Terranosaurus Obituary

[sibainmud]

Not as much done as I would of liked, but all good never the less
Finished the dash board and all the instruments. Ran a 6mm 2 ply wire through a 50amp breaker and put in the triple accessories sockets. Now I can run an 800watt inverter straight out of the dash and probably jump start a zuk if I have to




Managed to get all the switches in the centre console too. Compressor, diff lock, HID spot lights and the intercooler fan.






Have started on the birds nest of wires under the bonnet. Have become tired of running wires through the firewall, so I ran a 7ply trailer flex to help.
Now I have 3 spare wires for future projects


Boost controller in and intercooler installed. Had a wee play with the fuel and the rocket ship is starting to emerge.






Not a bad days work
Cheers,

[Heath]

I see the boost controller has two connections (in and controlled presure out I assume) but what is the purpose of the smaller three way connector back down the line? Been looking for a boost controller for my prado and saw these are reasonably priced.

Also is the catch can an off the shelf part (from ripco or supa chump)?

Cheers.

[kiwipete]

I see the boost controller has two connections (in and controlled presure out I assume) but what is the purpose of the smaller three way connector back down the line?

It is where the boost tap is "teed" into the actuator line.

[sibainmud]

I see the boost controller has two connections (in and controlled presure out I assume) but what is the purpose of the smaller three way connector back down the line? Been looking for a boost controller for my prado and saw these are reasonably priced.

Also is the catch can an off the shelf part (from ripco or supa chump)?

Cheers.

Not controlled pressure, controlled leak off. The purpose is to leak off some of the pressure to the waste gate actuator. End result is constant 18psi boost. They can take a bit of setting up, but cheap as chips
Yip, dump is superchump. not cheap but comes with everything you need.
I will modify this system in the future as the hose runs are too short and I will fit a good length of copper tube to act as a condenser to help separate to oil from the fumes and then let it run down hill to the catch can

Cheers,

[SP450andLE]

Good effort doing all that, I hate playing around with electrics.

And the sight of your battery just scares me off

[Heath]

I see the boost controller has two connections (in and controlled presure out I assume) but what is the purpose of the smaller three way connector back down the line? Been looking for a boost controller for my prado and saw these are reasonably priced.

Also is the catch can an off the shelf part (from ripco or supa chump)?

Cheers.

Not controlled pressure, controlled leak off. The purpose is to leak off some of the pressure to the waste gate actuator. End result is constant 18psi boost. They can take a bit of setting up, but cheap as chips
Yip, dump is superchump. not cheap but comes with everything you need.
I will modify this system in the future as the hose runs are too short and I will fit a good length of copper tube to act as a condenser to help separate to oil from the fumes and then let it run down hill to the catch can

Cheers,

Sweet looked different to the T boost one I was going to get which works on boost pressure lifting a small ball/spring to release presure to the waste gate.

[sibainmud]

Here's some footage of the first trip to the Maratoto Track and a wee sample of the Wires Loop





Cheers,

[lincooln]

cool vids

[sibainmud]

Here's the first few months, highlights
Even though some of these vids have been posted before, this edit is better quality


Cheers,

[u13turbo]

Here's the first few months, highlights
Even though some of these vids have been posted before, this edit is better quality


Cheers,

Love the comment at the start "#### that goes hard"

Good video

[MNC]

Here's the first few months, highlights
Even though some of these vids have been posted before, this edit is better quality


Cheers,

Mate you wheel that truck hard nice

[CRAZYBUSTARD]

more dents and vids this weekend !!!!!! simon

[R_ace-link]

SWEET

[sibainmud]

Well it has been a while since i have post here. My camera died at Christmas so my photo journalism has been on hold.
I now have a new camera that also does HD video

Since my last post i have been trying to kill T2 and have attended quite a few events and not missed a single Patrol Weekend at Woodhill.
Best i could do was, 2 front 4.8 diffs and toasted a winch
I have changed diffs , both front and rear as i couldn't get a new 4.8 front in time to do a major event with the club so i was forced into putting the 4.6's in temporarily.
Now I have been busy doing preparations for a certain event over Easter weekend at Woodhill.

So here is some pictures of the new stuff i have fitted or are about to fit
Here's the bling,





Snorkel is fitted, new exhaust that exits just in front of the rear wheel (got to love 3 doors, as it is still legal)
More pictures and video will follow in the next couple of weeks

Cheers,

[ArvinSlayer]

nice radiator where did u get that? and how much did it cost?

[sibainmud]

I got it from TD Power. It was a trial one for http://scarles.co.nz/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=24_42.
If the demand is there, more will be imported. The price is a secret
Fits straight in. Triple row full alloy
I have always had issues with keeping it cool after beating it for prolonged climbs and it was made worse by not running the fan shrouds after the body lift.
I think all those problems are in the past now

Cheers,

[ArvinSlayer]

same i have the same problem of the car heating when i stress it, not hardout stress too, just 3500rpms on a bout 16 or 17 grade hill, she goes past half n screams to overheat lol, i neeed a new rad, a good rad, this one looks mint, keep us posted of the preformance stats!

Peace

Arvin

[sibainmud]

same i have the same problem of the car heating when i stress it, not hardout stress too, just 3500rpms on a bout 16 or 17 grade hill, she goes past half n screams to overheat lol, i neeed a new rad, a good rad, this one looks mint, keep us posted of the preformance stats!

Peace

Arvin

The new radiator works mint
The temp only goes to opening thermostat temperature only.
i was mistaken when i said it was triple row. Had a closer look, it is only double, but huge tubes
The only spike in engine temp has been on the beach doing "heli's", mind you I was up to the fifteenth rotation
Cooled down easy and quickly. Can you call the old normal running temp a spike.

Cheers,

[sibainmud]

So, some of the things i have done over the last few months;

Changed the front diff 3 times, the rear twice,
Upper control arm bushes,
Some CV boots,
Countless Tie Rod Ends,
Left and right quarter windows,
Fitted brand new winch and solenoid pack,
4 LED spot lights (2 at a 45deg out the front and 2 on the tailgate hooked into the reverse light switch with the power feed from the front spots),
6 marine underwater lights (3 each side).

All of the above items have been either running repairs or preparation for the Easter Teams Challenge at Woodhill.
My team only came 10th, but that was due to some running repairs needed by the other 2 team mates. T2 went flawlessly with the only breakage being a quarter window on the right side and a couple of tweaks to the torsion bars to adjust out the sag after many hours of thrashing it.
The proof was, after an eye-lignment I drove it home
The new Runva worked perfectly with my big cables and battery system. 50m up steep rutted hill, belly dragging in middle of the night , then turned around and pulled a Scud up the same hill

Some pics

















Cheers,

[wax]

Great Truck. Looking a bit beaten up there but still going strong. Love it

[slide]

4 LED spot lights (2 at a 45deg out the front and 2 on the tailgate hooked into the reverse light switch with the power feed from the front spots),
6 marine underwater lights (3 each side).

I see the front ones, and reversing lights. Are the others along suage (spelling??) line? How much light do they put out?
The 45deg ones at front must be good when night 4x4n

[sibainmud]

Front ones awesome, you can never turn more than you can see
The side lights throw out 600 lumens each. Not a huge amount of light, but enough to stop the trees from moving They were well priced......free
All of the extra lights only draw 3.9 amps combined

Cheers,

[kbushnz]

Yes when we saw those side lights we thought it was something out of close encounters
But yah can't complain at that price !
Oh I still have your dial gauge for the injector pump....

[slide]

Seems I found your engine up 4 sale
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-par ... 574721.htm
See pic 2

[churchill]

Seems I found your engine up 4 sale
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-par ... 574721.htm
See pic 2

How funny, probably downloaded it from here.

[sibainmud]

So tempted to ask if I can buy that exact engine
Better not, or it might disappear out of the drive tonight

Cheers,

[wax]

I bought it.I will be round later to claim it.

[kiwipete]

I popped the question on trademe and the response is;

What's the inter cooler set up in the engine pictures, top L/H side? kiwi-pete (334 ) 6:21 am, Wed 23 May
as stated nissan mistral td27eti 8:27 am, Wed 23 May

[slide]

To quote you from 'Re: 2nd 3rd and 4th June Queens Bday'

Replaced turbo that let go last weekend as a couldn't be arsed doing during the week. I think the boost controller needs some attention or replacement because with it hooked up and wound out to max, can only get 14psi
Disconnected it will pull 22psi
Trouble is, i want a nice safe 18psi
Had to clean all the oil out of the intercooler and the exhaust
Washed cooler with fuel-lite and took it for a hard long run down the motorway to burn the oil out of exhaust
Here's the turbo. Don't think the exhaust turbine is supposed on the piss



Cheers,

What sorta boost controller are you using?
And how is it connected?
Looks in pictures to be the tee and in cabin type like this one on trademe "http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/performance/turbos/auction-481160481.htm" ?
If so theres a couple tricks to get them going properly

[sibainmud]

One of those cheap sh!thouse leak off type. Only cost about $30 so isn't worth spending much time on at my huge charge-out rate
You can see it in this pic,


What tricks?

Cheers,