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Hi Crew,
I’m relatively new to 4x4ing . . . I’ll be honest I’ve been a V8 ute man, but racing motocross I finally had succumb to the pressure and get a 4x4 (I’d had enough of near on ripping my exhaust at the first sight of a gravel road).
Not knowing if I was going to take to these slow top heave things that people called practical, I decided to buy a bunky 98 model GLX Triton Club Cab . . . I had a lot of fun in the big girl, but I needed a few more creature comforts.
The Triton (2" body lift and 35" jungle trekks):
So off I went and bought an ex mining 2006 model GX Prado 2 weeks ago. Its life comes from a 3L turbo diesel (1KZ pre D4D motor) that has just ticked over 100k.
It came with tint, after market cruise control, cargo barrier and not much else.
So in the first week of owning my 'new toy', or so the lil lady calls it, I took it along the powerlines track in stock trim to see how it went . . . surprisingly good for a stock rig. I got hung up in a couple of points and my entry and exit angles were a lil soft, but the all wheel drive system and independent suspension handled the terrain perfectly.
The day I picked it up:
So that in mind, let the mods begin . . .
The bar work was graced with the bull spots off the Triton, simple but effective. The cheese cutter all terrain tyres had to go in place of something more substantial, for this the 17x6 steelies have been replaced by a set of 17x7.5’s and wrapped in 275/70x17 Maxxis Bighorn muddies. This has given the GX about 2” of lift but has unfortunately sapped what grunt the little 3L TD had.
With the spotties mounted and the cheese cutters still on:
Hello Bighorns:
So more mods . . .
I have booked the Big Girl in with Matt at United Fuel Injection to slip on a 3” turbo back Manta exhaust system, install a Rapid chip and tune it all in on the dyno. We are expecting a gain of around 20KW’s and 55NM’s.
Will keep you posted on future mods as they happen (lift, bull bar, recovery points, snorkel, dual batteries, fridge, gps, stereo, twin lockers, etc).
I’m relatively new to 4x4ing . . . I’ll be honest I’ve been a V8 ute man, but racing motocross I finally had succumb to the pressure and get a 4x4 (I’d had enough of near on ripping my exhaust at the first sight of a gravel road).
Not knowing if I was going to take to these slow top heave things that people called practical, I decided to buy a bunky 98 model GLX Triton Club Cab . . . I had a lot of fun in the big girl, but I needed a few more creature comforts.
The Triton (2" body lift and 35" jungle trekks):
So off I went and bought an ex mining 2006 model GX Prado 2 weeks ago. Its life comes from a 3L turbo diesel (1KZ pre D4D motor) that has just ticked over 100k.
It came with tint, after market cruise control, cargo barrier and not much else.
So in the first week of owning my 'new toy', or so the lil lady calls it, I took it along the powerlines track in stock trim to see how it went . . . surprisingly good for a stock rig. I got hung up in a couple of points and my entry and exit angles were a lil soft, but the all wheel drive system and independent suspension handled the terrain perfectly.
The day I picked it up:
So that in mind, let the mods begin . . .
The bar work was graced with the bull spots off the Triton, simple but effective. The cheese cutter all terrain tyres had to go in place of something more substantial, for this the 17x6 steelies have been replaced by a set of 17x7.5’s and wrapped in 275/70x17 Maxxis Bighorn muddies. This has given the GX about 2” of lift but has unfortunately sapped what grunt the little 3L TD had.
With the spotties mounted and the cheese cutters still on:
Hello Bighorns:
So more mods . . .
I have booked the Big Girl in with Matt at United Fuel Injection to slip on a 3” turbo back Manta exhaust system, install a Rapid chip and tune it all in on the dyno. We are expecting a gain of around 20KW’s and 55NM’s.
Will keep you posted on future mods as they happen (lift, bull bar, recovery points, snorkel, dual batteries, fridge, gps, stereo, twin lockers, etc).
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