Thread: New Gadget Mobile

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Sigh.

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I'm with you mate wtf

How does that compare to a cruiser??? Even one with a million ks

Originally Posted by longrange308

I'm with you mate wtf

How does that compare to a cruiser??? Even one with a million ks

I am with u both how does that compare to an FJ Cruiser even but budgets are what they are !!

Originally Posted by longrange308

I'm with you mate wtf

How does that compare to a cruiser??? Even one with a million ks

Don't knock them. I've seen an almost factory Bighorn well out perform a fully tricked out 80 series cruiser; this cruiser had over $20k thrown at it and it struggled and broke. The Bighorn just calmly did the job. Maintenance costs seem to be much lower on the Isuzu too. In so many adds and forums the cruiser owners put up a long list of things that have just been fixed, ... a very telling sign. The Safari's tend to not be anywhere near as fragile as the cruiser too.

Because they have all done a shitload of HARDkms.

Shoulda got the safari if you dont like the cruiser.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Because they have all done a shitload of HARDkms.

Shoulda got the safari if you dont like the cruiser.

A lot of them haven't and still have issues, ... big end bearings, drive train, valve seats, ... There are a fair few Isuzu's and Safari's that have done the hard k's and don't have the issues, 300,000-400,000km. The 3.1 Isuzu's had head cracking issues but a bigger bore exhaust sorts that. They both have very strong running gear, the diffs come from the same factory and are the same construction.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.