Offroad-Express

Should have my car sold in the next few days and iv been watching this on trademe http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=465007827for awhile now and its dropped heaps in price so im really keen now.can someone tell me how these motors go in water(and yes i no it doesnt have a snorkel ) Rich also does anyone no the truck...

as far as petrol engines go there fine in water, the dizzy is right at the back up on the inlet manifold so there well up and away from the water, most of them have HEI dizzys these days and they crank out big voltages to keep the plugs firing, all my chevys have been in plenty of flooded rivers and never given me a problem, holly carbs are easy to snorkle. Would be a bit dubious about believing the $50k+ worked motor its still got old cast iron heads on it so I dunno what he reckon hes spent all that on paticularly when you can go and buy a late model alloy LS1 injected chev for around $5k, looks ok in the photos but despite the chevy in it its still a harsh old cart sprung truck

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Positio ... k2Lmh0bQ==



http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Positio ... I0Lmh0bQ==

I think the first one you looked at, is far too over-priced, theres far better trucks out there for less money

thanks for that bit of info,only ever owned one petrol engine in a 4wd it was a supercharged commy v6 but didnt own it long enough to have some fun with it.iv asked for the specs on motor,be interesting to see whats been done to it.

dont get me wrong its probably a good engine in it but often the term "worked" means they cooked it and threw a set of secondhand heads on it to replace the cracked ones or it's a bit worn out and fumey and had a set of rings and bearings thrown in it. There old engines, so long as its got reasonable hot oil pressure and compression you'd be fine, worthwhile getting the casting number off the back of the block to check its a 350 and not a low spec 305 smog engine or something like that

I've got a 350 chev with a 4 speed fj40 box with a full lpg setup if you pick up a cheapy

that one with the 350 in it smells off dulux recondition and a lot of bullshit too me.
just my personal opinion. besides the 50 grand engine, whats it got going for it. it sounds pretty standard. looks nice, see the paint never been off road so as he said never needed lockers. the money in 4wds is lockers, suspension. modifications. beadlock etc. all things it dosnt have just a supposed kick ass engine that i bet he cant verify. as saddam said one of the first things your going to do in a kickass v8 build is dump the heads. those are not alloy. carburation isnt the best off road. propably still worth 10 grand tho but if you want too go offroad theres a lot more suitable for ten grand

there are afew well set up trucks on trademe,i just dont have the time to build anything and just wana get out there and wheel.was looking at this to,wouldnt be paying the 15k price tag tho http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=462936464

What would you pay for it? hahaha

save some more dollars and buy this:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/toyota/landcruiser/auction-438557871.htm

used to be my mates he had it all built up, very cool cruiser

if that engine bay looked anything like this

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-par ... 635608.htm

i might think he has spent some money on the motor.

that is a wicked cruiser

badnuz wrote:save some more dollars and buy this:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/toyota/landcruiser/auction-438557871.htm

used to be my mates he had it all built up, very cool cruiser

wopass wrote:if that engine bay looked anything like this

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-par ... 635608.htm

i might think he has spent some money on the motor.

nah mate thats only a 25000 dollar motor that first one was 50000 worth