Patrol Y61 2.8 Mods

[Mr K]

Hi Dave

Thinking oil pressure, oil temp, water temp, and an egt.

Boost will be on display on the boost controller :thumb2

 

[Jay666d]

And here's me struggling away trying to make my Dash Pod work! :doh :lol

Looks Great! :thumbs:thumbs

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

Who's doing the welding on the truck?

 

[Mr K]

And here's me struggling away trying to make my Dash Pod work! :doh :lol

Looks Great! :thumbs:thumbs

Not at all Jay, yours is awesome, I love it as its completely different.

This is just standard 52mm gauges.

Thinking about yours, It wont ever blend in on the dash completely just by the shape. Have you thought about having it as a flip down from the roof?

 

[Mr K]

The very, very talented guys at DT Engine Solutions are helping me build the truck.

It's also now booked in to MGT Motorsport for a tune up on the 5th February. Hopefully that goes well.

 

[Jay666d]

Not at all Jay, yours is awesome, I love it as its completely different.

This is just standard 52mm gauges.

Thinking about yours, It wont ever blend in on the dash completely just by the shape. Have you thought about having it as a flip down from the roof?

I have... Originally I wanted to modify the Flip Down glasses holder. But I don't want to cut into it until I have a spare. :doh

 

[Davey Boy]

That sounds so hairdresser Jay.

 

[Jay666d]

:doh

 

[Mr K]

Got my winch installed, it's a Red Winch Explorer

It's not something I plan on having to use a lot as the truck is not an out and out off roader. More half off road, half overland, so this will suite nicely.

It's nicely sitting low too so keeps all air flow onto radiator and intercooler.

No rope as yet, might buy at the 4x4 show.

 

[Barrbeast]

Looking good Martin! I got my synth rope from winch it, comes with a nice HD comp hook.

You running a separate trans cooler?

 

[Mr K]

Cheers Rob. I'm not no but I'm thinking about it. Never had problems with transfer or gearbox but it's something I'll be keeping an eye on as its all new. What's your advice with your experience you've just gone through, bearing in mind mine is a manual

 

[Mr K]

Right, Big day tomorrow.

Trucks been getting run in for a couple of weeks and tomorrow is the big day. Going into MGT Motorsprts to get tuned. They are Skyline tuning specialists. Should be there possibly a week.

 

[don simon]

Looking good, I used to have a Spitfire that I could probably park under that to keep it dry.

 

[Mr K]

Thanks Don

It was a strange request by me to the tuners, normally people ask for a bhp upgrade but I've talked to them asking about low down drivability and torque, something difficult to gain as all the power is higher up.

Getting power is easy but the more you get the higher up the revs you go in a roundabout way.

What we are thinking of is a 256 intake Cam and an exhaust Cam pulley to adjust to get more of a wider torque curve and to get an early spool up.
A stage 2 hybrid turbo and a link g4 plus ecu, the exhaust, front mount inter cooler and air filter are already on.
The standalone ecu will allow the tuners to get a much much better setup map rather than a generic piggyback ecu like a nistune board. They can dial it in much sweeter.

Also they can add trick stuff like safety parameters where if the radiator gets blocked off-roading and driving home the temps rise the car will know before I will and go into limp mode or something like that to stop damage before it happens.

Also with the ecu we can get rid off the maf. As you know, same with the Terry's, these can be problematic, and getting rid will also help with water, and we have a nice new air filter box and snorkel setup to take out the maf.

What won't help is my decision to go for a map on standard 95 octane fuel. I'll see more gains on v power but I want ease of use, rather than chase numbers. There is no guarantee I can always get v power but i can get any 95 octane easily no matter where I go, including abroad. It will just be easier.

I'm hoping to get 350bhp and be stoked with 360bhp.
Max torque at same revs as standard which is 3000rpm and that's just 2 or 300 rpm higher than the standard 2.8 diesel but a lot more revs to play with all at a max of 1.1 bar of boost. Go higher in boost and you have to think of a head gasket change.

We will see how it goes, numbers are numbers, I'm more interested in the driveability and reliability for this.

Fingers crossed

 

[Mr K]

Air box ready to fit to get rid of the maf.

 

[Mr K]

Pipe work welding

 

[Mr K]

Lots of other little bits and bobs to come to finish this off, but for now, let's see how the engine goes.

 

[Davey Boy]

Martin....:bow
my hats off to yer mate!
Hope you get the return your after.:thumbs

 

[Mr K]

Martin....:bow
my hats off to yer mate!
Hope you get the return your after.:thumbs

Thanks mate :beerchug:

 

[Barrbeast]

Sorry bud, had it in my head that you were an auto!

Trans cooler not that important in your case I would say, I'm definitely going to fit one for the auto but that's because very high temp can cause major damage. That shift kit I've fitted will help as well.