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Ok but anyone into off road who has had either original contender always says"I should never have bloody sold that"

Hope you get a good run out of it.

Only drama's I know of with the 3.1's is they crack liners and pistons when they get near 180k, and turbos tend to destroy themselves regularly.
Need a much larger intake (air box is a big strangler) and exhaust system to help them breathe.

Go see Gav for any bits you need GM.

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Originally Posted by cambo

Only drama's I know of with the 3.1's is they crack liners and pistons when they get near 180k, and turbos tend to destroy themselves regularly.
Need a much larger intake (air box is a big strangler) and exhaust system to help them breathe.

Go see Gav for any bits you need GM.

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Yeah, they have a non serviceable turbo. I've read they go better with the turbo from the 4KX1, the engine that not even the agents want to know about. With better breathing they don't have the cracked head, piston, liners, much like the 3.0 Toyota engine.

Mind you I'm not likely to give it a hard time anyway. :D

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Ok but anyone into off road who has had either original contender always says"I should never have bloody sold that"

Hope you get a good run out of it.

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Well I'm OK with that on the Safari front as I didn't sell it. Damned good machine they are. Just a shame about the rusty roof which is showing up more and more.

This will be a hunting wagon rather that a hard core off roader so doesn't need to be that 'tough' but they are very reliable. Have had quite a lot of mechanics warn me off the cruiser. A shame as they were looking promising.