Tips for r50 terrano

[Gcdogg]

Recently purchased a 1997 nissan terrano r50 with the qd32 for rather cheap . Was after some help on making it better for 4wding . Am about to go look at some 31s maxxis bighorns on 15x8 was wandering if I'll have any troubles with fitment and at factory height is this the biggest tyre I can fit . Also heard they don't make a snorkel to fit but with slight mods a d22 snorkel works ? And lifting them isn't the easiest either only wanted to go a couple inches . Any helps great thanks .

[ChurchurDan]

Try the search button I did a thread on fitting a snorkel to my R50 a while ago.
Airflow make a snorkel for the R50 but it requires cutting the support under the front guard to make it fit. A d22 snorkel will fit with a lot of shagging around.
from memory the biggest spring lift is about 40mm but you can do strut spacers and subframe drop to lift them higher.

[Gcdogg]

Do you have a link to the airflow snorkel on the net?

[Crash bandicoot]

mmmm good points

good tow wagon.
good LSD.
cant do much of a lift easily... probably king springs and strut spacers is the best option.
keep the side steps on, being a monocoque chassi any sill damage is a wof fail.

bad points.

too many electronics.......don't bother with a snorkel, you'll get your ecu wet before the engine swallows water. in other words avoid water deeper then your knees.
replace the suspension bushes, then buy a spare set. you'll find out why in 6 months.
HID lights are a pain, try and replace them with the normal 96ish housings.

they are getting to the age where things start to go wrong HID light packs stop working, things start rattling, rust, bits falling off alternator starter motor rattley valve train etc

[BlakeNZ]

31" tire are the biggest you want to go without putting lots of strain on the steering components.
this is the best R50 page imho
http://michaeljhermann.com/pathy.htm
snorkels available on trade me.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-par ... 250387.htm
you need to be careful pulling them out if really stuck. you need to bridge two towing points, to avoid bending the faux chassis. It looks like a chassis, but is actually sort of like a moulded/folded chassis shape, attached to the floor.
MCC do a nice front bar for them.

[ChurchurDan]

bad points.

too many electronics.......don't bother with a snorkel, you'll get your ecu wet before the engine swallows water. in other words avoid water deeper then your knees.

I disagree with this, they are rather water tight. In the flooding we had around here a few months ago I drove mine through headlight deep water and had to sit idling in it as the 4x4 in front of me died. I was in the water for at least 5 minutes and didn't even have damp carpets. My air filter was damp and there was water sitting in the bottom of the housing which is why I fitted a snorkel. Since fitting the snorkel I have done river crossings and had water up to the windscreen.
This is my work truck that has done 440000ks and nothing is falling off it yet and all the electrics still work fine.
Just remember these are a soft roader and need to be treated as such.

[derk]

haha that water shit's like sex without a condom you'll get away with it lots of times but it'll get you in the end

[zukmeista]

^^^ Speaking from personal experience?

[derk]

^^^ Speaking from personal experience?

the condom bit or the water

[ChurchurDan]

[lax2wlg]

Grab one of those 33-spline Nissan Safari Lock Rights from Suzolla and put it in the stern.

The steering rack in those things looks like it came from a Nissan Pulsar. Thing bends its tierods if you look at it the wrong way.

[Gcdogg]

Oh really? Anymore info on that as I am quite new to the 4wd scene

[lax2wlg]

The steering rack in those things looks like it came from a Nissan Pulsar. Thing bends its tierods if you look at it the wrong way.

Okay, that was a tad hyperbolic, for which I apologize Allow me to rephrase...

One of the reasons it drives so nice onroad is that it has a rack and pinion steering system. Although offering fewer moving parts than a recirculating ball-type mechanical linkage steering system, the trade off is some durability.