Hilux 3 litre. new turbo resluts

On the trip I used the AC every day but since being home it is a little cool to run it at the moment. Had 2 days of snow here on the weekend and the temp has only been above 10 1 day this week so I guess that the air con will have a rest between now and Christmas.

BTW the turbo made a really big difference in the snow. I did a run up and over Stirling on Saturday morning in about 20 cm's of untracked snow and powered through it like never B4. The standard 3 litre is a bit slow when in snow. This is a major imprivement. Actually suffered a lot of wheelspin which is a bit unusual in the Hilux.

I wend the MTQ Turbo in Laverton (Melbourne) which have just changed their name from DTS. They are the only national operation with factories in all of the major capitals. Cost was $3100.00 fitted and garunteed 12 months 20,000 kms. Was a very competitive price, 1 day fit and not bad service. Had a problem with the exhaust which required a weld while away and a small oil leak that just required a tightening of a bolt but apart from that a pretty neat job.

I priced turbos and non turbos when buying and the difference in price was about 5,000 at the time. I figured that I would save the money and go non turbo and just see how it runs. It was great until I had to tow or load right up. Overtaking was also pretty dangerous and frustrating when loaded as she was a bit slow. A standard one without all of the aftermarket accessories may be better than mine but I have got 700 kgs of extra barwork, canopies etc etc added and it made it pretty heavy so eventually I figured that the turbo would be worth putting on (even if only to stop my road rage at being the slowes toyota on the road).

Just one bit of advice on it. The extra heat build up in the engine bay around the brake and clutch booster is unbeleavable. It was so bad that I couldnt touch either brake booster or clutch master cylinder as they were so hot. This was even though MTQ fitted a really well made stainless steel heat shield between the Turbo and these bits. I was worried about the brake fluid boiling and causing brake fade or failure so I bought a metre of 150 degrees C flexi pipe (73mm diameter) and ran it from the bull bar up beside the steering box, under the battery tray and beside the turbo so as it vents cold air onto the heatshield and brake and clutch boosters. The result is that this area is now cold when driving and the heat is taken away by the airflow. Cost me $26.00 total.

I am really pleased with the features of teh SR5 and with the turbo it is now a dream to drive as opposed to a slug.

Hope that this helps