Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

I'd also like to see what it does in terms of longevity. I am a big fan of the old adage: "there is no replacement for displacement" - especially so on big, heavy vehicles. Same here. They did squeeze everything they can out of that 2.8. Most of them will be used for drives to office, mal...

People say the 2.8 drives away from the V8. That might be so when towing up a hill But I would like to see what it does on rocks. Does it labour the clutch or does it ease over the rocks like a big in-line six? And similar for deep soft sand, does it hunt on the auto (or require you to rev up to mak...

- Manual hub allows you to go 2x4 in low range. I.e. without the front wheels being driven. It is a slight advantage in slow traffic on tarmac, saves the clutch a bit if you move very slowly. With auto locking hubs you cannot do this unless you are on dirt roads, since then you can damage the drive ...

Portals is just something that I would love to have, but it doesnt make financial sense to me at the moment . Nice to have, but I think our vehicles with big lifts will have to do for now... Till I win the Lotto :rolling: I don't think portal axles ever made financial sense, to anyone, ever! :rolli...

It says that it is a TD42 turbo. If it is a factory turbo, those TD42s have the more effective oil cooling. Not sure how it works but runs much cooler than after market turbos. I had a factory turbo Td42 with top mount intercooler in a Series 4 station wagon and it never got hot. In fact the max wat...

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I'm no expert, but I'd say a combination of age and the water on a hot coil or water on the voltage supply to the coils. That's why one should only buy TD42 patrols or ZD30 if your name is Reenen. :biggrin: I did not know this was a risk for coils. Wilfred, do you think the "puddle of mud wate...

Ja, I won't go the Portal route. I have more than enough clearance on Toro, and as PC says, the reduction is marginal. It is the crawler gear that I would have really liked, and that is not available for Safari MK/MQ,160 models. I still would like to have an clever drivetrain engineer (Like PC's) op...

In my opinion, Torro wants three more mods to make it one of the most capable 4x4's in our circle: Crawler gears Hydro-assist steering and a traction bar on the rear axle. Ultimately, I want to take out the sandwich locker on the front and replace with a proper diff locker. As for crawler gears, I ...

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