Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

Thx Tinus, would LOVE to have come with, however I already have flights booked for a family trip over that time to Cape Town, but will definitely join on at least one or two official Patrol trips with you guys this year.

And regarding the new td42t motor from UD35 or UD40, I did not actually know they use the same motor at all, and had no idea they could possibly be had for so cheap(relatively speaking). Thx so much for the advice, I now have another avenue to start exploring tomorrow. But just out of curiosity, I have read one some forums that the N/A earlier TD42 motors have some stronger internals than the later TD42t motors, so they can be boosted harder, would that not make my motor a beter candidate, or are the UD35/40 motors already boosted to a good enough power to just tune it up and drive with it as is?

Thx SJC, ek sal darem ook like om eendag n Patrol Bakkie te besit...

P.S. guys, just so I am totally open and honest. I freaking love my Patrol and all patrols in general, but I am not one of those guys hooked to only one brand, I love many brands of good vehicles, and especially love SWB vehicles (except Land Rovers...), so just so you guys don't find out later and stone me, here are two of my babies together this afternoon:



The cruiser has had quite a bit more done to it already as I have had it for about a month and a half before I got the Patrol. I truly still cannot believe I actually own two of the vehicles I dreamt of owning when I was growing up.

P.S. the Patrol is more comfortable....

Bertjan
Daar is baie slim ouens hier .....veral op die diesels .....praat met frans cedric micheal ens ens maar die belangrikste is kry jou patrollie reg so vêr ek verstaan loop die nissan vurk hyser met selfde motor . Maar laat al die slim manne maar help . Vir my maak dit sin om n turbo motor met manifold regte pomp regte pistons alles te kry jou een uit te haal en daai een in te sit.Net die werk aan my engine by ingeneurs was 21k so ja om te turbo is dik geld ...as jy daai krag wil maak ga jy maar regte pistons en keystone ringe moet doen . Weereens ek is geen ekspert nie net my oppienie ...lekker bou mater n shorty GQ met al daai krag kan net lekke wees...
Ps daar staan ook n paar toyotas in my yard. ....as jy eers n patrol gery het besef jy elke man kort n patrol en n gtr in sy garage

As jy nou kaap toe gaan, gaan praat met Frans Fourie (Tour de Frans op die forum).

Hy is nou die een ou wat ek sou vertrou om 'n haardroer op 'n TD42 te sit...

Verder sou ek dit baie waardeer as jy ons na 'n maand of drie 'n objektiewe vergelyking tussen daai twee shorties sou gee?

Welkom

Daai is nou 'n droom voertuig!!!

Dankie Peter, ek sal so maak.

Het iemand dalk vir my Tour de Frans se kontak besonderhede?

Welcome fellow TD42 owner!!!

That looks like a beaut of a GQ!!!!!

In my opinion, other than Graham ( Pathmaker ) from G-Tech Motors who is in Valhalla Pretoria area who is an EXCEPTIONAL Patrol guru, there are really only 2 other people I would let do the turbo conversion. Michael, I believe can do this for you, but he is in Centurion Gauteng. He is very well versed in the TD42 turbo projects department......hahaha. The other would be Frans ( tour de Frans ). I say this with no disrespect to anyone, but due to the fact that the diesel pump will need to be worked on to change plunger sizes etc.... if you want to get the 140Kw up at altitude ( eastern Free State), and to make sure that that short beast is running at optimal performance, he will be the man to do this. There will be a lot of manufacturing like manifolds and possibly sump modifications. Frans has tinkered on my Iron Maiden a few times when I have driven down to see my folks in the Cape, and the performance differences each time have been insanely amazing. It would be worth taking it to him and leaving it with him for a few weeks to get it into 100% shape.

Please take a photo of the motor so we can also see if its the black top or silver top ( specifically the alternator to see if there is a vacuum pump on it)

AJ, you have a PM