ISUZU trooper/bighorn lotus handling question.

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 10:00 pm

That i dont doubt as it will skip across the top of most of the mess and rubble but you better not be going too far or have many passengers.

Not exactly the space for an inbuilt fridge like the 80 series cruiser.... Which If I got converted to veg oil woul almost become viable

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 10:01 pm

almost.

something like 38bhp/liter

Ted · Post by **Ted** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 10:17 pm

I ran my landcruiser on veg oil for a short while, it did around the same distance on £20 of veg oil as it did on £20 of diesel but smelt terrible. On the plus side it appeared to be more powerfull.

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 10:44 pm

I have just found a waste veg oil supplier in west yorkshire at 38ppl......

Suddenly an old 80 series comes into better focus..

24mpg on say 55ppl once you mix in some derv would be happy days...

With maintenance they go for half a million miles I hear.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 1:22 am

I wouldn't assume a more modern 4x4 will be more reliable than an old one tbh. Modern cars are far more disposable and much more expensive to fix when they go wrong, in general.

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:41 am

I very much appreciate that wurly. Its been the whole problem from the start as we converse.
How to find a vehicle with the bulletproof reliability of the late 90's wagons but without teeth so long.

No matter how well kept a vehicle is it will age. The rubber will perish, the bushes will sag. The seals will eventually seep. Unless you do what I did to the lude and I not got the money for that

This means its going to be less stable with 2.3 ton on the back than a car with new bushes and less prone to some seal blowing out due to it being old. You get me?

Modern cars have electronic fuel injection and as such are not the reliable beasts they once were. That said though 4x4's are required to do much less work than they were years ago. They spend 99% of their time on the road.

hence the best balance that I can really see is to get a toyota of about '98-'99.

The chioce then is to go for the older style (pre july2000) TDI engine or the post 2000 common rail.

Chances are, as we want to keep it for time I would then do some mods to the engine. Straight through exhaust, chip, dump pipe etc to get the same level of power from it as the newer engine but retain the reliability.

Seems as long as the new toyota engine has the injector seals changed out as per the service schedule you can have pretyty good miles from them though.

Every other major producer had serios recalls after changing engines over in the early 2000's. Toyota didnt have the same problems.

Find me a mid 90's 4x4 thats been totally refreshed and I will go look at it for sure. Otherwise I think I have to look at a newer vehicle to start with. There is a cross over point at 99-2001 where cars went to bum droppings in a handbasket. I will be looking within this period for a peach

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 9:42 am

Mind you I could prolly go sexy time with this

Seller has a decent rep on the forums and its about as loaded as you would want one. The guy is willing to deal as well so £3500 wouldn't seem crazy to expect.

Anyone want a 3.3ton horsebox?

Ted · Post by **Ted** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 9:49 am

Sh1t sticks to furry things rather easily so how are you going to find a peach without any sh1t on in a handbasket full of sh1t ? Seems a very strange way to go about buying something.

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:01 am

By using the amazing deshitifying powers of the internet my friend. I have already worked through a mountain of jobby and found a couple of apricots and even a nectarine.

I now know what I want, I think

, and will take the next 6-10 weeks to find it.

Looking for a '98-'99 hilux surf 3.0 ssrx. Going to spend upto 4k.

the sh!t will wash off fast as i have the ability to go look at a vehicle soon as it comes online. I want FSH and a cherry on top and as I have the cash and the time I think I'll find it.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:46 am

Well it sounds like you've made up your mind. Although I couldn't recommend the Navara instead, highly enough. Especially if you could pick up a D40 with a snugtop...