prado conversion from 4wd to 2wd coming soon

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Re: prado conversion from 4wd to 2wd coming soon

thanks joey

it is me if something frustrates me l ask l am building up my rig its coming along nicely if l could work out how to post a pic as mine are bigger than the allowed 800 l would but will get there.
its fun and exciting to read other peoples solutions and take some of them and share mine aswell

cheers to all keep off the track and muddy

[JoshF Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close JoshF]

Re: prado conversion from 4wd to 2wd coming soon

considering we spend thousands on toys that look good on our rigs nice to spend a bit on something to save money on fuel.
set up like the old hilux interchanging from 4 to 2 wd and back

interesting as I have another brand of 4WD which allows me to select 2WD and AWD (70/30 changes to 60/40 under expected traction loss) and there is no noticable difference in fuel consumption between both 2WD and AWD.

[waltec Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close waltec]

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One of my friends had an old Landcruiser Std wagon with constant locked hubs. He keep an accurate log book, when he converted the hubs to free wheelers, and found absolutely no difference in fuel economy. So different vehicles could be effected differently. Other problem as others have mentioned is that Prados don't have a traditional transfer case, we have a centre diff, so major engineering to replace that.

Matt

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Re: prado conversion from 4wd to 2wd coming soon

thanks joey

it is me if something frustrates me l ask l am building up my rig its coming along nicely if l could work out how to post a pic as mine are bigger than the allowed 800 l would but will get there.
its fun and exciting to read other peoples solutions and take some of them and share mine aswell

cheers to all keep off the track and muddy

Corallen, if use an website like photobucket it has plenty of editting options to use easily like resizing etc, then you copy the "img" link into your post and presto photo's posted.

[corallen Member Find all posts View Profile Close corallen]

Re: prado conversion from 4wd to 2wd coming soon

thanks hutch will try

cheers

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I've done some long trips in a variety of 4wd vehicles and have tried it both in 2wd and 4wd and to be quite honest, with modern 4wds the difference in consumption is almost immeasurable.

We have an agency policy of vehicles are to be driven in 4wd when off the bitumen - regardless of what condition the dirt roads are. There are still some old school guys out there who will only engage the 4wd when the going gets really rough. They think they are saving on fuel.

And then they wonder why the troopies and patrols keep falling over on the gravel. Oh, surprise, surprise - not in 4wd and driving too fast for the conditions.

I'll keep mine constant 4 wheel drive (not all wheel drive) thankyou.

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Re: prado conversion from 4wd to 2wd coming soon

Same here 4wd drive on the dirt. It handles better and the fuel cost savings will not out weight the cost of the install.