3VILC wrote:At the end of the day yes it still needs a cert, but how many of us have bolted in other engines or other mods and not worried about it as long as it gets a WOF

yeh this is the truth! shes all in bits in my shed now, figure ill do everything I wanted to do before I go in for cert!

soo on the computer is failed as worn tie-rod ends and worn radius bushes, that's all, wof man said he wont pass it but some one else might. I'll be getting the cert, just looks like I have to keep borrowing cars till I can get it in with the lvv cert people here, which could mean months of asking f...

keithal wrote:Rip the turbo off and get an exhaust adapter or something to suit?
Then get a wof put the turbo back and wait for a cert man to come free?

This is my next plan, will just be a pain.

ohh sweet,

yeh ,don't know what to do, seems all the lvv cert peeps in Hamilton are booked solid for awhile.. meanwhile im borrowing cars to get to work!

ahhh well that's life! would sell it but aint worth crap with out wof or cert

can go live in the shed.


thanks for the info peeps!

just clicked.. a td27 doesn't have the boost releave valve thingy on the intake does it!?

KIWI_TERRANO wrote:What year is ute? Jap import or nz new?

Its a 94 Jap Import

haha it was in Hamilton, the cert guys here are booked for months

Hey team SOOO purchased my ute late October/ish last year, turbo td27 - never though much of it till I got failed on my WoF for not having a cert for the turbo - now that im dealing with this cert issues, he wants to know if it was a engine swap (td27 tubro motor) or is it just a bolted on turbo dea...

how much difference does the new dump pipe make??

just on the difference turning the fuel and boost up - its like a whole nother ute! running on 1bar and had to turn that pressure up ALOT to get to 1bar but still only sits on 650d up the bombays 100km in 5th or around 350d crusing at 100!

not sure if posted before, but never seen this before!
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/ford/auction-761692365.htm

Finally got to taking the 94 Navara (td27t) for a decent drive after turning up the boost (to 1.1bar) and pump pressure!! went from doing 50-60kms in 3rd up the bombays to 100km in 5th :twisted: , egt sat at about 680-700d soo pretty happy with how its running, also gt 620km to the tank witch is up ...

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h286/crosdp_sti/Facebook/Cover%20Photos/9f6da4a9-1714-43ae-9ad6-377176079529.jpg Was told it had a 50mm lift? pretty std, got the EGT and boost gauge tweaked pump and boost turned up to about 1 bar EGR is removed,and so is the boost relief valve thing! got the run ...

Thanks Gotta say the builds on here make me want to do more to my Ute :twisted: , BUT might have to get another 4x4 as this Ute is my daily driver and cant afford to be off the road for a day!! I come form a mechanic/fabricating background so this stuff is all up my ally!! just need a bigger shed hm...

Hey soo ive been around and owned a few 4x4s but never got into the modding side of things as I used them mainly for beach access to go surf casting :D This time around im going a lil more into it! so far ive slapped two electric fans on the radiator controlled by a thermo adjustable switch from 40d...

all sorted now! soo nice to have full boost back again!!!!!!! some big arse bung had came out of the side on the inlet.. now has a rb25det vct solenoid in it till I get another bung haha

Thought i should introduce myself , Im Evan - long time 4x4 driver.

Driving a single cab 94 navara ute 2.7 turbs, 5 speed - in the process of putting my EGT and boost gauge in try squeeze some more ponies out of her

always up for some off road nonsence!!!!!!!!

Crash bandicoot wrote:split or dislodged pipe between turbo and intake manifold
start it up and spray the shit out of the engine with crc, you'll find the leak when the engine rpm's pick up

ill give that a try before i head up north tomorrow, thanks

soo just a few days ago after a weekend in some sand dunes i had to change my air filter, and after i done it my ute has developed a LOUD whistle! like im driving a bloody truck.. ??? Why did you have to change your airfilter? Sounds like maybe you've had some debris go down intake and damage the t...

hey team soo just a few days ago after a weekend in some sand dunes i had to change my air filter, and after i done it my ute (single cab 94 navara) has developed a LOUD whistle! like im driving a bloody truck.. Got a boost gauge on it last night, and boosting just over 4-5psi!!!!!!!! so as a test i...