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  • #16
    Originally posted by kav View Post
    Why were you driving a 3 cylinder charade? Did you lose a bet ?
    Never underestimate these things, they are a little rocket ship if you do the right things to them, it was my little rally car. Top speed was 190kph, 0-100 was done in 7-8 sec, to this point I think it still holds the unofficial record for traveling from Port Douglas to Cairns in 15 mins. But to do that now days would be silly...lol
    97 VX Grande, with front & rear air lockers, ARB Sahara winch bar with tigers 11 winch, 2" EFS lift, 265/75/16 Achilles Desert hawk XMT, and more.


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    • #17
      Ahhhhh cable ties, is there nothing they cant do? :lol:
      Steve
      2000 Grande
      Toyota Alloy Bar, IPF 900XS, 50 mm Lovell Springs in rear, Safari Snorkel, Kaiser Roofrack, Milford Cargo Barrier, Hercules AT's, Blue tongue compressor, Uniden UHF, Dual Batteries, Home made rear drawers, 45l Waeco with Waeco temp monitor, Side & rear awnings

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      • #18
        Originally posted by croozza View Post
        Never underestimate these things, they are a little rocket ship if you do the right things to them, it was my little rally car. Top speed was 190kph, 0-100 was done in 7-8 sec, to this point I think it still holds the unofficial record for traveling from Port Douglas to Cairns in 15 mins. But to do that now days would be silly...lol
        I drove one around kakadu , Katherine and Darwin , it didn't like sitting on 140kph for about 12 hrs and blew a head gasket , luckily it was a rental
        03 grande v6 , with added stuff that makes it go places . RTFM people !
        founding member of the " you don't need all that crap on a prado association "
        "you only use 15% of your brain " Einstein . " so why not burn off the other 85% " Cheech & Chong .
        petrol , petrol ,petrol , you know it makes sense ! im kavpetrolbitch

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        • #19
          Originally posted by kav View Post
          Why were you driving a 3 cylinder charade? Did you lose a bet ?
          I have a mate with one. He diced the motor and about 500kg of useless metal and put an electric motor in the car. Faster, quicker than than the stock car. Can smoke rubber in 2nd gear.
          Dave
          Views expressed are mine alone and are not intended to compromise the integrity of my employer nor offend those who may read such views.
          Bugger Bali, get out and see Australia before we sell it all to China.

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          • #20
            This reminds me of an add years ago where a car towed a 747 .
            Cheers Ross

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            • #21
              I can tow three trailers... Winston.



              snagit
              Winston.

              White 2009 120 Series D4D GXL manual.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by winniliss View Post
                I can tow three trailers... Winston.



                snagit
                Mmm...Smell that boys, that burning smell? That is Toyota Clutch, nothing else in the world smells like it. Smells like victory!"

                *Apocalypse Now: requote*
                [FONT=Century Gothic][B][SIZE=4][URL="http://www.pradopoint.com.au/showthread.php?36057-Ryback-s-Flinders-Red-120"][COLOR="#B22222"]'04 120 Petrol Flinders Red GXL[/URL][/COLOR][/B][/FONT][/SIZE]
                with ARB Catalog, with TJM add ons!

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by AJ120 View Post
                  How did you mount the ring feeder to the Prado

                  Cheers Andrew
                  Don't laugh... I have a ringfeder on the back of the Prado now..

                  Well it's actually a rockinger auto coupling but it's the same thing.

                  Never been so easy to hook up trailers.
                  2011 150series GXL

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                  • #24
                    Clutch is all good, I used low range gears instead of high range and my endless air compressor was able to keep the air up to the trailers very easy.
                    Roo, I did a change over for the return leg and as a result the trailers were empty. Full or nont l don't notice the extra weight. 3in exhaust helps. Wish I the chip still. Would have been handy for the hills thou.
                    Winston.

                    White 2009 120 Series D4D GXL manual.

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by winniliss View Post
                      I can tow three trailers... Winston.



                      snagit
                      I think its only fair to say you've raised the stakes significantly with this effort!
                      My Rig: 150 GXL D4D, Tough Dog adjustable suspension with 60mm lift, Polyair bags, ARB Winch Bar, Warn Winch with Dynamica Rope, Outback Ideas recovery points, GME UHF, HID Low/High Beam, Lightforce Genesis HID Spots, Dual Battery Setup with rear power outlets, ARB air compressor in engine bay, ~30L Watertank mounted behind fueltank.

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                      • #26
                        Yes, yes I have...
                        Winston.

                        White 2009 120 Series D4D GXL manual.

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                        • #27
                          Clearly the 120 is the superior vehicle based on the information contained in this thread

                          Cheers Andrew
                          [COLOR="#FF0000"]So Long and Thanks for all the Fish![/COLOR]

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                          • #28
                            Heheehe..

                            http://youtu.be/L9XZwDYwGdY

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Piggy View Post
                              The look on the bystanders faces was priceless. Shame about the lack of sound, hearing the thing self destructing would of been musical!
                              My Rig: 150 GXL D4D, Tough Dog adjustable suspension with 60mm lift, Polyair bags, ARB Winch Bar, Warn Winch with Dynamica Rope, Outback Ideas recovery points, GME UHF, HID Low/High Beam, Lightforce Genesis HID Spots, Dual Battery Setup with rear power outlets, ARB air compressor in engine bay, ~30L Watertank mounted behind fueltank.

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                              • #30
                                It wasn't that long ago we could see a Laser towing vans that size and I always wished something like that would happen to ALL of them.......
                                [B]Dave[/B] - 2010 Silver GXL Prado 150 TD Manual.

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