I have been trying to get an older Toyota surf auto as an offroader / family weekender / daily driver and I found one at my Dad's which was a bit worse for wear so I ended up settling for a Pathfinder he has there.

 

87 2 door Terrano.

VG30i and auto.

186899 thousand ks.

Rust hole above the 4x4 badge on the passenger side and a small hole in the hatch seal.

Power windows, headlight washers etc.

 

Now for the fun part, the engine sucked in water, it isn't hydro'd but you can hear it is low on compression, I will get the compression gauge onto it and see how it is before pulling it out and stripping it down.

 

Fortunately I do have a Z32 (300zx) VG30DE but has a TT conversion (higher C/R) so if the vg30i is too far gone then I am going to be looking at doing the VG30DETT conversion which should make it a ball tearer on and off road.

 

Will throw pics up when I get it here.

Edited January 14, 201313 yr by Trev

Cool.

 

If you do the twin turbo conversion would you be keeping it auto ? Auto's are getting a better rep for offroad driving.

Keep the auto, I love auto offroad.

Its what i'm planning on when we can "upgrade" to a 4wd vehicle.

 

Is the torque convertor electronically controlled like in the GU patrol ? You should be able to mod in a switch to lock up the convertor so it doesn't runaway on downhills etc if its electric.

make sure you do a headlight wiring upgrade on it and put some 90/130 bulbs in at the same time (i did it to my old terrano and it made an amazing difference) and make sure you sign up to this website http://www.nissanpat...ders.net/forum/ it is a wealth of knowledge for pathfinders

here is my old terrano thread http://www.nissanpat...-trevs-terrano/

 

oh and where are the pics???

Edited October 21, 201214 yr by flyinwall

PICSORBAN!

PICSORBAN!

 

^^^^^^

 

 

lol

yeah c'mon make with the pics

:hmm: might be too busy with his bum up and head under the bonnet to worry about us :P

yeah ...bloody nissan drivers always fixin broken cars (nissans that is hehehe)

Nah just been busy in general, it is still sitting at my dads.

ok trev its been a month already ....where are the progress reports???

LOL, would you believe that it is still sitting in the same spot, I haven't even looked at it. I might do that this weekend since I have to check out what size the tyres are.

cool and get some pics while your there

Shall do.