Nissan Safari LWB shortened an VG30DETT fitted.

[Craigs4wd]

Hi Guys
i have a Nissan Safari LWB
This has been cut down to a ute (By previous owner)
Then i shortened its chassis
Fitted triangulated 4 link in rear
Fitted 5 link in front with panhard rod
Slipped the VG30DETT motor an Safari auto.
The motor is twin turbo an twin water to air intercooled.
Have hydraulic superwinch to go in. hopping to run pump off crank pulley.
Have spent many hours on it an many more to come.

will try to keep update as i go.

[slide]

Nice
Interesting choice of vg30dett. Fit in easy enough?
Welcome to the site, Keep them pictures and details coming

[DA RAM]

DIRTY OLD NISSAN ! 1 lady owner

[Craigs4wd]

yes in deed dirty old nissan.
but with x2 hair driers now.

[tomsoffroad]

Nice fab work on the the chassis link mounts.

[mike barnett]

that looks a bit different from when i last saw that cab and chassie was mr da rams was it not ?

[Craigs4wd]

Yes it sure is. Jim's been also helping me lots in the build. very Great-full. He does a pretty good job.

[KIWI_TERRANO]

is this craigs4wd that has the website? and built a kzn130 on 37 with leafs?

[Craigs4wd]

Hi yeah thats the one,but i never built that truck, it was a friend of mine. kev.His wee toy.

[KIWI_TERRANO]

Yer my mate owns it now, you guys also shoe horned a v8 cruzer motor into A 105 series cruiser, was it hard? Reckon you could do it to a sheep shager and mate it to the auto if i "killed" the motor haha

[Craigs4wd]

this truck you mean?yeah i did fit the v8 into that cruiser. yeah took lots of thinking. the v8 is a big engine.very tight for room. gear shift was a mission radiators an so on. but turned out great an was very nice to drive. think it would be to tight for sheep shaggers.

[KIWI_TERRANO]

That the one! It was on trademe I was thinking ute chop but a v8 in a shager would be cool...

[Craigs4wd]

got ta love the wiring side.got to get the safari loom to talk to the 300zx motor an then to the v6 terrano auto ecu.

[Craigs4wd]

unsure on how much cooling will be needed so mounted 2 radiators back to back. didn't want to loose vision with taller radiators.need to look for a inline water pump now.

[DA RAM]

sure you'll have enough LITTLE JAPANESE HORSE PWR to run all them fans !
nice wiring diagram there craig you"ll have your crayons out drawing on the floor next

[workin on it]

will sure be a mint wagon afta all that tho

[Craigs4wd]

Haha talked to a chap the other day who's a wiz on these motors an was quietly surprised to here what power can be reliably extracted form these motors. who knows tho. i have allowed enough room for a v8.
also need crowns with different colored traces so it would be easier to follow them.

[Craigs4wd]

Found a bit of enthusiasm. blew the dust off the truck an welded on some diff bracing.

[Craigs4wd]

made wee slide to protect locker an sensor.

[Craigs4wd]

still working out an doing alot of thinking on winchs, going to run this hydraulic,an run pump off the crank,

[Craigs4wd]

But undecided on which electric winch is best.

[DA RAM]

YA DONT NEED A WINCH JUST LEARN TO DRIVE IT
looking good craig pleased i got some done on mine also

[Big]

I'd be keen on one them spare high mounts for a box of beer..? either one will do
I need one for the back of mine.. even got a space for it..

[muddyplumber]

These motors can produce insane hp if done right...had one built to handle 900hp,was stroked to 3.2L and had t51r turbo strapped to it motors now in a jetboat,couldv brought a v8 cruiser n still had change for what was spent on it lol.awsome build man.
Rich

[Craigs4wd]

time to remove body an bar work to run an secure the fuel lines,trans lines,and brake lines every 300mm for cert. also to get an un welded mounts an an bars from the top.

[Craigs4wd]

little bit of exhaust work an heat shielding. Cert mans coming today so will get him to check progress an make sure we keep them happy.

[Craigs4wd]

The Nissan VG30DETT twin power steer pump removed (one part for power steering an the other for the 4 wheel steering which the cars have.)
another one adaptered which appears the same physical size as the Nissan patrol one.

[Craigs4wd]

Today while i had some spare time i made up myself a drive shaft loop and also wanted to strengthen up the cross member.

[Big]

now thats cool

[Craigs4wd]

also found i needed to lower shock towers 50mm to allow the springs to be just captive an as i have to bring bump stops down to prevent new steering system hitting panhard rod mount, i didn't want to loose shock travel.