Patrol v Landcruiser

Hi there Al, cant answer your question, but mate thats one big mother fu@ker trailer your towing there. I reckon they must be one of the best toyota's they ever made the one you have, I reckon if toyota made them in a dual cab but with the same length tray they'd be one awsome vehicle for the outback. Good luck with your new slide on trailer. Regards Steve M

Al,
I don't think too many people would commonly fit one to the factory TD 79series because theres not a problem there.
Different story with an aftermarket TD.

I bet you can't wait to get the Innovan!!
When I slipped the canopy onto mine, I lost about 1.5 l/100k on the highway, but some of that may have been tyres too. Off the main raods, its pretty good - eg we used 94 litres from oodnadatta to Birdsville last August which was 10% better than the other vehicles in our group.
The skinnys will go fine provided you air them down enough.

have one fitted to my GQ with 2.5 exhaust, drilled hole in top of exhaust and through a stainless clamp which holds sender in the exhaust, works really well have had no probs over 100,000 ks, have been told not to weld bracket to exhaust as they end up cracking at the weld. also guage is great for fuel efficiency cooler u keep it the better the economy. Col

I fitted one to my TD maverick (3' inch exhaust) Ended up puttin it just after the dump pipe. Unfortuately you pretty much have to drill a hole Big Al, but it's only a small one, if that's any consolation (7mm what i remember)...

You just have to watch that the turbo could be up to 100degree C hotter than the pyro is reading... obviously depends on where you position the sender.

I'll take a pic tonight of it & post it tomorrow.

Cheers,
Ben

Al, nice rig you got there... you're not wrong, i love the old g60's, would've gone alrite with a small block chev in it. That's the plan for mine, once/if the motor gives up the ghost. Looking at the possibilties, had a bit of read on marks4x4 conversions... they do a gen 3 conversion into gq's now, how sweet would that be?

I might even sell mine and get the new troopy coming out next year. Twin turbo 4.4L V8 diesel... there's a bit of speel about it in editorial of the latest 4x4 australia mag... we can all dream!!!

That's the problem with gq's now, they're rapidly dropping in price.

Anyway, I've loaded 3 more pics into my gallery. One of the location of the sensor & the other 2 are the pyro & boost gauges, one pic of them off & the other of them on.

Have a good one Al,
Ben

P.S. Nice truck!!!