $21000-22000 TOTAL.

Thats everything from towing to engineers report and weighbridge and everything between, still cheaper than the V8 Chevy option by $2000 or so.

I now have a car that everything, and more, than the much touted 80Sr LC (concidered by many to be the best 4wd wagon) and many years younger.

The full report, when done, will give a full account of costs.
Cheers Colin.

As a reminder if you did not notice in earlier posts that also includes the 5speed LC auto gearbox and transfer case.

Hi Colin,
Yes I did notice you used the landcruiser box as well. I sold my trusty 1996 80series Pet/gas to buy the Nissan, being honest I don't think I should have.
I generally like the Patrol but have had occassion to lament the instant get up n go of the 80, usually at the most inopportune moments when I get caught in second at low speed or third etc( (I know this is my lazy driving fault) and try to accelerate quickly into traffic etc.
Thanks for reply.
Regards Alan

We know the answer to that one Stefan, but cannot say on the grounds that it WILL incriminate us.

Hi Ya Stefan, well I dont like your chances of "dad can I borrow the car" anymore. I reckon your mum will have a hard enough time getting your dad out of it just to have his dinner LOL, he'll be pulling up to the local pub and ringing them from inside the patrol,cruiser ??? ok, TONI then, and will request them to bring it out to him take away style cause he wont want to get out of it.

Hi Colin, glad to hear its all systems go. Hopefully there wont be any issues and will have all been worth it which Im sure it will be. Will be one beast I reckon & as I have said to you before the best of both worlds. All the best to your wife who I am sure has been very very very patient with you over the last few months BUT, I would be real nice to her I think she deserves some flowers Im sure of it LOL. Mmmm not sure who is the Finance director in your house but I would have had to do some real serious crawling to do what you have done for my wife to give me the $$$. Have fun !!!! Regards Steve M

"Hi Ya Stefan, well I dont like your chances of "dad can I borrow the car" anymore"

Didn't work 13 years ago....so don't think the odds have improved since then!! LOL

Thanks Stephen,
I had a good loud laugh at you "Ford ad" style comments, you may have something there!!!!!

You know that as soon as the car is proven, I will be putting a one day members gathering on, for us all to go out and PLAY. Maybe up Mt Airlie (Jurassic Pk), that's where I was heading to when this all started, and I would love to finish that trip.

Stephen, when you get to the 35+ years together, money issues between us seem to fade away, Yeah like hell they do.

Renate, in all honesty, wanted this conversion just as much as I did, she never was fussed on the Chevy option, so permission was never an issue, as it is her car anyway.
Colin.

Hi All
Maybe Colin will let his favourite son in-law borrow the car,
Just to make it really appealing ,he gets the honour to drive "The Jackaroo" in exchange. LOL
I'm really curious as to how it will perform too, maybe we can come along on its first real run ...you know, just in case :-)

Cheers Bert

Bert
No disputing it, you are rightly my favourite Son In Law (as well as being my only one) BUT what advantage would "I" have in driving the Pack-a-poo over TONI???? now that I have more Kw's and Torque.
See ya later, mate.
Your favourite Father In Law.

Hi Dad,
In reference to trips down memory lane.How about you take another one to about 20 years or so back when a comment was made "I will never buy another nissan!!!" If you had of taken your own advice you would have been about $20000 richer.
Love your loving daughter
Michelle

And actually your KW's are still less then the Jackaroo's which has not been genetically half breed LOL.
Bert

Yeah, well thats a whole other story aint it. At least then the only thing lost was a few days in Sale Vic with a boat and no way to launch it, at least Nissan, then, were good for warranty.

For the rest of you, we, the family, were coming home from Melbourne, towing a 3m boat behind a then new Bluebird wagon when the Torque converter parted company from the crank shaft and just about took the bell housing with it. We were flat towed into nearby Sale and dropped off at the CV pk on New Years eve and spent 4days in stinking heat waiting for the car, a nice river nearby and no car to launch the boat with. Bugga.

I am obviously a slow learner.
Thanks for reminding me Michelle.
Dad.

Colin,

Good to see the family does'nt let you get too carried away LOL

Oh Michelle,
even IF I was $20000 richer, I would make sure it was spent before I depart this mortal coil.

Where there's a will, there's a relative.

Love you.

Hey Gramps,
you will NEVER catch Renate on "the hill" on Windsor Rd now mate, in fact I reckon the coppers would no even get near her now before Bella Vista.
Colin.

Hahahahahaha I could'nt get near her before. Now she'll just be a blur :)))

speaking of wills, changed it yet to make sure the car is taken care of and loved???

:)

Yes Stefan, we willed it to Jason's wife, she will love it and Jason will care for it, as it is his creation.

He He He.

Geez Colin I hope this 100 series of yours,oops sorry patrol doesnt let you down in ANY way cause boy are you going to cop it, from by the sounds of it both sides of the family LOL. I think I would just leave the patrol to both and let them sort it out (hopefully thats not for a long long time yet). Stefan, Mate I think you need to be having a word to Jason, I know he's a top bloke but I think there must have been some $$$ handed back to the old man to bribe him to give it to Jasons wife !!!! Anyway no need to worry bout any of that the old man will out last the patrol/cruiser, cruiser/ patrol. Regards Steve M

Trevor,
mate I will shout it from the mountain tops, when I get there, that Jason Dymock at Total Care 4wd Seven Hills NSW was the true genius behind this conversion, as for the engineer, the only reason he was consulted was to please the powers that be in NSW, but credit where due he was fair and understanding (within the law) of what we were trying to do.

Jimmy the electrical engineer was the silent partner in all of this and got it right "first" go, I will get Jason to give me Jimmy's details for the final report as this man is a wizard at what he does, he is the shy genius that brought this all together, without Jimmy this would NOT have happened.

Back to you, why the new 4.2, what was wrong with the old one? I thought you had just got that to where you wanted it?

Cheers, Colin.

With mine, I have had fun with it. It has been in it's current state of tune for some time now but with 365000 km on the clock and things starting to show signs of "old age" from a pretty hard life I thought I will retire it to "local" work and the new one will do the running around up and down the east coast. New one was my uncle's, has 150 on the clock and he has done a lot of the same performance work I done to mine so it is pretty handy on the dyno but still a fair bit under mine.....until the gas goes in hehehe about a week after I buy it.

This way both should serve me reliably for many a year to come. I reckon well looked after 4.2's will be hard to source as time goes by and this meticulous one come up so I couldn't say no.

Good luck with the rest of the formalities down there and I look forward to catching up with you to throw my eyes over your handy work, just bring a chamois to wipe away my drool from your front guard LOL!!!

Cheers, Trevor.

Captain

I did look at the Tojo V8 TD but it would not fit into the engine bay, Bugger, I think I would have had a hard time finding one so soon after release. But I did give it some thought though.

Maybe someone else might want to try that one. I know just the man to help them.

I think I mixed up the Navara ZD30 figures rather than the Patrol.
They seem to be OK in the Navara, or does someone know if I am wrong about that. Maybe the slight detune may be the secret to their longevity????

Cheers Colin

Yeah Hugh
That trip might be a good idea, all I have to do is save up some money, cos i'm broke just now, He He He.
Cheers Colin.

Bucky,
The reason I did not just throw the towel in and go for something else is the very same reason you mention about the paddocks, the Patrol is IMHO a very capable vehicle and now I have dumped that ZD30 boat anchor, I hope to realise the full potential of that running gear underneath the car.

Not too sure about those BFG's over the Coopers though, oh well I will just have to go to the Waeco and get a cold beer, and feel for those poor souls with warm beer from that other fridge.LOL

ingo
ALL accessories are toyota powered, AC, Alt, Power steer,
etc. They all had to me adapted to match the Nissan components they power.

The only thing i gave up, was the after market Cruise Control that I never used anyway.
Cheers Colin.