Planning ahead which car to buy

Gee Maximus , if your really doing 40,000k in traffic then its all over , you'd have to go with the 4800 auto on gas , not only cheaper but who would want to sit in that much traffic with the fumes and engine rattle and NVH diesel issues.

Get the luxury model of the Patrol - all the petrols are prettty quiet but might as well be comfortable have all the goodies to play with
while in the traffic queue.

Hi Max and Sandy
I have a patrol and use it for work and for towing my van. (haven't updated the pic on here yet)
We thought about it for a long time and finally decided on the V8 Turbo Inter cooled V8.
Got ours done by Brunswick.
Was a manual and now has the 4L85E auto installed/
Its a brute of a vehicle and it does rattle
But it sure as hell can tow.

Find a nice cheap low Km 3lit and see what can be done

regards

Geoff

and BTW
the Patrol is about to go onto Diesel Gas new week or 2

Thanks a lot Geoff in SA.
Do you remember how much did it cost the conversion?
What it is your fuel consumption in town no towing?

Cheers
Max

I agree with Axel
The patrol is all but 10' tall and bullet proof, as long as you don't expect them to jump ravines or ford water 3 mets deep.

The drive train is really robust and will not break if given a bit of a hurry up.
As Axel said be aware of the rear spring towers. they will crack esp on the cab chassis.
another thing to be aware of as well is the cab chassis has a poor towing ability. esp the 4.2 lit Only 2500kgs
The common rail was increased to a bit more but still not as good.

Mine is a 2007 model and started life as a 3 Lit manual. as such has a 3200 tow capacity.
Its now a 6.5 Lit V8 Turbo Inter cooled with a 4L85E auto transmission.
It cost me a bit as I had a bunch of other stuff completed while the heart was transplanted.
Increased tow capacity.
Cruise Control.
Auto transmission.
and a bit of other stuff.

Best bet is to see what www.brunswickdiesels.com.au have or call them.
check this page out for some costings
http://www.brunswickdiesels.com.au/for-sale.php

Nice dual cab chassis for sale
Its on Gas already so will be easy to convert once the Chevy is installed.well at least the tank is installed and the rest will be a lot easier.
And you will still get the $1000 govt rebate as well???? maybe
and its a lot cheaper than what I paid. But still remains as a manual so its all OK
Mileage is still very OK for that model as well.
And as its a 4.2

You may have a a good old tojo or nissan that will take the new power plane etc

As for mileage around town ... Its thirsty but nothing to the 4.8 petrol.
and when towing it doesn't get too much higher.
I cam back fro Perth on a new motor and it was doing about 15 for me. Wasnt trying to break any speed records.
Now about town I get maybe 18 to 19

Hope that helps with any questions or answers.

Let me know how you

Regards

Geoff.