turbo rodeo

No I didn't. Thanks

Do Hilux's do 3000 rpms???????

Colin, 3000rpm is approx 100 km/h, 3200 rpm is 110 km/h, and over here is the west we are allowed to do 110 on open roads, and given the long distances between towns the speed does slowly creep up a bit , but the rodeo loves to sit on 3200 rpm and gives good fuel economy, 8.9lit/ 100km and heaps of get up and go for overtaking, this is in 5th gear. so given that a lot of the time spent in the car at that rev range, and it is in all gears,it is slowly starting to make me wonder what it may be, thanks for your note. boof.

XR500, the vibration/noise is in all gears, and I am waiting for the muffler to rust out to see if it is the cause of the problem but the bloody thing is still orignal so I had thought that maybe there may be a baffle or a problem with the internals, so I will wait for it(the muffler) to die first. thanks, boof

Matt M, I have only driven two others, one 4wd, and the other 2wd, the 2wd had the same noise and I couldnt pin it down either.
yes they are a great truck and a very strong engine and am very pleased with it, as in the past Ive had a landcruiser, 3 hiluxs and 2 navaras and 2 mitisbushi l200 and would say that the only thing that comes close to the rodeo is the l200/tritions.
has your fuel economy improved with the snorkel ?

Fuel economy? Nah didnt really change with the snorkel, only noticeable difference is mine used to hurt in hot weather!! NOTICABLEY!! Crossing the Nullabor in summer I could feel it slowing/losing efficiency as the air temp got up, but later with the snorkel the temp differences are no where near as noticable.

The air cleaner, obviously is a hell of alot cleaner, picking the air up higher than from the engine bay.

The other big difference was the 2.5' exhaust, it gave the truck alot more torque, it was audibly asmatic before the exhaust upgrade and this may also be the cause of your resonance. I still havent had it tuned up after the upgrade and that was about 60k km ago. Realistically I should have to benefit from the more flow up top, therefor allowing for more fueling than before.

Good luck with the noise hunt, they can really get to you cant they!!
let us know how you go!

Matt.