Apologies to all!

Hey norm, pretty sure i saw that truck of your in 4wd monthly, or am i seeing things.

That's the one Wayne. You are not seeing things. It was on the cover of No 107.
I've just put a few of the pics they took in my rig profile, including the one here.
Good pick up.

lovin it man, sweet work. Tough lookin truck. Love the blue! Good on ya dude.
Wayne-o

Nice new truck, Norm. Did you have the outboard running up back when crossing that creek?

All the best, Ray

no worries dude. It is soooooo hard to get things done here in Karratha. It is frustrating,
Have a good one
Wayne-o

thanks ross.
Well the turbos not on yet.....but should be here tomorrow or wednesday....TOLL IPEC from perth.....then should have it on by the weekend, then get the pyro and boost gauge out, and hopefully sorted 100% tweeked by sat for some serious caining....LOL
luv the rig pik.
Cheers bud
Wayne-o
PS...what rwkw did ya get?? I wont be able to dyno mine till Bath Bros up here get theres up and running should be in a few months though!

No prob mate,

I got 96rwkw from mine but kept temps to under 600 degrees pre turbo. Many believe my donk is a time bomb waiting to happen, we shall see..!

What pyro and boost gauges are you going? Ian from Thermoguard helped me out with one of the first of his set ups, and (as with Turbotech, apart from a bit of trouble initially with the boost gauge) both have been going well.

Ross.

not too sure yet, will set up with digital gauges, and adjust fuel to get 550 flat out in 5th, and boost to 14psi.
Dont think you'll have a time bomb mate....only jealous others!!!! LOL
just wana give my neighbours D4D prado a run for its money...LOL
I think i will source some gauges eventually to pod mount but once its set ill take my time to get a sweet set on pillar pods and do my best to get a nice sweet install.
What is a ceramic coating??
I was thinking teflon wrapping??

Wayne-o

G'day again,

Basically a heat proof ceramic composite coating that "insulates" the coated surface to keep the heat from the engine inside the exhaust manifold and pipes. Depending on how much you want to spend they can do both the inside and outside of the item to greatly decrease the surface temperature of that item.

The guys are quite helpful and I stumbled across them while investigating improving the manifolds and turbo housings on another toy.

Couple of companies do ceramic coatings, with varying results. Finally decided on a place in Kelmscott (Competition and Industrial Coatings). They too were willing to listen to, and discuss my ranting about improving performance and reliability. If you do a search you'll probably find info on a couple of these company's on Google.

I also have the pipes from the turbo to under the chassis 'wrapped' in a heat proof type tape (looks like a really thick bandage) which I'm sure a lot of auto parts stores might be able to supply you with. I got mine from the guy who makes my exhausts for me.

Rossco.

Same here f64.
I think it began with the light-hearted approach by Wayne:sounded playfull.
Oh well.
Still reckon you should join up fisho.....
Don't think Big Nike is ready yet.
Jeff H.

Might wanna take those painted glasses of big ears ! :-)))))

i didnt take any notice Pezza cos its the norm on this site

sorry....MTQ....also saw another while surfing ebay this morning....upgrade turbo that is...you will find if you boost up and enlarge the turbo, the intercooler will be the next restriction, so keep an eye out for a front mount safari unit, or go and buy one complete, and sell off your std one to someone with a std gq 4.2.
The good thing with your motor, you can play with the adjustments on the pump with a few std tools :) Make sure you buy an egt gauge first...

cheers DOZA i will be sure to tinker me pump.
(that sounds naughty....LOL)
thanks pal
Wayne-o