Thread: Compact 4wd for hunting

Originally Posted by blip

The diesels and v6 ones are mazda engines. Parts are getting a bit thin for them. 1600s have a habbit of cracking heads and check on the block down behind the altenator they crack between the 2 frost plugs. Easiest thing to do if you get one like that is put a 1500 in it out of a cultus. The problems go away and you wont notice the drop in power. Its a pretty easy conversion. Some people seem to need 9 million hp to crawl along tracks my one took us on some adventures it was lifted about 50mm and just had a set of at tyres on it.

Ha jinx - must have posted as I was typing! Yeah I'd agree with that - the saving grace for the 1600's although a little underpowered is that there were a lot more of them on the road. Downside, the grey road snail crowd is competing with you for them!