Monday, May 24, 2004 at 09:26
G'day Gajm
Sorry mate I never kept the part number records. However, it is a common part and should be
well known to the Nissan parts blokes.
Not sure whether you've heard of a bloke in
Sydney.....Dave Bradley. He's known as "DB" and now runs a
well kitted out GU 4.2TD and Ultimate Camper set-up, very similar to
mine.
He used to have an equally
well presented GQ 4.2 with a Safari Intercooled Turbo and cured his over heating problems by installing one of these same scoops too. However, his was installed facing rearwards and located closer to the front of the bonnet and on the centre line (ie: in the shallow hollow, about a foot behind where the front curves down). He has an email address as follows, which I have slightly altered by putting "AT" instead of "@" to avoid web crawlers getting locked on.
dbATplatinumadventures.com.au
I'm sure he would be okay about telling you his experiences with the scoop.
In my own case, I don't believe the scoop made any appreciable difference and it wasn't until I changed over the viscous fan that the problem ceased. However, even now the temp gauge still rises above half way if I try to maintain the 4.5tonne combined weight of my set-up at around 115k/h up a long
hill.
When next summer comes along, if I'm still having any issues, I will seriously consider the larger alloy radiator option, but at $1100- it's gunna take some quick talking to convince SWMBO. LOL
Good luck.
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