4.2l nissan turbo vers HZ toyota

Gearing!!! It's all to do with gearing; Toyota have a much better ratio for their gearbox and diff ratios......

You've only gotta drive each of them down the same steep slope in low range 1st gear, to see that the tojo will "walk" down, where the Nissan will need to have some brake applied.

Now, when you take-ff from a standing start, the same gearing issues cause the Nissan to feel as though it's stuck in a hole.

On the other side of the coin, you would/should have noticed that the Nissan ambles along at lower engine revs when you're out on the highway......

Just my opinion....

Roachie

Problem was Nissan hobbled the TD 4.2 with a pathetic turbo and tiny intercooler.
Upgrade kits to bring out its true potntial are available but there not cheap

before i brought my 100 series 2004 diesel i looked at Nissan's found out that due to emission laws the 4.2 turbo inter cooled motor actually has the same pwr as the standard 4.2 turbo model because they are cut back in pwr to minimise emissions. u can get your turbo inter cooled engine dialled up in pwr without much hassles.

My Dad owns a 1994 Patrol ute. He recently (2yrs ago) put a 2005 td engine in it as the original was getting a bit tired and found it hard to cope when towing the Jayco past a road train.
Hubby & I purchased a 2004 td wagon (both vehicles are 4.2l). Dad's vehicle has (and always had) great pickup, to the point of being able to take off comfortably in 2nd gear from a standstill.
Our slug is slowly loosening up, but I'm not sure it will ever be as good as the ute.
Is this anything to do with the gearing differences between a ute and a wagon? His new motor had only done 10,000kms when installed, probably now up to about 40,000. Our wagon had done 40,000 when we bought it, now up to around 55,000km. So both run in about the same. Our family are known to have lead feet, so the vehicles haven't been pussied along whilst in our ownership.