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Hello all, a proud Cantab doin some time in Auckland. Well after wearing out 2 x Isuzu's, 1 as a learning truck the other due to towing demands. I now own a 95 24v VX cruiser, now I really enjoyed my Izusu's but the Cruiser damn.......
So, the list so far - 2" lift kit, oldman emu springs, rancho 9000 shocks, BF goodridge 315/75/16 at. snorkel, intercooler water/air, winch, removable tow bar, LPG fumagation.
I am aiming to put 200kw at the crank when I get it back, first I need 3" exhaust.
Only had the truck 4 months and a boy pulled out in front of me in a Mazda and cos of the height of mine my front right wheel took most of the impact. Insurance company are putting anothe chassis under it.

i had an 80 and wish i had never sold it .
they are the shit...

welcome and nice work on choosin a cruiser..

as for the damage, jebus... those sorta incidents we'd like to think we can do without.. good to hear the insurance company came to the party..

Got converted 18 years ago and never looked back

Yep, every time I jump into it and drive the smile takes over my whole face. My wife says thank god it does not have breasts other wise she could not compete
Problem I have is in 10 or so years time when I have to retire it what do I buy?

Namic wrote:Yep, every time I jump into it and drive the smile takes over my whole face. My wife says thank god it does not have breasts other wise she could not compete
Problem I have is in 10 or so years time when I have to retire it what do I buy?

what you buy is the new cruiser, the 200 model will be out late this year or early next yea. want the goss on it ? well i can tell you that it will have a 4.5ltr twin turbo common rail intercooled V8 deisel which will have over 200kw and about 650nm tourque ! OOhhh Yea

thats the roumor anyway, have been doing some research on it

and grats on the cruiser mate, very nice trucks. who is doing the LPG fume set up for you ? my dad is wanting to do the same thing soon so info would be greatly appreciated

Yep I've heard the same it looks like a mean beast, mind you it wont be long and I will be pumpin 200kw. The LPG I built myself, I'm running a 9kg bottle connected with LPG flexi line to engine bay,electric solenoid ignition switched on bottle and electric solenoid mounted under air filter switch via boost pressure switch set to 4 PSI. We were playin to see how good the system was before spending 1.5k on bully dog system.
I did dyno run on my Isuzu Bighorn went from 61.5 kw & 363.7Nm @ 102.1km/h to 73.7kw & 427.8Nm @ 96.8km/h thats 20% more power and 16% more torque and the bully dog quotes 30%. After building my set up I have been takin my time with bully dog due to costs

yea it seems like a good thing to do to get good gains, how is it on the gas ? how long will a 9kg bottle last you ?

Namic wrote:Yep I've heard the same it looks like a mean beast, mind you it wont be long and I will be pumpin 200kw. The LPG I built myself, I'm running a 9kg bottle connected with LPG flexi line to engine bay,electric solenoid ignition switched on bottle and electric solenoid mounted under air filter switch via boost pressure switch set to 4 PSI. We were playin to see how good the system was before spending 1.5k on bully dog system.
I did dyno run on my Isuzu Bighorn went from 61.5 kw & 363.7Nm @ 102.1km/h to 73.7kw & 427.8Nm @ 96.8km/h thats 20% more power and 16% more torque and the bully dog quotes 30%. After building my set up I have been takin my time with bully dog due to costs

mmm maybe i could do something like this on my oilburner

A 9 kilo bottle lasts about 2 tanks depending on use, me I have a heavy foot so.....

Namic wrote:A 9 kilo bottle lasts about 2 tanks depending on use, me I have a heavy foot so.....

you would have to hide the bottle during a warrant wouldn´t you

Well I have a draw system in the back and a 4kg bottle behind it so it is not seen. I had a 9 kilo on top of the shelf when I have the accident and not even the police made a comment. A friend of mine who has had it running in his cruiser for 2.5 years now left it in for the last warrant but both of us are tradesmen and have all sorts of stuff in the back.