WELL I DO HAVE A FJ CRUISER. AND YES THEY ARE AWESOME

This is awesome. I wanna get a 80 now! Lets have some more updates !

Hey man. I have a 1GR-FE in my FJ, as far as fuel consumption goes i get abou12.4-13.6/100 on the highway. My old diesel isuzu wizard got about 11.4-12 and i considered that to be economical. Depends what the application is and how you drive it.

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There are a lot of options people have said here. I would pay attention to one's who have been on the forum the longest as they probably know a thing or two I will plus one the Isuzu range but that is purely biased, but both the mu wizard and bighorn from th 96-98 era both are quite reliable given ...

did you hold onto the BD30?

Oh crack up. I have toured south island with 1 other and sleept in the back. Works well and im 6ft 1. If you ever need to know anything about that thing. Let me know as I know that truck inside and out. I would replace the front bumper asap and deal with the rust in the front of the chassis too. I ...

The girl the last day i had her T.T she treated me well, as i her. http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s393/Jesusisc00l/IMG_0503Custom_zps4e045fe0.jpg http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s393/Jesusisc00l/IMG_0511Custom_zps4141b6e2.jpg http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s393/Jesusisc00l/IMG ...

amboguy wrote:So i upgraded from a Isuzu Wizard to a Isuzu Bighorn today.

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Hey! That was my wizard, where did you get it from? looks as though my brother in law keept my patrol wheels i had on it, he still hasn't payed me for selling it lol. why did you get a big horn?

Cheers, I'm Pro-Isuzu IMO 1st Generation Trooper probably the most underrated 1980s 4x4, rock solid IFS, you can sleep in em, and they can look cool: http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i235/desertbenny/Various057.jpg The rear coils are .57" (wire diameter), 9 coils tall. Just standard Jeep Grand ...

[quote="lax2wlg"]Ok some interesting notes on front diff setup. I've set it up using 4.875 gears from the C200 rear diff & C200 LSD. To install the 4.8 pinion I used the sleeve from the R200A front pinion then got a small depth spacer machined. This allowed me to get the mesh pattern within factory ...

looks like the diesel one has been cut, sleeved, and re-welded a bit longer with slightly bigger pipe. have seen this done on panhard rods and trailing arms, but not drive shafts

hah, there is many of us

Moving to Perth bro

hah!, awesome

awesome build dude, hey quick off topic question, what is regulations in auz like for modifying your vehicle for your guys registration? I'm moving over soon, and looking at getting a terrano/pathfinder

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Hamz

Interesting, would the bell housings and/or the box bolt up to a td27 from a v6. Might just get a v6 and put a td27 in it. We'll, need to make it to auz first haha

wait, wern't you going to put the R30A in? you'll have to adapt the R50 wont you?

How is the r50 going anyway? I'm thinking of getting a terrano wen I move to Perth and do all the ifs upgrading you have been documenting. Inspiring thread btw dude

I don't know about petrol bighorns, but depends on how much cooling you have on your engine too. Say a bighorn has the 3.1 and is intercooled, keeping the head a bit cooler And having a bit better combustion in the chambers, looking at things like oil cooler and trans cool as well if its a auto. The ...

hah

Awesome pics dude, i just put them all up so people can see them easy. i went up macetown in the summer 2011 in my old wizard and was a blast! would love to go again http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af116/jasonmarsden/Macetown%20Aug%202013/IMG_1291.jpg http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af116 ...

mate good to see a bit of isuzu in your terrano. this thread is making me want to get a terrano... just out of curiosity, what is the diameter of your coils?

Cheers Guys, appreciate it. PM'd Shortylux.

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Hamz

mines just a couple of allen key bolts....

Looking for factory safari front springs, if someone has any they want to get rid of let me know.

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Hamz

Interesting, I take this would work on a wizard as well? The patrol springs I mean

Whole process very easy, i used the existing gasket from the plate on my gearbox and had to use washers and random cylinder shaped bits to space the bolts as i didn't have the original bolts, just takes time

you can take the swaybar and mounts out for wof and have no problem

Should be ok man, its likely its been there scince your last wof, and just never noticed it. Your main chassis Rails wont be bent and thats what they'll be looking for, sway bar mounts aren't structual.

the bighorns have 4.3 diff ratios. but can easily get a 4.55 diff from other model bighorns, then you could put a prado front diff in which from memory is a 4.5 diff ratio